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The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions released a comprehensive and stunningly interesting Report last week entitled "Leveraging Natural Gas To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

There are few industries—indeed, few activities of any kind—that are not impacted by the increasingly intense debate on climate change.

The new ASTM E1527-13 standard likely will expand the scope of, and drive up the costs associated with, property cleanups as well as due diligence activities conducted in connection with real estate purchases and transactions if a party opts to conduct a Phase I environmental site assessment pursuant to that standard.

Action Item: Byrd, the latest in a recent line of cases from the Third Circuit concerning the ascertainability standard, emphasizes the importance of keeping the ascertainability analysis distinct from Rule 23's other requirements.

This is the first in a series of Alerts to be published regarding the Final Rule, titled "Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

As a follow up to its release of a final version of IRS Form 8938 and instructions on February 29, 2012, the IRS released Basic Questions and Answers on Form 8938 (the "FAQs").

Recent developments in class action lawsuits have given class action defendants another strong and viable argument to raise at the class certification stage.

There is a bit of weariness (and disappointment) in our industry with regard to the initiative to enact an enhanced responder immunity regime.

California Governor Gavin Newsom went on a bill-signing frenzy earlier this month, enacting 17 new bills into law. Below, we highlight the "Big Five" which will have a certain and critical impact ...

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ("BSEE") issued three significant documents addressing response, enforcement, and safety issues related to offshore operations in August 2012.

About a year ago, we wrote about a rise in enforcement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") Vessel General Permit ("VGP"). In the words of one EPA attorney, that was "just the beginning" and we have continued to see more aggressive reviews of VGP compliance and penalty demands, particularly on the U.S. West Coast.

We are pleased to bring you the first of our alerts on the U.S. Healthcare Reform Initiative. The current model of healthcare delivery, payment, and insurance in the United States is the subject of a sweeping reform initiative that has the potential to transform U.S. healthcare.

BIMCO recently promulgated a new document, Laytime Definitions for Charter Parties ("Laytime Definitions") 2013, which defines various terms used in conjunction with calculating the running of laytime and demurrage for the purpose of reducing tramp shipping (voyage charter) disputes.

The term "treasure salvage" has a tendency to conjure romantic images of pirates and adventurers.

We are halfway through Fiscal Year 2013 and some of the budget details and spending plans for federal maritime agencies are still unresolved.

Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code is a relatively recent addition to the American bankruptcy statute.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") filed a petition with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") for approval of proposed revisions to NERC's Rules of Procedures ("ROP") on May 7, 2012 ("ROP Petition").

Just in time for the September 23 enforcement deadline under the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights has issued Guidance regarding communications with individuals about drugs or biologics.