29 Apr, 2021 Broadband, 5G, and the SpaceX Between By Angela Y. Kung On April 27, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") released an Order granting an application filed by SpaceX to modify its...
29 Apr, 2021 What Goes Around Comes Around--Bad Idea to Rescind Government Wide Guidance Policies By Charles A. Samuels What Goes Around Comes Around-- Someday, progressives (like me) are going to rue that the Biden Administration rescinded the Trump era...
28 Apr, 2021 That facility destroyed in 1906 may still be regulated in 2021 under the Clean Water Act of 1972 By Jeff Porter Just when you thought you had seen everything, last week a Judge in California allowed for the possibility that the entire site of a...
28 Apr, 2021 Venture Fund Returns: Partying Like 1999 By Jeremy D. Glaser The initial public offering market has returned for venture-backed technology companies. Not since 1999 have we seen such a steady stream...
27 Apr, 2021 From Maui to Guam to Worcester, MA -- Another Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Continues By Jeff Porter Yesterday while the Supreme Court was hearing oral argument from lawyers for Guam and the United States regarding whether a 2004 Federal...
26 Apr, 2021 That CERCLA Snowball Might Be the Abominable Snowman By Jeff Porter Last week I wrote that in Guam v. United States, a case to be heard by the United States Supreme Court today, the United States didn't...
22 Apr, 2021 Maybe the 8th time will be the charm (for EPA to determine the reach of the Clean Water Act) By Jeff Porter EPA Administrator Michael Regan certainly hit the nail on the head in his characterization of past EPA efforts to define "Waters of the...
21 Apr, 2021 SEC Commissioner Pierce Questions Use of ESG Metrics in SEC Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart The SEC previously had publicly announced that it is considering the promulgation of new regulations concerning ESG disclosures, and...
20 Apr, 2021 A Snowball's Chance in Guam By Jeff Porter Usually when a case gets to the United States Supreme Court the question is a close one but I honestly don't see how the United States of...
15 Apr, 2021 Just (Knowingly) Add Water Part 3 By Jeff Porter This morning Lara Beaven of Inside EPA writes of the continuing legal battle between the Sacketts of Idaho and the United States...
14 Apr, 2021 SEC Commissioner Clarifies Scope of SEC Risk Alert re: ESG By Jacob H. Hupart SEC Commissioner Peirce, one of the two Republican commissioners at the SEC, recently issued a statement interpreting and clarifying the...
14 Apr, 2021 Pollutants, Storm Water, the Clean Water Act and Wildebeests By Jeff Porter Thanks to Bloomberg for reporting today's Clean Water Act citizen suit du jour. This suit involves a facility in Los Angeles that, like...
13 Apr, 2021 SEC Issues Risk Alert Concerning ESG Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart The SEC issued a risk alert from the Division of Examinations concerning "observations of deficiencies and internal control weaknesses...
12 Apr, 2021 Another post-Maui Clean Water Act Case Filed in the Ninth Circuit By Jeff Porter This morning Bloomberg reports on the filing in the Ninth Circuit of another NGO complaint alleging another violation of the Federal...
09 Apr, 2021 San Diego-Based Companies Achieve Record Levels of Venture Funding By Jeremy D. Glaser San Diego continues to show excellent growth in venture funding. This report by Connect highlights some of the bigger investments made...
09 Apr, 2021 When it comes to PFAS, can we handle the truth? By Jeff Porter One of the most famous scenes in one of my favorite movies, A Few Good Men, is when Colonel Jessup tells Lieutenant Kaffee that he "can't...