ArticleSolar Tariffs Set To Slow Expansion Of Solar In U.S.The tariffs are projected to cut U.S. installations by 11% over the next five years...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleU.S. Gas Plants Will Be Outperformed By Wind And Solar By 2035Natural gas-fired power plants, which are largely responsible for undermining the economics of coal-fired plants, are expected to be undercut by renewableUnited StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSmith Gambrell & Russell
Article9th Circuit: EPA Must Update Its Lead Dust StandardsIn another blow to the Administration's deregulatory agenda, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled on December 27 that EPA has a non-discretionary duty to propose updates to its 2001 lead dust hazard standard. United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleCalifornia Moves To Block U.S. EPA Air Pollution Standards For Auto EmissionsRepresentatives for the California Air Resources Board have stated that they will take all legal measures necessary to block the Trump administration's efforts to freeze fuel economy limitsUnited StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleCoal Ash Decision Expands Clean Water Act To Include Groundwater DischargesOn March 23, the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held that Dominion Power's discharge of pollutants via a groundwater pathway was in violation of the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA).United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleCongress Reauthorizes Tax Credit For Buried Carbon DioxideIn a bill signed into law on February 9 Congress expanded a tax incentive program responsible for more than a billion dollars in tax credits awarded to oil companies for burying carbon dioxide underground. United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleD.C. Circuit Vacates EPA Methane Rule StayOn July 3, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) stay of the Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources... United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleEnvironmental Law Conference On January 18, 2019The Turner Environmental Law Clinic at Emory University School of Law will celebrate its 20th anniversary with an environmental law seminar and conference on Friday, January 18, 2019, United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleEPA Administrator Promises To Listen To ScientistsIn an eight-page letter to the EPA's Science Advisory Board (Board), EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler provided assurances to the Board that the EPAUnited StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleEPA Proposes New Aircraft Emission StandardFor the first time, the EPA has proposed a rule setting an emission standard for nearly all commercial aircraft for greenhouse gas emissions.United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleFederal Appellate Court Rules That CWA Applies To Groundwater DischargesOn February 1, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision concluding that the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) applies to claims involving the discharge of pollutants...United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleGeorgia Federal Court Rules That CWA Applies To Groundwater DischargesOn May 12, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia issued a decision concluding that the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) applies to claims involving the discharge of pollutants...United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleNinth Circuit Invalidates Conditional Nanomaterial Pesticide RegistrationUnder the ruling, EPA must now support a conditional registration of a pesticide with substantial evidence showing a pesticide's use is in the public interest.United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleSupreme Court Rules Challenges To WOTUS Rule Must Be Brought In District CourtIn a unanimous decision issued on January 22, 2018, the Supreme Court held that challenges to the WOTUS Rule must be reviewed first in federal district court, reversing the Sixth Circuit's ruling with instructions...United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleCMS Issues Final Rule Amending "Stark Law" RegulationsThe final rule sets forth an effective date of 60 days after the date of display in the Federal Register for all but one provisionUnited StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleExcited About Association Health Plans?Many commentators and businesses welcomed the new final regulations on association health plans (AHPs) released by the US. Department of Labor (DOL) on Tuesday, (see here and here).United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleSenate Health Care Bill -No July 4th CelebrationAccording to the New York Times (6/27, Steinhauer, Subscription Publication), it appears that he "miscalculated in the first round of play."United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleWill The Supreme Court Abrogate Sovereign Immunity For A State's Infringement Of Intellectual Property Rights?In 1990, Congress passed the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act ("CRCA"), and in 1992 passed the Trademark Remedy Clarification Act ("TRCA") and the Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act.United StatesIntellectual PropertySmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleThe Georgia Supreme Court Makes Way For Ride-SharingIn Abramyan v. State of Georgia, Case No. S17A0004 (decided May 14, 2017), the Georgia Supreme Court rejected a claim by Atlanta taxi cab drivers that a Georgia law allowing ride sharing services...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleSluggish Response To Opportunity Zone ProgramResponse from renewable developers has been slow to the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017's Opportunity Zone program, with only 11 Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) focused on renewable energy since the program began. United StatesTaxSmith Gambrell & Russell