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ENERGY AND CLIMATE DEBATEJust days before entering the five-week August recess, Capitol Hill was abuzz last week with nomination considerations and legislation, including the now-resolved student loan issue.  On the energy front, the Senate approved two hydropower bills by unanimous consent, and they are now awaiting President Obama’s signature: H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, and H.R. 678, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act. The House approved H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumers Relief Act.  An amendment from Representative Tim Murphy (R-PA) to ensure that no rules based on the social cost of carbon was adopted.  The House also approved H.R. 367, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2013, but neither of these House-passed bills is expected to move through the Senate.  The appropriations debate will extend into September and likely beyond the … [Read more...] about Energy and Environmental Law Update – Week of August 5, 2013

Qiling Wang, Deseret News FILE - Alan Matheson, executive director at the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, speaks during the panel talk of the Dialogue on Collaboration event at the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Matheson is leaving the agency to head the recently formed Point of the Mountain State Land Authority. Related Links Commission approves critical planning scenario for Point of the Mountain development Price tag for new Utah prison could hit $800 million SALT LAKE CITY — Longtime head of Utah's Department of Environmental Quality, Alan Matheson, is leaving the agency to head the recently formed Point of the Mountain State Land Authority. Matheson will assume the executive director position of the 11-member authority. The body, created by Utah lawmakers via HB372 in the 2018 legislative session, was given broad authority to oversee and manage how the 700-acre property is … [Read more...] about Alan Matheson leaving DEQ to head prison land board

It's not that senior management of a failed, high-profile multinational are, so to speak, in the prisoners' dock. Conrad Black, after all, has just finished his sentence. And while white-collar criminal prosecutions have hardly been the rage in Canada, their ubiquity in the US and the growing worldwide enforcement focus on keeping wayward executives and corporations in line made it inevitable that Canada's regulators and police forces would soon have to join the rest of the real world.Many of the faces in the courtroom are familiar too. Ontario Superior Court of Justice Frank Marrocco, a former icon of Ontario's criminal defence Bar, is presiding. Brian Greenspan and members of his blue-chip Toronto criminal law boutique are defending Gollogly, and Greg Lafontaine, a veteran of the Toronto criminal defence Bar, is counsel to Beatty.But what are David Porter, Andrew Matheson and other members of McCarthy Tétrault LLP's Toronto office doing here? Well, as it turns out, they're … [Read more...] about White-Collar Crime

Steve Griffin FILE - Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, left, appears in front of Third District Court Judge Randall Skanchy with his attorney Rick Van Wagoner at the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Monday, June 15, 2015. Shurtleff has sued Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, the FBI and state investigators for $60 million, claiming they falsely charged and maliciously prosecuted him for public corruption. Related Links Mark Shurtleff appealing denied attorney fees to Utah Supreme Court Ex-A.G. Mark Shurtleff fights state's effort to dismiss $1.1M claim in attorney fees Ex A.G. Mark Shurtleff filed misconduct complaints against federal, state agents SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has sued Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, the FBI and state investigators for $60 million, claiming they falsely charged and maliciously prosecuted him for public corruption. Shurtleff said he filed the federal … [Read more...] about Ex-Utah A.G. Mark Shurtleff sues FBI, county, state investigators for $60M

Scott G Winterton, Deseret News FILE - Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and his daughter Annie leave the court house with attorney Richard Van Wagoner, after appearing in court at the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City Monday, June 15, 2015. Shurtleff now accuses Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill of pursuing a criminal investigation against him in retaliation for supporting Gill's 2010 election opponent. Related Links Ex-Utah A.G. Mark Shurtleff sues FBI, county, state investigators for $60M Mark Shurtleff appealing denied attorney fees to Utah Supreme Court Court tosses one Shurtleff claim for attorneys fees, keeps another alive Ex-A.G. Mark Shurtleff fights state's effort to dismiss $1.1M claim in attorney fees SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff now accuses Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill of pursuing a criminal investigation against him in retaliation for supporting Gill's 2010 election … [Read more...] about Lawsuit: Mark Shurtleff says D.A. Sim Gill threatened to ‘get him back’