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Environmental Consent Decrees: Negotiation Strategies, Available Defenses, Modifications,...
January 30, 2024 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will guide lawyers in negotiating consent decrees for violations of environmental regulations. Our panel will offer violation-specific best practices and present fellow practitioners with mission-critical pointers on the negotiation and drafting of critical consent decree clauses. Th... Read More

Increased Greenwashing Litigation and ESG Claims Backlash: Regulatory Update, Recent Class...
November 7, 2023 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE webinar will discuss the status of federal and state greenwashing regulations, including an update on FTC and SEC regulation and enforcement as well as private litigation activity. The panelists will describe recent noteworthy greenwashing class actions along with considerations for defendi... Read More

EPA Elimination of CAA Affirmative Defenses: New Rule; Case-by-Case Enforcement; Defense I...
October 17, 2023 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE webinar will discuss the history of the Clean Air Act's (CAA) affirmative defenses (ADs) and notable court decisions leading to the EPA's gradual elimination of ADs available to defendants including the new rule eliminating the AD for Title V violations in emergency situations. The panel wi... Read More

Clean Water Act Citizen Suits: Defense Litigation and Settlement Strategies
Navigating Notice, Standing, and Jurisdiction; Interpleading Third Parties...
June 27, 2023 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will guide counsel on procedural and strategic challenges in defending citizen suits under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The panel will explain recent case law and regulatory developments that impact citizen suits and provide strategies to manage your clients' expectations and risks whe... Read More

Environmental Litigation: Piercing the Corporate Veil, Alter Ego, and Successor Liability
March 28, 2023 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE webinar will provide environmental litigators with an analysis of legal theories that, in unique circumstances, allow private and government litigants to name parent corporations, shareholders, or successors in interest as responsible parties for the ongoing and historical acts of a company... Read More

Defending Against Citizen Suits Under Environmental Laws
Notice, Standing, Jurisdiction, Settlements, and More Under RCRA, CERCLA, C...
October 4, 2022 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will provide guidance on procedural and strategic challenges for counsel defending environmental citizen suits under federal law. The panel will examine current cases and regulations that impact citizen suits and provide best practices to manage your clients' risks when facing citize... Read More

Groundwater Contamination Litigation: Proving and Defending Against Liability
May 24, 2022 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will provide environmental counsel with a review of the regulatory structures for groundwater contamination, analyze lessons from recent significant cases, discuss trends related to damage recovery, and outline best practices for proving and defending against liability. Read More

Microplastic Claims: Litigation Under the Clean Water Act and RCRA, Claims Brought in Deri...
May 3, 2022 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE webinar will examine microplastics litigation. The panel will discuss recent cases that have been brought under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the unique circumstances when claims have been brought by shareholders in derivative lawsuits again... Read More

Mitigating Risks of Ethylene Oxide Litigation and Enforcement: EPA Action Under Biden Admi...
Prioritizing High-Risk Communities, Reducing EO Emissions, Addressing Envir...
May 11, 2021 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will guide environmental counsel regarding the current EPA activities and attention to ethylene oxide (EO) litigation and enforcement. The panel will address how to assess and mitigate company risk, particularly using a privileged assessment and other best practices to prepare for li... Read More

Environmental Damage Claims Under the Federal Tort Claims Act: Examining Nanouk v. United...
Litigating the Discretionary Function Exception
February 25, 2021 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will advise environmental attorneys on the statutory analysis outlined in the Ninth Circuit's decision in Nanouk v. U.S. The panel will discuss the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), the limitations of sovereign immunity, and the requirements to prove monetary damages. Read More

The Chemical Disaster Rule (aka RMP) & The Biden Administration; What is ahead for Rules,...
A New Administration, Managing and Mitigating Risk, State Regulations, Civi...
December 16, 2020 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will examine the Chemical Disaster Rule (commonly referred to by the regulatory framework known as the Risk Management Plan, or RMP) and the impacts of the recent election. Facility explosions in Texas and Beirut had already refocused attention on the management of hazardous chemical... Read More

Climate Change Litigation: Juliana v. U.S., Constitutional Claims, International Cases, Co...
October 7, 2020 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will provide environmental, constitutional, and civil rights counsel with an overview of climate change litigation in the U.S. and abroad while addressing the holdings of the Juliana vs. U.S. decision and the state of environmental rights litigation.The panel will further look at lit... Read More

Reexamining Indirect Discharges and the Clean Water Act After County of Maui, Hawaii v. Ha...
What is the "Functional Equivalent" of a Direct Discharge?
July 29, 2020 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will discuss the Supreme Court's decision in County of Maui, Hawai'i. v. Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, which sets forth a new test for when discharges to jurisdictional waters via groundwater require NPDES permitting under the Clean Water Act (CWA): when the discharge to groundwater is the... Read More

Defending Against Citizen Suits Under Environmental Laws
Notice, Standing, Jurisdiction, Settlements and More Under RCRA, CERCLA, CW...
September 19, 2019 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will provide guidance on procedural and strategic challenges for counsel defending environmental citizen suits under federal law. The panel will examine recent developments that impact citizen suits and provide best practices to manage your clients' risks when facing citizen suits. Read More

Evolving Standards for Daubert Challenges in Environmental Litigation
Pesticides, Herbicides, Airborne Toxins, Climate Change, and Fracking
January 10, 2019 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will examine the evolving standards for Daubert challenges in toxic tort and environmental litigation. The panel will summarize developments related to expert-witness testimony in the most highly-contentious environmental disputes, and provide insight into successful strategies--base... Read More

Climate Change Litigation: Recent Developments, Novel Theories and Emerging Trends
May 22, 2018 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will guide counsel on recent developments in climate change litigation. The panel will discuss recent decisions and litigators' novel theories in the cases. The panel will also offer their perspectives on the defenses being presented by the defendants against climate change claims. Read More

Private Enforcement of U.S. Environmental Laws: Standing Challenges Amid Divergent Circuit...
November 15, 2017 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will discuss changing EPA enforcement priorities under the new administration, the role of private enforcement actions in responding to those changes, and the procedural challenges for private plaintiffs to pursue private actions. The program will focus on recent appellate court deci... Read More

Clean Air Act Citizen Suits: Defense and Litigation Strategies
Navigating Notice, Standing and Jurisdiction; Interpleading Third Parties U...
July 18, 2017 CLE CLE On-Demand, Download
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This CLE course will provide guidance on procedural and strategic challenges for counsel defending citizen suits under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The panel will explain recent case law developments that impact citizen suits and provide strategies to manage your clients' risks when facing citizen suits... Read More