Events
July 30, 2019 at 8:00am – 9:00am
Preti Flaherty
Firm Highlights
Publication
EPA Announces Temporary Relaxation of Certain Environmental Compliance and Monitoring Obligations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Citing potential worker shortages and social distancing and travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Thursday, March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would exercise enforcement discretion and temporarily...
Publication
Environmental Alert: Supreme Court Finds CERCLA Does Not Bar State Law Claims
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday issued a decision authored by Chief Justice Roberts with far-reaching implications for targets of federal environmental enforcement actions. The Court in Atlantic Richfield Co. v...
Publication
Biden Administration Week One: Early Signs of Aggressive Environmental Agenda
As the Biden administration wraps up its first full week in office, the change in environmental policy priorities is already clear. On day one, President Biden rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement and issued an...
Publication
Supreme Court Finds Clean Water Act Jurisdiction For Discharges To Groundwater
Today, in a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court held that a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit can be required for discharges to groundwater “if the addition of the pollutants through groundwater is the functional...