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A new bill to reform Quebec’s Mining Act: Bill 43

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • June 17 2013

On May 29, 2013, the Government of Québec introduced in the Québec National Assembly a new bill to reform Québec’s Mining Act, Bill 43. The new bill

Fifth Circuit shuts down climate tort plaintiffs again

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 20 2013

Climate tort plaintiffs cannot catch a break in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In a May 14, 2013, decision, the Fifth Circuit foundonce

The issues 2013: upcoming legal topics in the Czech Republic

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • Czech Republic
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  • February 1 2013

The adoption of the new Civil Code and the Act on Corporations, effective as of 1 January 2014, is a step of great importance for the Czech law. There

Preview 2013 (UK law)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

2013 will herald some significant changes to the UK legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to executive remuneration and narrative

Canada

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 5 2012

The British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board made a preliminary ruling that the Fort Nelson First Nation had standing under the provincial Water Act to

Be aware the risk of regulatory change wind industry sector

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • August 30 2012

While the concept of regulatory change may not be new, the two recent Victorian decisions of Bald Hills Wind Farm Pty Ltd 2012 VCAT 1092 (Bald Hills) and Sisters Wind Farm Pty Ltd v Moyne Shire Council & Ors 2012 VSC 324 (Sisters) highlight some of the risks that can arise from regulatory change for developers of wind farm projects

Wind farms, climate change and the all-important local plan

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 27 2012

The case was a challenge against a Planning Inspector’s decision to uphold the refusal of planning consent for a wind farm on land near Great Yarmouth

Environmental organizations lack standing to appeal agency rulemaking

  • Squire Sanders
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  • USA
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  • July 13 2012

The court in Wildearth Guardians v. Salazar held that plaintiff environmental organizations lacked standing to challenge a decision by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) not to recertify the Powder River Basin as a “coal production region”

PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana: SCOTUS issues first navigability-for-title decision in 81 years

  • Squire Sanders
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  • USA
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  • July 13 2012

The last time the US Supreme Court took on a case where the primary issue was determining river navigability for title purposes under the equal footing doctrine, the country was mired in economic depression, car manufacturers were going out of business, and drought was consuming the west

Waitangi tribunal to fast-track water and asset sales inquiries

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • July 6 2012

The Waitangi Tribunal will next week hear a claim led by the Māori Council that the proposed partial share floats in Mighty River Power, Genesis, Meridian and Solid Energy are in breach of the Crown’s Treaty obligations