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Decreto Por El Que Se Establecen Facilidades Administrativas Para Regularizar Titulos De Concesion Y Asignacion De Aguas Nacionales

El 28 de octubre de 2025, la titular del Poder Ejecutivo, Claudia Sheinbaum, publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación ("DOF") el Decreto por el que se establecen facilidades administrativas para regularizar títulos de concesión y asignación otorgados a los usuarios de aguas nacionales.

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Court Of Appeal Clears Way For State Intervention In Local Groundwater Management Under SGMA

On October 29, 2025, the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Kings County Farm Bureau v. State Water Resources Control Board reversed a broad preliminary injunction that had barred the State Water Resources Control Board from imposing regulatory fees ...

United States Energy

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

Controversy Over State And Tribal Rights Under Clean Water Act Section 401 Continues

Ten members of Congress representing New York districts have petitioned Gov. Kathy Hochul to withhold the state's water quality certification needed for a natural gas pipeline in New York waters.

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

California Supreme Court Replaces Greyhound Deference For Public Utilities Commission's Interpretation Of Its Code With Less Deferential Yamaha Standard

In its opinion in Center for Biological Diversity v. Public Utilities Commission the California Supreme Court overturned the First Appellate District's application of the highly deferential Greyhound standard of review ...

United States Energy

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Fennemore

Key Environmental And Energy Takeaways From The Senate's $914 Billion National Defense Authorization Act

United States Government

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Holland & Hart

PFAS Developments: CERCLA Designations Stay Intact For Now, Rollbacks Under SDWA

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

EPA Approves Montana's Revised Approach To Nutrient Water Quality Standards: Return To Narrative Criteria

United States Environment

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Holland & Hart

EPA's PFAS Rulemaking Trajectory: Key Updates Across CERCLA, TSCA, RCRA, SDWA And CWA

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

What Happens To A Utility Company And Its Customers When There's A State Of Emergency For Utility Service?

United States Energy

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Rich May

Underground Floodwater: How Does California's 'Arcane' Water Law Treat It?

United States Energy

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Yolo County Urgency Ordinance 1576 Imposes A Groundwater Well Permitting Moratorium On New Or Modified Agricultural Wells Within Focus Areas

United States Energy

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

Warning! New Wave Of Proposition 65 Complaints Targets Thermal Receipts

United States Environment

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Recap Of Environmental Issues In Oregon's 2025 Legislative Session

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Seeks Vacatur Of Majority Of Biden-Era PFAS Regulations Under The Safe Drinking Water Act - A Sign Of More To Come?

United States Environment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Customizing Dispute Resolution For Commercial Contracts

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JAMS

The Changes To The English Arbitration Regime: What Parties To International Construction Disputes Need To Know

United States Litigation

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JAMS

California Air Resources Board Publishes Draft SB 261 Guidance

United States Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Green And Spiegel Partner Ksenia Maiorova Secures Major Win In NIL Visa Lawsuit

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

AMTL's AICP Files Second Case Against TSMC, Its Advanced Memory Amends Against SK Hynix

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

Recent Federal Developments For September 2025

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and Chemical Watch are pleased to present FIFRA Fundamentals, a two-day course taught by professionals from B&C's renowned Federal Insecticide, Fungicide...

Worldwide Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Monthly Federal Developments Memorandum

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and Chemical Watch are pleased to present FIFRA Fundamentals, a two-day course taught by professionals from B&C's renowned Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act...

Worldwide Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

EPA's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda Includes PFAS Rulemakings

On September 4, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published the Trump Administration's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

People-Centric Water Future: How AI Is Empowering Water Utilities As Community Anchors

For decades, water utilities have been silent service providers - ensuring safe, reliable and essential access to water with little public visibility and engagement.

United States Energy

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Arcadis

The Court Of Appeal Deals Another Blow To Conservation Pricing By Municipally-Owned Water Systems

United States Real Estate

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Emerging Developments In The Treatment And Beneficial Use Of Produced Water In Texas

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

A Landmark Win For Water: The Appeals Court Upholds MassDEP Authority In Drought Regulation Decision

United States Environment

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Rich May

What Is Trump Doing With PFAS?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Trump EPA Seeks Reversal Of Ruling That Typical Levels Of Drinking Water Fluoridation Present An Unreasonable Risk To Health

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Trump Administration Seeks To Streamline Federal Permitting For Data Centers With New Executive Order And Action Plan

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Beyond Review: Water Contract Conversion, Reclamation Law, And California's Central Valley Project

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Is Boxed Water "Better"?

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Summary Of Trump Administration's Release Of AI Action Plan

United States Technology

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Holland & Hart

The Topline: Steptoe Appropriations Newsletter

United States Government

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Steptoe LLP

Beyond Review: Water Contract Conversion, Reclamation Law, And California's Central Valley Project

What Happened: A Federal District Court in California ruled as a matter of statutory interpretation that certain mandatory water contract conversions for the Central Valley Project...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Is Boxed Water "Better"?

The International Bottled Water Association brought a challenge to the National Advertising Division, alleging that Boxed Water is Better was making false claims about the environmental benefits of its boxed water.

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Summary Of Trump Administration's Release Of AI Action Plan

Earlier this week, President Trump signed an Executive Order as part of the release of his AI Action Plan entitled "Winning the AI Race: America's AI Action Plan." Led by White House AI...

United States Technology

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Holland & Hart

The Topline: Steptoe Appropriations Newsletter

Both the House and Senate made progress on FY26 appropriations bills this week – albeit with a readjustment to what we can expect them to complete by August recess.

United States Government

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Steptoe LLP

The AI Thirst Trap: Scrutiny Builds Around Water-Hungry Data Centers

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Ownership Of Produced Water In Oil And Gas Operations

In a first-of-its-kind ruling with major implications for both the energy and environmental sectors, the Texas Supreme Court, in Cactus Water Services v. COG Operating, LLC (June 27, 2025)...

United States Energy

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Dykema

What's Happening At TCEQ: An Update From Chairwoman Brooke Paup

TCEQ's main enforcement priority during this administration will be "compliance first" – meaning the agency is taking a more business-friendly approach, focusing on helping companies get into compliance...

United States Environment

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BakerHostetler

Senate Bill 6 Positions Texas To Better Manage Large Electrical Loads And Strengthen Grid Reliability

S.B. 6 amends multiple sections of the Texas Utilities Code and introduces new provisions designed to ensure that large load customers fairly contribute to system costs and can be reliably managed during grid emergencies.

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

De-Weaponizing Clean Water Act Section 401

On July 1st, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced it will soon open a docket and host two listening sessions to receive public input on needed reforms to the Section 401 program of the Clean Water Act (CWA).

United States Energy

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Michael Best

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Client Feature — July 2025

United States Energy

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Mintz

Governor Polis Signs HB25-1165 Concerning The Management Of Underground Energy Resources

United States Energy

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Davis Graham

Senate Moves To Scale Back Clean Energy Tax Credits Under Inflation Reduction Act: Latest Updates

United States Tax

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Holland & Knight

Texas Supreme Court Affirms Mineral Estate Ownership Of Produced Water In Landmark Ruling

United States Energy

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Bracewell

States Take Up 'Forever Chemicals' Restrictions As EPA Shifts

United States Environment

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Dechert

The AI Thirst Trap

United States Technology

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Nossaman LLP

Diverting Flood Flows – Details On The Opportunity To Utilize Wasted Water

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

NAD Reviews Green Claims In Battle Between Bottled And Boxed Water

United States Environment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

PFAS Drinking Water Standards: State-by-state Regulations

United States Energy

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

PFAS Lawsuits On The Rise: Trends, Risks & Takeaways

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Proposition 4: California's Historic $10 Billion Climate Investment And Path To Resilience

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

PFAS Legal And Regulatory Updates

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

Are The Kids Not Alright? MAHA Report Sparks Debate On Chemical Safety

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Nossaman's California Water Views – 2025 Outlook

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

PFAS Primer Update: Recent Developments And Consumer Fraud Analysis

United States Healthcare

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Thompson Coburn LLP

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