5/7/2020 3:44:03 PM Post pandemic drafting with governmental authorities: Force Majeure clauses in consent agreements By Todd Maiden Jennifer Smokelin On May 5, 2020, The New York Times (NYT) reported under the heading “Here come the busted deals,” that L Brands, majority owner of...
5/4/2020 5:18:30 PM Companies Beware: Will EPA ramp up mandated ‘clean up’ as part of perceived economic ‘stimulus’ package? By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Nicholas Rock Ben Patton Grace Hearn +3 more... Show less Post COVID-19 stay-at-home orders (SAHO) – and as we go back to “normal” – what is the likelihood of a sudden resurgence in new or...
4/23/2020 2:21:45 PM In the midst of COVID-19, attorneys general of 18 States urge stronger EPA Action on PFAS By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Nicholas Rock Ben Patton +2 more... Show less Last Friday, April 17, the attorneys general of New York, Pennsylvania, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,...
4/17/2020 1:39:18 PM DOJ: civil penalty obligations temporarily suspended By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Nicholas Rock Ben Patton +2 more... Show less In conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) move to relax enforcement efforts, and despite criticism of the...
4/16/2020 4:19:53 PM COVID-19 induced force majeure applied to environmental obligations By Jennifer Smokelin Todd Maiden Grace Hearn Randa Lewis +1 more... Show less As governments and health authorities institute increasingly strict responses to COVID-19, companies worldwide face unprecedented...