Jul 31, 2023 The Legal Burden of Bully Bosses By Jennifer B. Rubin Today's Wall Street Journal featured not one but two articles addressing jerky behavior at work. The first article addressed the extremes...
Jul 28, 2023 So not only are NIMBYs delaying our essential transition to renewable energy, they're also taking lots of money out of our pockets! By Jeff Porter The Boston Globe reports that the cost of the critically important New England Clean Energy Connect project increased by over 50 percent...
Jul 27, 2023 3M tried to resolve its PFAS liability to water suppliers for $12.5 BILLION and almost 1/2 the States (including MA) are objecting. What's next? By Jeff Porter In May I wrote about a manufacturer of Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) excused from the PFAS Multi-District Litigation in South Carolina...
Jul 25, 2023 The Boston Globe reports another climate change casualty, it is still way too hard to protect ourselves against rising waters & time is running out. By Jeff Porter The Boston Globe is following the Nantucket Current in reporting on another of the countless casualties of coastal erosion caused by our...
Jul 25, 2023 So you want to buy distressed real estate debt (again)... By Daniel B. Guggenheim Given the current economic environment, it is no surprise that “distressed debt” is once again becoming a favorite catch phrase and a...
Jul 20, 2023 CFTC Holds Second Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, on July 19, 2023, the CFTC held its second voluntary carbon markets convening, approximately a year following the initial...
Jul 20, 2023 Surprising to see EPA now taking steps to make it easier for states to take over the Federal Government's dredge and fill permit responsibilities By Jeff Porter I'm surprised to see the Biden Administration EPA moving forward right now with a rule proposed during the Trump Administration to make...
Jul 19, 2023 EPA made a mess exercising its Clean Water Act residual designation authority in MA. This week the Judge washed his hands of most of it for now. By Jeff Porter This week Massachusetts Federal District Court Judge Richard Stearns dismissed two counts of the Conservation Law Foundation's and...
Jul 19, 2023 House Financial Services Committee Criticizes ESG Regulations and Activism in Corporate America By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled "Protecting Investor Interests: Examining Environmental and...
Jul 18, 2023 EPA says we should have its next stab at a Waters of the United States rule in September. What's next? By Jeff Porter Inside EPA reports that EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox has told Congress that we can expect a new Waters of the United States...
Jul 13, 2023 To Be or Not to Be . . . a Security: Takeaways from the Ripple Labs Ruling By Stephen M. Osborn The most important part of today's ruling in the SEC v. Ripple Labs: Ripple's XRP token is not de facto a security. Let's not take that...
Jul 13, 2023 Hope is not a strategy and three other things I learned from the legendary Bob Popeo By Jeff Porter Many of you have asked me to tell you a story about Bob Popeo, one of the greatest lawyers of the modern era. I have many truly...
Jul 12, 2023 And then there was one -- The Judge in Texas joined the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in staying another challenge to EPA's "old" WOTUS rule By Jeff Porter Just before the July 4th holiday, I was wondering out loud what was to be gained by having a Federal District Court decide the merits of...
Jul 11, 2023 If you're not taking seriously the federal requirements applicable to removing lead paint you should read this! By Jeff Porter Inside EPA is reporting on a Defendant charged with many felonies including a felony violation of the Toxic Substances Control Act,...
Jul 10, 2023 Like it or not, what is and isn't a Water of the United States is clearer, but what is and isn't a Diligent Prosecution remains pretty murky By Jeff Porter According to a complaint filed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the...
Jul 07, 2023 House Republicans Issue Letters to Major Asset Managers Concerning Potential Antitrust Violations Allegedly Caused by ESG Policies By Jacob H. Hupart This week, Congressmen Jim Jordan (R-OH), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Dan Bishop (R-NC), sent a letter on behalf of the House Committee on...