Environmental Emergencies: Legal Strategies for Managing Risk
Mitigating Liability and Meeting Regulatory Requirements Before, During and After an Environmental Crisis
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will prepare counsel for the potential legal and business impacts of an environmental crisis and offer guidance on effective proactive and reactive steps, such as environmental risk planning, required notifications and shareholder communications, interacting with investigators, and dealing with lawsuits.
Outline
- Regulatory requirements
- From environmental laws and regulations
- From worker safety/OSHA laws and regulations
- Notification
- Sources of notification requirements
- Who must be notified
- Notification processes
- Legal and business management after the emergency
- Interacting with state and federal investigators
- Third-party tort suits
- Communication
- Shareholder and public disclosure
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What statutory liabilities can a business incur due to environmental emergencies?
- What types of private claims are typically seen in response to an environmental crisis?
- What strategies should businesses and their counsel employ to meet the regulatory requirements from environmental laws and worker safety/OSHA regulation?
- When and to whom must companies provide notification of an environmental emergency—and what information should be provided?
Faculty
Ronald J. Tenpas
Partner
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
He served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department... | Read More
He served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In that role, he oversaw civil and criminal litigation arising under more than 150 environmental and natural resources laws and advised Cabinet and White House officials. He co-chairs the firm's Environmental and Climate Change Practices.
CloseJohn J. McAleese, III
Partner
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
He concentrates on environmental matters, advising on environmental issues that arise in business transactions... | Read More
He concentrates on environmental matters, advising on environmental issues that arise in business transactions involving real estate and counseling on compliance with federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations. He represents clients in civil and administrative environmental litigation such as cost recovery actions, government enforcement actions, permit appeals and toxic torts.
CloseJonathan L. Snare
Partner
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
He focuses on labor-related legislative, regulatory, and administrative issues at the local, state, and federal level.... | Read More
He focuses on labor-related legislative, regulatory, and administrative issues at the local, state, and federal level. He has handled occupational safety and health (OSHA), mine safety and health (MSHA), wage and hour (FLSA), OFCCP/EEO, whistleblower, labor management/union disclosure and elections (OLMS), immigration, and congressional investigations and oversight matters.
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