Under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), the EPA issues permits limiting the pollutants that regulated entities can discharge into federal waters. Those permits generally operate either by establishing effluent limitations for certain pollutants or by imposing narrative requirements, like requiring the permittee to use “best practices” to limit pollution. But in recent years, the EPA has sometimes taken a third approach, issuing results-oriented permits that
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Emmett Gilles
Emmett is an Associate in Wiggin and Dana’s Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s Appellate, Antitrust, and White Collar practice groups. Emmett’s practice focuses on high-stakes appeals, multidistrict antitrust cases, and complex commercial litigation.
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath (No. 23-1127)
In Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Heath (No. 23-1127), the Supreme Court addressed whether the Government “provide[s]” money to a program that subsidizes telecommunications services for schools and libraries through a surcharge imposed on telecom carriers, meaning that a telecom company’s allegedly inflated claim for these subsidies is potentially subject to liability under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Writing for a…
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