On June 7, 2018, U.S. EPA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking ("ANPR") aimed at developing a consistent and transparent interpretation of cost and benefits consideration...

The U.S. EPA has adopted final nonattainment designations for 51 areas across the country for the agency's 2015 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone.

Addressing environmental justice (EJ) has been an immediate priority for the Biden administration. Within a week of taking the oath of office, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order...

On June 27, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") submitted its final Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals rule ("Pharm Rule") to the Office of Management and Budget...

Following the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) July 2020 overhaul of regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), environmental plaintiffs filed a series of lawsuits

On December 7, 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a memorandum explaining EPA's future approach concerning enforcement of the New Source review program ...

On February 1, 2018, the Ninth Circuit published Hawai'i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui, which applied Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting requirements ...

The scope and definition of critical habitat under Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act has been a controversial subject.

Section 321(a) requires EPA to evaluate the potential for plant closures and job losses resulting from regulation and/or enforcement under the Act.

The proposal aims to create a national standard for licensure across the MSB industry, while providing state regulators with the requisite information to make licensing decisions.

Following the settlement, Gould's counsel filed a motion for attorneys' fees.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on November 4, 2020, that the State will continue the suspension of its debt collection efforts of medical and student...

A case currently pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenges the applicability of the federal Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act ("CCTA") to tribal entities.

A federal court recently dismissed a lawsuit filed the State of New York and the City of New York against FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight.

On October 31, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed a complaint in California state court seeking an injunction against a California-based e-cigarette company to bar online sales of vaping products ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a petition by a healthcare company to consider whether courts must give deference to the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

On January 15, in response to a petition from Acurian seeking clarification on the non-commercial purpose exemption, the FCC held that prerecorded calls to residential phone numbers

President Biden's pattern of selecting strong consumer advocates for executive branch leadership positions continued last Thursday, when he appointed current Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel ...

Poor cell phone reception and dead zones are not issues you want your tenants and their customers enduring.

As part of his regulatory reform agenda, President Donald Trump instructed federal agencies to review their regulations to identify requirements that burden businesses and industry.