April Knight

Apr 12, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Stuart M. Gerson |April Knight |Tiffanie Ellis |Jena Valdetero

The Connecticut Attorney General’s Office (“OAG”) has released a Report on the status of Connecticut’s Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), which took effect on July 1, 2023. The Report covers complaints, inquiries, and early enforcement activities under the CTDPA.

Apr 12, 2024 | natlawreview.com | April Knight

On March 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with a lower court decision denying an Apache interest group’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the transfer of copper-rich federal land to private company Resolution Copper. Oak Flat, a piece of land that the Ninth Circuit acknowledges is “a site of great spiritual value to the Western Apache Indians,” has been at the center of the dispute largely due to the significant copper ore deposits it sits on.

Apr 12, 2024 | natlawreview.com | April Knight

On March 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) to complete formal consultation under Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. 1536(b)(1), and issue a Biological Opinion (“BiOp”) by April 1, 2024. The litigation concerned a failing tidal flood gate along Padilla Bay in Skagit County, Western Washington.

Feb 8, 2023 | natlawreview.com | April Knight

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Tribe Suit in Gorge Dam CaseThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) on December 30 affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit by the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe seeking to force Seattle City Light to install a fish passage in Gorge Dam or cease operations.