The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alana E. Fortna | April 2, 2020
While there are several interesting environmental cases currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, two cases are particularly relevant for any legal practitioner handling Superfund cases, whether they involve site remediation issues or litigation over the cleanup costs.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Daniel P. Hido and Hannah L. Baldwin | March 19, 2020
There have been several notable developments recently regarding the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (PADEP) water quality standards regulations at 25 Pa. Code Chapter 93.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Bernadette M. Rappold | March 12, 2020
The "circular economy" is coming to Pennsylvania. And if recent polling data are correct, it cannot come a moment too soon—and Pennsylvania attorneys and advisers would be well-advised to become acquainted with the coalescing legal and market forces that are driving the transition.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | March 11, 2020
While traditional oil and gas work has declined, activity in the sector includes lateral hiring, a new firm concentrating on energy litigation, and a firm beefing up energy ranks with transplants.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kate Campbell | February 24, 2020
The surge in toxic tort cases on account of PFAS and other so-called "emerging contaminants" has caused me to revisit my prediction, and serves as a reminder of how public health concerns can shape the law in some fairly fundamental ways.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David G. Mandelbaum | February 6, 2020
The interplay among the private cost recovery provision of Section 107(a)(1-4)(B) and the contribution provisions of Section 113(f)— all informed by the statute of limitations of Section 113(g)—have created a very substantial, practical settlement problem. But the problem is a little obscure, a bit of a mind pretzel.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ben Clapp, Varun Shekhar, Casey J. Snyder and Brianne K. Kurdock | January 30, 2020
If a newly proposed rulemaking is finalized, the process by which federal agencies are required to analyze the environmental impacts caused by their actions could be comprehensively updated for the first time in over four decades.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Aaron Nelson | January 30, 2020
While some manufacturers have argued that bioaccumulation only occurs with the older, so-called "long-chain" PFAS, not "short-chain" PFAS, both are equally toxic. PFAS have been linked to heightened cholesterol, cancer, low infant birth weights, immunological effects and thyroid hormone disruption.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | January 23, 2020
In an apparent case of first impression that drew heavy amicus interest from natural gas industry organizations, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has determined that the rule of capture, which precludes trespass liability for drillers where oil and gas drains from surrounding lands in the course of conventional extraction from an underground pool, applies where shale gas is extracted through hydraulic fracturing.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David G. Mandelbaum | January 16, 2020
By my count, the three Pennsylvania appellate courts decided 27 environmental cases in 2019.
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