Environmental, Energy & Resources

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Jan
25
2018
Are Your Product Warnings Prop 65 Compliant? With New Changes Coming, It’s Time to Re-Evaluate Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
14
2018
After 9th Circuit Ruling in Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui, EPA Considers ‘Clarifying’ Clean Water Act Coverage for Discharges Via Groundwater Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
2
2014
UPDATE: Comment Period for Office of Planning and Research (OPR) Rethink of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines on Transportation Impacts in Extended Until November 21, 2014 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
11
2024
Should You Be Concerned About Foreign Entities of Concern? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
22
2015
State Lands Commission Land Exchanges Not Exempt from CEQA Review Absent a Title or Boundary Dispute; Actual Notice Doesn’t Satisfy CEQA Notice Requirements Under Public Resources Code Section 21177(e) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
16
2021
Antitrust Scrutiny Heating Up in Oil and Gas Industries Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
22
2016
Bill to Nullify Clean Water Rule Vetoed Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
22
2016
President Obama Signs Major Overhaul of TSCA Changing the Way The EPA Regulates Toxic Substances In Commerce Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
26
2019
FERC Approves MISO’s Tariff Change Permitting Generators to Voluntarily Share Interconnection Facilities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
13
2022
California’s Newly Adopted “Safe Harbor” Warning Label for Acrylamide In Foods Turns Up the Heat In Ongoing First Amendment Challenge to Proposition 65 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
9
2023
WARNING: Get Your Prop 65 House in Order for the New Year Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
14
2023
IRS Issues Guidance for Inflation Reduction Act Low-Income Bonus Tax Credits 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
Jul
18
2010
Notice Of Exemption Triggers A 35-Day Statute Of Limitations Under CEQA Despite Flaws in Underlying Approval Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
23
2010
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Two Bills Providing Moderate CEQA -California Environmental Quality Act Improvements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
7
2011
Attorney Fees Award May Be Reevaluated When Claims Are Partially Reversed On Appeal - Environmental Protection Information Center, et al. v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, et al., A108410 (1st Dist. Div. 5, November 19, 2010) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
8
2022
Petitioners Failed to Show Subdivision Consistent With a Specific Plan EIR Was Outside the Scope of a Statutory Exemption Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
19
2011
California and Florida Lead Trend of New State-Level Iran Sanctions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
6
2011
California AB 32's Cap-And-Trade Program Developments Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
7
2019
Following Suit – City of Los Angeles Updates CEQA Guide to Include VMT Methodology Ahead of State-Imposed Deadline Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
29
2022
Is the U.S. solar industry ready to prove its panels aren’t made with Uyghur forced labor? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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
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
 

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