Oct 28, 2021 You should care that the First Circuit decided yesterday to reconsider (again) its respect for the role of Federal and State Environmental Regulators By Jeff Porter This week the First Circuit Court of Appeals decided to rehear, en banc, the argument of a Massachusetts-based NGO that a 2014...
Oct 28, 2021 Climate Change: Private Sector Pressure: Divestment By Jacob H. Hupart Climate change poses many risks. For companies, besides the physical impact of climate change itself, this risk is often embodied by...
Oct 27, 2021 A new layer to EPA's PFAS roadmap By Jeff Porter Yesterday EPA announced a new layer to EPA's PFAS roadmap unveiled only last week. Now four of the hundreds of chemicals collectively...
Oct 23, 2021 SEC Commissioner Lee Highlights Role of Prior Efforts in Develop SEC Climate Disclosure Regulations By Jacob H. Hupart On October 20th, SEC Commissioner Lee delivered a speech focused on the regulations concerning climate disclosures that the SEC is...
Oct 22, 2021 The end of the road in Maui? By Jeff Porter Traveling the long and winding road to Hana in Maui is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have in the United States. I'm not...
Oct 18, 2021 EPA's Ambitious PFAS Road Map Is Out. How Lost Will We Be When EPA Reaches its Many Destinations? By Jeff Porter EPA has released its ambitious and wide-ranging plan for addressing the ubiquitous "forever" chemicals known collectively as PFAS. The...
Oct 15, 2021 Baby Steps Toward a New WOTUS Rule By Jeff Porter In What About Bob, a movie worth seeing only if you, like me, think every film including Bill Murray is worth seeing, the fictional guru...
Oct 14, 2021 What isn't a "pollutant" requiring a permit under the Clean Water Act? By Jeff Porter The County of Maui had another day in court this week, this time pleading with Federal District Judge Mollway to reconsider her renewed...
Oct 13, 2021 The end of the (most recent) WOTUS beginning? By Jeff Porter Lara Beaven, of Inside EPA, reports this afternoon that EPA has shared with the White House Office of Management and Budget what EPA...
Oct 12, 2021 The More Things Change . . . . The Most Recent Clean Water Act Confusion By Jeff Porter Just a few years ago, before the Trump Administration EPA revoked and replaced the Obama Administration EPA's regulations determining the...
Oct 01, 2021 Another Court Limits the Reach of California's Invasion of Privacy Claim for Class Actions By Mintz As of late, many privacy class actions have attempted to invoke California's common-law invasion of privacy claim, arguing that it is a...