On his first day in office, President Biden suspended new leasing for fossil fuel production on federal lands and waters. He also issued a suspension on the issuance of new drilling permits for 60 days. While these orders are temporary for now, in the coming days and months many new policies relating to oil and […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Ingvild Ombudstvedt of IOM Law. Ingvild has joined IR as our exclusive Environmental Law Member in Norway. IOM Law is an Oslo-based boutique law firm, specialised in CCS, CCU, and CCUS. The firm was founded in early 2017 and has three employees. […]
The M&A Tiger Alliance is pleased to announce that Laurel Bellows, former President of the American Bar Association and founding member of the Bellows Law Group, P.C., has joined the alliance. Her practice focuses on executive compensation, retention, and management buy-outs and other employment-related work. The Tiger Alliance brings together senior members of seven U.S. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of those once-ina- lifetime events that few people predict but which affects everyone – individuals, businesses and governments. During the past four months the pandemic […]
Read moreIn Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian et al., Slip Op. No.17-1498, April 20, 2020, landowners sued Atlantic Richfield in State Court alleging nuisance, trespass and strict liability under Montana law, and among other things, sought restoration damages. Their restoration plan went beyond what EPA required to protect human health and the environment. The Court held […]
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a new temporary policy for some violations that occur as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will exercise enforcement discretion (i.e., it may waive applicable penalties) for a limited group of acts or omissions that occur beginning on and after March 13, 2020. To […]
N.W. Bernstein LLC’s new website features easy connectability, an updated News and Articles section to educate about legal and regulatory changes, and a new Referrals tab to make it easy for other law firms to obtain support from our firm as needed. In our new Practice Areas tab, we don’t just talk about our firm, […]
If your client’s property is (or may be) taken by a state agency under eminent domain laws, you might want to take a few minutes to read the below. In July 2019, we wrote that “[b]oth foreign and United States lawyers need to understand that the relationship between the federal courts and federal regulatory agencies […]
QUESTION ONE – In your experience, what are the key considerations that international clients should have the front of mind when assessing a target company for acquisition in your jurisdiction? An acquirer needs to know the legal and physical context of the business, not simply its current and projected economic conditions. In the US, businesses are subject to both […]
On the 10th of October, the Italian Government approved the decree-law “Misure urgenti per il rispetto degli obblighi previsti dalla Direttiva 2008/50/CE sulla qualità dell’aria e proroga del termine di cui all’articolo 48, commi 11 e 13, del decreto-legge 17 ottobre 2016, n. 189” (i.e. Urgent measures to comply with the obligations laid down in […]
Norman Bernstein of N.W. Bernstein was a guest speaker at the recent General Counsel Conference in New York, NY, September 25-26. His spoke on the following topic: Recent Supreme Court Decisions that will Likely Broaden Judicial Review. He answers questions such as Should courts continue to defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of its own […]
Directive 2019/1161/EU, on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles, shall enter into force on the 1st of August 2019 and it is going to modify the previous Directive 2009/33/CE. The transposition of the Directive shall be provided before the 2nd of August 2021. The objectives of the new Directive are basically two: […]
