• September 2, 2025
• Ramie Parsons

Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney Grace Henson, Research Fellow Solar leasing is the practice of installing solar panels on large areas...

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• July 24, 2025
• Brigit Rollins

On July 4, 2025, President Trump formally signed the multi-billion-dollar reconciliation bill titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) into...

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• July 11, 2025
• Elizabeth

By Drew Viguet National Agricultural Law Center U of A System Division of Agriculture July 11, 2025 Fast facts: National Ag...

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• February 10, 2025
• Elizabeth

The conference will be held June 19-20 in Reno, Nevada, with a livestream option available. By Drew Viguet National Agricultural Law...

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• June 4, 2024
• Ramie Parsons

Western ‘checkerboard’ lands to be discussed at Western Ag & Environmental Law Conference Wyoming attorneys Ryan Semerad and Karen Budd-Falen will...

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• May 2, 2024
• Elizabeth

On April 16, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) released its opinion in DeVillier v. Texas, 601 U.S....

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• April 16, 2024
• Brigit Rollins

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) have issued a final rule to update the implementing regulations for Section 10...

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• February 7, 2024
• Elizabeth

On January 25, 2024, the Supreme Court of Nevada issued an important decision in the long running dispute over pumping groundwater...

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• May 11, 2023
• Brigit Rollins

On April 3, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that introduces a...

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• April 13, 2023
• Brigit Rollins

On April 3, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that introduces a...

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• December 1, 2022
• Elizabeth

While not a new subject, solar leasing is a topic that will garner increased attention because of the additional funds from...

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• September 20, 2022
• Elizabeth

Recently, California’s state legislature passed a bill (SB 1084) that is aimed at restricting foreign ownership of agricultural land within the...

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• May 6, 2020
• Elizabeth

Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney The oil and gas industry is cyclical by nature.  Sometimes the economics of the industry are...

• Land Use RegulationRusty Rumley

• July 18, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, & WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, Plaintiffs, v. DAVID BERNHARDT, Sec’y of the Interior, JEFFREY ROSE,...

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• May 16, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: James Clinton COYLE, Janice Presley Coyle a/k/a Janice Presley, & Cody Presley, Appellants v. COYLE FAMILY FARM, INC., Coyle Farms...

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• March 29, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: KENYON L. FARLEY AND IRENE FARLEY, Appellants, v. UTAH COUNTY, Appellee., 2019 UT App 45: Kenyon L. Farley and Irene Farley...

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• February 6, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: OAKDALE GROUNDWATER ALLIANCE et al., Plaintiffs & Respondents, v. OAKDALE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Defendant & Appellant. Additional Party Names: Louis F....

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• October 31, 2018
• Elizabeth

Judicial: NATHEL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff, v. VINCENT B. ZANINOVICH & SONS, INC., Defendant., No. 118CV00729LJOSAB, 2018 WL 5316154 (E.D. Cal. Oct....

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• September 10, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us for the...

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• August 14, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ANNOUNCEMENT:  Join is TOMORROW...

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