Thirty-four attorneys in 16 U.S. and Latin America offices from the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP are recognized in The Legal 500 United States and Latin America 2024 editions. David B. Weinstein was recognized in the U.S. guide as a “Leading Lawyer” for Dispute Resolution > Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action –
Greenberg Traurig Tampa office Shareholder David Weinstein, Associate Jennifer M. Faggion, and attorney Madeleine Voigt, along with SEER committee members, co-authored the chapter titled “Enforcement and Litigation” in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2023, published by the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.
This chapter summarizes significant legal developments
The 2024 Chambers USA Guide recognized the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP on its nationwide list of the top 31 environment practices in the country.
“This really is a continuing signal of achievement of over 100 lawyers in our practice group, each of whom contributes to all of these rankings,” Practice
Lateral moves for lawyers at every level have been on the rise post-pandemic, and don’t appear to be slowing down—and that includes for young lawyers. While there are numerous resources and advice articles for attorneys navigating an individual lateral move, there is far less guidance for associates about how to best navigate a move to
On May 23, 2024, the Supreme Court of Illinois rendered a judgment in Rice v. Marathon Petroleum Corp., which involved important considerations for both environmental law and personal injury claims. This case was initiated by Laura E. Rice, acting as the special representative for the estate of her late mother, Margaret L. Rice. The litigation
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently initiated its Water Testing Modification Effort to assess and ensure the quality of drinking water in properties currently under lease with GSA. GSA began issuing unilateral lease amendments (ULAs) to landlords in February 2024, requiring the landlord to conduct one-time drinking water testing within the leased space and
Last month at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Environmental Law Forum, over 100 environmental lawyers discussed the implications of the duty of competence imposed by Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 on their practices in light of climate change. John Dernbach first posed the issue to the forum in a keynote address a year earlier. Dernbach later
On April 24, 2024, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released an audit report on the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES), which was established under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) to accelerate the siting of large-scale renewable energy projects. The key finding of the report, that the siting process from
After nearly two decades of litigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a suite of four regulations targeting the power sector. The rules aim to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mercury pollution, wastewater management, and coal ash disposal.
Predecessors to the current GHG and mercury rules faced particularly close judicial scrutiny, with the
Pennsylvania has an aggressive brownfields remediation program under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2), 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. Sections 6026.101 to .908. Section 308 of Act 2 makes all “decisions by the Department of Environmental Protection involving the reports and evaluations required under Act 2 to be considered appealable actions under”