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What role do municipalities play in regulating or controlling state legalized sales, growing and consumption? Perhaps, a very large, gatekeeper role. In many states, California…
Exemption 5 from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq.)—also known as the “deliberative process privilege”— shields from disclosure inter-…
A confrontation that has been a year (or more) in the making has finally materialized. On September 18, 2019, via Twitter, President Donald Trump announced:…
Traditionally cannabis licensing depended primarily on the applicant’s ability to demonstrate capital and trustworthiness. By having capital, the applicant demonstrated business acumen and financial wherewithal…
U.S. ex rel. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP v. BASF Corp.,___F.3d___, Case No. 18-7123 (D.C. Cir. July 5, 2019). The District of Columbia Circuit Court has…
Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania,___U.S.___, 139 S.Ct. 2162 (U.S. June 21, 2019). On June 21, 2019, the United States Supreme Court delivered a major…
Since January 2017, the Trump administration has undertaken over 100 actions that have the potential to threaten America’s National Parks. From rollbacks of the federal…
The California Coastal Commission (Commission) is charged with protecting the state’s beaches from the effects of overdevelopment. Yet with climate change projections predicting rising…
The California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) prepared a programmatic Environmental Impact Report (EIR) studying the environmental impacts of…
InHavasupai Tribe v. Provencio, the Havasupai Tribe, along with several environmental groups (plaintiffs), challenged a mining operation (Mining Project) near the Grand Canyon, claiming the…
