Seyfarth Shaw Launches Environmental & Safety Blog

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Ivette Delgado, Senior Public Relations Associate
(212) 218-5273, idelgado@seyfarth.com

CHICAGO (June 27, 2011) — Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the launch of the Environmental & Safety Law Update blog - http://www.environmentalsafetyupdate.com.

Published by attorneys in the firm’s Environmental, Safety and Toxic Torts practice group, the blog is one-of-a-kind resource for companies seeking news beyond the headlines regarding environmental and safety issues affecting their businesses, and focuses on topics ranging from air, land, and water pollution to workplace safety, green marketing compliance and other emerging issues in the field.

Chicago office partner and Chair of the Environmental, Safety and Toxic Torts group, Philip Comella, said, “With the firm’s many specialty areas in environmental and safety law, we have the tools to effectively represent  a broad range of businesses and to handle any environmental or safety conundrum presented to us.  This blog allows us to add our unique perspective to the evolving field of environmental and safety law and to give our readers a measure of analysis not found elsewhere.

Chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment department Lisa Damon said, “The Environmental & Safety Law Update blog echoes Seyfarth’s practical, efficient and hands-on approach to practicing law. It serves as another avenue in which we can offer practical solutions and make timely information available to our clients, which is especially important given the stratum of laws pertaining to environmental issues.”

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