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APHIS Seeks Comment On Petition To Deregulate Orchid Developed Using Genetic Engineering

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it received a petition from Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Limited seeking a determination of nonregulated status for ISK-311NR-4 Phalaenopsis (moth orchid) that has been developed using genetic engineering to produce a blue-purple flower color. 90 Fed. Reg. 23666.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Nathan Viehl On Why Earnout Disputes Are Rising In Challenging PE Markets

Thompson Coburn partner Nathan Viehl wrote a new article in IFLR discussing the dual nature of earnouts in private equity transactions. While acknowledging their value in bridging valuation gaps, Nathan highlights how earnouts can also spark disputes that diminish deal value and harm crucial business relationships.

United States Environment

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Another Fee-Based Approach To CEQA Mitigation? California Creates New Mitigation Option For Vehicle Miles Traveled But Significant Questions Remain

On June 30, 2025, as part of the budget trailer bill (Assembly Bill 130), the Governor signed legislation that creates a new fee-based option to mitigate transportation impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

United States Environment

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

EU Commission Abandons Anti-Greenwashing Law

On June 20, 2025, the EU Commission announced that, following pressure from conservative lawmakers, it would withdraw new legislation targeting greenwashing.

Worldwide Environment

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Mintz

DPR Issues California Notice 2025-08 Adding And Revising Multilingual Translation On Pesticide Labeling

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

OECD Publishes Report On Commercial Availability And Current Uses Of PFAS And Alternatives In Hydraulic Oils And Lubricants

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

EU Institutions Agree On CBAM Modifications

European Union Environment

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Jones Day

California Creates Extended Producer Responsibility Program For Textiles

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

How Far Can A Blanket Statement Go? Environmental Group Files Anti-SLAPP Suit Responding To Defamation Suit Over PFAS Statement

United States Environment

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Dechert

NEPA Environmental Review Changes Could Pave The Way For Faster Projects

United States Environment

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

EPA Plans Reset Of GHG And Mercury Rules For Power Plants

United States Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

The EU Simplifies CBAM – What Are The Potential Implications?

European Union Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

States Take Up 'Forever Chemicals' Restrictions As EPA Shifts

United States Environment

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Dechert

First Six Months Of The Trump Administration — A Conversation With James V. Aidala (Podcast)

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

America's Misunderstood Trade Deficit

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Why Early Mediations Fail And How To Maximize Their Chances For Success

United States Litigation

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JAMS

President Trump Restores Section 232 Tariffs

United States International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

How The Trump Administration Pushed China Deeper into Latin America

United States International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

[PODCAST] Utilizing Co-Mediation - Bringing Together Multiple Perspectives To Reach Effective Settlements

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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Environment and Climate Regulation

EU & Regulatory Law

New Mining Act Regulations For Aboriginal Consultation Proposed

Recently, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (the "Ministry") posted proposed regulations pursuant to section 176 of the Mining Act on Ontario’s Environmental Registry (the "EBR").

Canada Environment

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DLA Piper

Legislative And Regulatory Updates

Over the last four months, carbon prices have tumbled nearly 70 percent amid fears that oversupply and lagging economic growth in Europe will drive down demand.

United States Environment

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Vinson & Elkins LLP

Proposed Regulation Of EU Emissions Allowances As Financial Instruments

The European Commission’s recent proposals to revise and recast the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFID, and the Market Abuse Directive, or MAD, include, for the first time, regulating carbon emissions allowances as financial instruments.

European Union Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Environment @ Gowlings: August 5, 2011

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

Services Propose Significant Reforms To Endangered Species Act Implementation

United States Environment

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Perkins Coie LLP

Toto, I've a Feeling We're Not in Massachusetts Anymore: Exceeding a Cleanup Standard Is Not Necessarily An Imminent Hazard

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

Changes Proposed For The 2011 Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory Update Reporting

United States Environment

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Barnes & Thornburg

A New Crime: Hacking Carbon Credits

Canada Environment

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Siskinds LLP

Ceres Report Asserts Water Scarcity Is a "Hidden" Risk for Utility Bond Investors

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

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Environmental Law

Decision Alert: Supreme Court Rules Texas Lacks Standing To Challenge Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Decision

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that the State of Texas and Fasken Land and Minerals Ltd., a private Texas-based company involved in oil...

United States Litigation

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Dykema

Decision Alert: Supreme Court Calls For Judicial Deference To Agencies' Factual Findings And Interpretation Of Procedural Requirements

In Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, the Supreme Court unanimously determined 8-0 that the D.C. Circuit failed to afford...

United States Litigation

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Dykema

APHIS Seeks Comment On Petition To Deregulate Orchid Developed Using Genetic Engineering

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it received a petition from Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Limited seeking a determination of nonregulated status for ISK-311NR-4 Phalaenopsis (moth orchid) that has been developed using genetic engineering to produce a blue-purple flower color. 90 Fed. Reg. 23666.

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Evolving U.S. Energy Policy: Trump Administration's Promotion Of Oil, Natural Gas, Coal And Nuclear Power And Proposed Legislation Affecting Renewable Energy Tax Incentives

United States Energy

MV

Moore & Van Allen

Food And Chemical Update: FDA Unveils Data-Driven Assessment Tool To Rank Food Chemicals

United States Healthcare

HK

Holland & Knight

Nathan Viehl On Why Earnout Disputes Are Rising In Challenging PE Markets

United States Environment

TC

Thompson Coburn LLP

Advanced Air Mobility And Vertiport Development: Effects Of New Legislation In Florida

United States Transport

HK

Holland & Knight

Another Fee-Based Approach To CEQA Mitigation? California Creates New Mitigation Option For Vehicle Miles Traveled But Significant Questions Remain

United States Environment

CC

Cox, Castle & Nicholson

Presidential Permit Authorizing South Bow (USA) LP To Operate And Maintain Pipeline Facilities At Cavalier County, North Dakota, At The International Boundary Between The United States And Canada (Trump EO Tracker)

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Waste Management

Proposed Changes To Ontario's Recycling Regime (Part 1): Amendments To The Resource Recovery And Circular Economy Act, 2016

This bulletin is Part 1 of our three-part series on proposed changes to Ontario's evolving extended producer responsibility ("EPR") regimes and provides an overview of recently proposed amendments...

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Proposed Changes To Ontario's Recycling Regime (Part 2): Amendments To The Blue Box Regulation

In Part 2 of our three-part series on proposed changes to Ontario's extended producer responsibility ("EPR") regimes, we provide an overview of the recently...

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Safety First: Refusal To Comply With Safety Program Warrants Dismissal

In a recent decision, Waste Management of Canada Corporation v Unifor, Local 4268, Arbitrator Wilson upheld the dismissal of a long service employee...

Canada Employment

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Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

Proposed Changes To Ontario's Recycling Regime (Part 3): RPRA Collection System, Management Requirements And Performance Credits Guidance

Canada Law Performance

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McMillan LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Nuclear Regulatory Commission Procedural Issue

United States Energy

HK

Holland & Knight

Reporting Requirements: Federal Plastics Registry Phase 1

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

China And Europe Diverge On Classification Of Black Mass From Recycling Of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Worldwide Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Basel Convention Parties Begin Work On The Control Of Waste Textiles

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Plan For The Ban: Federal Plastics Registry Portal Is Now Live

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

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Climate Change

Congress Eyes Sweeping Changes To Carbon And Biomass Incentives: 45Q Tax Credit Reforms, New Biochar Program, And Forest Residues Carbon Credit Introduced

Senate Draft of BBB Would Standardize and Reduce Value of 45Q Credit, Diminishing Incentives for Long-Term Carbon Storage...

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Climate Law Matters: Energy & Climate Newsletter - June 2025

Welcome to the June 2025 edition of Climate Law Matters. Foley Hoag continues to monitor the latest legal developments affecting renewable energy, carbon-free energy, and other climate-related issues.

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

DOEE Proposes New Stormwater Regulations, Finalizes Revisions To Flood Hazard Rules

The D.C. Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) on May 30, 2025, published a second proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to amend the District's Stormwater Management and Soil Erosion and Sediment Rules.

United States Energy

HK

Holland & Knight

SEC Withdraws Guidance That Companies Must Disclose Foreign Climate Litigation

United States Environment

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Mintz

Québec Adopts Bill 81, Amending Most Of The Province's Environmental Laws

Canada Environment

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

EPA Shifts Regulatory Strategy On Power Plants

United States Environment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Competition Act Private Rights Of Action Take Effect June 20

Canada Environment

BD

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Mid-Season Update: Shareholder Proposal Trends, No-Action Request Outcomes, And Voting Dynamics In The 2025 Proxy Season

United States Commercial

MB

Mayer Brown

Actualizaciones en materia Ambiental en Latinoamérica: marzo y abril 2025

Worldwide Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Latest Videos

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How Recent Amendments To The Competition Act Raise The Stakes For Environmental Claims (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Environmental Essentials Webinar Series – Ready, Set, Go: A Review Of Early Trump Administration Actions On Energy And The Environment (Video)

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Bracewell

Dirt In The Ditches: A Practical Look At How The Sackett Decision Affects WOTUS Permitting Nationwide (Video)

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Nossaman LLP

COP28 Insights Mini-Series (Video)

MB

Mayer Brown

Environmental, Social, Governance: The Professional's Guide To The Law And Practice Of ESG (Video)

AP

Arnold & Porter

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