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Motion Sustained
Elise Scott, Madalyn Brown, and Bob DeMott
Corporate social responsibility isn’t just good for the planet—increasingly, it’s good for business, too.
Renewable Energy Projects Meet an Unlikely Opponent: Environmentalists
Lee D. Hoffman
As the environmental movement challenged the energy industry to move “beyond coal” and later to move “beyond gas” to a carbonless energy future, investment in renewable energy skyrocketed.
Going Global
Joseph K. Reinhart, Esq. and Meredith Odato Graham, Esq.
Expanding the scope of environmental review for the energy sector.
Nature Calls
Robert Brager
Looking to make a difference as a practitioner of environmental law? These seven pointers will help bolster your green bona fides.
Outcomes Focus: Environmental Impact Bonds are All About Results
Jeremy King
Environmental Impact Bonds offer governments, investors and non-government participants the opportunity to focus on outcomes rather than activities.
Government of the People
Allyn Stern
A baker’s dozen tips for working with the Environmental Protection Agency
Are Consumer-Driven Sustainability Efforts Effective?
Best Lawyers
Listed environmental lawyers share their thoughts on who should be leading the current sustainability movement.
A Better Bottom Line
Margaret Pierce
How Benefit Corporations are leading the charge to save the world.
Why Law Firms are Embracing Sustainable Development Goals
Best Lawyers
Uria Menendez Abogados is committing itself to Spain's progressive environmental policies.
Hotter and More Intense
Lori Tripoli
Multiple Category 5 hurricanes. Drought. Wildfires. Climate change isn’t just damaging the environment and our health. It’s impacting the bottom line.
Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Overview and Update
Beatriz Paulo de Frontin and Márcio Pereira
An overview of the Paris Climate Agreement.
U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
Violaine du Pontavice
What will be the future for the world’s climate issue?
Paris Climate Accord
Mark L. Stermitz
The accord could affect the economic and social circumstances of farmers, ranchers, and small town residents whose lives are connected with the large deposits of fossil fuels in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.
U.S. Impact on Paris Climate Agreement
Lisa S. Zebovitz
The United States Climate Alliance, currently comprised of 14 states, is “committed to the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.”
The Paris Climate Accord and Dissatisfaction
Joseph Z. Fleming
The Paris Climate Accord was a voluntary and non-enforceable approach to resolving climate issues.
WA Supreme Court Holds Vesting Rights Do Not Extend to Stormwater...
Heather Burgess
The result of the case is likely to have immediate and significant implications for a large number of property owners and developers in Washington.
The Generals’ Next War
Gayatri Joshi & Alison Torbitt
Businesses’ Sense of Corporate Social Responsibility Is Increasingly Driving Long-Term Growth. Here’s How General Counsel Can Best Confront CSR’s Numerous Challenges and Opportunities.
FEMA Will Audit Emergency Response Efforts After Hurricane Maria
Sidney F. Ansbacher
New law requires FEMA to audit failed hurricane contracts.
Indiana on Cutting Edge of Lead Service Line Replacement for Water Utilities
Nicholas K. Kile
As utilities have undertaken the task of replacing the mains, which the utility owns and to which the customer service line connects, an increased risk from lead in that customer line is exposed.
In the News: Homeowners Win Settlement From City Over Flooding
Best Lawyers
Greenberg and Fisher Phillips make new hires, and Children's Law Center recognizes McDermott Will & Emery.
An Interview With Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Best Lawyers
Russia’s 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” honoree for Real Estate Law
An Interview With Johnson Winter & Slattery
Best Lawyers
Australia's 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” honoree in Energy Law
David Ackert's Top Advice on Social Media and Client Prospecting
Best Lawyers
The president of Ackert Inc. offers his insights on business development to Best Lawyers following the 2019 Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference.
