Environmental
Mintz Levin has developed one of the largest environmental law practices in New England by anticipating and responding to clients' needs in this critical practice area. We are capable of handling all types of environmental law engagements, including the most sophisticated and complex.
Our attorneys bring to bear many years of environmental legal experience, a range of private- and public-sector perspectives, and, in a number of instances, scientific and planning backgrounds. These multidisciplinary skills offer clients a unique advantage when working with Mintz Levin to achieve project, litigation and operational objectives.
Our Environmental Practice provides comprehensive environmental legal services ranging from facility planning and permitting at all levels to representing clients in complex environmental litigation and enforcement actions. Some examples include:
- Providing opinions to major corporate, financial and real estate clients on environmental issues associated with business and real property acquisitions and financings,
- Providing advice relating to hazardous materials remediation and compliance, and federal and state legislative and regulatory representation, and
- Advising our clients with respect to emerging regulatory developments and other public and private initiatives.
By recommending innovative operational approaches to compliance, we work proactively to prevent liability and achieve environmental excellence.
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Publications
Green Building Newsletter (May 2011)
5/18/2011
Real Estate and Land Use Litigation Alert: Massachusetts Appeals Court Affirms that Town Must Refund Sewer Connection "Fee" Charged to Developers
2/1/2011
Vapor Intrusion Seeps Into Indoor Air Nationwide - and Into the Minds of Regulators, Attorneys, and the Public: Are You Prepared?
2/2011
Air & Waste Management Association Environmental Magazine
Green Building Newsletter (January 2011)
1/26/2011
Environmental Alert: Massachusetts DEP Issues New Draft Vapor Intrusion Guidance for Public Comment
12/22/2010
Environmental Alert: Supreme Court Will Decide Fate of Climate Change Nuisance Lawsuits
12/6/2010
Final Claims Subrogation Could Leave BP Big Winner
11/19/2010
Law360
Green Building Newsletter (October 2010)
10/4/2010
Housing Alert: Massachusetts' Highest Court Instructs Town Boards of Appeals Not to Invade the Province of State Subsidizing Agencies
9/7/2010
Housing Advisory: Affordable Housing Litigation: Life after the Supreme Judicial Court
7/20/2010
Green Building Newsletter (June 2010)
6/23/2010
Environmental Advisory: EPA's New Rules for Renovation of Buildings Containing Lead Paint
6/9/2010
Environmental Insurance - What You Need to Know in 2010
5/24/2010
Environmental Alert: The Second Circuit Reinstates Global Warming Federal Nuisance Claims against Utilities: Connecticut, et al. v. American Electric Power Co., Inc., et al.
10/1/2009
Q&A With Board Chairman Jeff Porter
2/2009
The Nature Conservancy
Concern Over New State Stormwater Regs Worry Property Owners
Spring/Summer 2009
Marilyn Newman
The Greater Boston Real Estate Board's Real Estate Connection
Real Estate and Environmental Alert: New York Landlords Now Required to Notify Tenants of Indoor Air Quality, Groundwater and Soil Test Results
9/18/2008
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (September 2008)
9/18/2008
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (August 2008)
8/20/2008
Energy and Clean Technology Alert: "Green Jobs" and "Global Warming" Bills Get Patrick's Signature
8/13/2008
Homeland Security Quarterly Newsletter (August 2008)
8/6/2008
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (July 2008)
7/23/2008
Energy and Clean Technology Alert: Massachusetts Orders Revenue Decoupling by Distribution Companies
7/18/2008
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (June 2008)
6/18/2008
Housing Advisory: SJC Issues Two Decisions Concerning When Towns Can Litigate Their Compliance with Chapter 40B's Thresholds
6/5/2008
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (May 2008)
5/21/2008
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (April 2008)
4/18/2008
Housing Alert: SJC Holds That Easement over Municipal Land Is Not Authorized under Chapter 40B
4/10/2008
Energy and Clean Technology Alert: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Announces CO2 Auctions
3/28/2008
Environmental Advisory: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Parent Corporation Not Liable under Massachusetts Superfund Law for Contamination Caused by Subsidiary
3/25/2008
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (March 2008)
3/19/2008
Addressing Vapor Intrusion
3/17/2008
Susan Phillips
Real Estate Finance and Investment
Environmental Advisory: Addressing Vapor Intrusion
3/3/2008
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (February 2008)
2/22/2008
Housing Alert: Supreme Judicial Court to Hear Seven Housing Cases in February
1/30/2008
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (December 2007)
12/21/2007
Housing Advisory: Housing Appeals Committee Decides Important Policy Question, Telling Municipal Boards of Appeals Not to Invade the Province of State Subsidizing Agencies
11/30/2007
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (September 2007)
9/19/2007
Vapor Intrusion: Invisible Menace to the Bottom Line
9/2007
Susan Phillips
Real Estate Finance Journal
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (August 2007)
8/16/2007
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (July 2007)
7/20/2007
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (June 2007)
6/21/2007
Environmental Advisory: Supreme Court Preserves a Potentially Responsible Party's Right to Recover Cleanup Costs Under Federal Superfund Law
6/15/2007
Environmental Advisory: Supreme Court Preserves a Potentially Responsible Party's Right to Recover Cleanup Costs Under Federal Superfund Law
6/15/2007
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (May 2007)
5/16/2007
Homeland Security Newsletter May | 2007
5/11/2007
Environmental Due Diligence for Sale/Leaseback
4/19/2007
Susan Phillips
Chain Store Age
For Sale: Environmental Due Diligence Pays Off for Retailers
4/4/2007
Susan Phillips
Real Estate Weekly Insider's Outlook
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (April 2007)
4/2007
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (March 2007)
3/21/2007
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (February 2007)
2/14/2007
Energy and Clean Tech Article: Seeding a Clean Tech Cluster: To Lead or to Follow
2/9/2007
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (January 2007)
1/23/2007
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (December 2006)
12/20/2006
ACP Presentation: Common Misunderstandings about the Application of the Attorney Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine to EHS Auditing
11/28/2006
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (November 2006)
11/16/2006
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (October 2006)
10/20/2006
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (September 2006)
10/2/2006
Energy and Clean Tech Connections (August 2006)
8/23/2006
Environmental Advisory: EPA's and ASTM's New Environmental Due Diligence Standards
11/27/2005
Environmental Presentation: Environmental FYI: Exploring New Rules and Regulations from EPA and DEP
1/18/2005
Environmental Presentation: All Appropriate Inquiries: Important Changes to the Environmental Due Diligence Process
1/18/2005
Environmental Presentation: EPA's All Appropriate Inquiry Due Diligence Standards
1/18/2005
Environmental Article: Oil Spill Leveraged to Boost Environmental Fines
8/15/2004
Environmental Article: Minimizing Transactional Environmental Risks: Selecting and Managing the Right Environmental Consultant
5/15/2003
Environmental Presentation: Mold Under the Microscope: What are the risks and are you protected against them?
11/1/2002
Environmental Advisory: The Growing Problem of Mold
7/1/2002
Environmental Article: Does 'Taygeta' Protect 'Innocent' Property Owners
4/29/2002
Environmental Advisory: Powering Reliable Data Systems: Environmental Traps For the Unwary
10/1/2000
Environmental Article: Attorney Advocates New Reforms to Brownfields Legislation
2/6/1998
Environmental Testimony of Jeffrey Porter
6/16/1997
Environmental Article: Federal Brownfields Reform Remains Uncertain
5/1/1997
Environmental Regulatory Alert: Massachusetts Prosecutes Gravel and Concrete Industries for Industry-Wide Practices
4/1/1997
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