Energy & Environment Practice Group

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers revise Clean Water Act regulations defining “navigable waters” for the fourth time in seven years

Tony Francois

On January 18, 2023, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps published new regulations in the...

Eighth Circuit Hears Major Pesticide Case

Justin Schwab

Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers v. Regan may determine the fate of chlorpyrifos, and set broader science-policy precedent

On December 15, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard...

Wilkins v. United States: Is the Quiet Title Act’s Statute of Limitations Jurisdictional, and How Does the Answer Affect Property Rights?

Stephen Davis

An age-old legal maxim—going back to Blackstone—states, “where there is a right, there must be...

Mitigation for Aquatic Resource Impacts: A Primer on Mitigation Banking

John Paul Woodley

Mitigation banking is a little-known and sometimes misunderstood system. This post offers a quick primer...

Environmental Law After West Virginia v. EPA: Can the Biden Administration’s “Whole of Government” Approaches Survive Judicial Review?

Stephanie Ann Maloney, Jeffrey H. Wood

On Saturday morning, a panel of distinguished scholars and practitioners will debate whether the Biden...