Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP

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Since 1895, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP has been a premier Pennsylvania-based law firm, which has offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Princeton, New Jersey; and Wheeling, West Virginia. Earning the respect, trust and appreciation of clients, peers, and those who live in our communities, Thorp Reed & Armstrong attorneys have gained a reputation as lawyers who exemplify the profession's best qualities. The firm supports a wide variety of clients' needs within the practice areas of business law, litigation, labor and commercial and public finance.

General Practice including, but not limited to, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring, Commercial and Real Estate Finance, Construction Law, Corporate and Business Law, Customs and International Trade, E-Discovery and Records Management, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits Litigation, Employment Discrimination Litigation, Energy and Natural Resources Law, Environmental Law, Health Care Law, Insurance and Reinsurance Law, Insurance Litigation and Regulation, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Land Use Development and Regulatory, Litigation, Products Liability, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Strategic Transactions, Tax, Technology, Toxic Torts, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition, Transportation and Logistics, Trusts and Estates, and White Collar Criminal Defense.

Chesapeake Bay Restoration Plans Mean Tougher Standards for Dischargers of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sediment
John R. Embick, October 6, 2009
On May 12, 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13508, entitled: Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration. In the Order, President Obama described action necessary to respond to a pollution crisis affecting the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary ecosystem.

Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Controls Get Tightened another Notch
John R. Embick, June 26, 2009, previously published by Chester County Bar Association's on June 2009
On April 4, 2009, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ("PaDEP") issued a request for comment on revisions to PAG-13 (39 Pa.B. 1749). PAG-13 is the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") general permit for stormwater discharges from small...

Trio of Presidential Memos Aims to Reverse Bush Environmental Policies: Science Integrity, Endangered Species Act Consultation, and Signing Statements
John R. Embick, May 28, 2009, previously published by Chester County Bar Association on May 2009
Among the more controversial environmental actions of the last years of the George W. Bush Administration were charges that science was being manipulated to serve political policies.

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