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Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman's Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance...

Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman's Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes...

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and other business deals have become more complex as states are adopting their own versions of the federal Hart‑Scott‑Rodino (HSR) premerger notification regime.

The California Supreme Court is poised to examine critical questions surrounding fiduciary duties and governance structures within the state's public pension systems.

On July 1, 2022 a panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a superseding opinion in California River Watch v. City of Vacaville, Appeal No. 20-16605, withdrawing its previous opinion in the same case...

On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom announced his 2025-2026 budget proposal of $322.3 billion.

On April 6, 2026, the California Supreme Court heard oral argument in Sunflower Alliance v. California Department of Conservation (Case No. S287414).

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Nossaman's California Water Views – 2023 Outlook. April 1st is an important milestone in California's water year – marking the annual snowpack assessment...

Governor Gavin Newsom signed two major budget trailer bills, AB 130 and SB 131, into law on June 30, 2025, bringing significant amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) aimed at enhancing housing delivery while curbing CEQA litigation abuses.

On Thursday, October 12, 2023, Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of the United States...

On December 6, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a bipartisan vote of 350-80.

On July 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas that upheld the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 environmental, social and governance rule.

As we previously reported, on July 14, 2026, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, Services) published a final rule to rescind the definition of “harm” from their Endangered Species Act (ESA) implementing regulations (Final Rule).

On May 18, 2026, following through on its May 2025 announcements, the Trump administration, through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), proposed two new PFAS rules. T

As previously reported, on December 6, the Biden Administration published the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda)...

On January 31, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is proposing to list nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous constituents under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).