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Adding Up?
A Berkeley, California company called Five says it can tell your personality type by analyzing your Facebook posts. Are you an extrovert? Are you pleasant? The sort of person who…
The Right Coast
Woman Hit By Lightning Left With “Metallic Taste” in Mouth | NBC Bay Area
The 31-year-old woman says she was struck by lightning on Monday afternoon as she was crossing Adeline Street in Berkeley. via www.nbcbayarea.comShe's pretty cute for a woman who was struck…
The Right Coast
The Daily Caller » Inside a Berkeley coffee house with Rand Paul » Print
Paul is seated on a couch in the corner of this coffee house. The Shattuck Avenue joint is just how you would imagine a Berkeley café: students staring at laptops;…
Land Use Prof Blog
The Passing of Joe Sax
I am sad that my first post after a one-month hiatus is to report the passing of Environmental Law giant Joe Sax. His work on the public trust doctrine and…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Experiential Learning Survey for Transactional Law
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
A note below from colleagues at UC Berkeley School of Law who are thinking about the proper role of "experiential learning" in the business law setting. Your insight would be…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Contaminated but Remediated Soil and Cortese Listing Does Not Compel Preparation of EIR
As 2013 came to a close, the California court of appeal in Parker Shattuck Neighbors v. Berkeley City Council (1st Dist., Div. 4, 12/30/13, A136873) ___Cal.App.1st___, 2013, upheld the City…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Vapor Intrusion Risk Insufficient to Trigger EIR for Urban Infill Project
In Parker Shattuck Neighbors, et al. v. Berkeley City Council, et. al. (First Appellate District, December 30, 2013) (“Shattuck Neighbors”), the court upheld the City of Berkeley’s approval of a…
CEQA Developments
First District “Doubts” CEQA Operates In Reverse, Upholds Mitigated Negative Declaration For Urban Infill Project Despite Soil and Groundwater Contamination In Parker Shattuck Neighbors
In an opinion recently ordered published, the First District Court of Appeal extensively reviewed the relevant case law and expressed skepticism that CEQA would operate in reverse to require analysis…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Existing Contamination On A Development Site Does Not Necessarily Trigger Preparation Of An EIR
Proposals to redevelop infill sites can often present difficult issues relating to how the potential effects of preexisting contamination should be evaluated under CEQA. In a recently published opinion, the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Sign of the Times: Fourth Graders Use Video Game to Stay in Touch with Deported Friend
The L.A. Times reports on a story that reveals much about how immigration enforcement today touches all of American society. A group of Berkeley 4th graders came up with a…