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Apportionment Joint and Several Liability Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

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CERCLA Divisibility: Two Strikes and Bases are Loaded

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Joint and several liability means one defendant can be liable for all of the damages in a case, even where other defendants are at fault. In the CERCLA arena, this means a potentially responsible party can be forced to pay...more

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PRPs May Want To Dig In With Divisibility Defense

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In a victory for potentially responsible parties at multiparty contamination sites, a federal district court in U.S. v. NCR Corp., No. 10-C-910 (E.D. Wis. May 15, 2015), held a PRP established that environmental harm at a...more

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PRP in CERCLA Enforcement Action Saves Millions of Dollars with Successful Divisibility Defense

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Action Item: On March 15, 2015, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in United States v. NCR Corp., No. 10-C-910 (E.D. Wis. May 15, 2015), held that a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) at...more

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