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Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 21 Nov 2018
The definition of waters of the United States is central to the CWA. At its core, the Act bans…
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Schoenherr | European Union | 12 Nov 2018
On 25 October 2018 Parliament adopted a new comprehensive environmental package comprising…
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Schoenherr | Austria, European Union | 24 Oct 2018
On 25 October 2018 Parliament adopted a new comprehensive environmental package comprising…
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Russell Kennedy | Australia | 8 Jan 2018
On 20 November 2017 the Environment Protection Authority (“EPA”) requested municipal councils voluntarily disclose information concerning landfills…
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Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP | USA | 9 Nov 2017
The United States Tax Court's decision in Gregory v. Commissioner, 149 T.C. No. 2 (July 11, 2017), clarifies whether cash-method taxpayers are…
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Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP | USA | 9 Nov 2017
A recent decision by the United States District Court held that landfill closure costs incurred by a private party were ineligible for recovery under…
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Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 3 Sep 2017
A recent Court of Appeal case, Powys County Council v Price and Hardwick, has addressed the issue of liability of successor public authorities under…
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Australia | 24 Aug 2017
Recent revelations on the ABC's Four Corners regarding the widespread unregulated dumping and stockpiling of materials designated for recycling raise…
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Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC | USA | 17 Jul 2017
The United States Tax Court ("TC") in a July 11th opinion addressed whether the owners of a landfill could deduct clean-up costs (i.e., closure costs)…
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Dentons | Canada | 8 May 2017
Unique to Canada, the substantive merger control provisions of the Competition Act specifically permit the clearance of mergers that result in, or are…