
Ag and Food Law Daily Update: September 19, 2022
- September 19, 2022
- Drew Viguet
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ...

Ag and Food Law Daily Update: August 26, 2022
- August 26, 2022
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ...

Clean Water Act Citizen Suits Before Fourth Circuit
- August 4, 2022
- Brigit Rollins
An important component of many environmental statutes is the ability for private citizens to initiate lawsuits to enforce the statute. This...

Ag and Food Law Daily Update: July 22, 2022
- July 22, 2022
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ...

Environmental Law Highlight: Developments From the First Half of 2022
- July 21, 2022
- Brigit Rollins
The first half of 2022 has seen a lot of development in the area of environmental law. From lawsuits to regulatory...

Treading Water: WOTUS Once Again Before Supreme Court
- February 3, 2022
- Brigit Rollins
In January 2022, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would once again hear arguments in the long-running case of...

Environmental Law Topics to Watch in 2022
- January 6, 2022
- Brigit Rollins
Environmental law issues were at the forefront in 2021, and 2022 is shaping up to be no different. With on-going lawsuits,...

Ag and Food Law Daily Update: December 10, 2021
- December 10, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: Sovereign...

WOTUS Update: EPA Releases Proposed Rule to Redefine WOTUS
- December 9, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
On December 6, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the Federal Register its highly-anticipated proposed rule to redefine the...

Court Vacates CWA Section 401 Certification Rule
- November 18, 2021
- Elizabeth
In October 2021, a federal district court issued a decision vacating the 2020 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule (“2020...

Biden Administration Begins Review of Environmental Regulations
- October 7, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
When the Biden Administration took office in January, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order requiring all federal agencies to review...

WOTUS Update: Breaking Down the Pre-2015 Regulatory Regime
- September 21, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
In late August, a court in the District of Arizona issued a decision vacating the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (“NWPR”), the...

Arizona Court Vacates WOTUS Rule
- September 2, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
UPDATE: Since the court’s ruling was issued, EPA has announced on its website that both it and the U.S. Army Corps of...

WOTUS Update: EPA Makes Announcement, Status Update for On-Going Lawsuits
- July 22, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
On June 9, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) released a joint statement announcing...

New Law Changes Wetland Regulation in the State of Indiana
- July 15, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
In April, 2021, the State of Indiana adopted a new law concerning the regulation of interstate wetlands. Senate Bill 389 (“SB...

From Supreme Court to State Courts, Important Enviro Rulings from June 2021
- July 8, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
The past few month has seen a series of important environmental law decisions from various courts across the United States. The...

Clearing the Air: Maryland Court Finds State Must Regulate Gaseous Ammonia Under CWA
- March 18, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
A judge in a Maryland Circuit Court ruled in a decision released earlier this month that the state of Maryland must...

Hot Topics in Environmental Law: Recent Developments in 2021
- March 11, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
The beginning of 2021 has seen major developments in several ongoing issues involving environmental laws and regulations. Many of these developments...

Ag & Food Law Daily Update: March 11, 2021
- March 11, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. JUDICIAL: Includes...

The Clean Water Act, the Corps, & Section 404
- March 4, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
The Clean Water Act of 1972 (“CWA”) is the principal statute governing water quality in the United States. The goal of...