Archive for December 2019
Rick Horder to receive the EPIC 2020 Inspiration Award for Outstanding Leadership
Rick Horder will be the recipient of the Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC) 2020 Inspiration Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Public Interest at the EPIC award event at Emory University School of Law on February 4, 2020. Rick is being honored along with The Honorable Dorothy Toth Beasley, Senior Judge on the Court…
Read MoreAmendments to Endangered Species Act Rules Spark Litigation
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (“the Services”) have issued three final rules amending the federal regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The changes constitute the most sweeping revisions to ESA rules in the statute’s history. The new rules change how species are listed as endangered or…
Read MoreKimberley Hale & Helen Barnes to present at “Commercial Land Use and Zoning Law” CLE on December 13, 2019
Kimberley Hale & Helen Barnes will present a section at the “Commercial Land Use and Zoning Law” CLE. Their section titled, “Environmental Regulatory Hitches and Liabilities,” will guide attendees through the environmental considerations necessary in commercial property transactions, such as due diligence, mitigating known contamination through brownfield programs and other alternatives, negotiating environmental liability terms,…
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