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Thomas Clarke
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
EPA Releases First Round Of Peer Review Toxicity Testing Data For 8 Oil Dispersants
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The US Environmental Protection Agency has released peer reviewed results from the first round of its own independent toxicity testing on eight oil dispersants. EPA conducted testing to ensure that decisions about ongoing dispersant...
johnlwatkins
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Thoughts From The HB Litigation Conference On BP Oil Spill, Developing Legal, Insurance Issues
By John L. Watkins, Shareholder, Chorey, Taylor & Feil Last week, courtesy of my friends at LEXIS, I attended the HB Litigation Conference in Atlanta on litigation and insurance coverage issues arising from the BP oil spill disaster in the...
Bradley M. Marten
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Brad Marten On Fighting The Last War: The Relevance (And Irrelevance) Of The Exxon Valdez Oil Tanker Spill To The Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Spill
By Brad Marten A number of us in the Pacific Northwest can remember the phone call that came in the spring of 1989 telling us to come to Alaska. There had been an oil spill, the caller said, and we had better get up there right away. We packed up and...
John G. Nevius
over 12 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law Blog
Anderson Kill & Olick Examine Insurance Implications of Gulf Oil Spill
By John G. Nevius, Shareholder, Anderson Kill & Olick P.C. Reports on the recent collapsed of the Deepwater Horizon rig and associated oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico seem to be going from bad to worse. It's too early to predict how insurance...
Marc Lanzkowsky
over 12 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law Blog
Expect Gulf Oil Slick Claims to be Extensive and Impact Multiple Lines of Business
By Marc Lanzkowsky, Founder and Principal, Lanzko Consulting, Inc. As the losses in the gulf continue to rise, the true claims impact has yet to unfold I don’t think the insurance industry has felt the true brunt of the horrific events...
Rene L. Siemens
over 12 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law Blog
Are Costs Of Cleaning Up Radioactive Contamination Covered?
By Rene Siemens, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP For decades, insurers have denied coverage for the costs of investigating and cleaning up radioactive contamination. Insurers insist that such costs are excluded from coverage. Their position...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 11 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law Blog
Don't Expect Your Homeowner's Insurance To Cover Pollution When You Lease Your Back Yard to Shale Gas Fracking Drillers
Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley partners Thomas Clarke and Dean Pappas have published an informative article by Best's Review (February 2012) that looks at the potential risks that arise from hydrofracking operations, and the extent to which a typical...
johnlwatkins
over 12 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law Blog
Emerging Legal and Insurance Issues from the Gulf Oil Spill
By John L. Watkins, Shareholder, Chorey, Taylor & Feil Last week, courtesy of my friends at LEXIS, I attended the HB Litigation Conference in Atlanta on litigation and insurance coverage issues arising from the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf...
Bradley M. Marten
over 12 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Fighting the Last War: The Relevance (and Irrelevance) of the Exxon Valdez Spill to the Deepwater Horizon Spill
By Brad Marten A number of us in the Pacific Northwest can remember the phone ca ll that came in the spring of 1989 telling us to come to Alaska. There had been an oil spill, the caller said, and we had better get up there right away. We packed up...
LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Comment: Obtaining a Declaratory Judgment under CERCLA: Should the Past Control the Future?
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...
LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
EPA Responds to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Since the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 22, 2010, EPA has mobilized resources to support the U.S. Coast Guard and protect public health and the environment. Our Emergency Operations Center at headquarters has been activated, trained EPA...
LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
EPA Spanish Web Site to inform Spanish-speaking public about health, environmental impacts of Oil Spill
WASHINGTON – As part of the ongoing federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, EPA has launched a Spanish language Web site to inform the Spanish-speaking public about the spill’s impact on the environment and the health of...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds that Dry Cleaning Equipment Manufacturers Must Engage in Active, Not Merely Passive, Activities to be Liable Under RCRA
In litigation involving soil and/or groundwater contamination from releases related to dry cleaning equipment and PCE, it has been common for injured property owners to sue the dry cleaning equipment manufacturers, among others. One of the primary legal...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Oil from Gulf of Mexico spill may still be present, particularly on the Gulf floor
Prior posts have noted that the dispersants used in the BP spill had a longer than anticipated life in the Gulf. Additionally, prior posts have noted the evidence supporting the thesis that the oil was consumed by microbes unusually fast. Recently published...
Sedina L. Banks
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Settling Party Barred from Bringing a CERCLA Section 107(a) Claim
By Sedina L. Banks, Attorney, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP Last week, in the case of Solutia, Inc. and Pharmacia Corp. v. McWane, Inc. (Solutia) , the Eleventh Circuit held that a party that performs a cleanup in compliance...
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