Introduction to Environmental Litigation: Key Litigation Strategies, Regulatory Frameworks, and Common Challenges
A live 60-minute CLE video webinar
This CLE webinar will provide new environmental attorneys with an overview of environmental litigation, helping them understand the complexities of environmental law to better represent their clients. The program will cover key litigation strategies, regulatory frameworks, and common challenges in environmental cases.
Outline
- Overview of major environmental laws
- Clean Air Act (CAA)
- Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Endangered Species Act (ESA)
- Regulatory framework
- Key case types within environmental litigation
- Permitting disputes and regulatory litigation
- Superfund and remediation disputes
- Environmental damage claims
- Toxic torts
- Environmental enforcement and agency investigations
- Regulatory compliance
- Common challenges
- Case studies
Benefits
The panel will review these and other important questions:
- What are the key types of environmental litigation?
- What are current trends in environmental litigation?
- How does a new attorney add value to an environmental law firm?
Faculty
Kegan A. Brown
Partner
Lowenstein Sandler
Mr. Brown’s practice focuses on environmental litigation, environmental regulation, product liability, toxic... | Read More
Mr. Brown’s practice focuses on environmental litigation, environmental regulation, product liability, toxic torts, ESG, and transactional due diligence. He represents clients throughout the full lifecycle of complex environmental and products liability litigations and regulatory matters. He has extensive experience addressing litigation and regulatory matters involving natural resource damages, contaminated sediments, and emerging chemicals of concern, particularly per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Mr. Brown has successfully defended claims in numerous federal and state courts across the country and also regularly counsels buyers, sellers, lenders, and underwriters on the full spectrum of environmental issues that may affect transactions.
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Linda Sobczynski
Senior Associate
Farella Braun + Martel
Ms. Sobczynski’s practice spans a diverse range of permitting, compliance, enforcement, and litigation matters... | Read More
Ms. Sobczynski’s practice spans a diverse range of permitting, compliance, enforcement, and litigation matters arising under state and federal environmental laws, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act. She has extensive experience counseling public and private clients on environmental review under CEQA and NEPA, participating in land use-related administrative proceedings and appeals, and litigating in state and federal court.
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