Administrative Law, Toxic Torts, Energy & Utilities Law

Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update: January 2013 - New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Requisite Nexus for Liability Under...

by F. Paul Pittman | Sedgwick LLP on 1/7/2013

In New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection v. Dimant, 212 N.J. 153 (2012), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) must establish, by a preponderance of the...more

"BP's Settlement With DOJ: Lessons Learned Within the Congressional Investigations Arena"

by Margaret E. Krawiec, Thomas A. Parnham, Daniele M. Schiffman, Ivan A. Schlager | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/19/2012

On November 15, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that BP Exploration and Production Inc. (BP) has agreed to plead guilty to a 14-count criminal information and pay a record $4 billion in criminal fines and...more

DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Tort Litigation: FERC Denies Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Radon Lung Cancer Risk Claim by Ralph H. Johnson

by King & Spalding on 11/19/2012

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently rejected claims that radon in Marcellus Shale natural gas would lead to thousands of lung cancer deaths. These claims arose from FERC’s May 21, 2012 grant of a...more

Governor Quinn Signs Bill That Will Result In Illinois Following Federal Air Regulations

by Dave Scriven-Young on 9/5/2012

http://illinoisenvironmentallaw.com/uncategorized/governor-quinn-signs-bill-that-will-result-in-illinois-following-federal-air-regulations/ Illinois Governor Pat Quinn recently signed a bill passed in the General Assembly,...more

McAfee & Taft RegLINC - April 2012: Gulf spill update – air issues by Chris Paul

by McAfee & Taft on 4/20/2012

In the year following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, research scientists have concluded that all methane from the spill was metabolized by bacteria, resulting in essentially no release of the greenhouse gas to the atmosphere,...more

New Oil Pollution Deskbook Highlights OPA Rules

by Patton Boggs LLP on 4/18/2012

The second anniversary of the April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill highlights the big legal risks that come from an oil spill, whether at wells such as BP’s Macondo well, or at pipelines, terminals, storage tanks, or on...more

McAfee & Taft RegLINC - April 2012: Storage tanks By Chris Paul

by McAfee & Taft on 4/18/2012

Owners of land on which petroleum underground storage tanks are located are responsible for the cleanup of gasoline released (In re Huntington and Kildare Inc. v. Grannis, N. Y. App. Div., No. 512100, 11/3/11). Huntington and...more

McAfee & Taft RegLINC - April 2012: Halliburton evidence on Deepwater Horizon

by McAfee & Taft on 4/13/2012

BP accused Halliburton of destroying evidence that could be important in the litigation over responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (In re: Oil Spill, E.D. La., No. 2:10-md-2179, 12/5/11). BP questioned whether a...more

Is Fracking Safe? [Video]

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/30/2012

From landowners to environmentalists, there is a great deal of concern over the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing to groundwater; the water that many of us drink. When we consider several geologic factors in...more