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Featured Articles: Environment
The Nature of Environmental Risk in Australia
John Taberner
In Australia, land use planning legislation and pollution control legislation impose a wide range of criminal and civil liability.
Regulating Carbon: New Challenges for Environmental Lawyers
David J Hayes
Globalisation of the legal profession has accelerated in recent years, particularly with the growth of cross-border transactions and increased access to international capital markets. Until relatively recently, environmental law has resisted the trend toward legal globalisation, given its traditional focus on the localised impacts of projects and businesses. Global warming, however, is changing all of that. Environmental lawyers are finding themselves at the forefront of a newly-international environmental practice as companies around the world address a kaleidoscope of new regulatory requirements, investment opportunities, and disclosure obligations arising out of international obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and fast-developing domestic requirements aimed at reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other ‘greenhouse’ gases that trap heat in the atmosphere.
Climate Change Regulation in The EU
Owen Lomas
Jennifer Wallace
Climate change is rarely out of the headlines these days, and has won a firm place on the political agenda. There is little serious dispute that action should be taken to reduce the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and avoid the risk of severe consequences from climate change. There is considerably less agreement on exactly how to balance the need to reduce emissions with a desire for economic growth and high standards of living. This article looks at the new regulatory environment in the EU emerging from this tension.
Introduction to Environmental Law by Karl Moor
Karl Moor
Vice-president and associate general counsel Southern Company
Environmental law is a complex web made up of statutes, treaties, regulations, executive orders, agency practice, and other legal authorities. Mastering this web, or even a subset of it, could be a life’s work for any attorney. But practising environmental law effectively requires not only a thorough understanding of these legal authorities, but also an understanding of the various fora in which they arise – administrative, judicial, legislative and public policy.
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Editorial
Editorial: Environment
Editorial: Environment
Environment law remains an active area in many countries across the world, and in total our research identifies 364 experts in 31 countries. A range of specialisations are present among the featured individuals, including environmental litigation expertise, such as toxic tort defence, Superfund cases, claims against insurance carriers and government investigations, as well as advice on the environmental liabilities in major transactions, regulation and compliance obligations.
Editorial: Environment in Florida
The research for this chapter identifies 36 highly rated environment experts from 17 firms. The practice of environmental law is diverse, the individuals featured offering advice on transactional, litigation and regulatory matters. Almost half of the 36 practise out of state capital Tallahassee, a centre for regulatory and lobbying activity. A number of the firms also focus on transactions, advising on environmental risks associated with M&A, the structuring of deals to allocate risk, environmental due diligence and parent successor liability. There is also a sizeable contingent that covers litigation involving toxic tort defence, Superfund cases, defence of enforcement actions, as well as claims against insurance carriers and government investigations. Land use is another prominent theme, a number of the leading practitioners spending significant time in that field. No matter the speciality, however, it is evident that Florida is home to some of the US’s leading environmental attorneys.
Editorial: Environment in California
The practice of environmental law is booming in California – our research has uncovered a wealth of talent within the state. In total 49 individuals from 25 firms are listed. Myriad state and federal environment laws dictate that the individuals featuring in the chapter focus on a variety of areas. A number of firms deal solely with environmental litigation involving toxic tort defence, Superfund cases, the defence of enforcement actions, claims against insurance carriers and government investigations.
Editorial: Environment in Texas
Texas boasts the second-largest economy in the United States and according to Fortune magazine’s 2007 ranking of America’s largest corporations by revenue, it is home to over 10 per cent of the Fortune 500. Many of these corporations operate in environmentally sensitive areas. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is the largest comprehensive state environmental agency in the US, with approximately 2,900 employees, 16 regional offices and an operating budget of $480.7 million for 2007.
Editorial: Environment in Georgia
This chapter identifies 25 highly rated individuals from 15 firms – all of them generally recognised for expert advice on a wide range of matters falling under the umbrella of environmental law. Given the diverse nature of the practice area, lawyers listed on the following pages advise clients on transactional, contentious and regulatory matters.
Editorial: Environment in Illinois
The research for this chapter identifies 36 highly rated environment experts from 18 firms. The practice of environment law is, however, diverse, with experts offering advice to clients on transactional, litigation and regulatory matters.
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