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In a ruling characterized as 'one of its most important environmental decisions in years' and a 'strong rebuke to the Bush Administration,' the U.S. Supreme Court held recently that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has authority to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases ('GHG') that contribute to climate change. Linda Greenhouse, Justices Say E.P.A. Has Power to Act on Harmful Gases, New York Times, Apr. 3, 2007 (discussing Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 05-1120 (U.S. Apr. 2, 2007)). The Supreme Court's ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA could trigger long-anticipated regulation of GHG emissions in the United States, dramatically changing the regulatory environment in which U.S. businesses operate.
The ruling follows a year in which climate change, also referred to as global warming, has figured prominently in the news. In January, 10 major companies called for caps on GHG emissions. Jeffrey Ball, In Climate Controversy, Industry Cedes Ground ' Support Grows for Caps on CO2 Emissions; Big Oil Battles Detroit,' The Wall Street Journal (Jan. 23, 2007), at A1. One month later, former Vice President Al Gore won an Academy Award for his climate change documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth.' According to the The Wall Street Journal, the climate change debate 'is shifting from science to economics,' and '[t]he biggest question going forward no longer is whether fossil-fuel emissions should be curbed. It's who will foot the bill for the cleanup … ' Id.
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.