On May 29, 2025, SCOTUS delivered a unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado. The project...

California could soon join forces with other states in sending the fossil fuel industry a massive bill for the costs of coping with...

On April 17, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal will hear oral argument in Pakootas v. Teck Cominco on a question that has plagued...

On April 2, 2025, the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee will hold the first hearing on SB 684 – the Polluters Pay Climate...

If the first two waves of PFAS litigation focused on impacts to natural resources—namely groundwater—and personal injury claims alleging...

On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)...

The last few years have seen significant developments in our understanding of the reach of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). (Indeed,...

The California Attorney General’s Office has turned its focus to PFAS, filing litigation that is likely to be one of the larger of the...

Farella's CJ Higley and Donald Sobelman with guest speakers, Michael Keinath from Ramboll and Tania Sheyner from City and County of San...

A few considerations practitioners should keep in mind when dealing with contamination involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...

In support of California’s efforts to investigate and evaluate the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the...

With Marin County’s Mt. Tamalpais often considered the birthplace of mountain biking, it should not be surprising that the County finds...

In support of the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Board) efforts to investigate and evaluate the public health effects of...

Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the “Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule” (Rule). The...

Read the article on California Ag Net, here. In April, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling clarifying the reach of...

In a landmark ruling, the United States Supreme Court has held that, under section 301 of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), a discharge...