Jillian Kirn, a shareholder in the Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice in the Philadelphia office, was named Environmental Lawyer of the Year at the Euromoney Legal Media Group’s annual
Continue Reading Jillian Kirn Named Environmental Lawyer of the Year at Euromoney ‘Women in Business Law Awards Americas’ 2021
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is expanding its Environmental Practice in California to meet client demand with the addition of Shareholder Hazel Ocampo in the firm’s Orange County and
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On Feb. 13, 2021, Winter Storm Uri began its descent over North America and subsequently had widespread impact on the State of Texas. The unprecedented storm left millions of electricity
Continue Reading Greenberg Traurig Launches Storm Uri Texas Litigation Tracker
“Tree Equity,” a notion promoted by advocacy group American Forests, has received attention recently, including an article in the July 4 New York Times featuring Philadelphia. In brief summary, tree
Continue Reading Thinking About Tree Equity and Its Benefit to Clients, Community
Roughly 15 years ago, many Pennsylvania landowners entered into oil and gas leases in the expectation of receiving royalties for the extraction of shale gas and oil underlying their properties.
Continue Reading Is the Oil and Gas Lease Over? Court Ruling Offers Guidance
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has been trying for some time to require counties that operate municipal separate storm sewers (MS4s) to require “restoration” of impervious surfaces in
Continue Reading Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: An Update
Tune in to the latest episode of Greenberg Traurig’s Legal Environmental Insights podcast for analysis from GT Shareholders Bernadette Rappold and Christopher Torres on some of the most significant environmental
Continue Reading Legal Environmental Insights Podcast: Episode 11 | What the Largest Litigation Cases and Law Decisions of 2020 Mean to the Practitioner
Last week, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued an unreported opinion in an eminent domain case of potential interest in anticipation of an infusion of federal funding for infrastructure development. Montgomery
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This is an update to a 2019 post.
Section 1113 of the Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (“HSCA”), 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 6020.1113, authorizes settlements of responsible parties’
Continue Reading Pennsylvania Prospective Purchaser Agreements: Emphasis on ‘Prospective’
Massachusetts’ highest court decided a water rights case on March 11. Town of Concord v. Water Dep’t of Littleton, SJC-12947 (Mass. Mar. 11, 2021). These things don’t happen very
Continue Reading Massachusetts Water Rights Act in the Supreme Judicial Court