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Supreme Court Denies Certiorari on GE’s Due Process Challenge to EPA Orders Under CERCLA
Posted on 7 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court has declined review of a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling holding that the Environmental Protection Agency's use of unilateral administrative orders to enforce Comprehensive... Read More

Pepper Hamilton Client Alert: Fourth Circuit Brownfields Decision Stops Short of Worst-Case Outcome
Posted on 30 May 2013 by Pepper Hamilton Environmental Law Practice Group

By Jane C. Luxton and Todd C. Fracassi, Partners, Pepper Hamilton LLP In a closely watched Superfund case decided April 4, 2013, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals interpreted the scope of landowner liability protections Congress put in place in 2002... Read More

Comment: Obtaining a Declaratory Judgment under CERCLA: Should the Past Control the Future?
Posted on 3 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

By Rachael A. Doyle Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") to address and remedy the improper disposal of toxic and hazardous wastes. Since its enactment, CERCLA has been highly... Read More

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari on GE’s Due Process Challenge to EPA Orders Under CERCLA
Posted on 7 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court has declined review of a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling holding that the Environmental Protection Agency's use of unilateral administrative orders to enforce Comprehensive... Read More

Comment: Obtaining a Declaratory Judgment under CERCLA: Should the Past Control the Future?
Posted on 3 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

By Rachael A. Doyle Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") to address and remedy the improper disposal of toxic and hazardous wastes. Since its enactment, CERCLA has been highly... Read More