The Chambers USA 2021 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 achievement of the 69 U.S. lawyers in our practice group,” said Practice Co-Chair Kerri L. Barsh, “each of whom contributes to all of these rankings.” The editors also ranked the firm’s Environmental Practice in Colorado, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania. The…

On Monday, the Supreme Court decided Territory of Guam v. United States, No. 20-382 (U.S. May 24, 2021), attempting to clarify which settlements with the United States or a state trigger a right to settling-party contribution under section 113(f)(3)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9613(f)(3)(B). The practice take-away is that settlement documents that do not expressly recite that the government’s CERCLA claims are resolved may not…

The Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court (DVE-AIC) recently appointed Greenberg Traurig attorney Candee Wilde as its next executive director. A member of the global law firm’s Environmental Practice and based in the Philadelphia office, Wilde will be just the second person to hold the post since DVE-AIC organized in 1996. Click here to continue reading the full press release.…

There is a global trend to move capital to more sustainable economic activities. To ensure that capital is moved to the desired activities, several questions arise: What is sustainable? How is “greenwashing” prevented? How is materiality of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues determined? Who must disclose and how? Continue reading the full GT Alert.…

Jillian Kirn, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Environmental Practice, will speak at the Bloomberg Law Leadership Forum. She will be a panelist for the presentation “Embracing Change: Proactive Compliance and Reputational Risk” on May 19 at 1:20 p.m. EDT. The event, taking place virtually over two afternoons, aims to examine “how social change translates into policy and operational changes, how corporations and law firms are transforming their internal conduct, impacts on…

Roughly 15 years ago, many Pennsylvania landowners entered into oil and gas leases in the expectation of receiving royalties for the extraction of shale gas and oil underlying their properties. Today, as natural gas prices remain low, and fossil fuels generally—including methane leaks specifically—encounter policy and regulatory resistance because of attention to climate change, lessees may not move as rapidly to develop marginal leaseholds. Indeed, some may not continue exploration or production at all, raising…

On April 26, 2021, the Decree amending several provisions of Mexico’s General Law of Sustainable Forestry Development was published in the Federal Official Gazette. The Decree is effective as of April 27. This GT Alert reviews the Decree’s amendments. Read the full GT Alert (English and Spanish).…