E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Beasley School of Law on Oil and Gas Law, Superfund Litigation, Global Climate Change Law, and Environmental Law and at Suffolk (Boston) University Law School teaching Environmental Litigation starting in 2021. Since 1990, he has been an adjunct professor instructing aspiring attorneys at the Temple University James E.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 4, 2023

Just transition litigation is a novel and under-researched field. Based on the analysis, the report: Proposes a definition of the concepts of just transition and just transition litigation through the different dimensions and affected persons that play a role in how cases may play out. By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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Legal Planet

JULY 27, 2023

It deprived the courts of the authority to hear a category of cases, not just one that happened to be already pending. The Supreme Court should nearly always let lower court litigation take its course before intervening. When these principles bump up against each other, it can be hard to draw the line.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Brill California Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation Francis A. Citera USA – Nationwide Litigation: General Commercial – Illinois Product Liability & Mass Torts Product Liability: Consumer Class Actions John A. Draye Arizona Litigation: Appellate Brian L. Duffy Colorado Litigation: General Commercial Jared E.

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E2 Law Blog

JULY 3, 2023

Barsh Industry Focus > Environment Litigation Industry Focus > Environment Regulatory Industry Focus > Environment Transactional Miami Christopher L. Bell Industry Focus > Environment Litigation Industry Focus > Environment Regulatory Houston Thomas R.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The transaction, which GCR noted "grabbed headlines internationally," was shortlisted for "Merger Control Matter of the Year" in the Europe category and as a worldwide "Matter of the Year.". The "landmark merger control matter" was shortlisted for "Merger Control Matter of the Year" in the Europe category. billion sale to Google.

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

3 during periods of startup and shutdown cannot be sufficiently tied to particular, specific categories of affected sources to ensure the work practices serve to limit emissions from the particular category and are practically enforceable.” After noting that LAC 33:III.2201.K 85112 (December 7, 2023).

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 9, 2022

The proposals expand the universe of what must be disclosed as well as the information required within each category of disclosures. Litigation between companies and their vendors, suppliers, and/or other entities they do business with could increase – based, in part, on the Scope 3 emissions framework described below.

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E2 Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Greenberg Traurig Environmental attorneys recognized, and their corresponding category/practice area(s), include: “Lawyer of the Year”. John Voorhees – Litigation – Healthcare, Denver. Barsh – Litigation – Environmental, Miami. Fine – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Miami. Picone – Commercial Litigation, Tampa.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 17, 2023

In December 2021, the Sabin Center launched the Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation (Network) , through which practitioners and scholars from the around the world act as “rapporteurs” for their jurisdictions, helping to update and maintain the Global Climate Change Litigation database (see also here and here ).

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2021

The Energy & Natural Resources Practice is once again recognized in the guide’s USA-Nationwide Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) category.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Ninety-eight attorneys were ranked as "Leading Individuals" across the categories. Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation. Litigation: Appellate. Litigation: General Commercial. Intellectual Property: Litigation. Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite. Litigation: General Commercial.

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Smith Enviorment

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Stay tuned for future litigation over those determinations. The reference to ‘‘interstate wetlands’’ as a stand-alone category of jurisdictional wetlands has been removed. The Sackett standard appears to eliminate federal jurisdiction over ephemeral streams that flow only in response to precipitation.

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Ohio Environmental Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The trail blazing litigation related to PFAS is the multi-district litigation (MDL) in federal court in South Carolina involving fire-fighting foam that contains PFAS (aqueous film-forming foams or AFFF). The early stages of this litigation were focused on PFAS in drinking water as a result of releases of AFFF.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 30, 2022

These statutes are often litigated, but few disputes result in a reported decision. Further, the letter’s request for four types of information “matched almost verbatim the four categories of information” the statute requires operators to provide. But last month, the U.S. The second letter similarly complied with 30.103.2

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CEQA Developments

APRIL 21, 2021

Falling more into the category of “spring cleaning” than “breaking news,” readers should note that a Second District decision, published last spring and covered in this blog, was ordered depublished by the California Supreme Court late last summer.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 13, 2022

The annual Guide once again recognized the Environmental Practice in the following categories: Dispute Resolutions > Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action – Defense: Toxic Tort. Industry Focus > Environment Litigation. Industry Focus > Environment Litigation. Industry Focus > Environment Litigation.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 25, 2022

The firm has expertise in all real property matters, including full-service litigation and dispute resolution services, transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, construction, management, title insurance, environmental law, and redevelopment and land use. Please contact Arthur F. Coon of Miller Starr Regalia.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Thus began nearly two decades of litigation, culminating in the Supreme Court’s May 25, 2023 decision in Sackett v. Finally, it states that a third category (category C), consisting of wetlands “adjacent” to traditional navigable waters, is “includ[ed]” within B. EPA , 598 U.S. at (slip op.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Arnold & Porter’s comprehensive antitrust capabilities were twice recognized by Global Competition Review ’s 2021 GCR Awards, which celebrate the “most impressive merger control, behavioral and litigation matters” completed worldwide in the past year. » Read the full Q&As (subscription required).

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Law of the Lands

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Most often in an effort to avoid taxes or other financial obligations, OPCA litigants argue that they are a double or split person – one part being a physical human being and the other being a non-physical legal person or “juristic person”. Rooke A.C.J. and the consistent failure of their arguments in the years following.

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Acoel

MAY 28, 2021

My question for you is, “How do we, as environmental lawyers, work together to prevent or mitigate frivolous or meritless litigation that only benefits Plaintiff counsel and their related “science” teams and investors, while often having little or no benefit to those who may have actually been harmed?”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

The rule also bases its emissions disclosure standards on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which classifies emissions in three categories. Since the GHG Protocol is also used around the world, using its definitions will help minimize compliance costs while enabling investors to evaluate whether companies are living up to their promises.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 2, 2022

The overlap of those two roles gave rise to the County of Mono case, in which the County sought to use CEQA litigation as leverage over the City’s water allocations to agricultural users who lease property from the City. Entitlement and litigation attorneys should accordingly both find it a useful case to review.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The creation of these “ low traffic zones ,” or LTZs , can take a number of different forms, including, most prominently, (1) bans on one or more categories of vehicles and (2) fees or tolls that may be charged to all vehicles equally or made applicable only to certain classes of vehicles. An increasing number of U.S.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Thirty-four attorneys were ranked as "Leading Individuals" across the categories. Sandra Rizzo –Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA). Pamela Yates –Litigation: Trial Lawyers (USA). The 2021 edition of Chambers Global named Arnold & Porter a "Leading Firm" in 22 practice areas across the globe.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

Factual and Procedural Background This case’s remarkably extensive litigation history has resulted in no fewer than four published decisions, three from the Third District and one from the California Supreme Court (aka “SCOCA”). (Of But due to litigation, the opinions were not final or operative at the time the EIR was certified.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Transmission lines are, like generation facilities, often held up by litigation. The Corps issues nationwide permits for categories of similar activities that will have minimal environmental effects, both individually and cumulatively. The NWP 12 litigation has thus impeded two major pipelines: Keystone XL and Atlantic Coast.

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Ivy Protocol

JULY 25, 2023

Mitigating Reputation and Litigation Risks in the VCM Unambiguous carbon claims are not only crucial for guiding customers but also play a vital role in attracting investors. They help safeguard the reputation and avert climate litigation, giving companies a safe and legitimate path for engaging with the VCM. 3 Claim deceptiveness.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Located in a steep valley directly west of Interstate 15, the Project site is also located adjacent to parcels of land zoned “semi-rural residential” and in proximity to a number of residential communities, which resulted in strong public opposition to the Project ultimately leading to litigation.

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Eco Lawyers

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Ecolawyers at Baron & Budd’s Environmental Litigation Group are dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals who have lost their property in wildfires caused by corporate negligence. To receive compensation for your losses you will need an attorney to help navigate the litigation process.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 29, 2024

Generations are best understood as an endless, seamless chain rather than strictly separated categories. This may be the principle’s main added value in the climate change litigation context. The principle of intergenerational equity underscores this understanding of human life as an endless cycle.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 21, 2022

Such suits can result in protracted litigation and significant financial exposure. 13, 2019), [link] ; Order at 4, 5 In re Teva Securities Litigation , No. In September 2019, the US District Court for the District of Connecticut denied Teva's motion to dismiss on the first two categories of claims.[[N: Teva Pharm. at 14-15. ]].

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The firm has expertise in all real property matters, including full-service litigation and dispute resolution services, transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, construction, management, title insurance, environmental law, and redevelopment and land use.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Under Rule 3a-1, an issuer generally will not be deemed an investment company if no more than 45 percent of the value of its total assets, and no more than 45 percent of its net income for the last four quarters, derive from securities other than government securities (or certain other categories of securities).

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Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2022

He divided green organizations into two primary categories: “dark greens,” which use transactional tactics such as petitions, sign-on letters, and outreach, and “light greens,” which use transformative tactics such as litigation to create structural change.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Finding that the judgment did not fall within any of the categories of immediately appealable judgments under article 1915(A), the trial court had to have designated the judgment as final after an express determination that there was no reason for just delay pursuant to article 1915(B).

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