New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo | October 23, 2019
New York state recently enacted a sweeping new law to curtail greenhouse gas emissions from virtually all sources over the next 20 to 30 years. The law contains no specific regulatory roadmap and instead leaves the details to be developed over the next three years with the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Public Service Commission taking leading roles. As New York takes up the hard work of developing a regulatory path forward, it will need to tread carefully to withstand the public and legal scrutiny that lies ahead. In their Domestic Environmental Law column, Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo have identified three significant challenges that the state will face as well as possible solutions.
By Katheryn Tucker | October 15, 2019
"While disappointed in the panel's ruling on this preliminary issue, we also note that the court only ruled on one of the three grounds of the City's original motion to dismiss," LaGrange city attorney Jeffrey Todd of Lewis, Taylor & Todd said, "We recognize this could well be protracted litigation."
By Ross Todd | September 13, 2019
PG&E and insurers announced the proposed settlement of claims arising from the 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp Fire on Friday morning. The deal requires sign-off from the federal bankruptcy judge overseeing PG&E's Chapter 11 reorganization.
By Ross Todd | September 13, 2019
PG&E and insurers announced the proposed settlement of claims arising from the 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp Fire on Friday morning. The deal requires sign-off from the federal bankruptcy judge overseeing PG&E's Chapter 11 reorganization.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Edward E. Neiger | August 29, 2019
In this edition of the Bankruptcy Update, Edward E. Neiger focuses on recent bankruptcy filings by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Imerys Talc America and Insys Therapeutics and their efforts to navigate the intersection of mass tort liabilities and bankruptcy.
By Ross Todd | July 29, 2019
The Ninth Circuit on Monday found that the CPUC's program was preempted by a federal law which requires electric utilities to buy all power produced by alternative energy generators. The decision upholds an earlier ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco.
By Fabiola Sanchez and Joshua Goodman | July 23, 2019
The power in the capital went out Monday afternoon and immediately backed up traffic as stop lights and the subway stopped working during rush hour.
By Ross Todd | July 10, 2019
U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing the aftermath of PG&E Corp.'s 2016 safety-related felony conviction, on Wednesday ordered the company to respond "paragraph-by-paragraph" to a Wall Street Journal report claiming that the utility company knew that parts of its transmission system were a potential wildfire hazard.
By Ross Todd | July 10, 2019
U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing the aftermath of PG&E Corp.'s 2016 safety-related felony conviction, on Wednesday ordered the company to respond "paragraph-by-paragraph" to a Wall Street Journal report claiming that the utility company knew that parts of its transmission system were a potential wildfire hazard.
By Lidia Dinkova | July 2, 2019
The federal government wants to seize the real estate after the owners pleaded guilty to involvement in the scheme and admitted using illegally obtained funds to buy the homes.
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