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Inside Consumer Protection
Connecticut Enacts Omnibus Privacy Law
By Lindsey Tonsager, Laura Kim, Bryan Ramirez, Clare Mathias
On May 27, 2026, the Connecticut governor signed SB 4, an omnibus privacy law, which among other things, amends the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), establishes a data broker registry and accessible deletion…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Between a River and a Wall: An Impossible Choice for Migrants Living Under Operation Lone Star and S.B. 4 by Salimah Khoja and Paulina Leyva Hernandez
Salimah Khoja Between a River and a Wall: An Impossible Choice for Migrants Living Under Operation Lone Star and S.B. 4 by Salimah Khoja and Paulina Leyva Hernandez, CUNY Law Review | Vol. 27:185 |…
ImmigrationProf Blog
At Liberty Podcast: “The Most Extreme Anti-Immigration Bill We’ve Seen”
The ACLU's At Liberty Podcast has a great new episode on the litigation challenging Texas SB 4. You can listen to the full episode here.Here is the summary of the…
CEQA Developments
The Curious Case of the EIR Without A “Project”: Third District Rejects CEQA, Statutory Challenges To DOGGR’s “Unique” S.B. 4-Mandated EIR Analyzing Statewide Fracking/Well Stimulation Impacts
In a 38-page opinion filed on May 16, and belatedly ordered published on June 14, 2019, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment rejecting all of…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
CEQA Action Challenging Oil Well Permits Not Barred By Res Judicata
The court of appeal held that the doctrine of res judicata (which precludes relitigation by the same parties of issues previously adjudicated on the merits) does not apply when a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Things Are Always Bigger in Texas! Texas Republican Called ICE on SB 4 Protesters, Threatened to Shoot Colleague
Texas' anti-sanctuary law has provoked controversy. Indeed, a Texas Republican threatened to “put a bullet in one of his colleague’s heads” during a scuffle on the House floor over the…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Big Developments for Oil and Gas Operators Utilizing Well Stimulation Treatments
Today saw two significant developments for oil and gas operators utilizing well stimulation treatments in California. Pursuant to SB 4, the Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
SB 4 Well Stimulation Treatment Permanent Regulations Finalized
By Mike Mills
On December 30, 2014, the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) approved the Final Permanent Well Stimulation Treatment Regulations (“Permanent Regulations”). The regulations go into effect on July 1, 2015,…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Here Today & Fracked Tomorrow: A Review of SB 4 in 2014
By Mike Mills
On Wednesday, December 17, I gave a presentation to the Groundwater Resources Association (“GRA”). I reviewed the past year’s developments in California’s regulation of hydraulic fracturing and previewed my future predictions for the…
Mineral Law
Water Board Announces Meeting to Develop SB 4 Groundwater Monitoring Criteria
By Mike Mills
On Wednesday, July 9, 2014, the State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”) announced that it will be holding a “Stakeholder Meeting to Develop Groundwater Monitoring Model Criteria for Oil…