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Highlights of New Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategies and Policies
In January of 2021, shortly after his inauguration, President Biden issued Executive Order 13985, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, emphasizing Environmental Justice or âEJ,â and requesting âcomprehensive attentionâ to EJ issues by various federal agencies. In response to this Executive Order, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (âEPAâ) and the U.S. Department of Justice…
Read MoreLRRP Rule Guidance Change Client Alert
Client Alert: EPAâs Renewed Enforcement Focus on Lead-Based Paint Within a week of taking office, President Biden established environmental justice as a priority for his administration.[1] This momentum has continued with the Biden administration consistently pushing environmental justice at the center of the federal governmentâs work. Part of the Biden administrationâs environmental justice goal…
Read MoreSEC Proposes Major Climate Disclosure Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a sweeping new climate-driven financial risk reporting rule titled âThe Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.â The SEC unveiled the 510-page proposal on March 21, 2022. Comments are due thirty (30) days after the proposed rule is published in the Federal Register, or May 20,…
Read MoreHere We Grow Again!
KMCL is pleased to announce the addition of more top talent to our ranksâour newest member, Kate Hopkins, joined the firm as a Senior Associate in our Atlanta office last month. Kate comes to us from a major law firm where she focused her practice on environmental litigation and environmental issues in property transactions. She…
Read MoreKazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter has gifted Emory Law’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law program a stipend to establish a new diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative to promote broader diversity in the practice of environmental law.
The new initiative at Emory will provide annual scholarships and summer stipends to students who will bring diversity to the environmental bar. The program will also provide these students with opportunities to engage with prominent environmental attorneys, community and business leaders, government officials, and scholars through conferences, workshops, or other formal and informal convenings. For…
Read MorePFAS Symposium on March 29th – Register Now!
 PFAS Symposium  Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.  Georgia State University College of Law85 Park Place NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303    Register now ( PFAS Symposium (touchnet.com ) for a symposium on PFAS Dangers, Requirements, and Strategies, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29 at Georgia State University…
Read MoreKMCL LAW RANKED IN 2022 âBEST LAW FIRMSâ
Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP (KMCL Law) has been ranked for the twelfth consecutive year in the annual U.S. News â Best LawyersŸ âBest Law Firmsâ list. The firm received a national Tier 1 ranking in two practice areas, as well as tiered regional rankings in five practice areas. In all, KMCL received tiered rankings for environmental…
Read MoreLaw360 Article on Georgia Wastewater Treatment Permitting
On October 28, 2021, Law360 published an article written by three of our attorneys on a recent Northern District of Georgia ruling which has potential implications for wastewater treatment facilities in Georgia. The ruling involves a class action brought by citizens of the city of Rome and Floyd County, who contend that Dalton Utilities Inc.âs…
Read MoreTwelve KMCL Lawyers Included in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP is proud to announce that twelve of our seventeen lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021. In addition, we are pleased to announce that David Meezan has been named the Best LawyersÂź 2021 Environmental Law âLawyer of the Yearâ in Atlanta,…
Read MoreFourth Circuit Considers New Clean Water Act Functional Equivalence Test in Kinder Morgan Case
The much-discussed April 2020 Clean Water Act ruling in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund left open the critical question of how courts would apply the qualitative test set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether, in the case of groundwater contamination that eventually impacts surface waters, the âfunctional equivalentâ of a…
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