On 3 September 2024, the UK Government published its factsheet on the Great British Energy Bill which received its Second Reading in the House of Commons on 5 September.
The purpose of the Bill is to establish a publicly-owned energy company designed to drive clean energy deployment and support the UK Government’s aim of decarbonising
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has issued a “first of its kind” decision in Asia, requiring South Korea to update its greenhouse gas reduction targets.
By Paul A. Davies, Wonsuk (Steve) Kang, Michael D. Green, James Bee, Stephanie Forrest, and Jiou (Alex) Park
On 29 August 2024, South Korea’s Constitutional Court
In Crosby, as the Trustee of Aaron Guidry Trust and Trustee of the Lauren Guidry Trust, Guidry and Guidry v. Crosby Enterprises, LLC, Crosby Dredging, LLC, Tala Air Logistics, LLC, Crosby Holding, LLC, Crosby, Trosclair, and Dufrene, 2023-1338 (La. App. 1 Cir. 8/9/24), 2024 WL 3733158, — So.3d —. a five judge panel of
Eyeglasses versus Emissions: Are We Losing Sight of the Bigger Picture?
On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, from noon–1:00 p.m. (ET), Center Director Ross Pifer presented “Right to Repair and Agriculture” as part of the National Agricultural Law Center’s webinar series.
From the National Agricultural Law Center:
The nationwide movement to enact Right to Repair statutes seeks to ensure that consumers and end-users have the ability
On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the Center for Agricultural and Shale Law hosted the 2024 Pennsylvania Agricultural Law Symposium in-person at Penn State Law, Lewis Katz Building in University Park, PA. Our inaugural in-person symposium offered 6 CLE credits for Pennsylvania-licensed attorneys. Lunch and refreshments were provided by Hoag’s Catering, a local catering service.
We were especially grateful
The federal Superfund statute allows a private person to recover “necessary costs of response incurred” by that person consistently with the governing regulation, the national contingency plan. A recent appellate decision, to be sure unreported and therefore not binding, raises the interesting question of what a person must do to “incur” a cost. The person
In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451, and Relentless, Inc. v. Dep’t of Commerce (U.S. June 28, 2024), overruling the 40-year-old practice of “Chevron deference” – judicial deference to administrative agency interpretation of statutes that the agency administers. Since then, commentators
Louisiana business owners often form corporations and LLCs in Louisiana with the assumption that they cannot, as owners of these companies, be held personally liable for any debts or liabilities related to these companies or their operations. Although Louisiana law provides a general rule of non-liability for these business owners, there is no absolute protection
On September 5, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an 8-month extension of EPA’s final reporting and recordkeeping requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under Section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The rule establishes a one-time reporting requirement for any entity that has manufactured or imported PFAS during the period