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The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently granted in part and denied in part seven cross-motions for summary judgment relating to…
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that a designation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) of critical habitat for a given species for…
Uber and Lyft are on the verge of estimated $120 billion and $15 billion IPOs, respectively, in 2019. Uber has completed over 10 billion rides…
On December 3, 2018, Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Shell) issued a joint statement with institutional investors in which it committed to certain steps to further…
Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced a new formal definition of “waters…
The Honorable Jeffrey T. Miller, U.S. District Judge in San Diego, denied in part the United States International Boundary and Water Commission’s (IBWC) motion to…
In Bohmker v. Oregon,the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held, in a divided opinion, that Oregon Senate Bill 3, which banned motorized…
On August 13, 2018, the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) issued Administrator’s Memorandum—Floodplain Management Memorandum No. 1 in response to FEMA threats of disqualifying…
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is overseeing repairs to the Oroville Dam in coordination with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the…
California Governor Jerry Brown Jr. recently approved Senate Bill 1215 (SB 1215), to add Chapter 4.3 (commencing with § 13288) to Division 7 of the…
