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— By Amy LangeJanuary 18, 20170 Comments

To Regulate, or Not to Regulate, That is the Question

We hear a lot of talk, especially during the elections, on the effect of regulations on businesses and the economy and just about everything else. While I cannot really address regulations in every business context, I can talk a little about environmental regulations because, that…

Environmental Law

— By Amy LangeJune 7, 20160 Comments

Brownfields Can Mean Green

It’s an election season once again and jobs are in the forefront. There are real opportunities in those Brownfields to create jobs, particularly in areas which are disadvantaged. For example, “the Missouri Brownfields program awards various tax credits to businesses that remediate properties and create…

— By Amy LangeMarch 16, 20160 Comments

The Times They are a Changing (Maybe, with Respect to Environmental Cases at the Supreme Court)…

On February 9, 2016, in an “extraordinarily rare move,” the Supreme Court stayed the rule which required the states to limit green-house gas emissions. The vote was 5 – 4 along ideological lines. These 5-4 votes have become common place in recent times. Just a…

Environmental Law

— By Amy LangeFebruary 2, 20160 Comments

And the Results Are In… And the Times Are a Changing

My role as an attorney and counselor can be described as helping the designated felon sleep better. So, it may be helpful for those of you who have the pleasure of this designation, to talk about enforcement; after all, it may be helpful to know…

Environmental Law

— By Amy LangeAugust 31, 20151 Comment

There’s a Dam Blocking the New Waters of the United States Rule

While I don’t want to take you on a full “Dam Tour” (a reference to the classic National Lampoon movie “Vacation”) the USEPA recently promulgated a rule which defined the Waters of the United States or WOTUS. Trying to figure out what is a WOTUS…

Environmental Law Real Estate Law

— By Amy LangeMay 14, 20141 Comment

Sumpin’ New on All Appropriate Inquiries

Since the last blogs on what one needs to do when acquiring an interest in real estate, there have been a change or two which are kind of important. See examples 1, 2 and/or 3. The most significant is that there is a new ASTM 1527 standard; ASTM 1527-13 to…

Real Estate Law

— By Amy LangeSeptember 5, 20130 Comments

Return to Liability

Seems we just can’t get away from those pesky, real estate/environmental liability issues. We now have a couple of Appellate Court cases on the Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser defense (the “BFPP” for those of you following my blog posts). You will remember that in order…

Environmental Law

— By Amy LangeAugust 6, 20130 Comments

You Just Might Want Me (Or Some Other Environmental Lawyer) When. . .

So we’ve talked a lot about how to avoid environmental liability when buying or leasing real property. The next question is, how do I know if I have an environmental problem, and when do I call in an environmental lawyer? We lawyers all want to…

— By Amy LangeMarch 20, 20130 Comments

So, By Renting I Am Insulated From Environmental Problems, Right?

So you have been following previous posts about environmental liability associated with real estate and because you are a renter, you have ignored it all because you don’t own it. Come on, be honest, you think you don’t have any problems right? Well, you might…

— By Amy LangeAugust 14, 20120 Comments

How to Buy Property and Avoid the Cost of Clean-up (Maybe): Part 2

In my last post, I wrote about what a Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser (BFPP from now on) has to do before purchasing property in order to avoid that troublesome Superfund liability. I pointed out that pre-requisites to the property’s purchase were just step 1 and there were some post-requisite…