An appellate decision earlier this month addressing the cultural value of a fishery resource for purposes of a natural resources damages claim raises issues worth thinking about, not only with respect to NRD claims but also with respect to our own Environmental Rights Amendment.
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Several key bills were passed during Florida’s 2025 legislative session that pertain to the real estate industry, including those that focus on housing affordability and development regulation. Notable legislation from
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Last month the U.S. Supreme Court restricted federal jurisdiction over filling and altering wetlands. See Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 21-454 (U.S. May 25, 2023). The president promptly
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The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Sacketts against the Environmental Protection Agency to narrow the Clean Water Act.
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) decided a case this week clarifying the limitation on a municipality’s ability to regulate wetlands and waterway construction more stringently than would the Department
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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
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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
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Maribel N. Nicholson-Choice, a shareholder in GT’s Environmental Practice, is quoted in an Aug. 3 Law360 article titled “3 Key Enviro Priorities In The Infrastructure Bill.”
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In his 2020 State of the State speech, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo led with a proposal to issue a $3 Billion ‘Restore Mother Nature Environmental’ Bond Act. The
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