Greenberg Traurig Tampa office Shareholders David Weinstein and Christopher Torres and Associate Kayli Smendec co-authored the chapter titled “Environmental Enforcement and Crimes” in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year
Continue Reading Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2021
On August 31, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the highest court in the Commonwealth) decided that the local conservation commission (and presumably the state) can sue a new owner of
Continue Reading Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Allows Enforcement to Require Removal of Unauthorized Wetlands Fill for Three Years After Each New Property Transfer
Jillian Kirn authored an article titled “Constant Vigilance: Why Environmental Criminal Enforcement Still Matters” in The Legal Intelligencer.
According to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearing House (TRAC), federal
Continue Reading Constant Vigilance: Why Environmental Criminal Enforcement Still Matters
Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice was selected to write the 2018 Chambers Environmental Law Global Practice Guide. The Practice Guide explores key topics facing the environmental sector including the regulatory landscape,
Continue Reading GT’s Environmental Practice Authors 2018 Chambers Environmental Law Global Practice Guide
On November 19, EPA issued a discussion draft of its fiscal year 2014-18 strategic plan. This draft is notable for an explicit statement that EPA intends to reduce very
Continue Reading Implications of EPA’s Shrinking Enforcement Effort
My September column for the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and Legal Intelligencer considers a question that arises from time to time: can EPA or a state agency sue to convert its
Continue Reading Injunctions to Enforce Administrative Orders Before Noncompliance
Last week was a busy week for federal stormwater regulators in New England, with the announcement that three separate stormwater-related enforcement cases had been settled. Two of these cases involved
Continue Reading Stormwater in New England: When It Rains, It Pours
One June 6, Mexico published a new General Law of Climate Change calling for emissions monitoring, control of deforestation, and adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures at the federal, state, and municipal level.
Continue Reading Mexico Adopts a General Law of Climate Change
David Mandelbaum’s monthly column in The Legal Intelligencer/Pennsylvania Law Weekly discusses Sackett v. EPA as does a recent GT Alert by Jerry Stouck and David Weinstein. Sackett allows pre-enforcement review of Clean Water Act enforcement orders.
Continue Reading Sackett: Pre-enforcement Review Under the Clean Water Act