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Fifth Circuit Overturns Selective Service Ruling, Setting Up Supreme Court Fight

22 Sep 2020, 5:01 am by Russell Spivak

The Fifth Circuit’s Ruling Judges Jacques Wiener, Carl Stewart and Don Willett of the Fifth Circuit overturned Miller’s ruling in a brief six-page per curiam opinion from August. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Recent Articles and Books of Interest

7 Sep 2020, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman

Miller, The Morality of Fiduciary Law, (62 Wm. [read post]

Religion Clause - http://religionclause.blogspot.com/

Burnishing the “Golden Door”: Fourth District Modifies Recent Opinion Requiring Lead Agency Preservation of CEQA Administrative Record Documents, Denies Petitions for Rehearing and Leaves Judgment Unchanged

26 Aug 2020, 10:35 am by Arthur F. Coon

Coon of Miller Starr Regalia. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

People v. Mirmon (Cal. Ct. App. - Aug. 10, 2020)

10 Aug 2020, 1:53 pm

(People v. [read post]

California Appellate Report - http://calapp.blogspot.com/

“For the Record”: Fourth District Holds CEQA’s “Mandatory” And “Broadly Inclusive” Administrative Record Statute Requires Lead Agency To Retain Documents Within Its Scope And Not Destroy Them Prior To Record Preparation

5 Aug 2020, 2:39 pm by Arthur F. Coon

In a 77-page published opinion filed on July 30, 2020, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Eghtesad v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co. (Cal. Ct. App. - June 29, 2020)

29 Jun 2020, 4:00 pm

Check out all the delays discussed in this opinion by the Court of Appeal:"The first two pages of Eghtesad’s complaint bear the preprinted Judicial Council footer “COMPLAINT—Contract. [read post]

California Appellate Report - http://calapp.blogspot.com/

Third Time Is Not The Charm: Fourth District Affirms Judgment Setting Aside San Diego County’s Climate Action Plan And Related Supplemental EIR Approvals Due To CEQA Violations

29 Jun 2020, 9:31 am by Arthur F. Coon

(Golden Door Properties, LLC v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Does China Really Owe the World Trillions of Dollars?

7 May 2020, 10:58 am by Henning Lahmann

In a 16-page paper issued to member states on April 18, the WHO criticized governments for being ill-prepared for the outbreak of epidemics, with abundant examples of failures to mitigate the further spread of the pandemic all around the globe. [read post]

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2H 2019 and Q1 2020 Quick Links, Part 7 (Content Moderation, Censorship, Defamation, & More)

3 May 2020, 7:19 am by Eric Goldman

* Miller Industries Towing Equi [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Back To CEQA Basics: Second District Teaches That CEQA Requires Judicial Deference To Lead Agency’s Chosen Baseline, Failure To Administratively Exhaust “Exact Issue” Results In Forfeiture, And An EIR Is Not Faulty For Omitting Immaterial Information

21 Apr 2020, 1:11 pm by Arthur F. Coon

Plaintiff CBE argued the FEIR – which had a 180-page index and consisted of a 1700-plus page DEIR and more than 6,000 pages of comments and responses, exclusive of technical appendices – was faulty in four respects. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Once More Into the “Brambled Thicket”: Fourth District Reverses Ruling Sustaining Demurrer to Action Challenging Caltrans’ Claim of Statutory CEQA Exemption For Freeway Interchange Project, Holds Streets and Highways Code § 103’s Coastal Commission Exemption Does Not Apply And That Petition Adequately Pleaded Estoppel Against Caltrans to Assert 35-Day Statute of Limitations Based on NOE Filing

1 Apr 2020, 4:33 pm by Arthur F. Coon

Citizens for a Responsible Caltrans Decision v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Recent Decisions and Legislation March 16, 2020

31 Mar 2020, 2:30 pm by Joel R. Brandes

Brandes, titled" Stare Decisis, Precedent and Dicta, appears in the March 2020 issue of the New York State Bar Journal, Vol.92, No. 2 at page 36. [read post]

New York Divorce and Family Law Blog - http://brandeslaw.blogspot.com/

CARES Act Offers Much Needed Hope to Small Businesses

30 Mar 2020, 9:19 am by Steven Boutwell

With the legislation exceeding 850-pages, many small businesses are turning to professionals, including their lawyers and lenders, for answers as to what the PPP, in particular, means for them. [read post]

Louisiana Law Blog - http://www.louisianalawblog.com/

Case o' The Week: Ninth Unmoved by The Miller's Tale - Wire Fraud Jury Instructions

29 Mar 2020, 10:21 am by Steve Kalar

”The "Thin Ice" Band, with Victim-Company Owner Russ Lesser, AUSA Greg Lesser, and James Miller United States v. [read post]

Ninth Circuit Blog - http://circuit9.blogspot.com/

Second District Affirms Judgment Invalidating City of Agoura Hills’ Mixed-Use Project Approvals and Related MND Based On CEQA and Local Oak Tree Ordinance Violations

27 Mar 2020, 6:32 pm by Arthur F. Coon

(Monterey Coastkeeper v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Spring CEQA Roundup – 2020

23 Mar 2020, 10:56 am by Arthur F. Coon

(Citing, e.g., Rich v. [read post]