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

In San Diego, the City owns and operates the local water utility system, which provides potable water to its 1.4 million residents.

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

Produced water surfaces with groundwater during drilling. While most of it is reinjected into wells, growing freshwater scarcity and advances in treatment technology have sparked interest in its reuse.

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

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

We are pleased to share that the Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed a victory for sustainable water management and environmental equity. We represented our client...

United States Environment

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Rich May

What Is Trump Doing With PFAS?

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are the contaminant of concern across the water industry.

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 LLP

The Topline: Steptoe Appropriations Newsletter

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

Water Carrier Statutes And Regulations - FMCSA Says "Goodbye" Through Regulatory Reforms

United States Transport

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

The OBBB Act | Infrastructure Overhaul: Transportation, Energy & Water Reforms

United States Government

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Nossaman LLP

What's Up With WOTUS?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Bridging Cultures, Avoiding Disputes: Why Construction Needs Partnering Dialogue More Than Ever

United States Litigation

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JAMS

From Copyright Case To AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies' Data Governance And EDiscovery Strategy

United States Technology

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

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

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

ABA Labor & Employment Law Podcast

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

ALERT: Key Tax Provisions Provided For In "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

United States Employment

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Dilworth Paxson LLP

New CEQA Exemptions In 2025: Streamlining Housing & Infrastructure Development In California

On Monday, June 30, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills, AB 130 and SB 131, which provide new exemptions from, and streamlines the process, under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

United States Environment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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

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

The AI Thirst Trap

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the water industry.

United States Technology

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Nossaman LLP

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

Earlier this year, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order (EO) N-16-25. That order is designed to facilitate the diversion and storage of flood flows and aligns with the Governor's broader...

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

NAD Reviews Green Claims In Battle Between Bottled And Boxed Water

The International Bottled Water Association (or "IBWA") challenged over 50 express and implied claims by Boxed Water is Better (or "BWIB"), suggesting that boxed water is better for the environment.

United States Environment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

PFAS Drinking Water Standards: State-by-state Regulations

The regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") in drinking water remains one of the primary focuses for legislatures and agencies at both the state and federal levels.

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

PFAS Primer Update: Recent Developments And Consumer Fraud Analysis

Of the emerging litigation topics across America, one of the more burdensome on our judicial system involves PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Though PFAS have been around since the mid-20th century...

United States Healthcare

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Thompson Coburn LLP

EPA Proposes Significant Budget Reduction For Fiscal Year 2026

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2026 fundamentally reimagines the federal government's role in environmental policy and regulation.

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

Supreme Court Narrows EPA's Authority To Set Limitations In Clean Water Act Permits

On March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, holding that EPA does not have the authority to issue "end-result" requirements in National Pollutant Discharge Emissions System ("NPDES") permits under the Clean Water Act ("CWA").

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Clean Water Act Citizen Suits In The Spotlight: Solicitor General Calls For Supreme Court Review

Last week, the Solicitor General weighed in on a pending petition for a writ of certiorari in Port of Tacoma v. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, No. 24-350.

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Percolating Groundwater Is Appurtenant To Land And Is Transferred With It

United States Real Estate

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Perkins Coie LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Grapples With Loper Bright In The Context Of NEPA Reviews

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

EPA Adjusts PFAS Standards, Eases Compliance For Public Water Systems

United States Environment

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Class VI Primacy Update

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

2025 Colorado Legislative Session In Review

United States Energy

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Davis Graham

State Attorneys General Bring Lawsuit Against Executive Order On Energy Emergency

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

A Challenge To The Constitution For The Ocean? Understanding Trump's Deep Sea Mining Executive Order

Worldwide Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

Maryland Governor Wes Moore Enacts Key Environmental And Energy Legislation In Spring 2025 Session, Including EPR For Packaging And Solar Permitting Reforms

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

A Look At Customer Assistance Programs For Utility Bills Today

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

Water Law: New Measurement Rules Coming To A Division Near You

United States Energy

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Dufford Waldeck

EPA Provides Update On PFAS Drinking Water Standards

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

Rewriting the Rules: The Supreme Court's Landmark Decision on Clean Water Act Permits (Podcast)

United States Real Estate

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Nossaman LLP

EPA And Army Corps May Limit Scope Of Jurisdictional "Waters Of The United States"

United States Environment

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

EPA Announces Plans To Revisit Certain PFAS Drinking Water Standards

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

PFAS In Biosolids: Washington State Adopts Testing Requirement

United States Energy

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Ballard Spahr LLP

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Navigating New Tariffs Impacting The Renewable Energy Industry (Video)

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

DMCAR Trend #8 – PFAS Inspires Forever Litigation (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

Brad De Vore Discusses PFAS Regulations With Water & Wastes Digest (Video)

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Womble Bond Dickinson

Meet The New WOTUS. Same As The Old WOTUS. (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

Top Game Changers Impacting The US Energy Sector (Video Content)

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Dentons

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