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insightClick on the button below for a full PDF of the Environmental Newsletter. View PDF
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insightYour brand is your identity, and therefore, it is likely your most important asset. Over the past year, with the ever presence of e-commerce transactions due to shutdowns and quarantines, it has never been more important to monitor, manage, and protect your brand online. On the latest episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Ed White and Janet Cho discuss how brand owners may implement successful strategies for an online brand presence with tips on best practices for online brand protection programs.
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insightOn the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the recently issued Department of Labor guidance on continued COVID-19 relief for certain employee benefit plan notice and election timeframes.
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insightVirginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (the “Act”) on March 2, 2021. The following are answers to some frequently asked questions about the Act and its impact on organizations doing business in Virginia.
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insightIn honor of International Women’s Day, we are proud to salute the amazing triumphs that the women of Williams Mullen have accomplished over the last year. From receiving national and statewide recognition, to ascending to new roles both professionally and in the community, we are humbled to have these women as a part of our team. Take a listen to what some of our women have to say about their achievements and the firm’s commitment to the professional development of women in the video below.
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insightIn February 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, former President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation that instituted travel restrictions on foreign nationals traveling to the U.S. from certain countries, unless those foreign nationals could establish that they met one of the enumerated exceptions.
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insightLarge quantity generators (LQGs) of hazardous waste who accumulate hazardous waste for no more than 90 days know proper adherence to unit-specific and facility-wide closure requirements is an essential condition for exemption from permitting. For facilities in states where the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule (HWGIR) has been adopted, closure requirements have changed. These states include South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and 28 others. Changes include more stringent closure requirements for certain types of generators, as well as notification requirements for all LQGs closing individual waste accumulation units or closing the entire facility.
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insightAs an environmental practitioner, I am often asked to review Phase I environmental site assessments. The majority of Phase Is are prepared by a prospective purchaser or lessee of real property seeking to secure bona fide purchaser protection (BFPP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The BFPP defense is a carve-out from CERCLA liability, which otherwise will attach to current landowners and other persons irrespective of fault. As a result, the BFPP defense has significant value to persons seeking to purchase property with a checkered environmental past.
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insightIn a year marked by financial and economic hardship for many businesses and individuals, the United States Environmental Protection Agency is reporting a successful year overall in its enforcement results for fiscal year 2020.
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insightSince the November presidential election, most trade journals have expressed the same or similar headlines: “The Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration will elevate enforcement for violation of environmental rules and regulations.” This may or may not be true, but there is a simple recipe for protecting industrial plants from increased scrutiny: plan now to perform environmental compliance audits and make the voluntary disclosure decision, if noncompliance is discovered.