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By Wesley A. Miliband and Kristopher T. Strouse Recently, Marin Municipal Water District (District) has been discussing the idea of enacting a moratorium on new…
By Gabriel J. Pitassi, Derek R. Hoffman Severe Drought conditions have emerged again in California after back-to-back dry years, below‑average snowpack, and warm temperatures. Governor…
By James Purvis The California State Lands Commission prepared a supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR), as a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) responsible agency, to…
By Bridget McDonald In a sweeping 110-page opinion, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter for the Central District of California granted a preliminary injunction…
By Miles Krieger, Geremy Holm and Steve Anderson A group of groundwater pumpers, including the local public water provider, Borrego Water District (BWD), entered into…
By Miles Krieger and Steven Anderson In April 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. District Court ruling dismissing a breach of…
By Allison Smith The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted in part, denied in part, and dismissed in part a petition challenging the Federal…
By Megan Unger and Darrin Gambelin In City of New York v. Chevron Corporation, the city brought state-law tort claims against Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corporation,…
By Patrick Veasy and Hina Gupta On February 19, 2021, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) rescinded the Trump administration-issued draft guidance, which would have…
By Boyd Hill The California Court of Appeal for the First District, in Valley Baptist Church v. City of San Rafael, held that a church…
