October 7, 2020 Nevada Supreme Court Holds That State May Not Reallocate Adjudicated Water Rights for Public TrustOn September 17, 2020, the Nevada Supreme Court issued a decision on whether Nevada’s public trust doctrine permits reallocation of water rights previously settled under Nevada’s prior appropriation doctrine. The majority found that […]
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October 6, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF Special Alert On October 1, 2020, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued its long-awaited Executive Branch environmental justice guidance document, titled “Furthering the Promise: A Guidance Document for Advancing Environmental Justice Across State Government”. The guidance sets forth the “framework […]
Biobased Products News and Policy Report Federal DOE SBIR/STTR Programs Office Invites Researchers To Participate In December Workshop In early September, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs Office announced that from December 14 to 17, 2020, the Brookhaven […]
The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) issued memorandum M-20-31 on August 31, 2020, on the implementation of Section 6 of Executive Order (EO) 13924, “Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery.” Section 6 of the EO directs the “heads of all agencies” […]
September 23, 2020 Zachary J. Koslap MGKF Litigation Blog On September 14, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that speculative, potential future response costs are not recoverable in a contribution action under CERCLA, even if the party seeking contribution has already made an expenditure for […]