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Expanded Interpretation of Price-Anderson Act is Another Positive Sign for Commercial Nuclear Development in the United States

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On 10 February 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) issued a decision in Cotter Corp. v. United States that solidified a broad interpretation of the applicability of contractual and...more

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Summary Judgment Granted as Premises Owner Did Not Owe a Duty to Independent Contractor’s Employee

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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, February 15, 2022 - In this asbestos action, Carl Gay alleged that he developed mesothelioma after a forty-year career. From 1974 until 1976, Gay worked as a...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Sixth and Eighth Circuits Confirm the Broad Applicability of the Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act

Recent federal court decisions in the Sixth and Eighth circuits affirm holdings in other circuits - The Sixth Circuit, in Matthews v. Centrus Energy Corporation, affirmed that the Price-Anderson Act broadly preempts state...more

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Largest increase in the UK nuclear liability regime for 50 years take

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As we flagged last year in this note, the 2004 Protocols updating the Paris Convention and Brussels Convention have finally been ratified. This is likely the biggest increase in the international nuclear liability regime for...more

Morgan Lewis - Up & Atom

Lessons from the Ninth Circuit’s Recent Fukushima Ruling

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 22 issued an order upholding a trial court’s dismissal of the long-running Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. lawsuit. ...more

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Risks and opportunities for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants in Germany

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Who would have thought that a large Japanese city would change the entire German energy environment? The German federal government responded almost immediately to the tragic nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, in March...more

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