With economic and other hardships mounting as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law on April 21, 2020, a bill providing for a moratorium on certain evictions and foreclosures during the...more
On Friday, April 10, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued guidance regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on site cleanup efforts. (A copy of that guidance, titled Interim Guidance on Site Field...more
Massachusetts took two important steps toward providing much-needed relief to developers and project proponents impacted by COVID-19: first, extending state and local permits and approvals and second, tolling and suspending...more
As part of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s COVID-19 pandemic response efforts, he issued an executive order on March 26, 2020, suspending state permitting deadlines and extending the period of validity of issued state...more
With the COVID-19 pandemic requiring ever-evolving responses from government and businesses, the commercial real estate sector is also navigating new challenges in advancing various interests. For purchase and sale...more
The Trump administration last week scaled back Clean Water Act (CWA) protection of wetlands by narrowing the definition of waters falling under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) oversight. A new EPA Final...more
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has made significant changes to the regulations governing the cleanup of contaminated sites in the Commonwealth (310 C.M.R. §§40.0000, et seq., known as the...more