Best Best & Krieger LLP

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Best Best & Krieger LLP is a full-service law firm with over 190 attorneys in offices strategically located to serve California's most dynamic communities.

Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Employee Benefits, Environmental Law, Labor and Employment, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal and Public Law, Probate, Public Finance, Real Estate, School Law, Tax Planning and Controversies, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Water Law, Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

CPUC Rulemaking Could Limit Local Land Use Authority and CEQA Mitigation for Telecommunications Projects
Jennifer (Delpit) Haley,Gail A. Karish,Charity B. Schiller, January 17, 2012
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently vacated General Order 170 and re-opened a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether and how the CPUC will conduct environmental review of certain telecommunications projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), including...

New Compliance Monitoring Unit To Administer Statewide Prevailing Wage Labor Compliance Program
Tyree K. Dorward, January 11, 2012
Effective January 1, 2012, the Compliance Monitoring Unit or “CMU,” a new unit within the California Department of Labor Standards and Enforcement (DLSE) established by the passage of Senate Bill X 2-9 and Assembly Bill 436, will monitor and enforce prevailing wage requirements on...

Court Strikes Down Effluent Limitations in Statewide Construction Stormwater Permit
Shawn D. Hagerty,J.G. Andre Monette, December 13, 2011
A recent Sacramento Superior Court decision struck down numeric effluent limitations on discharges of stormwater from large construction sites regulated under the statewide General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activities (CGP). If upheld on appeal, the decision...

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