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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Whitney Wright News


Akerman adds 30 lawyers from Beirne Maynard and Parsons

By Whitney Wright |
HOUSTON – Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm with offices across the United States, recently added 30 lawyers from the major international firm Beirne Maynard and Parsons. Akerman LLP is well known for work in the financial services sector.

Sierra Club denies Texas' many claims against EPA's regional haze plan

By Whitney Wright |
DALLAS – Lawyers for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently filed a brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that because of the national implications of Texas and Oklahoma's regional haze plans, including coal-fired power plant emissions drifting into neighboring areas and states, any challenges to its rulemaking in the matter should be heard in the D.C. Circuit.