The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will rescind much of the Biden administration’s first nationwide drinking water standard aimed at protecting people from PFAS, which are found in hundreds of consumer and commercial…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
The Trump administration took steps to rescind a Biden-era regulation that lowered fees for renewable energy projects on federal lands, saying the rule unfairly favored development of wind and solar facilities. The Interior…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities
In reviewing a recent agreement, I came across the following interpretive provision..…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts
There have been numerous news reports about the discovery of an original Magna Carta at the Harvard Law School Library, including this article in Harvard Magazine. According to these reports, a document previously categorized…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law
“I am seeing continued enthusiasm for existing multifamily assets – particularly those with a value-add opportunity. Although renovations are expensive, the improvement of an existing multifamily asset provides investors with…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential
In 2002, the California Legislature created the Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund as part of the Corporate Disclosure Act. There are a number of conditions that must be met to receive a payout from the fund. One of…
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/ Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Business Torts
For the last several years, I have been commenting on the judicial confounding of limited liability companies and corporations. Recently, I came across yet another egregious mergence of the corporate and LLC forms..…
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/ Business Organizations, Conflict of Laws
Yesterday’s post concerned the recent decision by U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Eskridge in Rowe v. Doris, 2025 WL 963590 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 31, 2025). The case involved claims arising from the merger of two Nevada…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
The House passed resolutions last week to rescind federal waivers that allow California to set stricter vehicle emissions standards than the rest of the country. California’s standards currently require the sale of most…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) held its second meeting on the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Plan (Draft Conservation Plan) on April 16, 2025. Though no formal action was taken, the Commission received a…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Bright-eyed Athena, the goddess of wisdom, was not birthed of a woman. Rather, she sprang from the head of Zeus after he swallowed Metis, the pre-Olympian goddess of wisdom..…
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/ Business Organizations, Conflict of Laws, Mergers & Acquisitions
Attorneys general from 17 states, including California, and Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order President Donald Trump signed during his first day in office, pausing approvals, permits, and loans for all wind…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Last month in Bullock v. Rivian Automotive, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal became the latest to enforce a federal forum provision (FFP) embedded in a Delaware corporation’s charter and affirmed dismissal of a…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In February, I wrote about a proposed offering that involved a racially based share allocation scheme. Last month, it appeared that the offering was stalled at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Recently, the company,…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) held its second meeting on the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Plan (Draft Conservation Plan) on April 16, 2025. Though no formal action was taken, the Commission received a…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
