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February 18, 2020

Why Due Diligence? The Lawyer’s View

Environmental due diligence typically breaks down into two types: (1) researching residual environmental contamination on a property; and (2) evaluating environmental compliance. The second set is more typical when one is buying an operating business.  Here, we discuss both

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December 30, 2019

With the impacts of climate change, it is no surprise that storms have gotten larger and flooding more significant

  With the impacts of climate change, it is no surprise that storms have gotten larger and flooding more significant. In the last two years, Michigan had greater flooding, particularly of its farm fields, than had been seen in decades. https://www.crainsdetroit.com/news/farmers-plans-wash-away-michigans-wettest-season-record The national flood insurance program (NFIP) operations have remained pretty much the same since …

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December 27, 2019

Going Solar at the Siegal Household – payback and net metering

    This summer, I was approached by a number of vendors of solar panels.  Their offers were all very similar. Power your home, the Michigan Public Service Commission was getting ready to make a change in the State’s net metering program (more on that below) and they would finance our purchase so that we …

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February 12, 2019 | Arthur Siegal

Showdown Over MDEQ Review Panels?

As we previously blogged, Governor Whitmer recently issued two Executive Orders and one Executive Directive, all focusing on the environment. One of the Governor’s Executive Orders made a number of changes to the MDEQ. Citing the EO’s dissolution of two government panels and reorganization of a third, the Michigan House voted to overturn this EO …

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