by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On February 18, 2010, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued draft guidance “for public consideration and comment” with regard to Federal agency consideration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change in evaluation of...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On June 10, 2008, Wiggin and Dana’s Climate Change and Sustainable Development Practice Group hosted a seminar to address the emerging effects of climate change on private real estate development, municipal land use, and the built environment. Barry Trilling,...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On March 26, 2007, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, taking its lead from a recent Supreme Court decision, lowered the bar considerably with respect to the requirements for bringing a declaratory judgment action challenging a U.S. patent. SanDisk Corp. v....
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
In August, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 was signed into law. Despite its title, a substantial portion of the Act was not about pension reform, but about charitable giving matters and the regulation of non-profits. Other miscellaneous tax law changes were also...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently held that nonunion employees do not have the right under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to have a coworker present during investigatory interviews that could lead to disciplinary action. The NLRB’s...
