Legal Digest

Appellate court finds CEQA lawyer Cory Briggs engaged in "a calculated attempt to delay" discovery and deposition. >>read more

Ontario's redevelopment agency did a deal with a medical supply company. Fontana, San Bernardino, and Lathrop were losers in the process. >>read more

State Parks EIR overturned because five alternatives were proposed -- but none designated as preferred. >>read more

A property owner who claimed that the San Diego County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan resulted in a taking of property sued the wrong agencies, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled. >>read more

Legal Briefs: Oct 15, 2017

A California Supreme Court decision seemed to upend a major provision of Proposition 13 and its companion laws. Exuberant as it is, that analysis is misguided. >>read more

Cal Supremes distinguish between "local government" and "voters". >>read more

Among other things, a 10-slide powerpoint isn't an LRDP. >>read more

State railroads -- like the High-Speed Rail project -- are not pre-empted by federal railroad law. >>read more

Justices overturn lower court but can't say what adequate GHG analysis would be in the future. >>read more

In a blow to the Pacific Legal Foundation, the California Supreme Court rules that Encinitas landowners can't simultaneously sue and build. >>read more

Restricting chain stores via initiative isn't as easy as it looks. >>read more

In a new case from San Diego, the Fourth District says yes, overturning a judge who overturned the City Council. >>read more