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National Law Journal

EPA's Pending Wetlands Revision Must Be 'Sackett' Narrow, Business Groups Say

Industry will not be satisfied with the revised rule, prompting renewed litigation that will again head to the U.S. Supreme Court, an environmental attorney predicts.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Audubon Society Fills GC Slot After Longtime Legal Chief's Quiet Exit Amid Renaming Controversy

Veteran environmental attorney Charlotte Young is taking the legal reins from Lorraine Sciarra, who stepped down in March, the same month the organization announced it would keep the "Audubon" name despite namesake John James Audubon's racist views.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

APPROVED: $103M Settlement Means $18K Payout for Some Households

"Our experts were strong. Our position was strong. But in these environmental cases, the case law in New Jersey may not be in our favor. So that's why I think it certainly could have gone either way," said plaintiff's lawyer Boris Shmaruk.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Judges Press Lawyers on Venue in Challenge to EPA's Renewable Fuel Exemption Denial

EPA says 11th Circuit case involves "nationally applicable" agency action and thus belongs in D.C. Circuit Court.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

ESG Meets AI: Balancing Risk and Opportunity

This rise in AI also comes at a time when more and more individuals are incorporating environmental and social issues into their everyday lives—including their choices as consumers.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Looked Seriously at a 'Builders' Remedy' Law to Address Affordable Housing Shortage

As this column has noted before, New York state has an acute housing shortage. At the current slow pace of construction (about 40,000 units in 2022), the state will never produce the 800,000 housing units needed to meet demand over the next 10 years. The housing shortage has markedly increased housing costs throughout the state, hitting low- and moderate-income New Yorkers hard.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Supreme Court Narrows Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction

On May 25, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a five-justice majority decision in the case of Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. The case arose out of a decades-long dispute over whether the Sackett's property is subject to federal wetland permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Federal jurisdictional wetlands under the CWA are commonly referred to as "water of the United States" (WOTUS).
7 minute read

International Edition

The 2024 Paris Olympics Are One Year Out. The Lawyers Are Getting Ready

The Summer Olympic Games open in the City of Light one year from today and lawyers, like the athletes who will compete, need to be prepared.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Environmentalists Urge Supreme Court to Stay Out of Pipeline Case

The court is considering Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC's emergency request to allow construction to begin on the last remaining portion of the pipeline.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Robbins Firm Gains Ga. Appellate Court Win in DeKalb Recycling Permit Dispute

Plaintiff-appellees intends to file for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of Georgia.
5 minute read

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