In August 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed in the Federal Register to designate two per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (collectively PFAS) as hazardous substances (the Proposed Rule) under the...more
In August 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed in the Federal Register to designate Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (collectively PFAS) as hazardous substances under the...more
In a highly anticipated move, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just announced proposed regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) setting express limits on the amounts of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances...more
Due to an April 2020 Supreme Court opinion re-interpreting when a discharge permit is required under the Clean Water Act's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), courts are beginning to address and...more
Many folks across this great country might not be familiar with Paducah, Kentucky. As a public service, the Court provides some basic background information about this relatively small community first settled as Perkin in...more
The 5th Circuit, in Thomas v. Hercules Offshore Services, L.L.C., concluded per curiam that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) safe workplace regulations had been preempted by the United States Coast...more
In another recent case on the Scindia duties, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Manson Gulf, L.L.C. v. Modern American Recycling Service, Inc., remanded a case dismissed by the District Court for the Eastern District of...more
This past July marked the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a period marked by sweeping changes to the regulatory and administrative environment in which financial...more
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On August 22, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that both the trial court and the court of appeals improperly dismissed a property owner's claim for negligence against a subcontractor for improper plumbing installation in...more