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Welcome to CEQA News You Can Use, a quarterly production of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP’s Natural Resources lawyers. This publication provides quick, useful bites of CEQA news, which we hope can be a resource to your real-time business...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

As counties and municipalities react to the outbreak of COVID-19, the typical development process is disrupted. Some jurisdictions have chosen only to suspend building inspections of the interior of occupied residential dwelling units, while others...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

As counties and municipalities react to the outbreak of COVID-19, the typical development process is disrupted. Some jurisdictions have chosen only to suspend building inspections of the interior of occupied residential dwelling units, while others...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Earlier this year, the two federal antitrust agencies—the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ)—issued Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines (“Guidelines”). The Guidelines are intended to assist the business community in...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Needless to say, a coronavirus pandemic (or even the threat of such a pandemic) could have significant impacts on ongoing construction projects. A potential or actual pandemic could dramatically affect the labor force and delay the delivery of...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee et al. v. Sulyma (case number 18-1116). The decision requires a participant to have “actual knowledge” in order to apply ERISA’s three year statute of...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

An unprecedented number of citizen-initiated ballot measures are making their way through Colorado’s process in advance of the Nov. 3, 2020, election. To date, 257 ballot measures have been submitted for the 2019-2020 election cycle. By contrast,...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

On Jan. 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced the 2020 adjusted thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”). The HSR Act notification requirements apply to transactions that satisfy the specified...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has been busy this December. It has issued a new rule changing the timing requirements in representation elections and has rendered a decision restoring an employer’s ability to conduct confidential...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Just past midnight on Dec. 17, lawmakers released an amendment to one of two spending bills released on Dec. 16—H.R. 1865—the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020. Most notably, the amendment included an extension for several expiring and...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck