Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | USA | 20 May 2013
Many of our litigation management audits involve complex environmental cleanup cases. In these cases, it is important to first evaluate the underlying…
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | USA | 31 Oct 2012
In Western Watersheds Project v. Ellis, 2012 DJDAR 13948 (2012), the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit decided a claim for attorney fees made by an environmental organization arising from grazing permit litigation.
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | USA | 20 Jul 2012
In Healdsburg Citizens for Sustainable Solutions v. City of Healdsburg, 2012 DJDAR 7386 (2012), the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District decided a novel fee recovery case brought under the California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1021.5 (the private attorney general doctrine) and the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”).
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | USA | 5 Jun 2012
California Supreme Court justices heard arguments recently in a novel case that could significantly impact the amount insurers must pay to clean up toxic waste.
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | USA | 11 Jul 2011
In Center for Biological Diversity v. California Fish and Game Commission, 2011 DJDAR 6499 (2011), the California Court of Appeal for the First District rendered a decision clarifying an issue that comes up frequently under California’s so-called “private attorney general doctrine.”
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | USA | 30 May 2011
Sometimes a green drop is just a green drop.
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | USA | 21 Oct 2010
In Western Watersheds v. Interior Board of Land Appeals, 2010 DJDAR 15784 (9th Cir. 2010), the Ninth Circuit decided a case involving the interplay between the renewal of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) grazing permits and the fee shifting provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”).
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | USA | 30 Sep 2010
In Center for Biological Diversity v. County of San Bernardino, 2010 DJDAR 14646 (2010), the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a fee award in a case brought under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).