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News and Success Stories

Below is a list of all the News and Success Stories from our ELN members. Click on a link to read the full story.
  • Bergeson & Campbell Federal Regulatory Update November 2011
  • Greenwashing: What Your Clients Should Avoid
  • The Seminole Tribe and Water Rights
  • A NEW TOOL TO AVOID WATER RIGHTS LITIGATION
  • IS IT TIME FOR BLUE STAKES?
  • ESTABLISHING CAPITAL RESERVE ACCOUNTS FOR PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES
  • San Diego Superior Court Upholds California Fish and Game Commission Regulations
  • Bergeson & Campbell Federal Regulatory Update October 2011
  • Injunction Granted to Limit Water Supply Impact of Proposed X2 Action
  • California Court of Appeal Reverses Judgment Finding that Water District’s Tiered Rate Structure Complied with Proposition 218
  • California Legislature Enacts CEQA Reform Bills on Final Day of Session
  • Bergeson & Campbell Federal Regulatory Update September 2011
  • Ninth Circuit Upholds Use of Mass-Emissions Monitoring to Assess MS4 Permit Compliance, Finds No “Safe Harbor” in “Iterative” BMP Procedures
  • Extensive Revisions Proposed to General Permit for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems
  • Contributor Liability Under RCRA
  • Fourth Appellate District Upholds Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
  • Bergeson & Campbell Federal Regulatory Update August 2011
  • Ninth Circuit Narrowly Construes “Arranger” Liability Under CERCLA
  • California Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Public Interest Standing Requirement for Corporations
  • United States Supreme Court Rejects Climate Change Nuisance Suit
  • Are Assessments for Fire Suppression Service "Special Taxes" Under Proposition 218?
  • CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND TOWN PARTNER TO ROLL OUT INNOVATIVE NEW ENERGY FINANCING PROGRAM
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update July 2011
  • Update on DWR’s Access to Delta Properties for BDCP Studies: Supreme Court Orders Review of Order Authorizing DWR's Entry
  • California Court of Appeal Emphasizes Importance of Adherence to Public Notice Requirements Under CEQA
  • Court Rejects CEQA Claims Based on Last-Minute “Document Dump,” Holds Arguments About Effect of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Climate Change
  • JENSEN v. JONES
  • SALT LAKE CITY v. BIG DITCH IRRIGATION CO.
  • HAIK v. SANDY CITY
  • MONTANA v. WYOMING
  • LOWRY v. G & L ENTERPRISES
  • 2011 Florida Legislative Session Recap
  • Federal Judge Refuses to Compel Designation of Critical Habitat for Florida Panther
  • EPA and the Corps' Proposed Expansion of their Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Wetlands
  • Ontario to make energy conservation planning mandatory for public agencies
  • MOE fine-tunes its brownfields regulation before it takes effect on July 1, 2011
  • Ontario extends deadline for toxic substances reduction plans
  • BC Supreme Court limits “duty to consult”
  • Ninth Circuit Holds That Federal Courts Lack Jurisdiction to Review Citizen Suits Challenging Ongoing CERCLA Cleanup Actions
  • Ninth Circuit Upholds Air Pollution Control District Rules for Stationary Diesel Generators Used in Agricultural Operations
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update June 2011
  • Ontario’s new environmental approval system to launch in September 2011
  • Allocating Environmental Liabilities and Risks by Contract and Making That Stick
  • As If It Isn't Enough To Have A Non-Performing Loan: Dealing With Environmentally Impacted Distressed Assets
  • Sacramento Superior Court Enjoins the State Water Board From Applying the Southern Delta Salinity Objectives to Municipal Wastewater Discharges
  • Ontario Updates and Revises Noise Guidelines to Ease Brownfield Development
  • Los Angeles Superior Court Invalidates Water Replenishment District of Southern California Assessments for Failure to Conform with Proposition 218
  • US Supreme Court Holds That Under Montana & Wyoming State Law, No Injury Rule Does Not Apply to Reduced Return Flows
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update May 2011
  • EPA Guidance Seeks to Clarify Reach of Clean Water Act
  • Second Appellate District Upholds Environmental Impact Report for the Malibu Legacy Park Project Site, Rejects Arguments of Santa Monica Baykeeper
  • Holders of Possessory Interests in Real Property Are Generally Not Subject to “Owner” Liability Under CERCLA
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update April 2011
  • Adopting Green Building Codes and Federal Preemption: A Lesson Learned from Albuquerque
  • Due Diligence Prior to Foreclosure
  • Update on PACE: Challenges and Opportunities
  • LLW Intellectual Property Group Secures Patent Protection for “Seagrass Plugger”
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update March 2011
  • Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Revives Water Rights Taking Claims in Klamath River Basin
  • Delta Smelt and Water Pumps: Rival Interests Reach Common Ground in Temporary Settlement Agreement
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update February 2011
  • Ninth Circuit Eliminates Prohibition on Intervention of Right in NEPA Cases
  • Court of Appeal Holds That Lead Agencies Cannot Use Predicted Future Conditions As Baseline in Environmental Impact Reports
  • 2011 Legislative Preview on Water Issues
  • Courts shine light on the “duty to consult” Aboriginal people
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update January 2011
  • Clamping down on greenwashing
  • Court of Appeal Rules Regional Water Board Had No Duty to Consider Stormwater Regulation Impacts During Basin Plan Review
  • Ninth Circuit Upholds Indirect Source Review Rule of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
  • Geologic Sequestration of CO2: New Developments in Regulations Governing Aspects of CO2 Management
  • Judge Wanger Issues Ruling in the Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases, Remands Biological Opinion to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • California Court of Appeal Upholds Stanislaus County’s Farmland Mitigation Program
  • Lead Agency Required Under CEQA to Evaluate Environmental Effects of Entire Project Even Though Project Is on Federal Land
  • State Water Board Contemplating Approach to Monitoring Constituents of Emerging Concern in Recycled Water
  • Appellate Court Addresses CEQA’s Baseline Requirements in Analysis of a Project’s Impacts on Regional Water Supplies
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update December 2010
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update November 2010
  • How Does the Law Treat Lost Share Certificates in Water Companies?
  • Introduction to Wetland Laws and Regulations
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update October 2010
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - State Water Board Staff Proposes Development of Statewide Trash Policy
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - State Water Resources Control Board Delegates Enforcement Authority to Delta Watermaster, but Allows for Redelegation
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update September 2010
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Central Valley Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Draft Environmental Document Released for Public Review
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Little Hoover Commission Recommends Significant Changes in California Water Governance
  • Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP hosted Stimulus Seminar
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update August 2010
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Delaying the $11 Billion Water Bond: What Does it Mean for the Delta?
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Supreme Court’s “Judicial Takings” Decision
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Control Board To Consider Resolution To Approve Draft Delta Flow Criteria Report
  • Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers - WCI releases detailed cap-and-trade strategy
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update July 2010
  • McMahon DeGulis LLP and four partners rank among top in Ohio by Chambers USA
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Ninth Circuit Upholds Agencies’ Decisions on Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act Challenges
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Non-Settling Potentially Responsible Parties Have Right to Intervene to Oppose CERCLA Consent Decree
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Challenges of Authority to Regulate Water Rights
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - Energy Efficiency Grants Available
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - Forward Shores of the BP Oil Spill
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - California Farm Bureau Federation Challenges Department of Fish and Game’s Authority to Regulate Water Rights
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - New State Water Board Policy Represents a Fundamental Shift in NPDES Permitting of Power Plants
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Court Clarifies Thresholds Triggering Water Supply Assessment Laws
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Substantial Judgment Entered Against Environmental Consultants for Alleged Fraudulent Claims
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update June 2010
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - State Water Resources Control Board Reveals a New Approach in the North Coast Instream Flow Policy
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Statements of Water Diversion and Use Due
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update May 2010
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Validity of Pre-1914 and Riparian Water Rights in the Delta
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Superior Court Order Trumps Local Water Management Agency Authority
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - Where Has All the Financing Gone?
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - Florida Panther Habitat
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - EPA Continues March Towards Numeric Nutrient Limitations
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - Go Green
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Federal Government May Recoup Interest from Irrigation District in Water?
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Upheld Amendments to Basin Plan for the Sacramento River & San Joaquin River Basins
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - California Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets a CEQA Statute of Limitations
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Delta Mercury Control Program Is Being Considered for Adoption
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update April 2010
  • McMahon DeGulis LLP Grows Presence in Columbus Adding Sarah Staley as Associate
  • Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers - Public Consultations to take place on the proposed Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010
  • Guida, Slavich & Flores - Whooping Cranes and Texas Water Rights - A Fight's A Brewing
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update March 2010
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Department of Water Resources Begins Listening Sessions for Water Conservation Legislation
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Filing of a Notice of Determination Triggers 30-Day Statute of Limitations
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Arguments in Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Alleging Non-Compliance with Municipal Stormwater Permit
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Central Valley Project and State Water Project Pumping Restrictions
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update February 2010
  • Willms & Shier - Is climate change litigation blowing hot or cold?
  • Willms & Shier - Cross Border Litigation
  • Willms & Shier - Uncomplicating Ontario's limitation date calculations!
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Introducing Bay-Delta Developments
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Court Invalidates The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - The Effective Expert Witness
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - Welcomes Dennis M. Stotts to the Firm
  • MANKO, GOLD, KATCHER & FOX, LLP - CONTRIBUTES MONTHLY “GREEN-HOUSE COUNSEL” COLUMN
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update January 2010
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Establishing New Delta Flow Criteria To Protect Public Trust Resources
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - New Municipal Stormwater Permit Requirements Are Reimbursable State Mandates
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - California Appellate Court Holds Base Rate Charges Imposed On Parcels With Utility Connections, Regardless Of Actual Use, Cons
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Ruling Would Invalidate The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement
  • Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox - ENFORCEABLE NUMERIC LIMITS
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update December 2009
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - $20 Million of Proposition 1E Funds To Be Appropriated For Delta Levees Special Flood Control Projects
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Bureau of Reclamation Violated NEPA Opinion
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Bureau of Reclamation Liable for Water Shortage Deliveries
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Army Corps of Engineers’ Jurisdiction Extends Over Existing Shoreline Development
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Beware of Mixtures of Used Oil and Water
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update November 2009
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - California Legislature Passes New Delta and Water Policy Legislation
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update October 2009
  • Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - Erika Erikson Chairs National Award-Winning Vapor Intrusion Project Team
  • Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - Paul Seals Joins American College of Environmental Lawyers
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Second Circuit Allows Nuisance Case Against
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Potential Dam Removal In The Klamath Basin
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - California Appellate Court Affirms CEQA Lead Agencies’ Authority
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - State Water Resources Control Board Adopts New Construction General Permit
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn Adds Two Attorneys
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update September 2009
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - Terry Lewis receives the Bill Sadowski Memorial Outstanding Service Award
  • PLEWS SHADLEY RACHER & BRAUN - INDIANA COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS THE RIGHT TO FARM ACT
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update August 2009
  • A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision in 2010 Rate Case
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - Continues Work to Refine Water Conservation Rules
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - United States Geological Survey Releases Central Valley Groundwater Report
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Supreme Court to Review Florida "Judicial Takings" Case
  • Rich and Henderson Persuades Court to Reject Application of Provisions of the Maryland Critical Area Act
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update July 2009
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Eighth Circuit Denies Intervention to Dischargers in a Clean Water Act Lawsuit
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - New Merced Wild and Scenic River Management Plan Could Limit Number of Yosemite Park Visitors
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Key House Committee Approves Far-Reaching Climate & Energy Bill
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - CEQA Compliance Documents Produced by Agency Counsel Are Subject to Attorney-Client Privilege
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Eleventh Circuit Reexamines the Unitary Waters Theory
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Sixth Circuit Holds Off on Requiring Additional Clean Water Act Regulation of Pesticide Applications
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. - Named One of the Best Places to Work in Northeast Florida
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update June 2009
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Fish and Wildlife Service Required to Justify Pumping Restrictions in the Delta
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - PLF Complaint Alleges That The Delta Smelt Biological Opinion Is Unconstitutional
  • Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox - Potential Legal Problems in Green Building
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Santa Clara Court Invalidates Groundwater Extraction Fee
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - What Constitutes Permissible Local Spending of Public Funds on Ballot
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update May 2009
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Prevail
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update April 2009
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Federal Court Challenge of Land Exchange
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Senate Bill No. 681 (SB 681)
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Delta Water Agencies Challenge Bay Delta Conservation Plan Process
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Drought Water Bank Violates the California Environmental Quality Act
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker Presents Volusia County Manatee Protection Plan
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker Presents "Florida Department of Environmental Protection and St. Johns River Water Management District Wetlands Permitting Iss
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - Presentation "Ethical Minefields Involving Law Firm Staff"
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker - John Fumero Elected to Board of Directors of the Institute of Green Professionals
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker Water - Sustainability Plenary Meeting
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Federal Water Quality Economic Stimulus Funding
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Appeal Upheld in Takings Case
  • MANKO, GOLD, KATCHER & FOX, LLP CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO “GOING GREEN”
  • MANKO, GOLD, KATCHER & FOX, LLP HOSTED STIMULUS SEMINAR
  • Paul Seals Joins Guida, Slavich & Flores' Austin Office
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update December 2007
  • Plews Shadley Racher & Braun - Federal Court Refuses to Stop VX Hydrolysate Destruction
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update November 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Updates October 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update Septemeber 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update August 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update July 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update June 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update May 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update April 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update March 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update February 2007
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update January 2007
  • Lewis, Longman & Walker, PA Annouces Election of 2 Shareholders
  • Somach Simmons & Dunn - Names Two New Shareholders and Welcomes an Associate
  • Wallace King Domike & Branson Publishes in TRENDS Magazine--Searching for Certainty in Uncertain Air: NSR & the RMRR Exclusion
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update December 2006
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update November 2006
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update October 2006
  • Plews Shadley Wins $11.645 Million Judgment for Raybestos Products Company
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update September 2006
  • New Talent Joins Somach, Simmons & Dunn
  • Environmental Law Network Members Achieve Exceptional Rankings by Chambers
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update August 2006
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update
  • McMahon DeGulis Wins Asbestos Case for Defendant
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update June 2006
  • Bergeson & Campbell - Federal Regulatory Update May 2006
  • Denver-Based Kaplan Kirsch Rockwell Expands
  • Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP
  • Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP - Finished Negotiation with DOJ/EPA
  • MGKF Prevails at Trial in Dispute Over "Cost-Cap" Environment Insurance Policy
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