Time for Environmental Crimes
Author
Rena Steinzor - University of Maryland Carey Law School
University of Maryland Carey Law School
Current Issue
Issue
3

Criminal prosecution for major regulatory offenses, for a while the norm and then the exception, is once again on the rise. Government officials, facing dwindling enforcement budgets, are hauling malfeasant corporations and their executives into court to face charges.

Collaborative Federalism
Author
Thomas S. Burack - NH Department of Environmental Services
A. Stanley Meiburg - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
NH Department of Environmental Services
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Current Issue
Issue
3

Not your father's reinvention initiative, E-Enterprise for the Environment was developed by a joint state-federal workgroup to move beyond the cooperative model that has characterized environmental protection into a system of shared responsibility among co-regulators.

Standing Ground
Author
Damien M. Schiff - Alston & Bird LLP
Sarah T. Babcock -
Alston & Bird LLP
Current Issue
Issue
6

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA, citizen-developers are fighting back against doubtful Clean Water Act enforcement actions. Two subsequent lower-court decisions provide backing for the public in developing alleged wetlands.