Environment: Alert - November 6, 2009
Although California continues to lead the nation on developing regulations to address greenhouse gas emissions, especially with respect to land use planning decisions, two recent regulatory developments involving the Regional Targets Advisory Committee (RTAC) and California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) demonstrate the challenges of providing clear advice on how, as a practical matter, this should be done. This alert examines the RTAC and CNRA matters in detail, and explains how they are likely to further influence the manner in which climate change considerations are taken into account as part of the land use planning and environmental review process.
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International Trade: Alert - November 3, 2009
The Obama administration has adopted a dual-track strategy toward Iran by opening a dialogue while also laying the groundwork for tougher sanctions. In addition to discussing this and other developments in U.S.-Iran relations, this alert examines what tougher sanctions – as well as pending House and Senate bills and increasingly aggressive actions taken by federal agencies against specific foreign entities that are believed to have violated U.S. embargo or export laws – could mean for foreign companies and U.S. subsidiaries that do business with Iran, particularly its petroleum industry.
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