In a much anticipated and closely watched case, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, led by Boston office attorneys John F. (Jay) Farraher, Jr., David C. Fixler,
Continue Reading Greenberg Traurig Secures Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Victory in Solar Facility Development Dispute
This column seeks to sharpen up two large issues under the first sentence of Section 27 of the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, the one granting
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The Maryland Department of the Environment has for many years sought to meet its obligations under the Clean Water Act and the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load in part
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Congratulations to Steven C. Russo and the GT team who were named with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman as ALM Litigator of the Week First Runner
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Maribel N. Nicholson-Choice, an Environmental Practice shareholder at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A., was recognized as a 2022 “Woman on the Move” by ONYX magazine.
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In 2018 I commented on this blog about an opinion of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court concerning a claim by the developer of a condominium development against the City of
Continue Reading UPDATE: Property Damage Claims Even After Cleanup Under Massachusetts General Laws Chap. 21E
Last month, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decided another in a series of cases applying the Environmental Rights Amendment to municipal land use decisions involving the oil and gas industry. That
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The Massachusetts Appeals Court (the intermediate appellate court) has decided two cases this month addressing when a local conservation commission can impose conditions on development that affects wetlands in addition
Continue Reading Local Preemption and Wetlands in Massachusetts
On the heels of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address, in which she endorsed a suite of progressive environmental policies including product stewardship laws governing the paper and
Continue Reading Environmental Sustainability Is Fashionable, But New Bill Presents Hurdles to Industry