Publications

Virginia and Colorado joined California in adopting comprehensive data privacy legislation that is broadly applicable to residents of these states giving these individuals rights over how their information is used.  Now that individuals have these additional rights, the follow up inquiry is whether individuals care about these rights and whether […]

On October 27, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced it was updating the data security safeguards rules that banks are required to implement in order to protect customer information as part of Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (the “Safeguards Rule”). The FTC’s update follows a string of data breaches in recent years […]

All cities with ongoing Tax Increment Financing (“TIF”) projects must submit annual reports to the Property Tax Administrator by December 1, 2021.  The report must include the following for each TIF project approved by the city: (1) A copy of the redevelopment plan (and any amendments thereto) including the approval […]

The Biden Administration is expanding the scope of federal jurisdiction by amending the definition of the term ‘waters of the United States.’ Do you need a permit? The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. (the “CWA”) is the primary federal statute regulating water quality in the United […]

The Trump administration had limited application of County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, allowing some unintentional discharges to go without a permit.  That limitation is no longer in place.   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) recently rescinded its Trump-era guidance for indirect discharges of pollutants under the […]