Legal Alerts

February 23, 2016
DWR Releases Draft Emergency Regulations for Groundwater Sustainability Plans
Water Law
January 8, 2016
The California Supreme Court’s CEQA Docket Comes To A Dramatic Close For The Year, Resolving That EIRs Need Not Address The Environment’s Impacts On A Project
Environmental Law
December 2, 2015
California Supreme Court Strictly Interprets State Fully Protected Species Statute and Finds Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Inadequate in Newhall Ranch EIR
Land Use Law
October 30, 2015
Update: Berkeley Hillside Case Ends With Victory for Lead Agency in Court of Appeal
Land Use Law
October 20, 2015
California Hammers Final Nail into Piece Rate Coffin at the Same Time it Creates an Affirmative Defense
Employment Law
October 13, 2015
Governor Signs Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Part II: Groundwater Adjudications Meet Groundwater Management
Water Law
October 9, 2015
EPA’s Water Rule Blocked Nationwide
Water Quality Law
October 6, 2015
Governor Signs Urgency Legislation to Help Curb Frivolous PAGA Suits
Employment Law
September 18, 2015
Natural Uranium Contamination in Central Valley Aquifer Linked to Nitrates
Food and Agriculture Law
September 2015
ESWR Update: WOTUS Rule Blocked by Federal Judge in North Dakota
Environmental Law
August 25, 2015
Fair Employment and Housing Council Amends California Family Rights Act Regulations
Employment Law
August 25, 2015
California Legislature Amends the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014
Employment Law
August 18, 2015
Showdown at California Supreme Court over Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege in Public Records after Inadvertent Disclosure
Public Agency
August 5, 2015
Supreme Court Holds California State University Cannot Avoid Off-Campus Mitigation
Land Use Law
July 27, 2015
Small Adjustments to Estate Plans Can Save Income Tax Without Triggering Estate Tax
Estate Planning
June 6, 2015
Appeals Court Decides Crucial Case On State Fish And Wildlife’s Extension Of Streambed Alteration Limits To Existing Water Diversions
Water Law
May 6, 2015
Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome – Down The Legal Rabbit Hole In Search Of A Remedy
Food and Agriculture Law
April 21, 2015
Court of Appeals Gives Guidance on How to Implement Tiered Pricing
Water Law
April 2, 2015
No End In Sight for California’s Drought– Governor Imposes Statewide Water Restrictions
Water Law
March 24, 2015
Drought Deepens – State Water Resources Control Board Adopts New Stricter Rules
Water Law