30 Nov, 2022 Another legal victory for New England Clean Energy Connect but, unbelievably, it still isn't nearly out of the woods. By Jeff Porter Yesterday Maine's Supreme Judicial Court unanimously held that the 2021 referendum that purported to invalidate a lease essential to the...
28 Nov, 2022 A rose or PFAS by any other name . . . . By Jeff Porter With apologies to Mr. Shakespeare, and respect to the American Water Works Association, PFOS and PFOA, only two of the hundreds of...
23 Nov, 2022 SEC Highlights ESG Enforcement Activity in Annual Report By Jacob H. Hupart The SEC recently announced its yearly summary of enforcement activity. Among the items it chose to highlight were its efforts to enforce...
23 Nov, 2022 Department of Labor Enables Consideration of ESG Factors in ERISA Investments By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, the Department of Labor "released a final rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) . . . [that]...
21 Nov, 2022 EPA deserves a high grade for its progress implementing its PFAS road map and so does Congress By Jeff Porter As students around the country journey home for Thanksgiving break before final exams, EPA has reported on its progress implementing its...
17 Nov, 2022 Another case in which a non-governmental organization wants a court to tell EPA how to do its job By Jeff Porter Yesterday a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard from lawyers for the Public...
14 Nov, 2022 Biden Administration Proposes That Federal Contractors Must Disclose GHG Emissions By Jacob H. Hupart Last Thursday, the Biden Administration proposed that all federal contractors (except those receiving less than $7.5 million annually in...
11 Nov, 2022 Harassing EPA in the Courts isn't in our interests even when an NGO like CLF or the CRWA is the Plaintiff By Jeff Porter While many of us were focused on the 2022 elections, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Charles River Watershed Association again...
08 Nov, 2022 Saying EPA's implementation of its PFAS road map is going to "increase legal liability" is like saying seat belts will cause more car accidents! By Jeff Porter I was surprised to see a former EPA official opining that identifying two of the hundreds of forever chemicals known collectively as PFAS...
08 Nov, 2022 An SEC Win - US District Court Judge Rules LBRY’s LBC Token a Security By Cory Flashner Ed Daley In a significant victory for the SEC, US District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro granted summary judgment to the SEC in what is the first...
07 Nov, 2022 Senate Republicans Issue Warning to Law Firms About Potential Antitrust Implications of ESG Activities By Jacob H. Hupart Last Thursday, five Republican senators--Cotton (AR), Grassley (IA), Rubio (FL), Lee (UT), and Blackburn (TN)--sent an identical letter...