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May 1, 2008
Sidley Austin LLP — European Court Annuls Exemption for Flame Retardant – Important Consequences for Companies Selling Products on the EU Market. READ THE ALERT
April 28, 2008
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — Disclosing Risks of Climate Change in SEC Filings. READ THE ALERT
April 22, 2008
Latham & Watkins LLP — Federal Trade Commission Reviews Guidelines for Environmental Marketing Claims. READ THE ALERT
April 21, 2008
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — ASTM Releases Vapor Intrusion Standard. READ THE ALERT
April 18, 2008
Sidley Austin LLP — DOE Announces Second and Third Round Solicitations for Loan Guarantees. READ THE ALERT
April 16, 2008
Holland & Knight LLP — Army Corps of Engineers and EPA Issue New Mitigation Rule. READ THE ALERT
April 16, 2008
Holland & Knight LLP — Current Status of Climate Change Analysis Under CEQA. READ THE ALERT
April 16, 2008
Holland & Knight LLP — Nanotechnology Update: EPA Makes a Move. READ THE ALERT
April 16, 2008
Holland & Knight LLP — A Proliferation of “Green” Claims Leads the FTC to Consider Updates to Its “Green Guides”: Taking a Closer Look at “Eco-Friendly,” “Carbon Neutral” and Other Terms. READ THE ALERT
April 16, 2008
Holland & Knight LLP — Updated Phase I ESA May Be Required Prior to Acquisition of Property From Related Entity in Order to Qualify for CERCLA Liability Defenses. READ THE ALERT
April 15, 2008
Latham & Watkins LLP — EPA is Required to Impose Mandatory Reporting Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions in all Sectors of the US Economy. READ THE ALERT
April 14, 2008
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — State FIFRA Issues Research & Evaluation Group Meeting. READ THE ALERT
April 3, 2008
Latham & Watkins LLP — Alabama High Court Overturns the “Date of Last Exposure” Rule in Toxic Tort Actions. READ THE ALERT
April 1, 2008
Saul Ewing LLP — Supreme Court Rules for Delaware, Against New Jersey in Boundary Dispute. READ THE ALERT
March 31, 2008
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Issues National Reactivity-Based VOC Standard For Aerosol Coatings. READ THE ALERT
March 27, 2008
Latham & Watkins LLP — REACH: Are You Ready? READ THE ALERT
March 27, 2008
Sidley Austin LLP — European Court of Justice Clarifies the Scope of Community Waste Legislation. READ THE ALERT
March 17, 2008
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP — Role of Monitors in Corporate Investigations and Prosecutions Update: New Justice Department Guidelines and Continuing Criticism. READ THE ALERT
March 14, 2008
Exponent, Inc. — Whose Chlorinated Solvent is it? READ THE ALERT
March 12, 2008
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Update. READ THE ALERT
March 7, 2008
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — 9th Circuit Holds Clean Air Act Preempts CA Marine Vessel Rules: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds that the Federal Clean Air Act Preempts California’s Emissions Standards for Auxiliary Diesel Ship Engines. READ THE ALERT
March 6, 2008
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Legislative and Litigation Prospects. READ THE ALERT
March 5, 2008
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — SCCP Releases Opinion on Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetic Products. READ THE ALERT
February 26, 2008
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — CA Supreme Court Issues Decision in Farm Raised Salmon Cases: California Adopts Narrow View of Implied Federal Preemption of State Law Claims. READ THE ALERT
February 28, 2008
Saul Ewing LLP —
New Jersey Appellate Court Seeks to Balance Property Owners’ Rights and Municipal Redevelopment Effort. READ THE ALERT
February 20, 2008
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — Governor Spitzer Proposes Changes to New York State Brownfield Cleanup Act. READ THE ALERT
February 19, 2008
Bingham McCutchen LLP — First-Ever Fees Proposed for Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California. READ THE ALERT
February 15, 2008
Saul Ewing LLP — Pennsylvania Adopts the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act. READ THE ALERT
February 15, 2008
Saul Ewing LLP — Finally! Pennsylvania’s New Right-to-Know Law. READ THE ALERT
February 12, 2008
Saul Ewing LLP — State Suit Sends EPA Back to the Drawing Board on Mercury Rule. READ THE ALERT
February 11, 2008
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — New “Brownfields Exemption” Will Help Developers of Contaminated Property. READ THE ALERT
February 5, 2008
Hogan & Hartson LLP — FTC Reviewing Green Guides Considering Modifications and Additions to Environmental Guidelines Regarding RECs and Offsets. READ THE ALERT
February 4, 2008
Holland & Knight LLP —
2008 Draft Update to the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Water Quality Enforcement Policy. READ THE ALERT
February 4, 2008
Sidley Austin LLP —
SEC Environmental Reporting — 2007 Developments. READ THE ALERT
January 29, 2008
Farella Braun + Martel LLP —
Dramatic New Restrictions On California Water Rights Proposed By State Water Board. READ THE ALERT
January 28, 2008
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. —
EPA Announces Voluntary NMSP. READ THE ALERT
January 25, 2008
Sidley Austin LLP —
Changes to the Freedom of Information Act. READ THE ALERT
January 10, 2008
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP —
Anticipating Environmental Issues in an Economic Downturn. READ THE ALERT
January 10, 2008
Holland & Knight LLP —
California Air Pollution Control Officers Association Releases Guidance on CEQA and Climate Change. READ THE ALERT
January 10, 2008
Latham & Watkins LLP —
Recent Legal and Political Challenges may have Significant Impacts on Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Compliance Obligations. READ THE ALERT
January 8, 2008
Latham & Watkins LLP — Delta Water Supplies to Two-Thirds of All Californians May Be Restricted by Endangered Species Act Injunction. READ THE ALERT
January 8, 2008
Saul Ewing LLP — General Assembly Passes The New Jersey Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act. READ THE ALERT
January 7, 2008
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. —
2008 Outlook for Chemicals and Pesticides. READ THE ALERT
January 7, 2008
Bingham McCutchen LLP — FTC to Consider Updating “Green Guides” to Address Growing Market in Carbon Offsets. READ THE ALERT
January 7, 2008
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP —
Are Consumers Savvy About “Carbon Neutral” and “Green” Energy Marketing Claims? READ THE ALERT
January 2, 2008
Latham & Watkins LLP — Three Years After Implementation, the CDM Moves Markets, and Matures in New Directions. READ THE ALERT
December 26, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — Recent Developments in the Implementation of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (“AB 32”). READ THE ALERT
December 12, 2007
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — Alert: OSHA Issues New Rule Requiring Employers to Pay for Personal Protective Equipment. READ THE ALERT
December 7, 2007
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — A Road Map for Water: A Court Finally Clears a CEQA Water Supply Analysis. READ THE ALERT
November 29, 2007
Latham & Watkins LLP — CEQA and Climate Change: One Year After AB 32. READ THE ALERT
November 28, 2007
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — FTC Moves Toward Revising its “Green Guides” to Cover Carbon Offsets. READ THE ALERT
November 20, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — DHS Publishes Final Chemical Facility Security Rule. READ THE ALERT
November 19, 2007
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP — New Climate Change Legal And Policy Developments: IPCC Synthesis Report, Light Truck CAFÉ Standards Case, and the Midwestern Climate Initiative. READ THE ALERT
November 6, 2008
Latham & Watkins LLP — Department of Homeland Security Releases Final List of Chemicals Covered by New Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards. READ THE ALERT
October 30, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Expands High Production Volume Program. READ THE ALERT
October 18, 2007
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP — Major New Compliance Rule for Government Contractors. READ THE ALERT
October 15, 2007
Latham & Watkins LLP — Trends in Analysis of Global Climate Change Under NEPA. READ THE ALERT
October 12, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act. READ THE ALERT
October 10, 2007
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP — American Electric Power Environmental Settlement Could Cost the Company $4.6 Billion. READ THE ALERT
September 27, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — Developments in Reporting Climate Change Impacts in Securities Filings. READ THE ALERT
September 25, 2007
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP — NJDEP to Target Cleanup Sites for Enforcement of Monitoring and Reporting Conditions in No Further Action Letters. READ THE ALERT
September 24, 2007
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — The California Attorney General’s Latest Settlement: ConocoPhillips Company Agrees to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Expanded Refinery. READ THE ALERT
September 18, 2007
Latham & Watkins LLP — Federal Court Endorses States’ Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT
September 18, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — European Court Clarifies Scope of Legal Privilege, but Denies Privilege to In-house Counsel. READ THE ALERT
September 13, 2007
Latham & Watkins LLP — Unraveling CAFA’s “Mass Action” Provisions: Abrego Abrego v. Dow Chemical Co. and Lowery v. Alabama. READ THE ALERT
September 12, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Canada Publishes Proposed Regulatory Framework for Nanomaterials Under CEPA. READ THE ALERT
September 11, 2007
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards. READ THE ALERT
September 4, 2007
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP — Tilting at Windmills: Even Wind Power Projects Face Environmental Challenges. READ THE ALERT
August 29, 2007
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP — OSHA Issues Interim Final Rule On Procedures For Environmental Whistleblower Suits. READ THE ALERT
August 29, 2007
Goodwin Procter LLP — Department of Homeland Security’s New Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Are Broadly Applicable to American Industry. READ THE ALERT
August 28, 2007
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — CEQA Warms to Climate Change: Analysis of Greenhouse Gases Now Required. READ THE ALERT
August 27, 2007
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP — NJDEP Proposes New Public Notice Requirements For Site Remediation. READ THE ALERT
August 9, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — New EU Eco-Label for Soaps, Shampoos and Hair Conditioners. READ THE ALERT
August 8, 2007
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP — New Federal Legislation Means Additional Obligations on Lobbyists and Companies that Lobby. READ THE ALERT
July 31, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — FDA Issues Guidance on Requirements for Devices with Antimicrobial Agents. READ THE ALERT
July 25, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — FDA Nanotechnology Task Force Issues Report. READ THE ALERT
July 25, 2007
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP — U.S. Supreme Court Gives Remedy to Parties that Voluntarily Clean Up Contaminated Sites. READ THE ALERT
July 18, 2007
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — New RFS Program Requirements. READ THE ALERT
July 18, 2007
Howrey LLP — The United States Opens Its Hurricane Katrina Environmental and Health Risk Files to Environmental Advocacy Group. READ THE ALERT
July 13, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — Recent SEC Enforcement Proceedings — Environmental Reserves. READ THE ALERT
July 12, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Proposes More Stringent Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. READ THE ALERT
June 27, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — Supreme Court Rules That ESA Not Part of NPDES Transfer Process. READ THE ALERT
June 26, 2007
Baker & Hostetler LLP — Climate Change Primer. READ THE ALERT
June 22, 2007
Latham & Watkins LLP — Leveling the Playing Field in Mass Tort Litigation: Texas Mass Tort Plaintiffs Required to Present Causation Evidence Prior to Trial-Setting. READ THE ALERT
June 21, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — IRS Issues Directive Concerning Audits of Civil Settlements. READ THE ALERT
June 19, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — ELI Panel Addresses Development of International RoHS and RoHS-Type Requirements. READ THE ALERT
June 19, 2007
Goodwin Procter LLP — Beyond the Stacks and Tailpipes: Massachusetts to Address
GHGs in the Development Sector. READ THE ALERT
June 15, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — European Union Solicits Comments on the Information Provision Requirements of Its REACH Chemicals Regulation. READ THE ALERT
June 14, 2007
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — U.S. Supreme Court Confirms that Voluntary Remediators May Pursue Other PRPs for Cost Recovery Under CERCLA. READ THE ALERT
June 14, 2007
Latham & Watkins LLP — A Green Light to PRP Cost Recovery Actions Under CERCLA: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Atlantic Research. READ THE ALERT
June 13, 2007
Latham & Watkins LLP — Interim, Interagency Guidance to Implement Rapanos and Carabell Effective Immediately. READ THE ALERT
June 12, 2007
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — Supreme Court Announces Minimum Pleading Requirements and Broader Authority for Dismissal of Deficient Claims. READ THE ALERT
June 12, 2007
Howrey LLP — Supreme Court Restores Cost Recovery Claims to Plaintiffs Who Voluntarily Incur Response Costs. READ THE ALERT
June 12, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — Supreme Court Confirms Cost Recovery is Available to PRPs Under CERCLA. READ THE ALERT
June 11, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Releases Draft List of Chemicals for Initial Endocrine Disruptor Screening. READ THE ALERT
June 11, 2007
Holland & Knight LLP — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Management Actions for Eagles in Anticipation of Bald Eagle Delisting Under the Endangered Species Act. READ THE ALERT
June 7, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — The U.S. EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Issue Joint Wetlands Guidance. READ THE ALERT
June 4, 2007
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — U.S. Supreme Court Upholds EPA’s Interpretation of Emissions Increase Under the New Source Review Program. READ THE ALERT
May 31, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — REACH Guidance. READ THE ALERT
May 18, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — EPA Considers New Incentives for Voluntary Reporting of Environmental Violations. READ THE ALERT
May 14, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — OMB Clarifies EO and Bulletin Regarding Agency Guidance Documents. READ THE ALERT
May 7, 2007
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — New York Agencies Take Lead in Addressing Soil Vapor Concerns. READ THE ALERT
April 24, 2007
Goodwin Procter LLP — FIN 47 Poses Hard Questions for Estimating Future Environmental Liabilities. READ THE ALERT
April 24, 2007
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — Navigating the Current of Federal Wetlands Cases. READ THE ALERT
April 12, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — EU Launches Major Review and Amendment Process for RoHS Directive. READ THE ALERT
April 4, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — DHS Issues Rule to Secure “High Risk” Chemical Plants. READ THE ALERT
April 4, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — U.S. Supreme Court Rules That EPA Has Power To Regulate Greenhouse Gases. READ THE ALERT
April 4, 2007
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. — The Massachusetts v. EPA Greenhouse Gas Decision: Supreme Court Says EPA Has Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions. READ THE ALERT
April 3, 2007
Latham & Watkins LLP — Supreme Court Rules that EPA Can Regulate Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act. READ THE ALERT
April 3, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — Supreme Court Issues Two Major Environmental Decisions. READ THE ALERT
March 28, 2007
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP — A New Minefield for Coal: Challenges to Obtaining Air Quality Permits for New Coal-Fired Power Plants. READ THE ALERT
March 22, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — Climate Change Activity Heats Up on Both Sides of the Atlantic. READ THE ALERT
March 16, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Issues Proposed Revisions to Definition of Solid Waste. READ THE ALERT
March 15, 2007
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP — Carbon Emissions Trading Under the Kyoto Protocol and Beyond Can Mean Opportunity but Important Due Diligence and Legal Considerations Should Not Be Overlooked. READ THE ALERT
March 6, 2007
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP — The Heat Is On: Evolving Regulatory and Voluntary Systems in Response to Concerns Regarding Climate Changes. READ THE ALERT
March 1, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — ED and DuPont Release Draft Nano Risk Framework. READ THE ALERT
March 1, 2007
Farella Braun + Martel LLP — What Are the Benefits under California’s Groundbreaking Greenhouse Gas Law for Those Who Take Early Action to Report and Reduce Their Emissions? READ THE ALERT
March 1, 2007
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP — U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Transfer of Environmental Liability Case, Reaffirming the Ability of Buyers and Sellers of Businesses and Real Estate to Apportion CERCLA Liability Through Written Agreements. READ THE ALERT
February 26, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA and FDA Request Information on Insect Repellent-Sunscreen Combination Products. READ THE ALERT
February 22, 2007
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP — Is China’s New Environmental Protection Circular an Obstacle for New Projects? READ THE ALERT
February 20, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EPA Announces Availability of Final Nanotechnology White Paper. READ THE ALERT
February 14, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — Implementing AB 32-The Global Warming Act of 2006 California Heats Up. READ THE ALERT
February 12, 2007
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. — EC Proposes Environmental Crimes Directive. READ THE ALERT
February 12, 2007
Sidley Austin LLP — China Tightens Its Environmental Law Control Over New Investment Projects. READ THE ALERT
January 22, 2007
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP — Implications of the EU’s Adoption of “Regulation, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals” (REACH). READ THE ALERT
January 4, 2007
Goodwin Procter LLP — Climate Change Strategies for the Financial Services Industry. READ THE ALERT
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