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Seventh Circuit Allows Cost Recovery Action for AOC Response Costs

Posted on January 25, 2013 by John Barkett In Bernstein v. Bankert, the Seventh Circuit follows the Second, Third, Eighth, and Eleventh.... Read More

States Investigate EPA’s “Sue-and-Settle” Practice

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Mark Walker The Attorney Generals of thirteen states (Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, North.... Read More

Reflections on 35 Years as an “Air-Head”

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Michael McCauley Author’s Note: I wrote this piece at the request of my firm earlier.... Read More

Should the U.S.Have Specialized Environmental Courts?

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Catherine R. McCabe The creation of specialized environmental courts and tribunals around the world has.... Read More

U.S. SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO WEIGH IN ON CONTINUING CERCLA COST RECOVERY VS. CONTRIBUTION SAGA

Posted on November 21, 2012 by William Hyatt On October 9, 2012, the Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in Solutia, Inc v..... Read More

GHG Nuisance Damages – now or later?

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Thomas Lavender The full import of the pivotal American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut, 131 S..... Read More

Defining Additionality: Why the Challenge to California’s Cap-and-Trade Program Fails

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Patrick Dennis Co-Authored by: Beth A. Coombs, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP California’s recently approved regulations.... Read More

The Perils of Budget Balancing – or When to Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Susan Cooke On June 14, the Washington Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of utilizing.... Read More

Taking vs. Tort: Supreme Court’s Upcoming Review of Arkansas Flooding Case

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Stephen Bruckner The United States Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to the first environmental case it will.... Read More

Update on Climate Change Tort Litigation

Posted on June 29, 2012 by David Buente The body of caselaw rejecting climate change tort claims seeking judicially-imposed restrictions on.... Read More