PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2024

In 1977, he graduated from Capital University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate magna cum laude. As a law student, he authored a paper on land development after a tornado had destroyed the small town of Zenia, Ohio. This research began his keen interest in real estate law.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 18, 2023

State of Montana , against their state government. Of note, there are state constitution based climate change lawsuits against state governments pending in early stages of pleading in Hawaii , Utah , and Virginia. What would the impact be when the conservative Montana legislative branch sides with the executive branch?

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 30, 2023

The latest policy brief from the UCLA Emmett Institute examines California’s existing real estate disclosure practices and suggests mechanisms to improve them to account for the accelerating risk of rising sea levels and ultimately inform potential buyers. A single inch of flooding may cost up to $25,000. Read the full brief here.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

3), upheld the City of Livermore’s (“City”) approval of a 130-unit affordable housing project on a downtown infill site and its accompanying determination that the project was CEQA-exempt under Government Code section 65457 (“Section 65457”). ( Save Livermore Downtown v. City of Livermore (2023) __ Cal.App.5th__ 5th__ (“ SLD” ).)

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers. In the U.S.,

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E2 Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Eid – Native American Law, Denver Julie P. Andras – Litigation – Environmental, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Chicago Giuliano Apadula – Environmental Law, Philadelphia Ryan T. Hopper – Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Tampa Raymond D.

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E2 Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Hall – Environmental Law, Fort Lauderdale. Eid – Native American Law, Denver. Kirn – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental, Philadelphia. Maxwell – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental, Philadelphia. Candee Wilde – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental, Philadelphia. Best Lawyers”.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In Chawanakee , the court recognized that later-enacted Government Code section 65996 limited the analysis and mitigation of impacts on school facilities by allowing and capping developer impact fees. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This means that the Impact Assessment Act can easily be amended to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision without undermining the federal government’s ability to move forward with a full and thorough impact assessment of Highway 413. We call on Minister Stephen Guilbeault and all federal MPs to deliver an urgent legislative fix.

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As part of Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s ongoing strategy to grow key practices to meet client demand, the former MassDevelopment President and CEO, Lauren Liss joins as senior counsel in the Environmental and Real Estate practices in Boston. Click here to continue reading the full press release.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 12, 2021

Jillian Kirn , a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Environmental Practice, will speak at the Bloomberg Law Leadership Forum. She will be a panelist for the presentation “Embracing Change: Proactive Compliance and Reputational Risk” on May 19 at 1:20 p.m.

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CEQA Developments

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Terminal is long-term leased by Chinese government-owned entities (“China Shipping”) from the City entities and handles about 17% of the Port’s total cargo. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. Asia trade.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 20, 2022

May 9, 2022) is worth a look given its analysis of CEQA’s statute of limitations and its extension by emergency actions of the Judicial Council, as well as its handling of the tricky scenario of what happens when an approving agency is dissolved by operation of law. City of Seaside , H049031 (6th Dist., Background.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. The law also requires future working groups, including a Building Energy Transition Implementation Task Force.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 1, 2021

CHICAGO, December 1, 2021 — Arnold & Porter is pleased to announce that Michael Barnicle has joined the firm’s Government Contracts practice as a partner, resident in Chicago. Barnicle’s previous JAG service included a combat tour in Iraq as a strategic legal advisor to military and other government officials.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 20, 2023

Commercial PACE is a financing mechanism that enables building owners to fund energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation projects, and the like, through private loans collected with government property tax assessment billings.

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Addressing these issues will be at the forefront for various government entities in 2024. The regulatory impact of PFAS on otherwise closed sites is also a challenge for the regulated community, including real estate owners and operators. Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Additionally, concerns about a potential “chilling effect” on the state’s real estate industry have been raised, along with likely complications associated with the task of identifying whether every entity buying or leasing property in the state is sufficiently tied to an adversarial government to fall under the purview of this bill.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Pendent to those Scope 3 downstream businesses, many more will be impacted by this California law and other coming ESG regulation, enabling a large number of businesses to do their part to repair the world while taking advantage of ESG opportunities. government and The Group of Seven. government and The Group of Seven.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program. 9601) and petroleum products.”.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

million commercial real estate transactions each year in the United States (i.e., including for a real estate purchaser to avoid liability under CERCLA [the Superfund law]).

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E2 Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

The annual conference brings together stakeholders from industry, government, and the community to discuss the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated properties, known as brownfields. The conference will be held in Detroit this year.

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Law Columbia

JULY 15, 2021

For instance, real estate developers have claimed that land use and zoning regulations that seek to reduce exposure to climate change impacts constitute regulatory takings. That science factors into plaintiffs’ claims, government defenses, and judicial decisions.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Chambers USA 2023 Guide recognized the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP on its nationwide list of the top 32 environment practices in the country. Dwyer Florida Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations Troy A. Draye Arizona Litigation: Appellate Brian L.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Appellate Law. Government Contracts: The Elite. Government Relations. Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. Real Estate. Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite. Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance. Climate Change.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

AB 2011: Ministerial Review for Specified Housing Projects on Sites Zoned for Office, Retail, and Parking The most significant CEQA legislative change last year was Assembly Bill 2011 (Wicks), which enacted the “Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022,” which is codified in Government Code section 65912.101 through 65912.140 (the Act”).

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Modeled after Irvine Ranch in California, the largest planned community in the United States, Teravalis is seen by local and state elected leaders as a crowning achievement in a booming real estate market. The law also requires developers to replenish aquifers with the same amount of water that they withdraw. .

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APRIL 6, 2022

In Canada , the federal government will fund a multi-million-dollar water reservoir in a rural community plagued by water contamination. More News From Australia: As historic flooding continues in New South Wales and Queensland, affected residents say real estate agents should be required to make buyers aware of risks. .

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 27, 2023

5th , a case mainly focused on water law but which also has some significant CEQA implications. The trial court also cited case law and section 3733 of title 23 of the California Code of Regulations to support its ruling that the permits were entirely exempt from CEQA irrespective of the statute’s only reference to chapter 3.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 1, 2021

Proc., § 474) did not apply to allow plaintiff to substitute Microsoft for a fictitiously named Doe real party because that doctrine requires that “[a] plaintiff’s ignorance must be genuine and based on a lack of knowledge of the defendant’s connection with the case.” Citing General Motors Corp. Superior Court (1996) 48 Cal.App.4th

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 14, 2021

Corporate Governance. Government Contracts. Government Relations. Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection). Real Estate. Real Estate Finance. Antitrust: Merger Control. Appellate: Courts of Appeals. Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal).

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 4, 2021

There are federal government associated multifamily green bonds offering better pricing and higher proceeds, but the federal government is not facile enough to command this space effectively. Real estate has been and remains the largest sector in the U.S. In the 1980s, the commercial real estate business in the U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 28, 2024

There are private sector pledges by building owners and mandates from governments that buildings be net zero by 2040 and the like, but there is little, if any guidance, as to what that net zero building is. With the fast evolving dynamic between science and law, today zero emission is ill defined, unregulated, and complex.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the “Superfund” law. EPA is asking for public comment on the proposal for 60 days.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 3, 2022

In a lengthy, but mostly unpublished, opinion filed December 16, 2021, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment rejecting a petitioner group’s CEQA, Planning and Zoning Law, and procedural due process/fair hearing challenges to the City of San Diego’s approval of a four-lane road connecting existing developments.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 2, 2022

Because the material facts were undisputed, the Court treated this as a question of law. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. Reviewing the lease language quoted above, the Court concluded that the City was in fact so entitled.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 15, 2023

In so doing, the Court applied and explained numerous principles governing both motions for intervention as of right and motions for permissive intervention. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. Friends of Oceano Dunes, et al. 2023) Cal.App.5th.

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