• Revitalize Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust v. National Grid USA

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Beth Robinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Laura E. Jensen, on the brief, Jeffrey D. Talbert, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, Portland, ME. For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Alan J. Knauf, Linda R. Shaw, Amy K. Kendall, Jonathan R. Tantillo, Knauf Shaw LLP, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Lockheed Martin Corporation: Steven T. Miano, Peter V. Keays, on the brief, Robert A. Wiygul, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendant-Appellee General Electric Company: Dean S. Sommer, Kristin Carter Rowe, Young/Sommer LLC, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Northeast Management Services, Inc.: Douglas H. Zamelis, The Law Office of Douglas H. Zamelis, Cooperstown, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Syracuse Deere Road Associates, LLC and Hauler's Facility LLC: Gregory M. Brown, Fogel & Brown, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees National Grid USA and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation: Yvonne E. Hennessey, Barclay Damon LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Verizon New York Inc. as successor to Telesector Resources Group, Inc.: Philip H. Gitlen, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Honeywell International Inc.: Geoffrey Michael, Lauren C. Daniel, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Circle Business Complex LLC, North Midler Properties, LLC, and Syracuse LePage LLC: Michael A. Fogel, Fogel & Brown, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Circle Business Complex LLC, North Midler Properties, LLC, Syracuse LePage LLC, Syracuse Deere Road Associates, LLC, Hauler's Facility LLC: Patrick D. Donnelly, McGivney, Kluger Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Syracuse, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Amparit Industries, LLC: Lori E. Petrone, Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak, LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellee B&B Family Limited Partnership: Joseph R. Talarico, II, Talarico Law Firm, Fayetteville, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Jagar Enterprises, Inc.: Linda E. Alario, Syracuse, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Magna Powertrain USA, Inc., and New Process Gear, Inc.: John J. Kuster, Sidney Austin LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Onondaga Pottery Company, Inc.: Andrew C. Rose, Nixon Peabody LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Metalico New York, Inc. and Metalico Syracuse Realty, Inc.: Albert J. Millus, Jr., Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, Binghamton, NY. For Defendants-Appellees C&S Engineers, Inc. and Calocerinos and Spina: Paul D. Sylvestri, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Rochester NY. For Defendants-Appellees Carrier Corporation, Carlyle Air Conditioning Company Inc., and Raytheon Technologies Corporation f/k/a United Technologies Corporation: Elizabeth C. Barton, Erick M. Sandler, Day Pitney LLP, Hartford, CT. For Defendant-Appellee Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company: Glen R. Stuart, Adina D. Bingham, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, and Bernard J. Garbutt, III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Nokia of America Corporation and Western Electric Company, Incorporated: Meaghan G. Boyd, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, and David Venderbush, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Gardner Denver, Inc.: Daniel T. Flaherty, Daniel C.W. Narvey, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee

    Case Number: 22-1589-cv

    Consent Decree Resolved Only RACER's CERCLA Liability as to Plant, Pollutants Therefrom

  • U.S. v. Upstate Shredding LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-11-02
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: District Judge Anne M. Nardacci
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: John D. Hoggan, Esq., of counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, James T. Foley Courthouse, Albany, NY. Attorneys for Plaintiff: Rachel E. King, Esq., of counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants Upstate Shredding, LLC, and Weitsman Shredding, LLC: Doreen A Simmons, Esq., of counsel, Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 3:23-CV-00847

    $400,000 Clean Air Act Consent Decree Approved, Ordered as Fair, Reasonable

  • State of New York v. Raimondo

    Publication Date: 2023-10-19
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Energy and Natural Resources | Environmental Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard C. Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Judith N. Vale, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Stephen J. Yanni, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Lucas Issacharoff, Assistant United States Attorney, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Suffolk County: Hope Senzer Gabor, Assistant County Attorney, for Dennis M. Cohen, Suffolk County Attorney, Suffolk, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1189

    2020 Summer Flounder Quota Rules Partly Based on Shifted Location of Fish

  • Auriemma v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-06
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Rachel P. Kovner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-CV-5508

    Oil Spill Complaint Is Denied Dismissal; Claims Not Shown Untimely Under Three-Year Period

  • Washington Town Center LLC v. Jersey Markets of Washington Township LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Environmental Law | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Kenneth M. Karas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Appellant: Kenneth L. Baum, Esq., Law Offices of Kenneth L. Baum LLC, Rochelle Park, NJ.
    for defendant: Counsel for Appellee: David H. Altman, Esq., Jeffer, Hopkinson & Vogel, Hawthorne, NJ.

    Case Number: 22-CV-4825

    Court Affirms Bankruptcy Court Order Enforcing 2015 Property Remedation Order

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  • Connecticut ex rel. Tong v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee State of Connecticut: Matthew I. Levine, Deputy Associate Attorney General; Daniel M. Salton, Jonathan E. Harding, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief, Benjamin W. Cheney, Assistant Attorney General, for William M. Tong, Attorney General of Connecticut, Hartford, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation: Justin Anderson, Kyle Smith, William T. Marks, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC; Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Kevin M. Smith, Tadhg Dooley, Wiggin & Dana LLP, New Haven, CT; Robert M. Langer, Wiggin & Dana, LLP, Hartford, CT; Patrick J. Conlon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Spring, TX, on the brief, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 21-1446-CV

    CUTPA Claims Did Not Raise Transboundary Pollution as Needed Element for Liability

  • Riverkeeper Inc. v. Hudson Wholesalers Restaurant Equipment

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Todd D. Ommen, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Joseph F. Castiglione, William A. Hurst, Young, Sommer Law Firm, Executive Woods, Five Palisades Drive, Albany, NY.

    Case Number: 1:22-CV-00564

    CWA Action Dismissed; Discharge From Discernable 'Point Source' Not Alleged

  • ELG Utica Alloys Inc. v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNY
    Judge: Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: David P. Flynn, David L. Cook, Robert Reagan, Phillips Lytle LLP, One Canalside, Buffalo, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. d/b/a National Grid: Yvonne E. Hennessey, Barclay Damon LLP, Albany, NY. For Defendant Special Metals Corp.: Doreen A. Simmons, Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse, NY. For Defendant General Electric Company: Kristin Carter Rowe, Dean Sommer, Young/Sommer LLC, Executive Woods, Five Palisades Drive, Albany, NY. For Defendant Empire Recycling Corp.: Gary S. Bowitch, Law Office of Gary S. Bowitch, Castleton, NY. For Defendant Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, LLC: Agnes Antonian, Connell Foley, LLP, Roseland, NJ.

    Case Number: 6:16 CV 1523

    Court Lacks Basis to Assess Reasonable Attorney's Fees, Cannot Impose Spoliation Sanction

  • Seneca Lake Guardian v. Greenidge Generation LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-25
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
    Judge: Chief Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 6:21-CV-06063

    Permit Renewal Application's Deficiency Not Plausibly Alleged; EPA Permit Was Focus

  • Mahoney v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Frederic Block
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Plaintiffs: Eric Grant, John B. Thomas, Crystal V. Venning, Hicks Thomas LLP, Houston, TX.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Vincent Lipari, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, Central Islip, NY. For Defendant-Intervenor: Kegan A. Brown, Janice Schneider, Stacey Vanbellegham, New York, NY, Lathan & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 22-CV-1305

    Actions Too Far Removed From Trenching to Be Traceable to Plaintiffs' Injuries