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By Deborah Quick A third U.S. District Court has rejected a motion to dismiss Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (18 U.S.C. § 1962, RICO)…
By Alex Shasteen In Citizens for Responsible Development in The Dalles v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the issue of whether a wetlands fill permit issued by…
By Sam Bivins and Meredith Nikkel On March 31, 2020, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) to…
By Miles Krieger and Steve Anderson In late March 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) released a proposed Interim Plan to operate the Klamath…
By Travis Brooks In one of the first federal “takings” cases after last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Knick v. Township of Scott,…
On February 19, 2020, the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) issued a negative determination regarding the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project and…
The Covid-19 ongoing pandemic is touching all aspects of people’s lives and livelihoods. Many states have issued shelter-in-place orders (or stay-at-home orders) effectively shuttering wide…
The California Court of Appeal for the Third Judicial District has rejected a laundry list of claims under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) brought…
California State Senator Scott Wiener (D - San Francisco) recently introduced Senate Bill 899 (SB 899), which would allow faith institutions and nonprofit hospitals to…
In late February 2020, the California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to adopt an amended striped bass policy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Striped…
