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NYC's Affordable Housing Fast Track: City Planning Commission Adopts New Rules

In November 2025, New York City voters approved four land use-related City Charter amendments, one of which is the Affordable Housing Fast Track (“Fast Track”), intended to help streamline the public review process for land...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

OP-ED: Pacific Northwest Outlook: State Action on Renewable Energy

This year, a convergence of urgent pressures and long-standing challenges is reshaping renewable energy policy across the Pacific Northwest. Chief among them is the impending expiration of key federal clean energy tax...more

Stark & Stark

New Jersey’s Right to Farm Act Part One – Overview of The Act

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What Is the New Jersey Right to Farm Act? To no surprise, the Garden State has a Right to Farm Act which was adopted to help address conflicts between farmers, neighbors, and municipalities regarding a farm’s operations. ...more

Clark Hill PLC

Cannabis Group Series | Inside the Cannabis Startup Journey: From Concept to Dispensary

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As the cannabis industry continues to thrive and expand, entrepreneurs and business leaders face unique challenges in launching and sustaining successful enterprises. This installment of the Cannabis Group series delved into...more

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New Jersey’s Right to Farm Act Part Two – Eligibility Requirements Under The Act

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Part two of the three-part series will cover the eligibility requirements under the Right to Farm Act. (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.) which was originally adopted in 1983. In Part One, we provided an overview of the Right to Farm...more

BCLP

Construction Products Reform - April 2026

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In this BCLP Insight, first published in PLC Construction, Katharine Tulloch and Anna Blest consider the government's proposed reforms of the construction products regime. This article contains links which are only...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 4.17.26

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) this Tuesday announced it has made additional proposed changes to the state’s Cap-and-Invest program. The changes would include doubling to $4 billion an incentive fund for...more

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Mountain Lion Listed as Threatened Species in Central and Southern California under the California Endangered Species Act

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At its February 12, 2026 meeting, the California Fish and Game Commission (the Commission) unanimously voted to list mountain lion (Puma concolor) populations in parts of central and southern California as a threatened...more

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Earth Week 2026: “Our Power, Our Planet” — and What It Means for Environmental Law

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Earth Day 2026 carries the theme Our Power, Our Planet — a rallying cry for people everywhere to reclaim their voice, their rights, and their future.  This year’s theme is organized around two pillars that, taken together,...more

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New South Wales – New Climate Change SEPP Follows on Heels of EPA Act Amendment

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The NSW Government (Government) has proposed a new Climate Change and Natural Hazards State Environmental Planning Policy (CC&NH SEPP) to supplant the current State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021...more

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Conozca las actividades autorizadas por la ANLA como cambios menores en el sector minero

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El equipo ambiental de Holland & Knight en Colombia analiza los pronunciamientos del grupo de minería de la Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales (ANLA) sobre solicitudes para considerar determinadas actividades como un...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

NFIP Flood Insurance Policy Pitfalls: What South Carolina Policyholders Should Know Before Disaster Strikes

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Many property owners in the Palmetto State rely on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for protection against flood damage. However, NFIP policies contain numerous provisions that can surprise policyholders when they...more

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Anchored Down: Long-Term Leases and the Limits on Landlord Exit Rights

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You are a landlord with a prime commercial property and redevelopment plans. Your anchor tenant has occupied the premises for decades and holds renewal options with no intention of leaving, but the consent needed under the...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

As Governments Move to Pause Data Center Development, Legal Challenges Are Likely to Follow

Temporary restrictions on data center development are gaining traction nationwide, but many moratoria may be vulnerable to statutory, procedural, and constitutional challenges....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Data Centers, Power Markets, and the Economy: How the AI Buildout is Reshaping Energy Costs and the Grid

Data centers – driven by artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and hyperscale digital infrastructure – are the new reality and are emerging as a consequential force in the United States economy. What was once a niche...more

Morgan Lewis

German Government Adopts National Data Center Strategy

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The German federal government adopted its National Data Center Strategy on 18 March 2026, delivering on commitments set out in the 2025 coalition agreement and formally elevating data centers to critical infrastructure for...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New York's Expanding Environmental Regulatory Framework: A 2026 Outlook

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Monitoring plan deadlines under New York's mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program (Part 253) begin September 1, 2026, with first emissions data reports due June 1, 2027. The New York State Department of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Real Estate: Market Pulse (April 2026)

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Seyfarth’s real estate team provides a bird's-eye view of the current state of commercial real estate throughout the country—highlighting which markets and major asset types are active, slowing down, or experiencing shifts....more

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Court Annuls New York State’s Wetlands Regulations

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The Supreme Court in Albany County, New York, ruled last week that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) did not adequately review its new wetlands regulations as required by the State...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Requirements for structural stability and decommissioning costs for wind turbines

In a decision issued at the end of last year (OVG Niedersachsen, 12 December 2025 – 12 MS 43/24), the Higher Administrative Court of Lower Saxony (OVG Niedersachsen) commented on the requirements for decommissioning bonds...more

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Texas Legislature Targets Data Center Growth: What Industry Stakeholders Need to Know

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Texas has quickly become one of the nation's most prominent data center markets. A recent report by real estate firm JLL predicts that Texas could have the most data centers worldwide by 2030. In brief, data centers are...more

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Growth, Pressure, and Planning: Why North Carolina Farmers Need Legal Counsel Now More Than Ever

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Most farmers did not get into farming because they dreamed of sitting across a table from an attorney. They got into farming because they love the land, because their families have worked it for generations, or because they...more

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City Planning Commission Adopts Rules for Affordable Housing Fast Track

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On April 13, 2026, the New York City Planning Commission voted to approve rules to implement the Affordable Housing Fast Track, one of three housing-related amendments to the New York City Charter approved by voters last...more

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Title Insurance Client Alert - Rule of Reasonableness as to Impediments in Easements

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Last Thursday, the Supreme Court of Virginia (the “VSC”) issued an important opinion in Thibault Enterprises, LLC v. Yost concerning encroachments within an easement with a granted width and when an encroachment may remain in...more

King & Spalding

GCC Branded Residences: Legal Architecture and Next Generation Designs

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We are pleased to share our latest article on GCC Branded Residences, examining the legal architecture, structural fault lines and next generation designs for branded residence projects in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. ...more

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