Securities Litigation Results in Win for Broker and Clarifies Law in the Eighth Circuit
January 4, 2021
by Devin R. Bates
Through an investment bank (acting as broker), clients invested in Reverse Convertible Notes (RCNs). RCNs are a complex “structured financial product” that is sometimes championed as a high-yield, short-term investment promising above-market interest payments but is nonetheless viewed as “perhaps…
Auto Shredder Residue/Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addresses Request for Non-Waste Fuel Determination
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a November 12th letter addressed a request to determine whether certain auto shredder residue (“ASR”) burned in a cement kiln would be considered a solid waste. The specific question was whether the material is a non-waste fuel product…
Draft Recovery Plan/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Public Notice for Ozark Hellbender
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a December 22nd Federal Register Notice announcing the availability for public review and comment of a draft recovery plan for the Ozark Hellbender. See 85 Fed. Reg. 83609. The Ozark hellbender is endemic to the White River drainage…
Water Intrusion/Flooding: Property Owner Files Action Alleging Breach of Contract in Garland County, Arkansas, Circuit Court
Steve Fletcher and Valerie Fletcher (collectively, “Fletcher”) filed a Complaint against Joel C. Walker, Individually and as the Trustee of the Joel C. Walker Trust and the Joel C. Walker Trust (collectively, “Walker”) in Garland County, Arkansas, Circuit Court in regards to the purchase of a…
Biochar in Stormwater Best Management Practices: Center for Watershed Protection/American Biochar Institute Issue Guidance
The Center for Watershed Protection and American Biochar Institute (collectively, “CWP”) have issued a set of guidance materials titled: Biochar in Stormwater Best Management Practices (“Guidance”). CWP states that the Guidance was developed to support the broader use of biochar in stormwater…