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Wind Power Criminal Prosecution

Gray Reed

Bad Guys in Energy 2022

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With it being Lent and all, we ask, are this year’s Ferrymen of the River Styx using these 40 days to turn from wickedness and find their way to repentence? Who knows, but we do know that as alternative energy rises, so do...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Biden Administration Looks To Recriminalize Accidental Bird Deaths In Traditional And Renewable Energy Sectors

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The Biden administration has signaled its intention to recriminalize non-purposeful, or incidental, “takes” of birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”). The longstanding debate over the scope of criminal liability...more

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A Permit System May Finally Arrive for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act - New Opportunities and Responsibilities

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For years, Federal Courts have held that individuals can be held criminally liable under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) for the death of birds regardless of whether they intended to harm them. While several courts have...more

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