Legal Backgrounders

October 7, 2011

Legal Backgrounders

Citizen Suit Settlement Impels Federal Listing Action On 250 Species: But Will It Reduce ESA Litigation?

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By Alison Suthers, an associate in the law firm Holland and Hart LLP’s Washington, D.C. office and William G. Myers III, a partner in the firm’s Boise office.

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