Personal Injury – May 24, 2012

by Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 4/24/2012

Last week, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled (for the second time) that a CGL policy issued to AES Corporation did not require Steadfast Insurance to provide a defense to AES for claims brought again AES in Kivalina v. Exxon...more

by Robert Thomas on 4/2/2012

Legal Alert: Damon Key's quarterly update - Construction Law, Renewable Energy, Appellate Developments, and Premises Liability (Feb. 2012) ...more

by Dechert LLP on 12/13/2011

The Ninth Circuit recently heard oral argument in a potentially significant case raising climate change issues. See Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 09-17490 (9th Cir.)(oral argument 11/28/11). We have posted on this...more

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/6/2011

In the battle over climate change, the Supreme Court once again set an important precedent in American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut (“American Electric Power”). In an 8-0 decision written by Justice Ginsburg...more

by McAfee & Taft on 7/1/2011

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 Senate committee reauthorizes pipeline safety programs 2 Report on carcinogens lists Styrene as “reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogen” 2 National Transportation Safety Board finds...more

by Warner Norcross & Judd on 6/22/2011

Plaintiffs have failed in an attempt to bring a common-law nuisance claim against a handful of fossil-fuel power companies as a way to require those companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This means that...more

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/21/2011

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in American Electric Power v. Connecticut that federal common law nuisance claims cannot be used to address harms arising from climate change. In 2004, eight states, New York City, and...more

by Lane Powell PC - Environmental Law on 6/16/2011

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule any day now on the climate change public nuisance case in AEP v. Connecticut, in the meantime the State Supreme Court of Montana has dealt a blow to a separate lawsuit that sought to...more