On March 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction to temporarily halt the enactment of the Biden administration's...

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Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling allowing the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) to continue pursuing its large Endangered Species Act (ESA)...

Generative artificial intelligence cannot be avoided or ignored, but its risks can be managed. As organizations increasingly deploy Gen AI in marketing, customer interactions and operational decision-making, they are also assuming risk for the outputs those systems generate.

On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, Services) published a notice in the Federal Register proposing to rescind the Services' respective definitions of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (Proposed Rule).

Investors and developers scour the Southern California real estate market searching for opportunities to buy dated houses that they can demolish and replace with large, modern homes to sell for much more.

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In surprising news for the California county retirement system community, on April 17, 2024, the California Supreme Court granted review of Ventura County Employees' Retirement Ass'n v. Criminal Justice Attorney's Ass'n of Ventura County (2024) 98 Cal.App.5th 1119 (the VCERA decision).

On November 21, 2023, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Cottonwood Environmental Law Center vs. Edwards addressing various Clean Water Act issues.

On October 18, 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) made available the Final Sale Notice (FSN) for the Morro Bay and Humboldt Wind Energy Area..

The year started with a bang, with a lot of new Members of the Legislature, and more seasoned Members, invigorated and motivated to tackle some major water policy and funding issues for California.

On June 12, 2023, each house of the California State Legislature released the proposed language of the Budget Act of 2023. The Legislature's proposal excludes the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)...

On July 5, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order vacating three Trump-era regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act.

On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule listing two distinct population segments (DPS)—the North Feather and Central Coast DPSs—of the foothill yellow-legged frog...

Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is the country's oldest and largest civil engineering organization.

When a lawsuit involves both inverse condemnation claims and other tort claims, trial courts often bifurcate the proceedings.

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Chris Carney authored the article "Another Voice: American security depends on keeping up with AI" (subscription required) for The Buffalo News.

Governor Hochul recently appointed New York's first chief cyber officer, a signal that New York State takes seriously its commitment to defending against cybercrime and misinformation.

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...