Environmental

This checklist highlights mistakes to avoid when faced with enforcement actions for environmental crimes.

Regulatory compliance continues to be a key issue for US energy companies. With an ever-changing regulatory landscape and stepped-up enforcement in some areas, it is more important than ever for in-house counsel to ensure proactive compliance with the various regulations governing the energy industry. This panel will provide timely updates, best practices, and advice from the experts on North American Electric Reliability Corporation, US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission compliance.

When it comes to green, the focus is no longer just on cars and smokestacks. Society at large—legislators and regulators in particular—are focusing on the third largest cause of greenhouse gases: commercial office and retail buildings. Learn from a panel of authorities about the types of environmentally enlightened actions and purchases that commercial-building owners and occupants will volunteer (or be required) to make—and how those actions and purchases affect the legal department. Learn also about your role in the implementation of and compliance with green concepts, ranging from LEED certification of buildings, to carbon offset purchases, mandated reductions in energy consumption from IT networks and data centers, and commercial clean tech applications. Effective internal strategies were included.