Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Environmental Law

Environmental Update - Michigan Environmental News November/December 2012

by Matthew B. Eugster, Bruce Goodman, Timothy J. Lundgren, David Preston, Matthew Zimmerman | Varnum LLP on 12/21/2012

In This Issue: - Michigan Passes Groundwater Well Dispute Statute - Again - EPA Pushes Back on Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads - Storage Tank Program Undergoes Changes - Sierra Club Ready to Sue on...more

Michigan Passes Groundwater Well Dispute Statute – Again

by Timothy J. Lundgren | Varnum LLP on 12/14/2012

The hectic lame-duck session of the Michigan Legislature has resulted in the resurrection of the state's once-and-future groundwater dispute resolution process. Michigan had originally passed similar legislation in 2003,...more

Justice Liu Authors Four Unanimous Opinions by the California Supreme Court

by Sedgwick LLP on 7/10/2012

As the summer got started, and his first year on the bench nearly completed, Justice Liu produced four unanimous opinions on wide ranging issues of California law, including arbitration, preemption work product and...more

Energy Newsletter - June 2012

by King & Spalding on 6/1/2012

In This Issue: - DISPUTE RESOLUTION: International Arbitration Tips for Arbitration Agreements in International Energy Contracts - REGULATORY: - D.C. Regulatory: Courts Reject Post-Deepwater Horizon...more

THE QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: SUBSTANTIVE & PROCEDURAL LAW PROVISIONS FOR AMICUS CURIAE IN INVESTOR-STATE ICSID...

by Mary B. Ayad on 1/1/2012

The Holy Grail of ICSID Arbitration is social justice. Amicus Curiae is the Grail Castle that holds the sacred chalice of ICSID’s salvation. This paper comments on both the procedural and substantive law of amicus...more

Rethinking Successor Liability under CERCLA

by Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 12/29/2011

The PCB contamination in the Lower Fox River in Wisconsin continues to spawn novel Superfund decisions. The latest is US v. NCR, in which Judge Greisbach of the Eastern District of Wisconsin reversed his initial ruling, made...more

Energy Newsletter - December 2011

by King & Spalding on 12/1/2011

In This Issue: - TRANSACTIONAL: - Transactions/Russia: Russia: Expanding Opportunities for Foreign Investment in Major Oil and Gas Deposits - Corporate/London: Focus on Shale Gas in the UK: Current Developments...more

Canada and Investment Treaty Arbitration: Three Prominent Issues - ICSID Ratification, Constituent Subdivisions, and Health and...

by John Siwiec on 11/1/2011

Co-authored with Barry Leon and Andrew McDougall. This article addresses three issues that have been of particular interest regarding Canada’s experience with investor-state arbitration. The first issue concerns the...more

Reformas Legales e Institucionales en la Implementación de los TLC suscritos por Chile (www.centroilc.cl).pdf

by Eliel Hasson on 8/17/2011

Chile, hace ya más de tres décadas, optó por una economía abierta, competitiva y orientada al libre comercio, disciplinada en el acatamiento de las normativas internacionales y con una...more

Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Two Bills Providing Moderate CEQA Improvements

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/18/2010

Senate Bill ("SB") 1456, authored by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), and Assembly Bill ("AB") 231, authored by Assembly Member Alyson Huber (D-El Dorado Hills), were signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on September...more

DEP Announces New Office of Dispute Resolution

by Cole Schotz on 9/29/2010

On September 27, 2010, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin announced the opening of the DEP Office of Dispute Resolution. Commissioner Martin stated that “The Office of Dispute Resolution...more

Land Use Mediation

by Ed Johnson on 6/23/2010

Mediation has proven to be a better alternative to litigation. It saves time, money, and gets better results. This PowerPoint presentation shows how mediation can be applied to land use planning to achieve similar results....more