Tag: Environmental regulations

04/05/2022 Orion Expert Network (OEN), an expert witness search firm based in Boston, MA announces the release of its inaugural webinar, “A Lawyer’s Guide to PFAS / AFFF”. The webinar can be watched in full here: This webinar is intended to give attorneys pursuing cases related to PFAS/AFFF a working understanding of the science behind […]

Navigating a tightrope of veiled innuendo, potential disunity abroad, and political setbacks at home, President Biden traveled to Brussels last month to take part in a special allied summit in Belgium.  The trip came after Biden, before leaving for the visit, hinted there will be a “new world order” that will be led by the […]

Good2bSocial is excited to announce its new Good2bSocial Academy course, Blogging for Lawyers led by LexBlog founder Kevin O’Keefe. The new course taught over seven weeks, will teach lawyers how to grow their business through blogging and everything they need to know about starting and maintaining an effective law firm blog. Whether a solo practitioner […]

Firm Furthers its Bay Area Presence with Strategic Expansion of Natural Resources Practice (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Downey Brand, a prominent full-service law firm known also for its statewide prowess in natural resources, water, land use, and environmental matters, is pleased to announce that six attorneys previously with Goodin, MacBride, Squeri & Day specializing in public […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. – When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in mid March of 2020, the number of airline travelers was only about 10% of what it was compared to the previous year. Commercial airline companies started to use and promote the use of sanitization in every portion of the cabin – the entire cabin was disinfected […]

Despite what Mohamed Hadid and his attorneys would have the public believe, the embattled developer was not as victorious as is claimed in a press release issued by the attorneys who represented him in the highly–publicized matter.        Following a six-week jury trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Santa Monica over Mohamed Hadid’s illegally built mega-mansion in […]

Leadership demands corporate counsel in anticipation of a turbulent year. Companies will face a daunting combination of challenges in 2021, brought on by globalization/nationalization, geopolitical risks, climate change, social justice, cybersecurity, and increased regulatory activity. What are the C-suite’s expectations of the Office of the General Counsel in this environment? What demands will the GC […]

Written by Brooke Grossman Environmental racism, environmental justice, and environmental litigation are overlapping concepts rooted in the disproportionate burden of toxic pollution borne by low-income, heavily-minority communities. Industry has a record of targeting these communities for waste disposal and other harmful practices because the people who live there have historically lacked the resources to fight back. […]

ALM Intelligence Pacesetter Research finds law firms developing upstream regulatory risk consulting and advisory services New York, NY – December 9th,  2020 – New research from ALM Intelligence finds the market for regulatory risk services evolving from a subject-matter expertise problem to an opportunity to integrate regulatory risk into a growth strategy with a strategic […]