By Andrea Driggs, Meredith Weinberg and Benjamin Longbottom | May 22, 2024
"The EPA's new PFAS rule is the agency's first-ever exercise of its authority under Section 102(a) to directly identify CERCLA-specific hazardous substances," write Andrea Driggs, Meredith Weinberg and Benjamin Longbottom of Perkins Coie.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 21, 2024
Lawyers suing over "forever chemicals" in the nation's drinking water supplies announced their fourth settlement on Tuesday.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 21, 2024
Greg Dillard, who has more than two decades of experience in helping clients respond to catastrophic accidents, will lead the team of about 30 lawyers across several offices.
By Caroline Byrne | May 21, 2024
The opinion is not legally binding but it is seen as a groundbreaking precedent that could influence two additional climate change cases before the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights.
By Maydeen Merino | May 20, 2024
"The rule would meaningfully limit greenhouse gas emissions from some of the largest sources in the nation, thereby helping to address the significant harms our states, cities, and residents are facing from climate change," Democratic attorneys general wrote in their motion to intervene.
By Gregory S. Berlin | May 17, 2024
AB 3004 could go much further to reform Proposition 65, but its minor changes to it will still benefit businesses and likely help secure the bill's passage.
By Alex Anteau | May 16, 2024
Wetland ownership has been a hot topic during the state's most recent legislative session, which saw a bill introduced that aimed "to make it easier for coastal landowners to claim ownership of parts of the state's salt marsh," according to a report by WABE, that noted while the bill's sponsors said it would improve conservation, some detractors argued, "what the bill really does is enable owners to sell mitigation credits—so that developers can destroy marsh elsewhere."
By Amanda Bronstad | May 15, 2024
U.S. District Judge Judith Levy, in a Monday order, found that engineering firm Veolia North America's media campaign, which included misleading phone calls and a truck circling the courthouse amid a looming trial, threatened the "fair administration of justice."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David G. Mandelbaum | May 13, 2024
Just as a lawyer must have a basic understanding of many things that may affect a client's business or activities, the lawyer also has to have a basic understanding of how a changing climate will have changing effects on clients
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael B. Gerrard | May 10, 2024
On March 6, 2024, the SEC issued its final rule that notably eliminated Scope 3 disclosures by public companies—but companies that don't want to make these disclosures should not rejoice, as new requirements from both California and Europe do mandate this information and apply to most large companies operating in the United States.
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