The new ordinance also requires that the city retain the emails of council members, council staff and city executives that are public record for two years instead of 90 days.

Massachusetts: The Massachusetts senate unanimously passed a bill expanding disclosure requirements for statewide ballot question campaigns, requiring monthly financial reports...

The proposed expansion of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) further into private commercial activity published in the Federal Register just over a month ago may be halted due to one of the first directives issued by Pam Bondi as Attorney General.

On January 25, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries released a final North Atlantic Right Whale and Offshore Wind Strategy (the "Strategy").

The California Public Utilities Commission (Commission) has uploaded a proposed Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR) that would revamp the permitting process for siting of electric transmission...

In the wake of the January 2025 wildfires that devastated Southern California, the State adopted Senate Bill 254 (2025, Becker) aimed primarily at expanding the existing Wildfire Fund meant to facilitate payments for eligible claims related to wildfires caused by electric utility infrastructure.

This week, the New York Court of Appeals rejected a bid for writ of habeas corpus from an unusual petitioner: Happy, a 51-year-old, female Asian elephant, currently living in captivity at the Bronx Zoo.

On Friday, August 4, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of the National Marine Fisheries Service...

On February 29, 2024, the federal District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed a challenge to eleven incidental take authorizations (ITAs)...

Trump v. California: On August 24, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court paused an injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and allowed the Trump administration to move forward with implementation of a March 2026 executive order affecting mail voting in 23 states and the District of Columbia.

Federal lobbyists, PACs and other filers may have additional filing obligations for this 2026 election year. See the easy-to-follow chart to help determine when a federal report may be due.

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

With the frequency of wildfires and flooding, landslides are becoming more frequent throughout California. When public agencies have water pipelines located in hillsides, the situation presents the classic...

Effective July 1, 2023, a new chapter in the California Government Code provides for qualifying multifamily housing developments of five or more units to be a "by right" use and subject only to a streamlined ministerial review.

We've reported in the past that public agencies are more frequently demanding certain off-site public improvements to accommodate proposed private developments as a condition of entitlement approval.

On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released final guidance and tools to assist project proponents with Endangered Species Act compliance with respect to the northern long-eared bat and the tricolored bat.

Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman's Government Relations & Regulation Group.

This is the fourth in a series of six eAlerts examining the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024...

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...

This comprehensive update examines recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on campaign finance and election law, state-level legislative changes to lobbying and contribution limits, and ongoing investigations into alleged campaign finance violations. The digest also covers ballot initiative developments across multiple states and emerging transparency concerns surrounding political spending by nonprofits and dark money organizations.