A broad range of activities in the normal course of business including the sale or purchase of real property, mergers and acquisitions, and credit transactions can give rise to significant environmental risks and liabilities. Insurance Coverage Increasingly, businesses look to their insurers for coverage of the often significant costs of environmental remediation under the federal Superfund law and similar state statutes. The Environmental Law Group attorneys have experience handling insurance coverage issues. Solid and Hazardous Waste Some of the most challenging problems for businesses today involve the minimization and handling of solid and hazardous wastes. Wetlands Permitting Federal and state authorities strictly regulate the development of wetland areas.
Regulation can result in takings of property, for which owners are entitled just compensation.
Through trade and business associations or by virtue of individual interests, businesses are often called upon to participate in the development of new environmental laws and regulations. The Environmental Law Group provides legislative and regulatory services to ensure that clients' interests are represented in the lawmaking process. Florida Environmental Compliance Environmental and permitting concerns have become a focus in all modern real estate transactions. The firm has extensive experience in hazardous waste and leaking fuel tank issues. The Orlando environmental attorneys have been intimately involved in working with the state of Florida's new Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, which may have more impact on real estate development than any prior body of legislation.