Business Law
Business Law News 2015, Issue 3
Content
- Bln Editorial Board: Message from the Issue Editors
- Business Law News Editoral Team
- Executive Committee: Message from the Chair
- Executive Committee of the Business Law Section 2014-2015
- MCLE Article: the Rules of Professional Conduct Do Apply to In-House Lawyers
- Orap Liens and Bankruptcy Law: Protecting the Interests of Judgment Creditors With Secret Liens
- Sharing Economy: An Interview with California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
- Standing Committee Officers of the Business Law Section 2014-2015
- Stay No More: the Cfpb's Proposed Amendments To Servicing Rules Undermine the Clarity of the Automatic Stay
- Table of Contents
- Test Your Knowledge: Recent Developments in Insolvency Law
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Enforcement Activities: 2014 Year In Review
- Regulate or Be Regulated: the Impact of Landmark Groundwater Legislation on Local Agencies
Regulate or Be Regulated: The Impact of Landmark Groundwater Legislation on Local Agencies*
Kenneth J. Price and Lauren D. Layne
Kenneth J. Price is a shareholder with Baker Manock & Jensen, PC in Fresno, where he chairs the firm’s Public Agency Practice Group. Mr. Price, who is a member of the Executive Committee of the Public Law Section, represents numerous public agencies and private businesses throughout Central California.
Lauren D. Layne is an associate attorney with Baker Manock & Jensen, PC in Fresno, where she is a member of the firm’s Public Agency and Reclamation and Water Law Practice Groups. She has a background in farming and her law practice focuses on water law, public agency law, agricultural business issues, eminent domain, condemnation, and various transactional matters.
It is an understatement to say that California is in the midst of a historic drought. According to the National Climatic Data Center, 2014 will go down as the warmest on record and will rank among the driest.1 Over one-half of the state is experiencing "exceptional drought conditions"âthe most extreme drought classification.2