Buried within last December’s massive Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115–97, 131 Stat. 2054 (TCJA), is an obscure provision that may change the litigation and
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Greenberg Traurig Hosts Webinar on the Marketing and Disposal of Electronics
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Manufacturers, importers, and sellers of electronics are subject to a changing array of federal and state communications and environmental requirements governing the marketing and disposal of such devices. To help…
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Environmentalists Score Clean Water Act Victory Which May Affect Permitting Status
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While litigants and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continue to debate the fate of the agency’s 2015 rule defining jurisdictional waters under the Clean Water Act (Act), environmentalists have…
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EPA Nixes Decades-Old Policy on Toxic Air Pollution
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Jettisoning 23-year old doctrine, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week in guidance (“Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air …
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Department of Interior’s Call for Identification of Rules for Repeal, Modification, or Replacement
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The Department of the Interior (the Department) last week issued a Federal Register notice calling on the public to identify regulations for repeal, replacement, or modification. The Department’s action is…
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