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The Recorder
has named Morrison & Foerster to its inaugural list of "Leading Northern California Environmental Law Practice Groups."
"Morrison & Foerster LLP's energy team . . .
'performs excellently'
."
(
Legal 500 US
2011)
"The quality is excellent, from the partners to the associates."
(
Chambers USA
2012)
"'Experienced, responsive, professional,' Morrison & Foerster LLP provides an 'outstanding level of service' and has 'unmatched expertise.'"
(
Legal 500 US
2012)
"These lawyers are wonderful; we had no corporate knowledge of climate change issues and they educated us. They really know the area and are thorough, practical and fast."
(
Chambers USA
2011)
Toxics in Consumer Products: California Implements Safer Consumer Product Regulations
Peter Hsiao
and
William Tarantino
10/1/2013
Advanced Chemicals + Materials
,
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Product Liability
,
Proposition 65 + Chemicals
,
Retail
Client Alert
They’re Back? First District Court of Appeal Paves the Way for Possible Reinstatement of Controversial Air Quality Thresholds
Chris Carr
,
Shaye Diveley
, and
Miles Imwalle
8/15/2013
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Project Finance
,
Real Estate
Client Alert
Break Out The Crystal Ball To Evaluate Your Project
Law360
David Gold
,
Miles Imwalle
, and
Jennifer Jeffers
8/9/2013
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Article
Reprinted with permission.
Break Out the Crystal Ball—But Only If You Have the Evidence to Support It: California Supreme Court Affirms Agency Discretion to Utilize Baseline of Projected Future Conditions
David Gold
,
Miles Imwalle
, and
Jennifer Jeffers
8/5/2013
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
Nothing in Common: Fifth District Court of Appeal Rejects City-Applicant Protections for Pre-Project Approval CEQA Communications
Jennifer Jeffers
,
Shaye Diveley
, and
Michael Steel
7/31/2013
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Natural Resources
Client Alert
Solar Project Prevails Over Williamson Act, CEQA Claims in
Save Panoche Valley
David Gold
,
Miles Imwalle
, and
Megan Jennings
7/8/2013
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Natural Resources
Client Alert
Reforming Proposition 65: Governor’s “Update” Is a Promising Start
Michael Steel
,
Michèle Corash
, and
Robert Falk
5/8/2013
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Product Liability
,
Proposition 65 + Chemicals
,
Retail
Client Alert
Update on CEQA Reform: Steinberg’s Quest for the “Elusive Middle Ground”
Miles Imwalle
and
Shaye Diveley
4/30/2013
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Natural Resources
,
Project Finance
,
Real Estate
Client Alert
Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Chris Carr
Law360
Chris Carr
4/25/2013
Environment + Energy
,
Natural Resources
Article
Reprinted with permission.
Challengers Double Down on Opposition to California’s Carbon Allowance Auctions
Peter Hsiao
,
William Sloan
, and
Sue Landsittel
4/24/2013
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
Supreme Court Confirms EPA’s Interpretation That Logging Roads Do Not Require NPDES Permits
Chris Carr
and
Shaye Diveley
3/20/2013
Appellate + Supreme Court
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Natural Resources
Client Alert
Picking Up Steam? CARB Reports that California’s Second Carbon Auction Exceeds Price Expectations
William Sloan
,
Peter Hsiao
,
Michael Steel
, and
Megan Jennings
2/25/2013
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
Consumer Product Alert: California Revises Draft Green Chemistry Regulations
Peter Hsiao
,
William Tarantino
, and
Joshua Simon
2/4/2013
Advanced Chemicals + Materials
,
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Product Liability
,
Proposition 65 + Chemicals
,
Retail
Client Alert
Court Rejects Challenge to California’s Cap-and-Trade Carbon Offset Program
William Sloan
,
Peter Hsiao
,
Michael Steel
, and
Sue Landsittel
1/30/2013
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
GMO Laws Spread to Washington and New Mexico
Michael Steel
and
Alejandro Bras
1/15/2013
Advertising and Marketing Law
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Product Liability
,
Retail
Client Alert
FDA Releases New Food Safety Rules
Michael Steel
and
Alejandro Bras
1/10/2013
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Product Liability
,
Proposition 65 + Chemicals
,
Retail
Client Alert
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: Extends Production Tax Credit for Wind and Many Other Cleantech Tax Incentives
Robert Cudd
and
Michelle Jewett
1/4/2013
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
Client Alert
Putting the Brakes on San Diego’s Transportation Plan
Miles Imwalle
,
Megan Jennings
, and
Michael Steel
12/11/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
CARB Restates Its Cap-and-Trade Auction Results
Michael Steel
,
William Sloan
, and
Theresa Cho
12/10/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
Lone Pine
Order Forces Plaintiffs to Ante Up
James Huston
,
Julie Park
, and
Jeffrey David
11/28/2012
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Pharmaceutical + Medical Device
,
Product Liability
,
Proposition 65 + Chemicals
Client Alert
Sold! High Volume, Low Prices Mark California’s First Carbon Allowance Auction
William Sloan
,
Peter Hsiao
,
Michael Steel
, and
Sue Landsittel
11/20/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
California Drops the Hammer on Carbon Auction Despite Lawsuit
William Sloan
,
Peter Hsiao
,
Michael Steel
, and
Sue Landsittel
11/14/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
Initiative to Label Genetically Modified Foods Fails in California
Michael Steel
11/7/2012
Advertising and Marketing Law
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Product Liability
,
Retail
Client Alert
Another Boost for Renewables: 17 "Solar Energy Zones" Promise Fast-Track Development
Theresa Cho
and
Corinne Quigley
10/24/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
Question of the Week:
Under Prop 37, how long do companies have to bring their products into compliance with the new labeling requirements?
Michael Steel
and
Alejandro Bras
10/22/2012
Advertising and Marketing Law
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Product Liability
,
Retail
Client Alert
Truth in Green Advertising: FTC Releases Final Revised “Green Guides”
William Tarantino
and
Alejandro Bras
10/3/2012
Advertising and Marketing Law
,
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Retail
Client Alert
Question of the Week:
Under Prop 37, can’t grocery stores, delis, convenience stores, and the like avoid litigation by simply obtaining sworn compliance statements from their suppliers?
Michael Steel
9/27/2012
Advertising and Marketing Law
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Product Liability
,
Retail
Client Alert
An Introduction to Proposition 37: California’s Genetically Engineered Foods Labeling Initiative
Michael Steel
and
Alejandro Bras
9/14/2012
Advertising and Marketing Law
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Product Liability
,
Retail
Client Alert
Question of the Week: Does Prop 37 Prohibit Labeling of Processed Foods as "Natural?"
Michael Steel
and
Alejandro Bras
9/14/2012
Advertising and Marketing Law
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Product Liability
,
Retail
Client Alert
Large Opportunities and Potential Risks:
Renewable and Alterative Energy Companies Competing for the Army’s $7B Contract
Rick Vacura
and
Susan Borschel
9/7/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Government Contracts
Client Alert
Next Generation of Consumer Product Rules: California Issues Draft Green Chemistry Regulations
Peter Hsiao
and
William Tarantino
7/30/2012
Advanced Chemicals + Materials
,
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Product Liability
,
Proposition 65 + Chemicals
,
Retail
Client Alert
D.C. Circuit Rebuffs Challenges to EPA's Climate Change
Michael Steel
,
William Sloan
,
Peter Hsiao
, and
Sue Landsittel
6/26/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
Court Rejects Attempt to Expand RCRA to Diesel Exhaust
Michael Steel
and
Chris Carr
6/4/2012
Environment + Energy
Client Alert
Building the Grid of the Future: Smart Grid, Energy Storage, and Responsive Leads
Steve Rowles
6/3/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
Multimedia
“No One Can Stop Change”: Court Upholds Use of Future Baseline Under CEQA
Miles Imwalle
,
Megan Jennings
, and
Michael Steel
4/19/2012
Development, Land Use + Construction
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Government + Public Agencies
,
Land Use + Development
,
Litigation
,
Real Estate
Client Alert
California Addresses Court Ruling on Storm Water Permit for Development and Construction Activities
Robert Falk
4/11/2012
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Natural Resources
,
Real Estate
Client Alert
EPA Proposes Nationwide Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants
William Sloan
,
Michael Steel
, and
Megan Jennings
3/27/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
U.S. Supreme Court Opens Courthouse Doors for Early Challenges to Environmental Agency Orders
Chris Carr
,
Robert Falk
, and
Peter Hsiao
3/21/2012
Environment + Energy
,
Land Use + Development
Client Alert
Environmental Justice as Environmental Impact:
The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, and the California Environmental Quality Act
Bloomberg BNA World Climate Change Report
, Vol. 2012, No. 48
Peter Hsiao
,
David Gold
,
Miles Imwalle
, and
Jennifer Jeffers
3/12/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Real Estate
Article
Reproduced with permission from Daily Environment Report, Vol. 2012, No. 48, 3/12/2012. Copyright 2012 The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033)
www.bna.com
.
A Collision of Environmental Issues in California
Environmental Law360
Peter Hsiao
,
David Gold
,
Miles Imwalle
, and
Jennifer Jeffers
3/2/2012
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Article
All Content © 2003-2012, Portfolio Media, Inc. Permission to use this article has been granted by the publisher.
California’s Redevelopment Agencies:
Dead But Not Buried
CEB Real Property Law Reporter
Zane Gresham
March 2012
Environment + Energy
,
Land Use + Development
Article
OPR Proposes S.B. 226 CEQA Streamlining Guidelines:
Too High a Threshold to Help Infill Projects?
Zane Gresham
,
Miles Imwalle
, and
Corinne Quigley
2/9/2012
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Real Estate
Client Alert
Environmental Justice and Environmental Impact Analysis –
A California Case Study
ALI-ABA Advanced Environmental Law Course
Peter Hsiao
and
Jennifer Jeffers
2/2/2012
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
Article
Sea Level Rise: Regulatory Responses In San Francisco Bay And Across The Globe
TRENDS
, Vol. 43, No. 3
ABA Section of the Environment, Energy, and Resources Newsletter
Zane Gresham
and
Miles Imwalle
January/February 2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Land Use + Development
,
Natural Resources
Article
Reprinted with permission.
Greenhouse Gas and Environmental Justice Issues Collide as California Attorney General’s Office Weighs In on Sustainable Communities Plan
Peter Hsiao
,
David Gold
,
Miles Imwalle
, and
Jennifer Jeffers
1/26/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Real Estate
Client Alert
CEQA Guidelines “Up in the Air:”
Court Suspends BAAQMD Air Quality Rules
David Gold
,
Miles Imwalle
, and
Sue Landsittel
1/18/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Land Use + Development
,
Real Estate
Client Alert
Redevelopment Agencies: Dead, But Not Buried
Zane Gresham
1/4/2012
Development, Land Use + Construction
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Government + Public Agencies
,
Land Use + Development
,
Real Estate
Client Alert
Navigating California’s New 33% RPS Law:
Key California PUC decision on qualifying RPS portfolio content categories, compliance, and retroactivity
12/20/2011
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Environment + Energy
,
Land Use + Development
,
Project Finance
Client Alert
California Revives Green Chemistry Initiative With Draft Program Regulations
Toxics Law Reporter
Peter Hsiao
,
Michael Steel
,
William Tarantino
, Meredith Klein
11/10/2011
Advanced Chemicals + Materials
,
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Product Liability
Article
Reproduced with permission from
Toxics Law Reporter.
Consumer Product Alert: California Revives Green Chemistry Initiative with Draft Regulations that Impact Manufacturers, Importers, and Retailers
Peter Hsiao
,
Michael Steel
, and
William Tarantino
11/2/2011
Advanced Chemicals + Materials
,
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
,
Consumer Litigation
,
Consumer Products
,
Environment + Energy
,
Environmental Litigation
,
Environmental Regulation
,
Product Liability
,
Proposition 65 + Chemicals
,
Retail
Client Alert
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