Environmental Law

News

Teaching Moments

Friday, June 29, 2012  |  by JAY STAPLETON

While major law firms still focus on racking up billable hours, they have increasingly gone into the teaching business. Attorneys in all sorts of practice areas are making greater use of seminars - and their high-tech cousins, webinars - as marketing tools to attract new business and to keep current clients educated on the latest developments.

Decision

Okie v. Becker

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Monday, June 25, 2012

The Connecticut Environmental Protection Act protects "natural resources of the state from unreasonable pollution, impairment or destruction."

Decision

Lane v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection

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Monday, June 11, 2012

The apparent intent of the legislature in C.G.S. §22a-363b (a)(2), part of a statutory scheme governing the erection of structures in the water resources of the state, is to permit substantial maintenance to pre-existing conditions and dimensions of pre-1939 structures in limited circumstances, while requiring a permit for modifications or expansions.