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Safety Tips for Cooking with Grease and Oil

Jason W. Konvicka

Cooking with oil or grease can result in delicious meals, but there are a number of risks involved.

Water Futures

John Ettorre

By themselves, desalination, conservation, and system re-engineering won't solve our water puzzle. But together, they just might work.

The ability to move a water treatment plant closer to the populations that the plant would serve and then re-locate that facility to another location as demographics change or in the event of a natural disaster could prove invaluable.

Live Free? A Rather Long List of Regulations on Development in N.H.

Philip M. Hastings

The list of regulations that a real estate developer is likely to encounter (or will at least have to think about) for virtually any project in any New Hampshire community, regardless of the project’s size or nature, is long and requires a thoughtful and comprehensive approach in the planning stages.

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.

The Paris Climate Accord and Dissatisfaction

Joseph Z. Fleming

The Paris Climate Accord was a voluntary and non-enforceable approach to resolving climate issues.

Article 10(A) of the Hague Service Convention

Send, Serve, or Both

Holly M. Polglase and Matthew E. Bown

The Supreme Court decides the meaning of Article 10(A) of the Hague Service Convention.

A Trump Administration Is a Reality. So, Now What?

John W.H. Denton AO

"How do we make intelligent choices and decisions now when US policy is unclear? Inauguration Day is 20 January 2017. It is useful to look at the key policy approach identified in the campaign."

Managing an Environmental Crisis

Donald C. Bluedorn II

Practical points for lawyers (and others).

USA v. Moss Limits Regulatory Jurisdiction on the OCS

Grady S. Hurley

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has primary regulatory jurisdiction over OCS oil and gas operations. Following the Deepwater Horizon incident in 2011, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) was created to issue leases and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) established to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve national resources.

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.

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.

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.

Current Hot Topics in Transportation Law

Dennis Minichello

Certain issues are more “hot” than others, both because they have jumped to the forefront in operational decisions, as well as because the state of the law is somewhat in flux.

Piercing Limitation of Liability in the Admiralty and Maritime Context

Ethan Price-Livingston & David Y. Loh

One of the hallmarks of American admiralty and maritime law is the Limitation of Liability Act, which has been in existence since 1851 and permits a shipowner to limit its liability to the value of the vessel after the casualty.

Attorney Brief: Sex, Gender, Stereotypes

Sex, Gender, and Stereotypes

Elizabeth L. White

How courts are interpreting Title VII to protect LGBT workers.

Going Global

Joseph K. Reinhart, Esq. and Meredith Odato Graham, Esq.

Expanding the scope of environmental review for the energy sector.

Section 7 v. Title VII = Heavyweight Match

Ann Holden Kendell

In Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. NLRB (Case 08–CA–087155), a bargaining unit employee yelled racist statements to African-American replacement workers while he was on a picket line.