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Removal Pitfalls: Toxic Tort Case Remanded Back To State Court
Posted on 27 Feb 2012 by Steven M. Siros

By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block A recent federal court decision out of the Northern District of Ohio illustrates the importance of carefully evaluating when the 30-day deadline for filing a removal petition begins to run. In Tolloty... Read More

Tags: Steven M. Siros , landfills , Jenner Block , joinder , Jenner &amp , toxic chemicals , diversity , removal petition , state proceedings , Block Corporate Environmental Lawyer Blog , Northern District of Ohio , Tolloty et al. v. Republic Services , amp

State Agency does not necessarily have exclusive expertise to address remediation such that CWA & RCRA citizen suit claims are to be dismissed, especially where there is a lack of ongoing formal state proceedings
Posted on 25 Oct 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

NL Industries owned a site through 2005. It entered into an administrative consent order with the State of New Jersey which required it to clean-up part of a site and investigate other portions, including sediments in an adjacent river. The sediments... Read More

Tags: Thomas Clarke , Burford , pollutant , primary jurisdiction , citizen suit , CWA , contaminated water , abstention , state proceedings , river , Clean Water Act , RCRA

State Agency does not necessarily have exclusive expertise to address remediation such that CWA & RCRA citizen suit claims are to be dismissed, especially where there is a lack of ongoing formal state proceedings
Posted on 25 Oct 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

NL Industries owned a site through 2005. It entered into an administrative consent order with the State of New Jersey which required it to clean-up part of a site and investigate other portions, including sediments in an adjacent river. The sediments... Read More

Tags: Thomas Clarke , Burford , pollutant , primary jurisdiction , citizen suit , CWA , contaminated water , abstention , state proceedings , river , Clean Water Act , RCRA

Removal Pitfalls: Toxic Tort Case Remanded Back To State Court
Posted on 27 Feb 2012 by Steven M. Siros

By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block A recent federal court decision out of the Northern District of Ohio illustrates the importance of carefully evaluating when the 30-day deadline for filing a removal petition begins to run. In Tolloty... Read More

Tags: Steven M. Siros , landfills , Jenner Block , joinder , Jenner &amp , toxic chemicals , diversity , removal petition , state proceedings , Block Corporate Environmental Lawyer Blog , Northern District of Ohio , Tolloty et al. v. Republic Services , amp