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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

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

by Shauna N. Finlay | Dentons on 12/20/2012

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

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

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

by Sedgwick LLP on 3/12/2012

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

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

by Cole Schotz on 6/9/2011

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

California Proposition 65: A Toxic Solution for Toxic Torts

by Duane Morris LLP on 9/3/2010

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 Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Center, P.A. on 9/2/2010

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