Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
PME lawyers Lee Smith and Craig Tristao spoke at the CLFP’s Food Safety Nutrition and Labeling Committee, on May 16, 2016. They covered the topics of the State Water Board’s Proposed General Order for Recycled Water and on the use of Production Water on Agricultural....
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
By Lee N. Smith To Download The PDF Click here In a case that has been widely watched, a Central Los Angeles Superior Court has issued a tentative ruling in the Phase One portion of a case that was originally filed against coffee purveyors, alleging that the...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
By: Lee N. Smith Download the PDF of “Prop 65: revisions to proposed regulations” Here California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) has released a new, revised version of the proposed Proposition 65 warning regulations...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
On May 1, 2015 the State Water Resources Control Board issued an immediate curtailment notice to those diverting water from the Sacramento River Watershed and Delta under a Post-1914 water right permit, license, registration or certificate. This curtailment follows...
Mar 21, 2017 | Intellectual Property law, News
Latches is an equitable doctrine that says you can’t know about a claim you could bring and then wait years before bringing a lawsuit. The idea is that after a while, people should be able to rely on the fact that you haven’t sued to indicate that you...
Feb 24, 2017 | Intellectual Property law, News
Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, there has been confusion about who is running the USPTO. The USPTO’s site says it is Michelle Lee, but the Department of Commerce’s site (which is in charge of the USPTO) says the position is vacant. Because of a...