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Insurance Coverage For Long Tail Injuries In California

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 9/14/2012

The California Supreme Court recently ruled, in a case involving environmental damage at a State controlled waste site, that multiple insurers, who provided coverage to the State at different periods between 1964-1976, are...more

California Files Suit Against Whittier to Stop Oil Leases

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 8/30/2012

The City of Whittier, California wants to allow oil drilling on a 20 acre parcel of land purchased as part of a much larger parcel acquired by the City in the 1990’s using bond funds approved by Proposition A. The Santa...more

Proposed “Safer Consumer Product Regulations”

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 8/27/2012

Draft regulations regarding toxic substances in consumer products were issued for comment by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) on July 27, 2012. Referred to as the “Safer Consumer Product...more

Solar Tariffs Slapped On Chinese Manufacturers Lead To Challenge And Opportunity At Home

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 8/3/2012

The price of solar panels has fallen 80 percent the past two years and more than 50 percent in the last year alone, according to an article in the Los Angeles Business Journal. But recently the Chinese, who control about...more

Global Warming Solutions Act Starts To Heat Things Up In California

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 7/27/2012

California enacted the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) in 2006. The wide-reaching environmental law is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by implementing a market based cap-and-trade program tied to an...more

Court Rules Diesel Particulate Emissions Waste Is Not Solid Waste Under RCRA

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 7/26/2012

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulates discarded solid or hazardous waste. A recent lawsuit by environmental groups advanced a novel legal argument that diesel particulates found in diesel exhaust emitted...more

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