You are reading this column in the first days of 2024. This might be an apt opportunity in the “environmental practice” column to consider what we environmental lawyers ought to resolve to do to elevate our practices in the new year. My observations are no more profound than anyone else’s. But as I begin my
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) opened the portal for taxpayers to register for elective payment (under Section 6417 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code)) or transfer (under Section 6418 of the Code) for the ITC, PTC, and other eligible federal income tax credits. Along with the registration portal, the IRS provided a user guide and
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations, published in the Federal Register Dec. 26, 2023, applicable to clean hydrogen production facilities.
Notably, the proposed regulations address:
Lauren A. Liss, senior counsel in the Environmental, Energy, and Real Estate practices in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Boston office, was named a 2023 “Go To” Lawyer for Environmental and Energy Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Liss and her fellow honorees are featured in the publication’s Dec. 25
Greenberg Traurig continues the strategic expansion of its Energy & Natural Resources Practice with the addition of energy tax attorney David Gillespie as a shareholder in New York. Gillespie joins from Winston & Strawn where he was a partner.
Gillespie brings a deep knowledge of tax law as it relates to renewable power, energy transition,
Greenberg Traurig’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice received two National Tier 1 rankings and 16 metropolitan rankings in the 2024 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” report.
The practice rankings include:
National Rankings
Tier 1 – Energy Law
Tier 1 – Oil and Gas Law
Tier 2 – Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC,
David G. Mandelbaum, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Philadelphia office, is among the professionals recognized on the 2023 City & State Pennsylvania Fifty Over 50 list. The magazine touts the compilation as “leaders who have a record of achievement worthy of recognition,” providing an overview of some of
On Nov. 10, 2023, the European Commission authorized a State aid scheme presented by Italy, earmarking EUR 1.7 billion to bolster agrivoltaic plants.
Intuitively, contamination reduces the value of property. But intuition does not count as evidence. The issues of how one proves that one ought to take a discount from a property’s “clean” value for tax, eminent domain, or other valuation purposes, how big that discount ought to be, and how long it ought to last remain
I was asked earlier this month to condense into an eight-minute presentation what a particular group of senior environmental lawyers “ought to know about developments in Superfund since October 2022 had they been paying attention.” It was, of necessity, an incomplete survey. This is my effort to record a slightly modified version. Practitioners may want