On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — which requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental impacts of projects that they carry out, fund, or approve — does not…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — which requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental impacts of projects that they carry out, fund, or approve — does not…
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/ Construction Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of an alliance of local counties that support a planned 88-mile railroad project in Utah, concluding that the federal environmental review process did not have to consider…
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/ Environmental Law
The California Independent System Operator Board of Governors has approved the ISO’s 2024-2025 transmission plan, recommending 31 infrastructure projects to help meet projected load growth and changing grid conditions. Drafted…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Indigenous Peoples
“Tariffs are only part of the uncertainty in the market right now. Many clients, even those with entitled projects, have told me over the past several months that they were pausing on new construction due to interest rate…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, International Law & Trade, Real Estate - Commercial
Yesterday's post considered one of several matters raised on appeal in Perry v. Stuart, 2025 WL 1501935. The case involves a former member's demand for inspection of records of a California limited liability company. Another…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
The Nevada Limited Liability Company Act provides “a manager” of a limited liability company “shall promptly deliver . . . a copy of the information required to be maintained by paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subdivision (d) of…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies
The Senate on Thursday blocked California’s landmark plan to phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles, setting up a legal battle that could shape the electric car market in the United States. The consequences of the…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Transportation
Governor Gavin Newsom on March 14 praised Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) for sponsoring two bills (SB 607 and AB 609) that would streamline housing development in urban areas…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In prior posts, I have discussed some the changes that AB 239 would make to Nevada's corporate law. Last week, I testified in my individual capacity in support of the bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On Wednesday of…
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/ Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Mergers & Acquisitions
According to this Form 8-K filed on April 29, 2025, Tripadvisor, Inc. finally completed its reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada by means of a statutory conversion, which it erroneously denominated a "redomestication". The…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
A year ago, I posited the question whether a derivative suit can survive a conversion. I raised that question in reference to Palkon v. Maffei, 2024 WL 678204 (Del. Ch. Feb. 20, 2024), in which the plaintiffs unsuccessfully…
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/ Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will rescind much of the Biden administration’s first nationwide drinking water standard aimed at protecting people from PFAS, which are found in hundreds of consumer and commercial…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
The Trump administration took steps to rescind a Biden-era regulation that lowered fees for renewable energy projects on federal lands, saying the rule unfairly favored development of wind and solar facilities. The Interior…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities
In reviewing a recent agreement, I came across the following interpretive provision..…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts
