New Developments In Environmental Due Diligence: Pre-Acquisition/Post Acquisition Strategies For Invoking Liability Exemptions ... by Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 5/22/2012 In This Presentation: - Who is Liable for Pollution? Everyone! - What Liability Exemptions are Available? - Taking Steps to Perfect Exemptions to Liability Before Closing The Deal - Maintaining Exemptions to...more
LEED Certification Basics and the Rise of Green Building—Lori Wisniewski Azzara [Video] by LXBN on 5/21/2012 Did you know that in 2012, for the first time ever, LEED Certification on old buildings surpassed certification on new buildings. Just one of many indications we've seen that green building is on the rise. To discuss what...more
Western District of Pennsylvania Limits Party’s Ability to Recover Response Costs by Sedgwick LLP on 5/16/2012 The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania determined that a potentially responsible party conducting a site cleanup pursuant to both a state court order and an administrative settlement with a state...more
Innovations and Opportunities in Energy Efficiency Finance by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/16/2012 The purpose of this white paper is to discuss key concepts in energy efficiency finance, with a focus on emerging solutions to long-standing barriers to financing projects in the United States, as well as the specific...more
Maryland Governor signs new environmental bills by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/4/2012 This week, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed into law a number of important environmental bills that may require property owners, businesses and local governments to take additional compliance measures. The bills...more
CVS Settles Hazardous Waste Suit by Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 5/1/2012 In a settlement reached in mid-April, CVS Pharmacy Inc. (CVS) agreed to pay almost $14 million to settle claims that it improperly stored and disposed of hazardous waste at its drugstores in California....more
Henmans Commercial Property Matters - by Anna Power on 4/16/2012 Commercial property Spring 2012 update, including what you can do when your tenant hasn't paid rent, case update on planning obligations and an environmental case study on 'Dino Dung'....more
California Land Use Legislation for 2012 That Could Benefit Renewable Energy Projects by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 4/12/2012 As California’s public policy makers continue to demand greater and greater use of renewable energy resources, solar energy is still hot and wind energy is still cool. With all the attention given to renewable energy, one...more
Does Your City Make the Energy Star Cut? by Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 4/12/2012 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released today the annual list of metropolitan cities with the most Energy Star certified buildings for 2011. To earn EPA’s Energy Star, commercial buildings must perform in the...more
Sackett v EPA - Supreme Court Authorizes Pre-Enforcement Review of Clean Water Act Compliance Orders - David Cooke [Video] by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 4/11/2012 A unanimous Supreme Court held, on March 21, 2012, that parties who receive administrative compliance orders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") under the authority of the federal Clean Water Act are...more
Smart Second Looks Save Years, Dollars In Resolving Environmental Claims by Patton Boggs LLP on 4/5/2012 Environmental contamination disputes often drag on for many years and sometimes for decades, often resulting in repeated, costly and inconclusive field investigations and sampling. Particularly for large NPL sites under long...more
CERCLA's Easily Confused Statutes of Limitations by Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 4/4/2012 Deciding statute of limitations issues in CERCLA cases is not always a straightforward matter as the recent 54 page opinion in American Premier Underwriters Inc. v. General Electric Company illustrates. There, a federal court...more
Watershed Date for N.J. Site Remediation: May 7, 2012 by Cole Schotz on 4/3/2012 In just over two months, nearly every existing site remediation case pending before the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) will become subject to the 2009 Site Remediation Reform Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10C-1...more
Florida HB503: Excitement Grows Over This New Law as a Good Thing for Florida Real Estate Development by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 4/2/2012 While everyone waits for Florida Governor Rick Scott to sign HB503 into law, and it's expected that Scott will do so - no veto here - Florida real estate developers and those who work with land development are becoming more...more
California Supreme Court Denies Review of Case Holding that CEQA Does Not Require Analysis of Effects on a Project Caused by the... by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/30/2012 The California Supreme Court unanimously declined to hear a challenge to the revised environmental impact report for the Playa Vista development in Los Angeles in Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v. City of Los Angeles, resulting...more