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Longtime King & Spalding Crisis Management Lawyer Moves to McGuireWoods

Adam Sowatzka, who spent the past decade with King & Spalding, joins several others who made the switch between the two firms in recent years.
3 minute read

International Edition

Dentons Leads Ecuador Debt-for-Nature Swap Aimed at Marine Conservation Near Galapagos

The transaction, which also involved teams of lawyers from Clifford Chance, Baker McKenzie and others, is expected to generate $1.126 billion in savings for Ecuador and $323 million to finance conservation activities around the Galápagos Islands, home to nearly 3,000 marine species—20% of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Headed to Court? SEC's Proposed Climate-Disclosure Rules Will Likely Face Legal Challenge

Republican attorneys general say the environmental rules would exceed the agency's authority.
6 minute read

Law.com

Companies Agree to Separate Settlements for Illegally Polluting Waterways, State AG's Office Claims

"Improperly managed stormwater runoff poses significant risk to Massachusetts water quality and has the potential to harm our aquatic ecosystems as well as residents' health," Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said in the statement. "My office is committed to enforcing violations of clean water laws to protect the quality of the Commonwealth's water and the health of these surrounding communities."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Anti-ESG Sentiment Is on the Rise, But Law Firms Aren't Flinching

Republican lawmakers like Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis have targeted the concept as they lean into culture war issues, but clients' demands for advice haven't ceased.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York Adopts Nation's Strongest Environmental Justice Law

On March 3, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the strongest environmental justice (EJ) law in the United States. While federal guidelines and the laws…
10 minute read

International Edition

Criminalizing Ecocide: Violators of Environmental Laws in the EU Could Face Steep Fines and Prison Time

The executive body that sets rules for EU member countries is seeking to stiffen laws to deter environmental offenses. A separate movement calls for the addition of ecocide to the core crimes of international law heard at the International Criminal Court in the Hague—crimes that include genocide, war crimes, the crime of aggression and crimes against humanity.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

US Agency Plans Deeper Study of Sea Turtles, Dredging Threat

Georgia conservation group One Hundred Miles moved to dismiss its lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers after the agency announced Friday that it would voluntarily conduct the study. The group sued in December, asking a U.S. District Court judge to order the Corps to produce such a report.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$100,000 in Attorney Fees: Hefty Legal Bill as Part of Texas Pollution Settlement

The refinery had experienced multiple, recurring instances of unauthorized emissions and permit violations caused by operator errors, equipment malfunctions, and poor maintenance practices, according to the commission.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Another Nuclear Verdict: Federal Jury Awards $135.5M to Georgia Property Owners Over Solar Company's Pollution

Georgia plaintiffs attorney Jim Butler Jr. has added another $100 million verdict to his resume—this time in a case over damage to land he once co-owned with his former law partners.
5 minute read

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