The 2022 Monaco Memo highlights two “core principles” regarding voluntary self-disclosure. First, absent aggravating factors, DOJ will not “seek a guilty plea when a company has voluntarily self-disclosed, cooperated, and
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After much anticipation, on March 24, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a series of new and extensive disclosure rules that would require all registered companies, including foreign
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Companies interested in “ESG” disclosure and accounting may be having the same reaction we are to much of the recent popular business press. Thinking carefully about Environment, Social, and Governance
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NOTE: The EPA will be hosting a webinar on this topic on Nov. 2 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
On Oct. 18, 2021, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator
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On Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. EST, Greenberg Traurig Environmental Practice Shareholder Jillian C. Kirn will join a Women in Housing & Finance, Inc. (WHF) virtual panel
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International Environmental Risk Management – A Systems Approach (Second Edition), co-authored by Quest Environmental President Robert A. Woellner and Greenberg Traurig Shareholders John Voorhees and Christopher L. Bell,
Continue Reading John Voorhees and Christopher Bell Co-Author ‘International Environmental Risk Management,’ Featured Among Qualiware’s Top 52 Books of 2020
Securing risk-based closure of a contaminated site in Miami-Dade County, known as a “No Further Action with Conditions (NFAC),” typically requires the imposition of institutional controls in the form of
Continue Reading New Risk Based Corrective Action Guidance for Miami-Dade Sites
On the morning of Dec. 25, the News Analysis on page A1 of the New York Times led off with this cheery holiday thought: “Sometime in the last couple of
Continue Reading Anticipating Environmental Issues in an Economic Downturn: 2019 Edition
From Grant E. Nichols of GT Philadelphia:
For at least the past 30 years, parties involved in the purchase or sale of properties that contain environmental exposure have had
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