The Atlanta Lawyer August/September 2015 | Page 49
section update
Environmental & Toxic Tort Section
By Richard E. Glaze, Jr.
Balch & Bingham LLP
[email protected]
T
he Environmental Section is off to a strong start. We
began our year September 3rd with a meet and greet
at the White Oak Kitchen in downtown Atlanta, which
gave the members an opportunity to meet the Section Board
and kick off the Labor Day weekend the right way. For the
Section’s next event, we will team up with the Georgia State
School of Law for a one-hour CLE on statutory construction
for environmental lawyers. This is particularly relevant in
light of recent important Supreme Court holdings that parsed
language in the Clean Air Act and the Affordable Care Act.
The meeting will be on October 3rd at the new law school
facility and will be followed by a tour of the new school and
refreshments with faculty. This opportunity is open not only
to section members, but to other members of the bar for a
nominal fee.
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Future events in the planning stage will include joint meetings
with the Construction Law and Real Estate Law Sections,
which will review the EPA’s new Waters of the United States
rule and the practical effects of the rule on the regulated
community, including real estate developers. Speakers will
include Clean Water Act and enforcement experts with longtime Clean Water Act experience.
We are looking forward to an interesting and collegial year
and welcome the participation of other members of the bar.
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