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Doing Business in Nicargua

By Alvarado y Asociados

This material provides an overview of the various factors that a foreign investor should consider when establishing a business in Nicaragua.

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Fracking and the Environment: What Corporate Counsel From Energy and Non-Energy Sector Companies Need to Know

By Vincent Gonzales
Stuart Kemp
Bryan Moore
Robert Ryan
Justin Turner

Fracking sits at the intersection between US energy and environmental policy. It offers both transformative economic opportunities and energy security, as well as novel environmental regulatory challenges. This program will provide an overview of the key subsurface environmental and land use issues, as well as the regulatory and legislative efforts being undertaken at the state and federal levels, along with related litigation. Faculty for this program will consist of in-house experts who are responsible for fracking projects, outside counsel who have litigated fracking matters, and government attorneys who help develop and enforce regulations related to fracking.

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Energy Contracting for the Non-Energy Lawyer

By Matthew Girardot
Josh Kaplan
Tony Long
Michael Stosser

This is an interactive session focused on the fundamentals of energy law. Geared toward the non-energy lawyer, this session will walk through basic energy concepts, standard energy contracts and trends in energy law as they affect non-energy companies. The session will end with a mock contract negotiation and discussion of best practices.

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Best Practices in Tracking Environmental Law Worldwide

By Bruce S. Klafter - Senior Director, Environmental, Health & Safety, Applied Materials, Inc.; Jessine A. Monaghan - Manager & Counsel Regulatory Programs, GE Advanced Materials; Mary-James Young - Senior Regulatory Counsel, Vectren Corporation

607 - Best Practices in Tracking Environmental Law Worldwide

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The Sleeping Giant Awakes: How States & Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Are Transforming Natural Resource Damages

By Steven W. Black, Mark Hausman, John E. Keffe, Jr., Todd L. Normane

After a decade of one ABA Section Committee that covered both Superfund and
Hazardous Waste, we decided to realign to better reflect the way practitioners have segmented
their practices. Thus, this is the maiden voyage of a new committee known as the Superfund and
Natural Resource Damages Litigation Committee. Note the emphasis on litigation. As we step
into the next phase of Superfund and NRD, we all expect the litigation to continue. This
committee is devoted to providing practical information, resources and tools to assist those
lawyers whose focus is in the Superfund and NRD areas.

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The Nuts & Bolts of Settling Environmental Cases

By David H. Franzel - legal counsel, Estate of James Campbell; Vincent M. Gonzales - senior counsel, Sempra Energy Law Department; and Jill A. Tracy - assistant counsel, Unocal

An overview of settling environmental cases.

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Incorporating Sound Science in Environmental Policy & Rulemaking

By Richard B. Belzer, Phd - president, Regulatory Checkbook; James W. Conrad, Jr. - assistant general counsel, American Chemistry Council; Leslie J. Huska, Phd - policy and rulemaking issue advisor, ExxonMobil Corporation; and Jessica R. Nacheman - counsel, ExxonMobil Corporation

A presentation on incorporating sound science in environmental policy and rulemaking.