Lawyer Warns EPA Budget Cuts May Shrink Industry's Sway In Citizen Suits

摘要

Political and budgetary attacks on EPA carry a major downside for regulated industries, an industry attorney says, because they could make individual companies more vulnerable to citizen suits without the moderating influence of government regulators who might otherwise help the businesses negotiate more favorable deals to resolve alleged violations. "I think pretty much everybody anticipates we will probably see a significant increase in the number of citizen suits filed," Tarifa Laddon, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Faegre Baker Daniels, told a May 24 energy and environmental forum organized by the firm in Washington, D.C.