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By Hannah Walker | November 1, 2021
Firms including Hogan Lovells and DLA Piper are hosting events while HSF, Clifford Chance and others are sending several people as sustainability and climate change rises up firm's agendas.
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By Amy Guthrie | October 28, 2021
Ana Paula Chagas will help Campos Mello Advogados address fast-growing demand from corporate clients for environmental advice, and comes hot on the heels of the hiring of two other partners for that practice.
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By Christopher Niesche | October 27, 2021
Islanders from Northern Australia argue that the government has a duty of care to take action—an argument that has proven successful in other locations around the globe.
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By Lauryn Pierro | September 21, 2021
It comes as several law firms formalise their sustainability drives by creating senior roles to oversee environment-focused efforts.
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By Vincent Chow | September 6, 2021
China, which wants to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, is expected to accelerate the implementation of mandatory environmental disclosure requirements. But lawyers say that even more than government regulations, it is Hong Kong and international investors that have put pressure on mainland Chinese companies to comply with ESG requirements.
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By Simon Lock | July 16, 2021
The move comes as firms across the industry set improved targets for emissions reductions.
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By Christopher Niesche | July 13, 2021
The appointment of Nick Sutton will bolster efforts by the firm's national environment and planning team to grow new and existing relationships with global and domestic corporate and government clients, the firm said.
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By Simon Lock | June 30, 2021
The new alliance includes Slaughter and May and seeks to cut carbon emissions.
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By Jessica Seah | June 29, 2021
The firm's new offering will focus sustainable finance, responsible investment and responsible business and governance.
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By Linda A. Thompson | May 27, 2021
The judgment, in which the court ordered oil giant Shell to drastically reduce its global CO2 emissions, marks another milestone victory for Paulussen Advocaten's Roger Cox, one of Europe's leading climate lawyers.
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By Jimmy Hoover | February 21, 2024
The conservative justices express sympathy with the argument that the EPA failed to address potential legal defects in its effort to reduce gaseous pollutants.
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By Giselle F. Mazmanian and Kate Campbell | February 21, 2024
Lawsuits alleging greenwashing are on the rise, targeting companies emphasizing environmentally conscious business practices and promoting environmental benefits of goods or services.
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By Maydeen Merino | February 20, 2024
"Anytime you get a substance that is widely used and is showing up all over the place in the environment, now suddenly brought under the very serious liability regime of CERCLA, you're going to see a lot of potential liability and litigation around that," said UCLA environmental law professor William Boyd.
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By Jimmy Hoover | February 20, 2024
The justices will consider the statute of limitations on challenging agency rules and federal environmental authority over states.
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By Riley Brennan | February 16, 2024
Judge Gregory A. Phillips dissented from the majority's ruling granting Valero's motion for summary judgment. According to the majority, the dissent concluded that the lower court had correctly granted summary judgment as to Lazy S's legal injury, having relied on Valero's sampling data.
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By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo | February 16, 2024
In their Domestic Environmental Law column, Christopher Rizzo and Karen Meara present the current state of the law for climate disclosures in select major markets, particularly New York, and likely developments in 2024.
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By Marianna Wharry | February 13, 2024
The court also ordered the Jimenezes to pay $1,789,972 in victims' restitution.
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By Colleen Murphy | February 12, 2024
"The court finds that the settlement agreement is reasonable," U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said. "As discussed at length ... success against defendants, which 'are responsible for only three to seven percent of the MDL defendants' total alleged PFAS-related liabilities,' is not guaranteed and would only come, if ever, after years of protracted, expensive, complex litigation."
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By Scott Fein, Patrick A. Woods, and Harrison Robbins | February 12, 2024
What is the constitutional 'standard of review' the courts should use to judge a government action that allegedly violates the Green Amendment? The standard of review will decide its long-term importance.
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By Charles Toutant | February 9, 2024
The property was used for manufacturing of drugs and chemicals from 1915 to 1999, the suit states. During that period, waste was placed in at least 27 large, pondlike storage and disposal areas that were referred to as impoundments, the suit claims.
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