Environmental Law

Travers takes lead role on Pinewood real estate and community project

By Legal Week | June 25, 2009

Travers Smith is advising Pinewood Studios on planning matters as it creates a working community in Buckinghamshire. The City firm has been advising Pinewood on real estate, planning, environment and real estate management issues connected with the studio's plans to build a living and working community for the creative industry.

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Dentons, Fulbright and Ashurst dig deep into E647m oil and gas buyout

By Legal Week | June 18, 2009

Denton Wilde Sapte, Fulbright & Jaworski and Ashurst have played key roles in the E647m (£556m) consortium acquisition of the oil and gas division of Oranje-Nassau Groep.

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Public and regulatory law: Global thinking

By Legal Week | June 18, 2009

How are businesses reacting to the downturn in economic activity? Will they be tempted to 'green-wash' through the recession, will they genuinely try to make sense of the 'green is good for business' argument, or will they simply not bother to do either?

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Northern Ireland

By Legal Week | June 10, 2009

L'Estrange & Brett and A&L Goodbody address the practice issues facing the Northern Irish legal market.

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Northern Ireland: The north/south connect

By Legal Week | June 10, 2009

Energy has come to the forefront of economic and environmental attention globally, and Ireland north and south is no exception to this trend. The energy sector in Ireland has remained driven North by an all-island agenda and ern Ireland, in particular, has seen ongoing development in energy matters. Much emphasis has been on the development of renewables and achieving cost savings and efficiencies through the development of an all-island energy market.

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Burges Salmon completes top-level overhaul

By Mark Goddard | June 8, 2009

Burges Salmon has overhauled its management structure, splitting its partnership committee in two. The regional heavyweight has divided its main management group, creating a smaller partnership committee, which will concentrate on long-term strategic issues, while department heads will now sit in a separate group focusing on operational short-term objectives, rather than sitting on the partnership committee.

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Brit Energy GC resigns as EDF takeover finalised

By Mark Goddard | June 4, 2009

British Energy general counsel Robert Armour has resigned after 20 years with the company, as the organisation nears the end of an overhaul of its legal function in the wake of its takeover by EDF. Armour has been replaced by British Energy's former head of legal Jean MacDonald, who becomes general counsel and company secretary at the newly-merged EDF Energy.

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K&L Gates hires Ashurst partner for Dubai debut

By Mark Goddard | June 1, 2009

K&L Gates has launched an office in Dubai with the hire of Ashurst energy and transport partner Paul de Cordova. Senior dispute resolution partner Neal Brendel will relocate from K&L Gates' Pittsburgh office to co-found the Dubai base, which will focus on corporate and projects work.

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Dentons acquires Almaty outpost

By Legal Week | April 21, 1999

Denton Hall has set up an office in Almaty, Kazakhstan, after acquiring the only foreign office of US firm Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley. The firm has also applied for a licence to open up in Tashkent in Uzbekistan. US lawyer Marla Valdez, who set up Denver-based Welborn Sullivan's office in 1993, will be managing partner in Almaty.

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The Recorder

Morgan Lewis Grows ESG Group, Adding Legal VP of Fidelity Foundations

By Jessie Yount | August 31, 2021

Morgan Lewis hires again as the firm sees an inflection moment in environmental, social and governance matters.

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New York Law Journal

Environmental Advertising for Your Brand: Three Things You Need To Know

By Robb Roby | August 27, 2021

In June 2021, Lina Khan was sworn in as Chair of the FTC. She is expected to pursue an aggressive enforcement policy for consumer protection, including advertising and marketing conduct. So, what are the three things that you should know about environmental marketing under the current Green Guides?

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The Legal Intelligencer

Out-of-State Firm, Barclay Damon, Steps In to Defend Pa.-based Military Equipment Maker Against Clean Air Act Claims

By ALM Staff | August 27, 2021

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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National Law Journal

Colorado River Emergency Highlights Need for Native American Representation in Washington

By Bruce Love | August 25, 2021

"It's important to have decent counsel for tribes in D.C. because so much of what tribes do is impacted by federal law and regulation," said Akin Gump's Jason Hauter.

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The Recorder

Girardi Keese Bankruptcy Trustee Files Third Lawsuit Seeking Millions in Legal Fees

By Amanda Bronstad | August 23, 2021

This time, Elissa Miller, the trustee of Girardi Keese's Chapter 7 filing who sued Erika Girardi last month, alleges the defunct Los Angeles firm's former co-counsel in a case failed to turn over potentially millions of dollars in legal fees.

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Corporate Counsel

Sustainability as Superlaw: Reinventing Your Playbooks

By Dave Curran and Brad Karp | August 23, 2021

As part of a new series on ESG, this monthly column titled "The Law of ESG," will address what in-house counsel need to know about the changing landscape. In this first column, we look at how a savvy general counsel attuned to ESG issues can adapt to this new age of superlaw. Below are some practical ways in-house counsel can reinvent their playbook to embrace the new world order.

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National Law Journal

Justice Barrett Refuses to Block Construction of Obama Presidential Center

By Marcia Coyle | August 20, 2021

Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Friday rejected an environmental group's request to block construction of the Obama Presidential Center while the group's claims of environmental law violations were being appealed.

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National Law Journal

US Supreme Court Urged to Stop Construction of Obama Presidential Center

By Marcia Coyle | August 17, 2021

An environmental organization, claiming that environmental laws are being ignored or misapplied, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an injunction halting construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, Chicago, until their appeal by a federal circuit court is decided.

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Daily Business Review

Conservation Groups Set Stage for Lawsuit Over Manatee Protections

By Jim Saunders | August 17, 2021

The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and the Save the Manatee Club allege that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has violated federal law by not updating designated critical-habitat areas to better protect manatees.

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Law.com

American Petroleum Institute, Others Sue Over Biden's Climate Change Executive Order

By ALM Staff | August 16, 2021

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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