Lauren Neuhaus

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Lauren Neuhaus is an associate in Stoel Rives’ Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources group. Lauren combines her academic background and work experience in environmental law and policy to effectively serve clients with environmental permitting, compliance, and enforcement matters.

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Cheers to a New Year: California’s New Alcoholic Beverage Laws for 2022

By Susan Johnson, Corey Day, Max Fujii, Alyssa Malinoski and Lauren Neuhaus on Posted in Alcohol and Liquor, California, Legislation
As we look forward to 2022, we have summarized key alcoholic beverage legal changes in California from the past year that may affect your business. The below list of alcoholic beverage laws either went into effect immediately late in 2021 or went into effect on January 1, 2022. The legal changes span from extending pandemic … Continue Reading

Significant Tax Credits for the Alcoholic Beverage Industry

By Chris Hermann and Lauren Neuhaus on Posted in Beer, Legislation, Tax, Wine Law
Late last year, the President signed the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Act of 2020, which made most of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (“CBMTRA”) provisions permanent starting January 1, 2021.  The CBMTRA makes extensive changes to the federal excise taxes on wine, distilled spirits, and beer.… Continue Reading

Update: State Water Board Issues Revised Notice for Board Meeting Regarding Winery General Order

By Melissa Foster, Janelle Krattiger, Mike Mills and Lauren Neuhaus on Posted in California Wine Issues, Environmental and Natural Resource Issues, Wine Law
In July, we blogged about the State Water Resources Control Board’s (“State Water Board’) release of proposed General Waste Discharge Requirements for Winery Process Water Treatment Systems (see: July 15, 2020 blog post on proposed General Order and July 20, 2020 blog post on noticed stakeholder meetings).  The State Water Board recently issued a revised … Continue Reading

California Wineries Take Note, Part Two: State Water Board Notices Stakeholder Meeting Regarding Winery General Order Fees

By Elizabeth Ewens, Melissa Foster, Mike Mills and Lauren Neuhaus on Posted in California Wine Issues, Environmental and Natural Resource Issues, Wine Law
As a follow-up to our July 15, 2020 blog post regarding the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Water Board) release of proposed General Waste Discharge Requirements for Winery Process Water Treatment Systems (proposed General Order), today the State Water Board issued a public notice regarding the first stakeholder meeting to discuss fees associated with … Continue Reading

California Wineries Take Note: State Water Board Releases Draft General Order for Winery Process Water for Public Comment

By Elizabeth Ewens, Melissa Foster, Mike Mills and Lauren Neuhaus on Posted in California Wine Issues, Environmental and Natural Resource Issues, Wine Law
On July 3, 2020, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) released proposed General Waste Discharge Requirements for Winery Process Water Treatment Systems (proposed General Order) along with the draft California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Initial Study and Mitigated Declaration for public comment.  The proposed General Order will apply statewide, and includes requirements … Continue Reading
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