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National Law Journal

EPA Set to Designate PFAS as Hazardous Substances Next Month

"Anytime you get a substance that is widely used and is showing up all over the place in the environment, now suddenly brought under the very serious liability regime of CERCLA, you're going to see a lot of potential liability and litigation around that," said UCLA environmental law professor William Boyd.
5 minute read

International Edition

Quinn Emanuel's John Quinn: 'Climate Change-Related Litigation Is Going to Be a Real Growth Area'

John Quinn, co-founder of one of the world's leading litigation firms, talks about global litigation opportunities, the rise of class actions in Europe and podcasting about the law.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

The Week Ahead: Challenging Old Regs And New Ones

The justices will consider the statute of limitations on challenging agency rules and federal environmental authority over states.
6 minute read

Law.com

10th Circuit Partially Reverses Summary Judgment Order Over Leaking Valero Pipeline Dispute

Judge Gregory A. Phillips dissented from the majority's ruling granting Valero's motion for summary judgment. According to the majority, the dissent concluded that the lower court had correctly granted summary judgment as to Lazy S's legal injury, having relied on Valero's sampling data.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Climate Change–Related Disclosures and Disinvestment: Where Are We Now?

In their Domestic Environmental Law column, Christopher Rizzo and Karen Meara present the current state of the law for climate disclosures in select major markets, particularly New York, and likely developments in 2024.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Couple Sentenced for Felony, Misdemeanor Charges in El Dorado Fire

The court also ordered the Jimenezes to pay $1,789,972 in victims' restitution.
2 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Approves $1.1B DuPont PFAS Water Contamination Settlement

"The court finds that the settlement agreement is reasonable," U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said. "As discussed at length ... success against defendants, which 'are responsible for only three to seven percent of the MDL defendants' total alleged PFAS-related liabilities,' is not guaranteed and would only come, if ever, after years of protracted, expensive, complex litigation."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Environmental Rights Amendment's Standard of Review

What is the constitutional 'standard of review' the courts should use to judge a government action that allegedly violates the Green Amendment? The standard of review will decide its long-term importance.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Pursues Wyeth, a Pfizer Subsidiary, Over Chemical Disposal

The property was used for manufacturing of drugs and chemicals from 1915 to 1999, the suit states. During that period, waste was placed in at least 27 large, pondlike storage and disposal areas that were referred to as impoundments, the suit claims.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Is One Dollar Enough Under CERCLA?

Often, the plaintiff has brought the case even though the plaintiff has not paid a very significant portion of the total costs, has not committed to pay a significant portion of the costs, and has not been adjudicated responsible for anything. Why does that private plaintiff get to trigger allocation litigation?
8 minute read

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