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Environment: Alert - November 18, 2009

Environmental justice – a mix of environmental and civil rights law and policy – is receiving increased attention in the Obama Administration, bringing with it challenges and opportunities for municipalities, facilities and others operating in low-income and minority communities. This alert discusses various aspects of environmental justice and the implications for the Obama Administration. Federal agencies, including the DOJ and EPA, have concluded that low-income and minority communities bear a greater environmental risk than the general population. Now is the right time to take stock of your environmental justice situation and take any prudent proactive steps.

Intellectual Property and Technology: Alert - November 17, 2009

Governor Patrick’s Office of Consumer Af¬fairs and Business Regulation announced on November 4, 2009, that it has filed the final Massachusetts ID Theft Regulation, also known as 201 CMR 17:00. The goal of Regulation 201 is to help combat the loss of personal information; the most significant change is a require¬ment that covered entities amend existing agreements that they have with third-party service providers to include language requiring these providers to implement and main¬tain “appropriate” security measures for the protection of personal information.

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Artefact Laws Threaten Salvage Operations

International Tug & Salvage

July 1, 2008

Courts, legislators, and diplomats have weighed in to prevent plunder of marine archaeological sites in ways that may impact commercial salvage operations. That impact may be physical and operationally disruptive, but the more insidious effect may be on the legal underpinnings of salvage which go back 3,000 years. This paper questions whether the professional salvage community has put its future in peril by not facing up to the risks these measures pose, believing their impact will be felt only by "treasure salvors".

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of International Tug & Salvage.

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