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By James Purvis, Esq. A public benefit organization filed a petition for writ of mandate against the California Coastal Commission (Commission) and the San Diego…
By Alexa Shasteen, Esq. On September 24, 2019, the Native Fish Society, Center for Biological Diversity, and Umpqua Watersheds (petitioners) petitioned the National Marine Fisheries…
By John Sittler, Esq. and Paul Noto, Esq. Colorado voters narrowly passed Proposition DD during the general election on November 5, 2019. Proposition DD legalizes…
By Deborah Quick, Esq. Reaffirming its prior holding, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reiterated that by entering into a settlement agreement with the government…
By Nathalie Camarena, Esq. and Rebecca Andrews, Esq. The U.S. District Court for Massachusetts recently determined that citizen suits are not available for administrative violations…
By Chris Carrillo, Esq. and Michael Duane Davis, Esq. The Westlands Water District (Westlands), one of the largest water districts in California, recently executed a…
By William Shepherd IV, Esq. and Rebecca Andrews, Esq. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington recently found that the U.S. Army…
By Nedda Mahrou, Esq. This action arose from a challenge by several property owners to the Richmond, California city council’s adoption of an initiative amending…
By James Purvis, Esq. Plaintiffs challenged the decision of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to approve an industrial-scale wind facility in southern California,…
By Kathryn Casey, Esq. Last year, we wrote about an annual report issued by Next 10, an Oakland-based independent, nonpartisan think tank, entitled “2018 California…
