Ben Clapp

February 16, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Every four years, the EPA reviews its priorities and sets new enforcement and compliance initiatives for which it establishes specific goals and a comprehensive strategy.

By Ben Clapp and Gina Falaschi Buchman

7 minute read

December 15, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Commonly known as an environmental liability transfer, these transactions generally involve the purchaser acquiring the real property and other assets associated with an industrial facility and assuming responsibility for all environmental liabilities associated with that property, including site closure, demolition and environmental remediation obligations.

By Ben Clapp

7 minute read

October 29, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

In September, the Market Risk Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a significant, yet perhaps under-publicized, report titled "Managing Climate Risk in the U.S. Financial System."

By Ben Clapp

7 minute read

January 30, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

If a newly proposed rulemaking is finalized, the process by which federal agencies are required to analyze the environmental impacts caused by their actions could be comprehensively updated for the first time in over four decades.

By Ben Clapp, Varun Shekhar, Casey J. Snyder and Brianne K. Kurdock

9 minute read