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Focus on Insolvency and Environment: Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc., 2012 SCC 67 (the “Abitibi case”): Clean-Up...

Introduction - The Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) recently released an important decision relating to how provincial clean up orders against corporations may be treated when that corporation enters creditor...more

CWP 14597 of 2007

Judgement - Hookah/ Sheesha Bar Case

Putting an end to the abuse of Nicotine, thriving across Punjab and Haryana in the name of serving Hookah/ Sheesha/ Water-Pipe, the Punjab and Haryana High court has ordered closure of all such outlets besides creation of a...more

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

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

Illinois Appellate Court Vacates Two Judgments Entered Against Honeywell for Failing to Produce Consultant at Trial

Officer, director, employee or independent contractor? The nature of a company's relationship with its consultant determines its obligation to produce that person at trial, an Illinois appellate court ruled in early February...more

You Can’t Make Lawyers into Techies: 3 Lessons About LPM

Law firms have heard the call of clients for greater efficiency and cost predictability. Legal Project Management can help law firms deliver on those needs, but firms are stumbling as they try to find a technological...more

Sole Shareholder Of Company That Owns Contaminated Property Can Be Held Liable Under CERCLA As Current Operator

In the case of Litgo v. Martin, 2011 WL 65933 (D.N.J. Jan. 7, 2011) the federal District Court of New Jersey held that a shareholder of a single-purpose entity that owns a contaminated facility is liable as a current operator...more

Many Happy (Consolidated) Returns or ‘Til “DIT” Do Us Part? Final Treasury Regulations Address Intercompany Items of Gain on...

On March 3, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury issued final Treasury regulations that amend Treasury Regulation § 1.1502-13 with respect to the treatment of certain intercompany items of gain from transactions...more

California Proposition 65: A Toxic Solution for Toxic Torts

California's Proposition 65 is a law that can almost defy explanation, because when one tells the uninitiated how it operates and who is affected, the typical response runs along the lines of "You must be mistaken, nobody...more

Bankruptcy Unlikely to Save BP

By now, almost everyone realizes that the oil spill by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst in history. Already, the British oil company has spent $1.43 billion to stop the flow of oil and clean...more

Taxation of Charities

Whether or not non-governmental organisations, sometime referred to as NGOs, or charities are liable to pay corporate tax in Nigeria has been a matter of debate outside the legal arena. We have provided this newsletter to...more