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- Meyers Nave Recognized as one of the 2023 "Most Admired Law Firms to Work For"
- Los Angeles Business Journal Names Amrit Kulkarni to 2023 List of Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys
- Meyers Nave Elevates Richard D. Pio Roda to Equity Principal
- Meyers Nave Represents the Tongva Community in Historic Reclaiming of Ancestral Land in Los Angeles Area After 200 Years
- Meyers Nave Obtains Dismissal of Two High-Stakes Federal Lawsuits Against the City of Los Altos Under the Telecommunications Act
- Meyers Nave Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
- Meyers Nave Welcomes Jeffrey Wilcox as Of Counsel to the Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation Practice
- Super Lawyers Distinguishes Meyers Nave Lawyers in San Diego
- Meyers Nave Elevates Camille Hamilton Pating to Equity Principal
- Meyers Nave Elevates David Mehretu to Principal
- Meyers Nave Secures Key Victory In California Supreme Court Confirming Application of Automatic Stay Pending Appeal to Mandatory Injunctions
- Women's Initiative: Meet The Women Who Lead Practices at Meyers Nave
Daily Journal Profiles Amrit Kulkarni re: California Supreme Court CEQA Victory
In a highly anticipated decision regarding the California Environmental Quality Act, Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley (S201116, filed March 2, 2015), the California Supreme Court essentially set a new standard of review in a landmark case that Law360 considers to be “the biggest CEQA case” and the Daily Journal describes as one that affects “how public agencies handle common exemptions from California’s bedrock environmental law.”
The Court resolved years of uncertainty by holding that a project’s purported environmental effects must be “due to unusual circumstances” before an environmental impact report can be required under Guidelines section 15300.2(c). The Court also resolved another long-standing divide among Courts of Appeal, holding that an agency’s findings as to unusual circumstances are subject to the substantial evidence standard.
Please click here to read the Daily Journal’s March 3 Cover Story on Amrit Kulkarni’s victory before the California Supreme Court. For more information about this case and CEQA, please contact Amrit Kulkarni at (213) 626-2906 or akulkarni@meyersnave.com.