Recently, the States of Idaho and Utah --both controlled by the Republican Party--sent letters to S&P, one of the three major credit...
Very interesting article from the Wall Street Journal talking about more upcoming white collar enforcement, particularly in the areas of...
The Boston Globe is reporting on a lawsuit by the ACLU and my law firm, Mintz, against the US Customs and Immigration Service, and other...
Today, the SEC issued two complementary press releases announcing certain proposed rules. First, the SEC announced "proposed amendments...
In the mid-1990s the Massachusetts Attorney General, Scott Harshbarger, made national news by suing tobacco manufacturers for, among...
Kudos to David Abel of the Boston Globe for a thorough and balanced report on the dire state of the coastal waters of Cape Cod and what...
Inside EPA reports that EPA has been looking at "techniques and procedures" to apply CERCLA, also known as the Superfund statute,...
Last Friday, a federal Magistrate Judge in Washington, D.C. wrote an opinion, in a still sealed case, explaining why he approved a DOJ...
A non-profit research group, First Street Foundation, recently released data that calculates the wildfire risk for each property in the...
Law 360 reports that Brenda Mallory, the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, was in the Senate yesterday telling...
On the same day that Maine's highest court was pondering whether 25 percent of Maine's registered voters will successfully prevent...
Those who know me well, know that I often turn to quotes from '80s and '90s comedies, as the best way to express complex thoughts in just...
This week many eyes are focused on Maine's Supreme Judicial Court which will hear argument on whether Maine voters can effectively cancel...
The SEC's Climate and ESG Task Force has now issued its first enforcement action. The SEC has brought a 76-page complaint in federal...
In a speech delivered on May 6, 2022 to the Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation, SEC Chairman Gensler again re-affirmed his...
I'm shocked by the news this morning that a respected Massachusetts Congressman and several others are petitioning President Biden to...