In February, the California Senate proposed the “Preserve California” legislative package to establish enforceable California Environmental Laws that are more stringent than the resulting federal environmental law if certain laws are repealed or modified by President Trump and the GOP-controlled U.S. Congress.  This package is clearly an attempt to push back against Trump who has signaled he will reduce environmental protections and reduce funding for environmental enforcement of the remaining […]

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  Bick Law LLP is pleased to announce that Corrie L. Plant has joined the firm as a partner and will continue to handle matters of environmental litigation and compliance counseling. Ms. Plant has practiced environmental law for the past 10 years in the Los Angeles office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as part of the firm’s Environmental & Natural Resources and Litigation groups.  She has worked with clients in a wide […]

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On the heels of new Proposition 65 “safe harbor” warning regulations adopted last year by the state, which will impose new and more stringent warning requirements on California businesses beginning August 2018, new legislation has been introduced that, if passed, may help level the playing field for businesses frustrated by the peculiarities of this law.  In particular, the new bill (AB 1583) is designed to improve transparency and reduce litigation […]

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The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in concert with other environmental organizations in California and Maryland (collectively “NRDC”), recently filed two lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Fourth and Ninth Circuits, asking the courts to review and set aside the EPA’s denial of two petitions to require privately-owned commercial, institutional, and industrial (CII) sites to obtain Clean Water Act (CWA) permits. Specifically, the lawsuits allege that the […]

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