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
I have devoted several posts over the years to California's Unincorporated Association Law. Although many houses of worship are incorporated, some are not. Even amongst incorporated religious groups, there can be sub-groups…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Nonprofit Law
In Drulias v. 1st Century Bancshares, Inc. 30 Cal. App. 5th 696 (2018), the plaintiff was a shareholder in a Delaware corporation whose board of directors approved a merger agreement and at the same time adopted a forum…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) circulated a draft template, dated April 8, 2025, to assist federal agencies in updating their procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). CEQ…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
I have previously noted certain provisions of a bill amending Nevada's business entity statutes, AB239. See Nevada Bill Would Impose A Duty That Directors Be Informed and Nevada Bill Would Expressly Allow Directors To Approve…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure
In 2020, the legislature enacted the California Consumer Financial Protection Law. The CCFPL significantly expanded the regulatory authority of the the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation by granting it the power to…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
“Recent federal actions limiting the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) authority under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) have created an uncertain regulatory landscape, with less clarity on how agencies will…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In California, it seems that everything must be registered and reported to the state. A spot bill, SB 789 (Menjivar) was recently amended to require that individuals and entities owning commercial property in the state to…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
