By Maydeen Merino | April 25, 2024
An industry group calls the 2032 deadline for cutting greenhouse gas emissions problematic.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 20, 2023
U.S. appeals court have uniformly rejected the companies' reference to a federal common law of interstate air pollution.
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By Emily Cousins | October 19, 2023
"[The defendants] have a duty to provide clean, safe water," plaintiffs counsel Ian Sloss said. "It's our opinion that they've been delinquent in that duty, and so we really hope that these lawsuits motivate them to do the right thing."
By Colleen Murphy | October 9, 2023
"Defendant 3M conducted studies in the 1950s and early 1960s that showed its perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) accumulates in the human body and is toxic," stated U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison, in his written opinion for the court. "By the 1970s, additional 3M studies revealed that its PFOS products were 'even more toxic' than previously believed.
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By Emily Cousins | September 7, 2023
"I believe this is the first example in a PFAS contamination situation where RICO claims have been allowed to moved forward," Sloss said. "We alleged that they engaged in a series of transactions to ensure unchecked dumping of contaminated byproduct or materials ... and allowing the RICO claims to go through appropriately will make the defendants explain why they shouldn't be held liable for a pattern of racketeering activity."
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By Emily Cousins | March 30, 2023
"Local officials are going to realize that they have an obligation to ensure that their drinking systems are free of PFAS," Ian W. Sloss said. "And that they will likely turn to the manufacturers of those chemicals for reimbursement and damages related to the remediation efforts that they had to undertake."
By Dan Roe | November 7, 2022
Five GOP senators wrote the leaders of 51 large ESG practices on Nov. 4 to threaten antitrust scrutiny over alleged "collusive action to restrict the supply of coal, oil, and gas."
By Jason Grant | September 16, 2022
The Mackie Shea attorneys have joined Burns & Levinson's environmental and real estate groups, giving the law firm what it says is "one of the largest environmental practices in the region."
By Linda A. Thompson | July 25, 2022
Fossil Fuel companies are using a 1990s investment agreement treaty to recoup investment losses suffered as a result of governments' plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions. NGOs have called the treaty a "climate action killer" and lawyers say it has created a regulatory chill.
By Marcia Coyle | June 30, 2022
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. led the the 6-3 majority.
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