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Environment: Alert - November 18, 2009

Environmental justice – a mix of environmental and civil rights law and policy – is receiving in­creased attention in the Obama Administration, bringing with it challenges and opportunities for municipalities, facilities and others operating in low-income and minority communities. This alert discusses various aspects of environmental justice and the implications for the Obama Administration. Federal agencies, including the DOJ and EPA, have concluded that low-income and minority communities bear a greater environmental risk than the general population. Now is the right time to take stock of your environmental justice situation and take any prudent proactive steps.

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Government Contracts: Alert - November 12, 2009

On November 30, 2009, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States ex rel. Wilson, a qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) and appealed from a Fourth Circuit decision. The Court will use the case to resolve a split among the circuits over the scope of the FCA's "public disclosure" bar. A decision affirming the Fourth Circuit could increase qui tam litigation against any organization that does business with, or receives federal money through, federal, state and local governmental entities – and would further expand the reach of the FCA to any state or local program involving the use of federal funds.

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Sustainable Development

China’s Environment and the Challenge of Sustainable Development
 
 February 9, 2005
 
Richard Jay "Tad" Ferris- Washington

Holland & Knight partner Tad Ferris and senior counsel Hongjun Zhang authored the following chapter, “Environmental Law in the People's Republic of China: An Overview Describing Challenges and Providing Insights for Good Governance,” published in China’s Environment and the Challenge of Sustainable Development (Kristen A. Day, ed., M.E. Sharpe 2005), at 66-101.

Copies of this book may be purchased at an author/contributor discount of 40% by contacting M.E. Sharpe customer service at 1-800-541-6563 or sending the order via email to orders@mesharpe.com (make sure to note on the order "author discount 40% applies").

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