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Losing Justice Hobbs, Western Water Expert and Valued Mentor

Legal Planet

But people across the Colorado legal community, the broader Western water community, and a far-flung network that includes Berkeley Law staff, faculty, and alumni. Long-term connections with Berkeley Law. Justice Hobbs’ connections with Berkeley Law run deep. He got his JD here in 1971. I was lucky enough to be one of them. .

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Texas Tax Man Catches up with Leasehold Seller

Energy & the Law

Federal tax law treats them as partnerships unless they elect to be treated otherwise. Hegar , a Texas court addressed how Hibernia, a non-taxable entity under federal law, is taxable under Texas law. Your musical interlude *Kamal is a rising 3L at SMU Law School and a Gray Reed summer associate.

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WeConservePA Honors Steven J. Schiffman, Esq. With 2024 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award

PA Environment Daily

He served four terms on the WeConservePA board of directors (2007-2013 and 2015-2021) and continues to serve on the WeConservePA policy council. In 1977, he graduated from Capital University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate magna cum laude. This research began his keen interest in real estate law.

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The energy transition is already happening, and it’s being led by our Indigenous communities

Enviromental Defense

The pipeline owner – Plains Midstream Canada ULC – later faced three charges under provincial law. In 2013, I returned to university to complete a master’s degree with a research focus on energy transition. In 2011, my community experienced what was the second-largest oil spill in the province’s history – 4.5

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The Mystery of the Missing Will(s)

Law of the Lands

The farm owner was a bachelor with no children; he died in 2015. In 2013, the legal assistant of the farm owner’s long-time lawyer prepared a draft will naming the friend as the sole trustee of the farm owner’s estate and the beneficiary entitled to inherit the farm property. Version 2 was signed by two witnesses and would be valid.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward.

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A Decade of CEQA Developments

CEQA Developments

Since my inaugural post (which can be viewed here ) was a “top ten” list of CEQA litigation mistakes to avoid, I thought an appropriate tenth anniversary post might be a list of the ten most significant CEQA case law developments over the past decade. Bay Area Air Quality Management District (2015) 62 Cal.4th

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