The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) issued a Request for Information (RFI) asking affected industries to identify existing Interior regulations that can be modified or repealed to support the Trump administration’s "energy…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
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Federal citizen suits are likely to become more frequent as the federal government decreases its enforcement efforts. Federal courts are split on whether Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen suits can enforce permit…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
New NEPA Limits on the Horizon -
It has been a year of major change for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), marked by various court decisions, executive orders, and the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) total…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
This alert was first published on May 8, 2025, and has been revised based on recent developments.
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The Maryland General Assembly concluded its spring 2025 legislative session on April 7, 2025. The General…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
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What Is Happening? On March 7, 2025, Governor Newsom declined to adopt CalRecycle’s initial draft regulations under California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54),…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law
On April 30, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) issued the first draft of the Ecological and Environmental Code (the Draft Code) for public comment. This legislation is designed to integrate…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Two weeks after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Zeldin outlined the agency’s PFAS plan in broad strokes, EPA provided more detail on how it intends to proceed with respect to drinking water standards for…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Federal wildlife trafficking and animal cruelty enforcement is alive and well even as the Trump administration re-allocates U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) resources. At first blush, enforcing wildlife trafficking crimes may…
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/ Criminal Law, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade
As we continue to see a rise in litigation related to plastic pollution, plastic manufacturers must remain prepared and should carefully follow the different kinds of claims to see which ones are ultimately more successful…
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/ Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Products Liability
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On May 13, 2025, Maryland became the sixth state to enact Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws for paper and packaging material. Washington is poised to become the seventh. In Washington, the bill has…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Environmental Law
Following the Trump administration’s previously announced commitment to “slash unnecessary red tape and regulations,” the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed a new suite of deregulatory actions that, if successful, will…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an interim final rule on May 13, 2025, extending the reporting deadlines for its Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Reporting Rule, 40 C.F.R. Part 705, which…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Key Takeaways The Maryland General Assembly concluded its spring 2025 legislative session on April 7, 2025. The General Assembly spent a considerable portion of the session attending to the State’s pressing budget issues. As a…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) March 2025 publication of its new “Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool” spotlighted a lesser-known aspect of FDA’s regulation of pesticide residues on food: action levels. Many…
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/ Agriculture, Environmental Law, Health
This alert was originally published on September 19, 2024, and has been revised based on recent developments.
Update: On April 29, 2025, US EPA and the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Taxation
