Environmental, Energy & Resources

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Sep
3
2019
Endangered Species Act Rulemakings Face Immediate Challenge Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
8
2020
FERC Orders, Notices, and Other Guidance Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
16
2020
US EPA’s COVID-19 Interim Guidance on Site Field Work Decisions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
21
2017
High Court Upholds Long-Term GHG Emissions Analysis, But Warns Agencies to Keep Pace with Regulatory Advancements: Lessons from Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. SANDAG Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
15
2020
Army Corps of Engineers Proposes Revising Broad Range of Clean Water Act Nationwide Permits Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
6
2020
SB 288: Sustainable Transportation and the “Road to Recovery” for Post-COVID Air Pollution and Unemployment Concerns Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
8
2014
Trails-to-Rails-to-?: The Brandt Case and its Potential Impact on the Nation’s Trails Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
5
2018
Tenth Circuit Holds Bureau of Land Management Improperly Relied On Unsupported and Irrational Assumption in Analyzing Environmental Impacts of Coal Mining Leases Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
18
2014
Level of Detail Adequate in California High Speed Rail Authority’s Program EIR for Central Valley to Bay Area Rail Corridor Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
2
2014
Missing Data Protocols Under California's AB1103 Energy Use Disclosure Rule and Other Important Facts You Need to Know Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
28
2014
If They Could Be All You Wanted: The FCC Gets Serious About Small Cells Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
7
2015
Changing Protected Status of Land Requires CEQA Compliance Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
15
2021
California Passes Sweeping Package of “Green” Bills Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
19
2010
General And Special Benefits Of Special Assessments Must Be Separated And Quantified Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
26
2010
Court of Appeal Upholds Previous Decision, Finding that the Requirements for Exhausting Administrative Remedies Before Challenging Ceqa Exemption Did Not Apply -- Tomlinson v. County of Alameda Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
28
2011
Fourth Circuit Offers Pyrrhic Victory On Corps Jurisdiction Over Developer's Clean Water Act Permit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
11
2011
Final Decision Suspends California's AB 32 GHG Regulations: What Now? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
8
2022
Making Sense of the Solar Supply Chain Issues Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
21
2019
D.C. Circuit Says NEPA Requires FERC To Inquire Into Up and Downstream Effects of Pipeline Project Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
14
2022
PFAS As Hazardous Substances: Top 5 Implications For Businesses Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
1
2022
California Offshore Wind Lease Sale Announced by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
6
2020
FERC Continues to Squeeze Renewable Resources Participating in Wholesale Electric Capacity Markets Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
2
2013
Can California Cap and Trade if Brussels Stumbles? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
5
2023
2022 CEQA Legislative Recap Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
11
2013
The Supreme Court Gets It Right On Takings - And Wrong - A View from "Inside the Curtilage": The Property Owner's Perspective Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
26
2014
What’s New Out There? Highlights from the March 2014 Federal Register Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
21
2023
Beyond Inverse Condemnation in Wildfire Litigation: An Oregon Jury Finds Utility Liable for Negligence, Trespass and Nuisance Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
9
2024
CEQA 2023 Legislative Update Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
30
2024
Proposition 65: 2023 in Review Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
27
2024
Updates on GHG Emissions Disclosure Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
12
2015
New York Sacks Daily Fantasy Sports; Gives Pass to Traditional Fantasy Sports Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
20
2010
9th Circuit Upholds Corps Permit and Biological Opinion Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
2
2011
Army Corps of Engineers Proposes New, Reissued, and Modified Nationwide Permits Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
6
2011
June Proves To Be A Busy Month For ARB And Its Proposed Cap-and-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
19
2011
District of Columbia and Seventh Circuits Allow for Corporate Liability Under The Alien Tort Statute, Splitting With Second Circuit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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