Wed Nov 11th, On Litigation, by Bick Law LLP
In recent months, the city of Portland has been subject to near-nightly barrages of tear gas and other chemical munitions in response to protests. Though local police used some tear gas munitions in response to early protests, the sustained, repeated, high-volume use of CS gas (2-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile) has been deployed by federal troops sent by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) at the behest of the White House, in fulfillment […]
Mon Nov 9th, On Environmental Law, Rulemaking and Legislative Practice, by Bick Law LLP
The vast differences between the Biden and Trump platforms mean the U.S. environmental policy is likely to change quite a bit in the wake of the 2020 election. Joe Biden advocates what he calls a “clean energy revolution,” while Donald Trump’s term was spent rolling back significant environmental protections. Many of the environmental policies that have been recently changed were originally created under the Obama-Biden administration, and a Biden presidency […]
Wed Oct 7th, On Firm News, by Bick Law LLP
Bick Law LLP is honored to join the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (“LFAA”), a national collaborative of over one hundred law firms united in working to identify and dismantle structural or systemic racism in the law. Through creating large-scale, cooperative pro bono projects and advocating for changes in policy and laws that perpetuate racial inequality, LFAA seeks to leverage “the resources of the private bar in partnership with legal services […]
Mon Oct 5th, On Litigation, by Bick Law LLP
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal in BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (No. 19-1189), in which a group of multinational energy companies objected to a lawsuit brought in state court by the City of Baltimore. The suit alleges the oil companies made a deliberate effort to conceal the hazardous climate effects associated with the use and production of their fossil-fuel products. […]
