This handbook is a unique resource for Illinois practitioners that balances business and real estate practice with environmental law issues. Whether you represent commercial landlords, manufacturers, real estate developers, government agencies, or private landowners, this handbook will prepare you to tackle any environmental issue. It includes coverage of how to conduct an “all appropriate inquiries” investigation in a real estate transaction, the environmental due diligence process, practice in various environmental forums in Illinois, programs and redevelopment incentives to return brownfields to productive use, and how federal bankruptcy law intersects with environmental issues in a real estate transaction.
Chapter 1 — Environmental Due Diligence in Commercial Transactions
William J. Anaya, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., Chicago and Belleville, IL, and St. Louis, MO
Chapter 2 — State and Federal Environmental Liability
Claire A. Manning, Brown, Hay + Stephens, LLP, Springfield
Chapter 3 — Environmental Considerations in Corporate and Real Estate Transactions
E. Lynn Grayson, Nijman Franzetti LLP, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Lender Liability Under Environmental Laws for Real Estate and Corporate Transactions
Alexander J. Bandza, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Illinois Environmental Forums
Steven M. Siros, Matthew G. Lawson, and Leah M. Garner, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Environmental Litigation: From Pollution to Takings, the Endangered Species Act, and Environmental Justice
Matthew E. Cohn, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., Chicago
Chapter 7 — Brownfield Development: Government Money for Private Development
Lawrence W. Falbe, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Chicago
Chapter 8 — Environmental Issues in the Landlord-Tenant Relationship
Joseph R. Podlewski, Jr., Podlewski & Hanson P.C., Western Springs
Chapter 9 — Insurance Coverage for Environmental Claims
Robert Marc Chemers, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Treatment of Environmental Obligations in Bankruptcy
Mark F. Hebbeln and Susan Poll Klaessy, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago
Chapter 11 — Site Remediation Program
Kevin G. Desharnais, Troutman Sanders LLP, Chicago
Chapter 12 — Consultant Privileges and Proving CERCLA Defenses
Jennifer T. Nijman and Kristen L. Gale, Nijman Franzetti LLP, Chicago
Chapter 13 — Environmental Disclosure Requirements: Accounting, SEC, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act Considerations Associated with Environmental Liability and Sustainability
Maureen M. Crough, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY, and Heather M. Palmer, Sidley Austin LLP, Houston, TX
