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Date	Newsletter
July 2008	Legal Alert - California is First in Nation to Adopt "Green" Building Code

July 2008	Land Use Alert - Governor Signs Map Extension Bill

June 2008	Environmental Alert - Governor's Office of Planning and Research Issues Technical Advisory on Addressing Climate Change in CEQA Documents

May 2008	Legal Alert - Errors in arbitration clause expose developer to significant costs: Fourth District refuses to enforce arbitration clause in construction defect action

May 2008	Real Estate Alert - New Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling Broadens Standing For ADA Plaintiffs

May 2008	Tax and Benefits Alert - Recent tax law requires deferred compensation plans to be amended by December 31, 2008

May 2008	Land Use Alert - The City of Los Angeles Planning Department to Create Reimbursement Application Form and Process

April 2008	Real Estate Alert - California Appellate Court removes intermediate hurdle to project approval with recent water supply ruling

April 2008	Real Estate Tip - Are you using the best title insurance form?

April 2008	Land Use Alert - Residential Developers May Recover Excess Park Fees from the City of Los Angeles

March 2008	Land Use Alert - Proposed Two-Year Extension for Tentative Maps

March 2008	Land Use and Construction Alert - New draft of water quality permit governing nearly all construction in California - Deadline to affect permit approaching

March 2008	Legal Alert - California Supreme Court Expands State Constitutional Protection of Free Speech

February 2008	Legal Alert - Supreme Court Rules that Individual Benefit Plan Participants Can Sue Employers under ERISA

February 2008	Real Estate Alert - Have you updated your Community Association Election Rules and Procedures?

February 2008	Legal Alert - Protecting Projects with CFD Financing from Prevailing Wage Requirements

February 2008	Corporate Alert - SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Increase Liquidity and Decrease Issuer Capital Costs

February 2008	Corporate Alert - SEC Adopts New Rules to Assist Smaller Public Companies

February 2008	Legal Alert - When the Residential Market Cools - You Best Be Vested

February 2008	Immigration Alert - Consider April 1 the "Deadline" to File New H1-B Work Visa Petitions

January 2008	Climate Change Alert - A Winter Storm of Climate Change Activity

December 2007	Environmental Alert - California Appellate Court Upholds the Adequacy of a Water Supply Analysis

December 2007	Climate Change Alert - Ninth Circuit Holds: Federal Agency Must Prepare EIS Based on the Cumulative Impacts the Project Will Have On Climate Change as the Result of GHG Emissions

November 2007	Legal Alert - San Diego's New Lobbying Laws: You May Be a Lobbyist!

November 2007	Telecommunications Alert - SB 1627: Does the New Law Really Help the Wireless Telecommunications Industry?

November 2007	Corporate Alert - SEC "green lights" advertising: Proposed amendments would provide greater access to capital sources

October 2007	Landlords' Rights Alert - New Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling Expands Landlord Rights in Bankruptcy Corporate Law Insight: Maximizing your company's value in a sales transaction

October 2007	Corporate Alert - Corporate Law Insight: Maximizing your company's value in a sales transaction

October 2007	Corporate Alert - Keep your mergers from falling apart: recent deals bring scrutiny to "material adverse change" clauses

September 2007	Climate Change Alert - CARB's proposed new and expanded discrete early actions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions impact the manufacturing, consumer products, seimconductor and transportation industries

August 2007	Real Estate & Tax - E-Alert - Congressman takes note of Carried Interest's Impact on Real Estate Industry

August 2007	Employment Alert - Immediate Employer Action Needed; DHS Issues Significant No-Match Letter Changes

August 2007	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - Are You In Compliance? California Adopts Final Sexual Harassment Training Regulations

August 2007	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - Immediate Employer Action Needed; Significant Changes Announced To Employer's Obligations Upon Receipt of No-Match Letter

July 2007	Environmental - E-Alert - ARB Adopts Early Action Measures To Reduce Greenhouse Gases Under AB 32 - The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

June 2007	Environmental - E-Alert - Supreme Court Decision Authorizes CERCLA Responsible Parties to Sue for Cleanup Cost Recovery

June 2007	Tax and Benefits - E-Alert - 409a Regulations Changes Require Employers to Review Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans and Make Changes by December 31, 2007

June 2007	Land Use & Construction - E-Alert - New Army Corps and EPA Guidance to Shape Future Development and Claims of Federal Jurisdiction under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

May 2007	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - Misclassifying Workers As Independent Contractors: A Looming Legal Battleground for Employers?

May 2007	Construction Trends Survey - Part 1: Project Procurement Preferences

May 2007	Construction Trends Survey - Part 2: The Concept of the LEED Green Building Rating System is top of mind. Is it being used?

April 2007	Land Use & Real Estate - E-Alert - You may have more parcels than you think! New cases are testing the legality of parcels created by older maps

April 2007	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - California Supreme Court Resolves Issue of Time Limits for Meal/Rest Period Claims

March 2007	Land Use & Construction - E-Alert - Deadline approaching for comment on proposed permit governing water quality of construction sites statewide

March 2007	Land Use & Real Estate - E-Alert - Court Clarifies Applicability of Land Use Law Statutes of Limitation

March 2007	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - Proposed regulations issued on employer's obligation to reimburse employees for business-related travel

December 2006	Labor & Employment - E-Alert

October 2006	Intellectual Property & Technology News - E-Alert

October 2006	Labor & Employment - E-Alert

October 2006	Corporate - E-Alert - The California Junk Fax Act Has Been Partially Invalidated by the Courts However, It Could Still Impact Your Business

October 2006	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - California Law Gets Tougher On Non-Competition Agreements

August 2006	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - California Supreme Court: At-Will Employment Is Alive And Well

July 2006	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - NLRB Ruling Requires Employers to Revise Expansive Arbitration Policies

February 2006	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - Employers Hungry For New Meal Period Regulations

November 2005	Land Use - E-Alert - EPA Publishes Final Rule On "All Appropriate Inquiries"

October 2005	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training Deadline Rapidly Approaching

August 2005	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - Expanded Protection for "Whistleblowers"

August 2005	Land Use - E-Alert - Ballot Box Planning Part II

July 2005	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - Widespread Sexual Favoritism Can Create Sexual Harassment

April 2005	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - DLSE Issues Revisions To Proposed Meal/Rest Period Regulations

April 2005	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - U.S. Supreme Court Lightens Burden For Employees Seeking To Prove Age Discrimination

April 2005	Real Estate - E-Alert

March 2005	Land Use - E-Alert - Ballot Box Planning

March 2005	Pre-Employment Medical Examinations; Employers At Risk Unless Performed Only After All Other Contingencies Are Satisfied

December 2004	Labor & Employment - E-Alert - Update On DLSE Proposed Meal/Rest Period Regulations

December 2004	Land Use, Environmental, and Natural Resources E-Alert: The U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Superfund Contribution Rights

December 2004	Labor & Employment - E-Alert

November 2004	Litigation Law Briefing Corporate Merger Does Not Extinguish The Attorney-Client Privilege, Or Does It?

October 2004	Land Use Law Briefing Planning and Zoning

Summer 2004	Litigation Department Are Contractual Pre-Dispute Jury Waivers in Civil Actions Enforceable?

Summer 2003	Labor & Employment Law Briefing U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Standards in Mixed-Motive Cases

Winter 2003	Land Use Newsletter Coastal Commission Membership Structure Declared Unconstitutional

Fall 2002	Labor & Employment Law More New Legislation Impacting Employees

November 2002	Corporate and Securities Law Briefing California Corporate Disclosure Act

September 2002	Corporate and Securities Law Briefing New Section 16(a) Reporting Procedures

Summer 2002	Corporate and Securities Law Briefing Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Federal Securities Law Reforms

Summer 2002	Land Use Law Briefing Stormwater - The Expanding Regulatory Net

Winter 2002	Land Use Law Briefing Expanding the Definition of "Public Works Projects"

Winter 2002	Labor and Employment Law Briefing Recent U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Have Limited CA Impact

Summer 2001	Land Use Law Briefing LAFCO Reform

Summer 2001	Labor and Employment Law Briefing US Supreme Court Validates Most Mandatory Programs

Winter 2001	Land Use Law Briefing Wetlands-The Supreme Court Dives In

Fall 2002	Corporate and Securities Law Briefing

Summer 2002	Corporate and Securities Law Briefing

Summer 2002	Land Use Law Briefing

Winter 2002	Land Use Law Briefing

Winter 2002	Labor and Employment Law Briefing

Summer 2001	Land Use Law Briefing

Summer 2001	Labor and Employment Law Briefing

Winter 2001	Land Use Law Briefing

Summer 2000	Land Use Law Briefing

Spring 2000	Labor and Employment Law Briefing