On September 28, 2024, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2402, which requires alcohol servers be trained to prevent and mitigate the effects of drink spiking. The new law authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health, Labor & Employment Law
On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The legislation spans multiple sectors, Title I addresses agriculture and essentially acts as…
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/ Agriculture, Environmental Law, Taxation
On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The OBBB Act would provide roughly $156 billion in funding for the Defense Department,…
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/ Government Contracting, Military Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The legislation spans multiple sectors, with investments in aviation and maritime…
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/ Agriculture, Environmental Law, Transportation
On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The OBBB Act extends and makes permanent many provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Taxation
On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act), that encompasses extensive reforms affecting various sectors of interest to Nossaman clients…
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/ Agriculture, Education Law, Environmental Law, Taxation, Transportation
On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). Several provisions will impact community colleges, including…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Finance & Banking
The intricacies of the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) definition continue to evolve, especially with recent changes initiated under the Trump administration and landmark clarifications from the Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA…
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RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES-
Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a Republican-led challenge to campaign finance limits on coordinated spending between candidates and…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics
Acquiring property for public projects typically does not occur until after the project has received environmental approval. In California, complying with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) can sometimes take…
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/ Construction Law, Environmental Law, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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Governor Gavin Newsom signed two sweeping budget trailer bills, Assembly Bill 130 (AB 130) and Senate Bill 131 (SB 131), into law on June 30, 2025, enacting meaningful changes to the…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In light of recent Executive Orders issued by President Trump concerning tariffs, countries around the world—including the United States—have been forced to reassess existing trade and contractual frameworks. The construction…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, International Law & Trade
To stem the recent tide of high-profile corporate “DExit” moves, Delaware has enacted Substitute 1 to Senate Bill 21 (SB 21) to amend the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) effective March 25, 2025. To lure more…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
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Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance -
Montana: A coalition of former public officeholders is pushing to end corporate political spending in Montana politics via a…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics
On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, the California Court of Appeal heard argument in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado. You may recall that the California Court of Appeal previously held that legislatively enacted development impact fees are…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
