Ochrana životného prostredia, právo životného prostredia

Our experience in dealing with the legal ramifications of environmental issues has grown right along with the increase in government regulation and industry awareness. Squire Sanders has a seasoned and diverse environmental practice group. Our environmental practice began before the US Environmental Protection Agency was formed, back when the government’s principal regulatory tools were the public nuisance doctrine for air pollution and the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 for water pollution. This history and the nature of clients’ requirements have led us to draw principally on lawyers with litigation experience to build our environmental practice area.

While remaining at the forefront of environmental law in the United States, we have developed special expertise in the international arena, serving the global environmental needs of clients in Europe, Asia and Latin America. We closely monitor developments in environmental issues within the European Union. Many of the environmental laws adopted by European countries and institutions are modeled after corresponding laws in the United States. Thus, US-based Squire Sanders lawyers are well positioned to provide valuable insights and to work closely with lawyers in our European offices to provide clients with the best advice possible.

Odborná kvalifikácia

• Akvizícia nehnuteľností, sanácia lokalít a ich obnova a uvedenie do formy „brown field" (uvoľnenie lokality pre ďalšie použitie s tým, že sú zachované niektoré pôvodné stavebné a technologické štruktúry)
• Global Climate Change
• Health & Safety
• Native American Affairs & Federal Indian Law
• Pevný a nebezpečný odpad
• Právo životného prostredia mimo územia USA
• Súhrný zákon o zodpovednosti za poškodzovanie životného prostredia (Superfund)
• Súlad s regulačnými opatreniami a súvisiace právne poradenstvo
• Toxické látky & hromadné delikty
• Transakcie spoločnosti
• Verejno-prospešné podniky
• Water Rights
• Zákon o ochrane ovzdušia
• Zákon o ochrane vôd

Prípadové štúdie

Protecting Wetlands Permits

When The Landon Companies (Agripartners), owner of a large tract of undeveloped land between Naples and Fort Myers, needed expertise in Endangered Species Act (ESA) litigation, they turned to Squire Sanders for help. In 2003, two environmental groups...

Teamwork Helps Cedar Fair Beat Heavy Competition to Acquire Five Amusement Parks

Situation:Cedar Fair, L.P., learned that CBS intended to sell its five US and Canadian Paramount amusement parks through an auction process. If Cedar Fair were able to acquire these parks, it could approximately double its holdings.Challenge:Cedar Fa...

Injunctive Relief, Expedited Trial in a RCRA Suit

Squire Sanders obtained complete injunctive relief and an award of attorney’s fees following an expedited bench trial in a RCRA citizen suit action against a privately held chain of more than 500 gas-convenience stores.  The court granted our client,...

Client Not Responsible for Sharing EPA Cleanup Costs

For more than five years, Squire Sanders defended our client in a major Superfund private-party cost recovery action. The plaintiffs – a consortium of 22 companies that had been forced by US EPA to clean up an illegal chemical dump site at an alleged...

Chemical Client Cleared of Toxic Waste Claim

In an environmental/property rights case for DuPont, similar to one in which plaintiffs had already obtained royalty payments of approximately US$500,000 a year for decades from another entity, our client was being sued by the same plaintiffs for US$...

Insurance Coverage for Cleanup Denied, Until Squire Sanders Steps In

When our client, a Fortune 500 manufacturer, was denied insurance coverage for environmental cleanup costs, our litigation and environmental lawyers teamed up with the client’s engineers to file lawsuits against three separate insurance carriers. Thr...