News Archive

  • 04.04.2019

    Immigration Team Files More than 100 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions

    On March 29, 2019, the immigration team in Williams Mullen's Labor, Employment & Immigration Section filed more than 100 H-1B cap-subject petitions with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services in this year’s FY2020 lottery. Attorneys Earl Baggett,...
  • 04.03.2019

    Cart Reilly Receives Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association's 2019 Walter E. Hoffman Award

    Congratulations to Cart Reilly, who was recently named the 2019 recipient of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association's Walter E. Hoffman Community Service Award. The award provides public recognition for outstanding service to the community by one of the...
  • 04.01.2019

    Virginia is One Step Closer to State Regulation of Carbon Emissions

    In January of 2018, the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board (“Air Board”) published a proposed rule to establish a CO2 emissions cap and trade program in Virginia (the “Original Proposal”).  The regulations set an initial state-wide target for CO2...
  • 04.01.2019

    What's All the PFAS About?

    Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of over 4,000 synthetic chemicals that have been in use world-wide since the 1940s.  They are found in a wide array of consumer and industrial products, including firefighting foam; stain and water-...
  • 04.01.2019

    EPA Places Renewed Emphasis on Audit Policy

    There are many benefits of corporate environmental auditing programs for companies large and small, not the least of which is the potential mitigation of civil penalties for violations of environmental laws discovered during an audit.  For nearly 25 years,...
  • 04.01.2019

    Pack More Than An Umbrella: Minimizing Storm-Related Environmental Liability

    For many facilities and construction sites, the routine practical problems arising from wet weather go with the territory.  However, if stormwater management is compromised or if flooding and coastal storm surges occur, a storm can cause damage and...
  • 04.01.2019

    States Push Back on EPA's Position on Landfill Emissions

    Last year, we reported on EPA’s decision to allow the expiration of a moratorium on the 2016 Obama Climate Action Plan rule and guidelines seeking to reduce landfill methane emissions (“Methane Rule and Guidelines”).  Specifically, in early 2018, EPA informed...
  • 04.01.2019

    Williams Mullen Earns Perfect 100, Designated as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality on 2019...

    Williams Mullen is pleased to announce that the firm received a perfect score of 100 on the 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality,...
  • 03.29.2019

    Environmental Notes - April 2019

    Click on the image below for a full PDF of the Environmental Newsletter.
  • 03.27.2019

    PODCAST: Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit

    On the first episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion podcast, attorney Brydon DeWitt talks with paralegal Claire Pollock about the Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit