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Firm News 28 results

Firm News | 3 min read | 01.07.25

Environmental and Land Use Lawyer Jon Welner Joins Crowell & Moring’s San Francisco Office

San Francisco – January 7, 2025: Jon Welner joins Crowell & Moring’s Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Group as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. He brings more than 25 years of experience addressing environmental regulatory challenges and resolving land development disputes for businesses and local governments in California.
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Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24

The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 42 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Three Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 15, 2024: The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 42 Crowell & Moring lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 29 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
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Firm News | 9 min read | 06.06.24

Crowell Attains Leading Rankings in Chambers USA 2024

Washington – June 6, 2024: Crowell & Moring earned 78 rankings for 67 lawyers, as well as 41 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2024 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.
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Client Alerts 84 results

Client Alert | 2 min read | 02.06.25

EPA Transition Update: Administrator Zeldin Identifies Five Pillars of Priority (With Details TBD)

On February 4, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative, signaling five pillars that will guide EPA’s work in the short term, which are summarized below:
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Client Alert | 6 min read | 08.20.24

EPA’s First Emergency Suspension in Nearly 40 Years Targets Pesticides Containing DCPA

On August 6, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took the rare action of announcing the emergency suspension of all registrations for pesticide products containing the active ingredient dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (“DCPA” or “Dacthal”) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”). This is the first time in almost 40 years that EPA has issued an emergency suspension order.[1] EPA’s reasoning for the present action is that DCPA can cause adverse health effects in the fetuses of women exposed to DCPA.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.08.24

EPA’s Busy April for CERCLA and PFAS:
New CERCLA Authority, an Enforcement Escape Hatch, and the Continued Search for Viable Cleanup Technologies

On April 19, 2024, EPA signed the highly anticipated final rule designating two types of PFAS as hazardous substances under section 102(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”).  At the same time, David M. Uhlmann, Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance of the EPA, released an enforcement policy memorandum that provides “direction to all EPA enforcement and compliance staff about how EPA will exercise its enforcement discretion under CERCLA in matters involving PFAS, just as EPA exercises enforcement discretion regarding other hazardous substances.”  This alert summarizes key points from the enforcement policy and flags various uncertainties that lie ahead. 
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Press Coverage 24 results

Press Coverage | 06.20.24

Crowell & Moring Grows Belgium ESG Offering

Commercial Dispute Resolution

Press Coverage | 01.03.23

O'Connor Re-Joins Crowell As Partner

Power Finance & Risk

Publications 18 results

Publication | 01.09.18

Environmental – Regulatory Rollback—And Pushback

Crowell & Moring's Litigation Forecast 2018

Events 28 results

Event | 05.16.22, 4:00 AM CDT - 1:00 PM CDT

Superfund Master Class

The ABA Section of Energy, Environment, and Resources is hosting an advanced-level conference for CERCLA practitioners offering in-depth discussion on matters related to Superfund site re-openers, and remedy revision to manage changing site conditions or hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants not anticipated in the original remedy. Attendees will gain insight into the finer points of an advanced Superfund practice. 
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Event | 04.05.22 - 04.07.22, 5:00 PM PDT - 5:00 PM PDT

SEER Spring Conference on Environmental Law

The 51st Spring Conference on Environmental Law is focused on the future of environmental law and how emerging topics and trends are fundamentally changing our practices. The last several years have been transformative for our society, the environment, and the way we practice law. COVID-19 and the growing frequency of intense weather events attributed to climate change have brought greater attention to the need for action by governments and companies and greater engagement by the public and NGOs.
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Event | 05.17.18, 7:00 PM CDT - 7:00 PM CDT

Energy Industry Environmental Law Conference

The National Energy Industry Environmental Law Conference is designed primarily for energy attorneys. This conference will provide energy professionals with opportunities to network with their peers from in-house and law firm environments to build relationships that will benefit them professionally.
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Webinars 6 results

Webinar | 10.05.21, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

How the Emerging Environmental Justice Paradigm Will Shape Risk Profiles and Investment Opportunities

Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
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Webinar | 03.24.21, 5:55 AM CDT - 6:40 AM CDT

2nd Energy and Environmental Law Conference

Partner Amanda Berman will be presenting the session "Regulatory Roulette: The State of Play Under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Other Major Environmental Statutes" at 10:45 am on Wednesday, March 24th.
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Webinar | 04.08.20, 9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT

Managing Environmental Compliance and Exposure to Liability During the Coronavirus Crisis

As regulated industries continue to confront mounting disruptions and, in some cases, temporary shutdown as a consequence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, they face the added challenge of managing a range of unrelenting environmental compliance obligations at both the federal and state levels.   
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