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The Recorder

Cabraser to Head Fiat Chrysler 'Clean Diesel' MDL

Elizabeth Cabraser will reprise her role leading an emissions-related MDL—to the chagrin of at least one of her co-counsel.
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The Recorder

Grist Creek Aggregates, LLC v. Superior Court (Mendocino County Air Quality Management District)

C.A. 1st; A149861 The First Appellate District granted a petition for writ of mandate. The court held that an air quality management district review…
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Lawyer's Bid To Enforce Chevron Payment

New York lawyer Steven Donziger has been foiled in his bid to enforce a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron over allegations of environmental damage in Ecuador, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari from an appeals court decision to block its execution.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cabinet Taps Florida Forever Fund for Conservation Deals

Gov. Rick Scott and the state Cabinet agreed to use $15 million from the Florida Forever program to buy 407 acres in Gilchrist County — preserving a cluster of natural springs — and to protect 6,071 acres of agricultural land in Polk and Hardee counties.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Coal Mining Bill Could Put Pa. Streams in Jeopardy

Following a vote of 32-17 in the Senate earlier this month, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Committee on Environmental Resources & Energy is considering an amendment to the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act of April 27, 1966, P.L. 31, as amended, 52 P.S. Sections 1406.1-1406.21 (BMSLCA or Mine Subsidence Act).
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The Legal Intelligencer

Multiple Trigger Doctrine and Impacts to Superfund Litigation

The Commonwealth Court recently held that certain comprehensive general liability (CGL) "occurrence" insurance policies issued before the institution of a blanket pollution exclusion cover latent environmental contamination that occurred during the policy period, even when such contamination does not manifest until after the policy period expires. This holding identified latent environmental contamination as falling within an exception to the longstanding rule that CGL occurrence insurance policies are triggered by the first manifestation of injury, as in Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance v. Johnson Matthey, No. 330 (Pa. Commw. Ct. April 21).
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

MTBE Pollution Ruling Is Reversed by Circuit

The Second Circuit reversed a ruling that found a pollution settlement with several oil companies and a district attorney in California precluded legal action by the local water board.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court OKs Fracking Technique Challenged as 'Abnormally Dangerous'

The Commonwealth Court has approved the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's decision to allow a unique drilling process that a challenger argued is an "abnormally dangerous activity" occurring too close to an active oil refinery.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Weekend Roundup: New SEC Enforcement Directors, Saving the Environment and More

After a busy news week, here's a look at a few corporate enforcement issues we previously missed.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Call to Action for New Yorkers

Jeffrey Gracer and Michael Mahoney write: New Yorkers can do more than endure a reduction of our carbon footprints; we can thrive in a new clean energy economy. In so doing, we can inspire others to follow our lead.
4 minute read

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