Navigating Change: Federal Updates on Energy, Transportation & Water Policies
Predictably Unpredictable: Considerations & Lessons Learned Regarding Force Majeure
Breaking the Cycle: Flooding, Infrastructure, and Climate Law in Practice
Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 14: Shaping North Carolina’s Economic Future with Secretary of Commerce Lee Lilley
Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation - Real Estate and Tax
Family Owned Real Estate: Managing Lack of Planning in Family Business Transitions
Family Owned Real Estate: Impacts of the Current Real Estate Market on Transition Planning
Family Owned Real Estate: Avoiding Pitfalls When Transitioning Family Real Estate
Family Owned Real Estate: Common Real Estate & Asset Management Issues
Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 10: The Southern Economic Development Council with Brian Gwin and Matt Tackett
Florida Medical Cannabis Business Licensing Process: What Happens Next for MMTC Applicants?
Business Better Podcast Episode: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – Insights Three Years Later
Navigating Environmental Restrictions on Alternative Project Delivery for Complex Infrastructure Projects
Come & Take It: The Eminent Domain Podcast (Episode #13), Featuring Winstead Shareholder Tom Forestier
Dinsmore's Sam Hargitt on working with some of Indianapolis' top developers and investors
Family Owned Real Estate: Legal Challenges & Opportunities
Data Centers: Demand, Development, and Future Challenges With Ali Greenwood — TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
Navigating Facility Relocation: Legal and Practical Considerations — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Navigating Facility Relocation: Legal and Practical Considerations — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Do You Need an Arbitration Clause in Your Energy Contract? Pros and Cons
Recent executive actions and federal guidance have targeted wind and solar development, creating substantial uncertainty for the U.S. offshore wind industry and also reshaping the regulatory landscape governing onshore wind...more
Have you ever driven down the road and seen a mountain of smoke rising from a nearby field? Unless you were in the middle of a raging forest fire, what you likely saw was a prescribed burn. A landowner intentionally setting...more
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is the nation’s largest nonprofit fair housing organization, leading investigations, enforcement, advocacy, and research to advance equal housing opportunity....more
As many developers know, administrative approval of a request from a local zoning board can be an important step to making sure your project is approved in the timely manner that you desire....more
Each year, California enacts a number of new laws impacting municipalities throughout the state. New legislation for 2026 includes noteworthy updates to the Brown Act, financial training requirements for public officials,...more
Cleveland’s industrial real estate market continues to go through a revival. By leveraging its legacy manufacturing infrastructures with reignited private-public partnerships focused on proactive site strategies,...more
Welcome to “CEQA News You Can Use,” a quarterly production of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP’s Natural Resources lawyers. This publication provides quick, useful bites of CEQA news, which we hope can be a resource for...more
As remote work reshapes the commercial real estate market and demand for office space declines, owners and developers are increasingly pursuing office-to-residential conversions as a way to unlock value in underperforming...more
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors gave a thumbs up to revised draft rules for battery energy storage facilities at its January 13 meeting amid resident dissent....more
On January 19, 2026, Mexico published the Decree enacting the General Law on Circular Economy (“LGEC”) and amending the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (“LGEEPA”) and the General Law for the...more
In an action widely anticipated by the regulated community, on January 6, 2026, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published in the Federal Register a rule (Final Rule) adopting, without changes, the interim final...more
Let’s assume you signed a new oil and gas lease with ABC Production in March 2018 (the “2018 Lease”). Given the size of your farm (i.e. 1000 acres), you successfully negotiated a “retained acreage” clause in the 2018 Lease....more
As part of her 2026 State of the State address, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the “Let Them Build” agenda, proposing reforms to accelerate housing and infrastructure development and reduce project costs. The initiative focuses...more
In Ageron Energy LLC v. ETC Texas Pipeline, LTD Justice Busby authored a concurring opinion in the denial of a petition for review to the Supreme Court in which he criticized the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals...more
Fairfax County, Virginia, advanced a zoning ordinance amendment that would for the first time define and regulate large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). The Board of Supervisors scheduled public hearings on the...more
The 91st General Assembly gaveled in on Monday to start the 2026 Iowa legislative session. The first week included speeches from party leaders, Governor Reynolds, Chief Justice Christensen, and Adjutant General Osborn, along...more
On Friday, President Donald Trump—together with governors across key Mid-Atlantic Region states—announced a new initiative aimed at addressing soaring electricity demand driven by large‑scale AI and cloud‑computing data...more
El Equipo Ambiental de Holland & Knight en Colombia preparó un análisis de las normas, resoluciones, decretos y sentencias más importantes en materia ambiental a lo largo del 2025. El conocimiento de las novedades normativas...more
On Tuesday night, Governor Kay Ivey delivered her final State of the State Address, highlighting economic growth, infrastructure improvements, and education funding. She noted that Alabama has secured roughly $69 billion in...more
The laudable efforts of the Legislature in adopting “super statutes” such as the Housing Accountability Act (“HAA”; Gov. Code, § 65589.5) notwithstanding, housing in California remains a scarce and precious commodity. The...more
On January 8, 2026, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a final rule adopting—without change—its February 25, 2025, interim final rule (IFR) rescinding all iterations of CEQ’s National...more
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) has reissued and modified the Corps’ Nationwide Permits (NWPs), which authorize certain categories of work in Waters of the United States under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act...more
Construction permitting in Cleveland returned to trend in 2025, with nearly $1.5 billion in total permits issued. While 2024 was a banner year, with more than $2.8 billion in permits issued, it was buoyed by over $1.2 billion...more
California’s density bonus law (Government Code sections 65915-65918) rewards a developer who agrees to build a certain percentage of low-income housing with the opportunity to build more residences than would otherwise be...more
In Town of Concord v. Rasmussen, the Town of Concord (the “Town”) initiated an action against several landowners abutting a road known as Estabrook Road, seeking a declaration that the public had access and use rights to the...more