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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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19th Annual Environmental Law Fall Symposium: The Climate Crisis in California in Three Parts 
Friday, November 6, 2020 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | 1.5 hours of General CLE Credit Program Description The climate crisis is already contributing to increased air pollution, deforestation, ocean acidification, increased frequency and intensity of wildfires, droughts, heat waves, sea-level rise, and heightened intensity and frequency of hurricanes, all of which threaten our health, our […]

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