Just two months after Donald Trump took his oath of office, in March, 2017, EPA chief Scott Pruitt made it a priority to rescind President Obama’s signature climate control initiative, known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP), put in place by executive order in 2015. The regulation on power plants is the first of its kind to reduce greenhouse gas … [Read more...]
Is There a Path to Compensation for Identity Theft?
The consequences of identity theft can haunt you for years. And, of course, it can be very expensive. When you’ve been wronged in such a way, you deserve compensation for your monetary losses, as well as the other harm that it has caused you. But who pays? You can go after the criminal, if you can find them, but they may not have the money. But … [Read more...]
New York Qui Tam Attorneys Weigh in on Record $83 Million Award for Bank of America Whistleblowers
Setting the stage for future successful whistleblowing litigation, New York City qui tam attorneys, Adam Pollock and Steve Cohen, of newly-minted Pollock Cohen LLP, weighed in on Monday’s SEC record $83 million award to three Bank of America’s/ Merrill Lynch executives for holding up to $58 billion a day in a clearing account that should have been … [Read more...]
Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment Is Now Much Stronger
When in 2013 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rescinded certain provisions of the state’s oil and gas laws, the landscape of environmental law fundamentally shifted, turning away from 40 years of accepted case law. In Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a four-Justice majority rejected Sections 3215(b)(4), 3215(d), 3303, and 3304 of … [Read more...]
Blue States Try to Replace Obamacare Individual Tax Mandate; Red States Seek to Offer Stripped-Down Versions
Just before Christmas, the Republican tax plan that slashed rates on corporations also duplicitously repealed the “individual mandate,” the Obamacare tax that allows the federal government to fine people who don’t have their health insurance, leaving a lump of coal in the Christmas stockings of middle-class Americans, who count on a pool of both … [Read more...]
Nursing Home Company Files for Bankruptcy
After a slew of personal injury lawsuits, the senior care conglomerate, Preferred Care Group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a step that owner, Thomas Scott, hopes will keep the company afloat while it focuses on restructuring. The group owns over 100 facilities in Texas, Kentucky, New Mexico, Kansas, Iowa, Florida, Mississippi, Colorado, … [Read more...]
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Could Majorly Hurt the Nation’s Waterways
On February 12th, the Trump administration released a plan for changing the way infrastructure projects are carried out. The plan contains recommendations that have environmentalists and public health experts worried. Specifically, the administration proposes streamlining the permit process for dumping “dredged or fill material” into various water … [Read more...]
Washington State Could Ban Toxic Chemicals in Firefighting Foam
On February 10th, Washington state senators passed a bill that would effectively ban the use of toxic chemicals in firefighting foam. The chemicals – perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (or PFAS, for short) – have been found in drinking water sources around the state and have been linked to tumors, liver toxicity and other significant … [Read more...]
Sessions Opposes Sentencing-Reform Measure
In 1984, Congress passed the Sentencing Reform Act and set up the Sentencing Commission, a governmental body that wrote stringent sentencing guidelines for drug offenders. Since the law was passed and the commission was created, the federal prison population has grown by nearly 800 percent. A large portion of that growth came from the influx of … [Read more...]
States Take Environmental Matters into Their Own Hands
It seems that certain states may begin to push back against the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory position. In December, the administration decided to delay action on proposed rules pertaining to the regulation of dangerous chemicals known as TCE, NMP and Methylene Chloride. The EPA announced the decision as part of an overarching … [Read more...]
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