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To Bin or Not to Bin: California Clears Up Questions About Which Products Can Display Recyclability Symbols

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For many consumers, comprehending Shakespeare is easier than discerning which products are recyclable and which are not. California’s “Truth in Labeling” law (SB 343), which provides stricter regulations for what products or...more

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Texas AG’s Broad Jurisdiction Results in Settlement with VW and Audi

Last month, the Texas Attorney General agreed to a settlement in principle with car manufacturers Audi and Volkswagen requiring them to pay a civil penalty of $85 million for alleged violations of the Texas Clean Air Act and...more

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Judicial Hellhole Ranks for 2022-23 Receive a Significant Shake Up

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The American Tort Reform Foundation (ATR) released its 2022-2023 Judicial Hellhole report. In this report, the ATR ranks the eight most dangerous jurisdictions for corporate defendants and their defense attorneys. This year...more

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Environmental Justice: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Acceptance of Administrative Complaint Addressing North...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) transmitted a January 13th letter to the Southern Environmental Law Center stating it was accepting for investigation an administrative complaint filed against the...more

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Louisiana Coastal Zone Litigation Likely to Remain in Federal Court

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In Plaquemines Parish et al. v. Chevron et al., the U. S. Fifth Circuit has ruled on whether 42 suits brought by six parishes and the Louisiana Attorney General against a number of oil companies belongs in federal court or...more

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I-630 Widening/National Environmental Policy Act: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Addresses U.S. District Court Decision Denying...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) addressed in a December 6th opinion an appeal from a United States Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas (“District Court”) decision that denied...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

EPA’s Partnership Policy Formally Delegates Primary Enforcement Implementation to State Agencies While Retaining Concurrent...

On July 11, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) finalized its policy (the “Policy”) to defer environmental investigations and enforcement actions to authorized state agencies as the “primary implementer.”...more

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Supreme Court affirms in Vedanta a general principles path to hear Zambian environmental claims

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The case of Vedanta Resources plc and Konkola Copper Mines plc v Lungowe and others has received a lot of attention in recent years.  In essence, 1,826 Zambian citizens are suing Konkola Copper Mines plc (a public company...more

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Supreme Court finds that UK-domiciled parent company may owe duty of care to third parties for the acts of its foreign...

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On 10 April 2019, the Supreme Court in Vedanta Resources Plc v Lungowe, determined that a UK-domiciled parent company may owe a duty of care to third parties affected by operations of its foreign subsidiary....more

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Product Lines - Toxic Torts and Product Liability Insights - Issue 1, 2019

Welcome to the first 2019 issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Discharges Through Groundwater: Fourth Circuit Expands CWA Jurisdiction

A recent ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals signals a marked expansion of jurisdiction and potential liability under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Reversing the trial court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim,...more

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Common-Law Contamination Action/Oil and Gas Production: Was Landowner Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before...

The United States District Court (Mississippi-Western Division) (“Court”) issued a February 16th Memorandum Opinion and Order (“Opinion”) addressing whether a landowner’s common-law contamination claim related to oil and gas...more

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Parent company may owe a duty of care to employees of African subsidiary

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This case is the latest in a line of cases before the English courts about parent company liability, specifically the duty of care owed for activities of their subsidiaries. ...more

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Oil Field Contamination Award Upheld

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Forest Oil Corporation v. El Rucio Land and Cattle Inc. et al deserves your attention for four reasons: You won’t see another one involving damage to a rhinoceros pen...more

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