The U.S. Supreme Court issued on April 23, 2020, a significant and controversial Clean Water Act (“CWA”) decision in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund et al. As summarized previously, the issue presented was whether the...more
4/28/2020
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Supreme Court Upends Half-Century Standard for Handling Confidential Commercial Information Under the Freedom of Information Act -
Businesses that provide sensitive commercial or financial information to the federal...more
7/19/2019
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On Feb. 1, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a highly anticipated decision in Hawai’i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui, No. 15-17447 (9th Cir. Feb. 1, 2018). At issue was whether the County of Maui...more