On August 1, 2025, the Senate approved Brian Nesvik, President Trump's nominee for Director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service).

On December 21, 2023, I published a post on the Center for California Water Resources Policy and Management's DeltaCurrents blog discussing integration of resource...

On October 31, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed listing the oblong rocksnail (Leptoxis compacta) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

On November 7, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to designate approximately 595,495 acres of critical habitat for the Southern Sierra Nevada...

On July 27, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comment on species conservation banking.

On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 2402, which requires alcohol servers be trained to prevent and mitigate the effects of drink spiking.

Local government agencies sometimes enact short-term building moratoriums for certain areas to further assess changes in land use patterns or slow growth.

Complex infrastructure projects require carefully structured insurance programs to protect against unique risks. Understanding how to tailor coverage for these large-scale developments involves navigating specialized policies, risk allocation strategies, and the interplay between project stakeholders and insurers.

The article provides an overview of the impact of forum shopping and how it could be reformed.

Welcome to Construction & Claims, a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving construction news, claims, bid protests, contract administration and payment-related disputes.

The field of real estate law and commercial leasing is established and well-tested. For this reason, most landlords and tenants that enter into negotiations with their legal team...

When the government approves a private development that diminishes neighboring property values, can a property owner maintain a takings claim?

Aleene Madikians and I recently authored the article "Mitigating Damages—Condemning Replacement or Substitute Property" for the May/June 2024 issue of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) newsletter, Right of Way.

On December 15, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an amendment to the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule (AAI Rule), 40 C.F.R. part 312.

Redevelopment agencies (RDAs) have held a rather infamous position in California history. While originally created to address urban decay...

In response to "multiple" cyber threat vectors, the Biden administration has asked governors of all 50 states to generate cybersecurity plans within 90 days (approximately July 1, 2024) to protect local water and wastewater facilities.

On May 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to reevaluate its decision not to list two species of Joshua tree—Yucca brevifolia and Yucca jaegeriana —as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act...

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and other environmental laws can create significant legal risks...

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rush to push billions of dollars of grant assistance to recipients has created the potential for devastating cyberattacks and intellectual property...

In a sign of the times, both petitioners and respondents filed petitions for rehearing en banc of the recent decision of a split panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that held that the Council...