Podcast – Introducing the Greenwashing Mitigation Team
If you need a little intellectual stimulation after hours of Thanksgiving turkey and football, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has just the thing — the new CISA Mitigation Guide for the...more
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has drafted new and revised guidance documents for the assessment and mitigation of vapor intrusion (VI) at properties undergoing reuse and redevelopment (Draft...more
The Supreme Court of Vermont (“Supreme Court”) in a December 2nd Opinion addressed a challenge to two guidance documents and a classification system issued by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (“ANR”). See Otter Creek...more
On October 20, 2022, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) issued new Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines (the “Guidelines”). CFIUS is an interagency committee that reviews and seeks to mitigate...more
Late last month, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) issued Instruction Memorandum 2021-046 to reinstate both BLM Manual Section (MS-1794) and BLM Handbook (H-1794-1), which restore previously rescinded BLM policies on...more
This past Friday, September 24, 2021, the White House “Safer Federal Workforce Task Force” issued Guidance construing President Biden’s September 9 Executive Order concerning required COVID-19 vaccination and other safety...more
On Monday, August 17, 2020, the Department of Justice, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Communications Commission released a joint advisory on the acquisition and use...more
All counties in Pennsylvania have moved out of the red phase, with most counties in the green phase of Pennsylvania’s reopening plan. The Governor and Secretary of Health have issued green phase orders concerning counties...more
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) Headquarters issued a new Regulatory Guidance Letter (“RGL”) addressing wetland mitigation banks....more
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (“OPR”) has spent five years drafting a comprehensive update to 30 sections of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines. The updated text (“Final Text”)...more
The Army Corps of Engineers recently issued a Regulatory Guidance Letter (RGL) that sets out factors that should be considered by district engineers when determining the amount of mitigation credits that may be allowed for...more
On 24 July, 2018, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) instructed its personnel that the agency lacks authority to require monetary payments and other forms of compensatory mitigation as a condition of obtaining authorization...more
In a busy day for vapor intrusion, last week the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency made several announcements about vapor intrusion. First, it announced it had submitted a draft rule to the White House OMB seeking to...more
Organizations are preparing for data incidents and breaches by developing, updating, implementing, and testing incident response plans. This article provides a checklist of key components of an incident response plan. ...more
In late April, the Department of Justice’s Cybersecurity Unit provided a set of voluntary best practices for companies faced with the prospect of data breaches. The DOJ’s best practices were expressly developed with smaller...more