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Groundwater Connection to Navigable Waters Sufficient for CWA Violation
Litigation Blog
April 17, 2018
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decides EQT Case, Holding Daily Penalties Do Not Accrue for Continuing Presence of Pollutants In Waters of the Commonwealth
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 9, 2018
PA Commonwealth Court Holds that Corporate Officer May Be Liable for Deliberate Inaction Under Participation Theory
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 26, 2018
Fifth Circuit Affirms $81 Million Clean Water Act Civil Penalty
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 14, 2018
New Jersey Appellate Division Upholds Historic NRD Settlement; Environmental Groups Appeal
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 5, 2018
The Northern District of New York Weighs In On State Court Orders and Section 107
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 1, 2018
Attorney-Client, Work-Product Protections With Respect to Outside Consultants
The Legal Intelligencer
February 27, 2018
Ninth Circuit Holds Indirect Discharges Into Navigable Waters Violates the Clean Water Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 2, 2018
EHB Upholds Plan Approval, Rejecting Challenge Under Article I, Section 27
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 1, 2018
Montana Court Rules CERCLA Does Not Preempt Claims For Restoration Damages
MGKF Litigation Blog
January 24, 2018
Supreme Court Holds Appeals of “Waters of the United States” Rule Must Proceed in District Court
MGKF Litigation Blog
January 22, 2018
A Year in Review: The EPA and the Trump Administration
The Legal Intelligencer
January 11, 2018
District of New Hampshire Declines to Dismiss PFA-Related Property Damage Claims; Undecided on Medical Monitoring Damages
MGKF Litigation Blog
December 21, 2017
First Circuit Affirms District Court's Grant of Summary Judgment In Favor Of Monsanto in PCB Property Contamination Suit
MGKF Litigation Blog
December 19, 2017
Sustainability in the Food and Beverage Industry
December 2017 issue of EM Magazine
December 7, 2017
EHB Finds Another Violation of PA's Environmental Rights Amendment, But Again Only in the Presence of a Regulatory Violation
MGKF Litigation Blog
November 22, 2017
Settlements and CERCLA Contribution Claims--A Lesson in Careful Drafting
The Legal Intelligencer
November 16, 2017
NJ District Court Holds that Companies Cannot Knock Out Claim for Primary Restoration Natural Resource Damages under the Spill Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
November 13, 2017
Overturning Trial Court, Ninth Circuit Rejects 0% Allocation to U.S. Government
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 24, 2017
In A Town's Fight Against Gas Drilling, Preemption is Key
Law360
October 23, 2017
Ninth Circuit Holds Historic RCRA Settlement Did Not Trigger 3-Year Statute of Limitations for CERCLA 113 Contribution Claims
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 16, 2017
On Remand, Backed By Facts, Dico Again Held To Be An Arranger
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 9, 2017
Pennsylvania and Federal Law Preempt Municipal Home Rule Charter
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 4, 2017
New Jersey Appellate Division Ruling Expands the List of Potential Owners Eligible for Innocent Party Grants under the Brownfield Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 28, 2017
Superfund Sites: Sweeping Up the Past, Present and Future
The Legal Intelligencer
September 18, 2017
D.C. Circuit Vacates Rule Regulating Hydrofluorocarbons Under The Clean Air Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 30, 2017
What Does It Mean To 'Consider' Pipeline Risk Factors?
Law360
August 29, 2017
Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board Sets Guidelines for Challenges to PADEP Permitting Decisions
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 16, 2017
Fifth Circuit Holds Past Pipeline Spills Not Dispositive in Determining Whether Operator “Considered” Pipeline Risk Factors
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 15, 2017
Tenth Circuit Rejects "Indicia of Ownership" Test to Hold Title Owner Liable Under CERCLA
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 3, 2017
PA Supreme Court Revives Heightened Environmental Rights Amendment Test
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 31, 2017
Company Waived Attorney-Client Privilege by Sharing Privileged Communication with Consultant, Superior Court Holds
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 30, 2017
Threatened, Endangered Species Playing Role in Project Planning
The Legal Intelligencer - Environmental & Energy Supplement
July 27, 2017
Love Canal’s Legacy – Second Circuit Affirms Pollution Exclusion in Plumber’s Insurance Policy Bars Defense and Indemnification Claims
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 20, 2017
D.C. Circuit Acts Quickly To Vacate EPA's Stay of Methane Rule
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 7, 2017
Rule for Common-Control Determinations in Air Permitting Rejected
The Legal Intelligencer
July 7, 2017
D.C. Circuit Holds the Effluent Data Need Not Be Disclosed in Response to FOIA Request
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 27, 2017
Commonwealth Court Upholds Municipal Ordinance Allowing Drilling in R-AG Districts
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 26, 2017
Michigan Appeals Court Declines to Dismiss Dioxin Pollution Suit on Statute of Limitations Grounds
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 8, 2017
U.S. Army Corps Proposes to Remove Navigational Servitude Affecting Philadelphia Properties
MGKF Special Alert
June 5, 2017
Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board Tells Third Circuit, “Don’t Tread on Me”
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 1, 2017
Second Circuit Upholds Principle that Passive Sandwich Lessee is Neither an "Owner" nor an "Operator" under CERCLA
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 18, 2017
Eighth Circuit Affirms Pipeline Spill Issues Too Individualized for Class Treatment
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 15, 2017
Reauthorization of the NFIP Could Expand Flood Coverage
The Legal Intelligencer
May 12, 2017
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Finds Latent Property Contamination Triggers “Occurrence” Insurance Coverage Prior to Discovery of the Contamination
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 1, 2017
Second Circuit Lacks Jurisdiction to Review District Judge’s Enforcement of a Bankruptcy Settlement Against Pennsylvania Toxic Tort Plaintiffs
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 26, 2017
Communications With A Consultant, Even If Not Privileged, May Be Protected
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 24, 2017
New Jersey Supreme Court Declares Spill Act Is Not Retroactive for the State’s Own Liability
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 30, 2017
Court Finds the Clean Water Act Covers Discharges to Groundwater Hydrologically Connected to Surface Waters, But Requires Monitoring Instead of Penalties
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 29, 2017
New Jersey Appellate Division Applies Equitable Principles in Allocating Investigation Costs Between Neighboring PRPs
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 10, 2017
Facing the Behemoth: Gorsuch's Implications for Environmental Law
The Legal Intelligencer
February 28, 2017
Motions to Dismiss PFOA/PFOS RCRA Injunctive Relief Action Denied in N.D. Alabama
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 16, 2017
Fourth Circuit Holds NPDES Permit Is Not An Absolute Shield From CWA Liability
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 10, 2017
Federal District Court in Michigan Reaffirms the Comprehensive Scope of the Safe Drinking Water Act in Protecting Public Water Systems
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 6, 2017
EPA's 2016 Enforcement Results: An Indicator for 2017?
The Legal Intelligencer
January 13, 2017
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Limits DEP’s Continuing-Violations Penalty Policy under the Clean Streams Law
MGKF Litigation Blog
January 12, 2017
Tenth Circuit Rules Bankruptcy Settlement Not a Bar to CERCLA Contribution Action
MGKF Litigation Blog
January 9, 2017
Prior Property Owner Fails to Escape New Jersey Environmental Suit Because of Ambiguity in the Purchase and Sales Agreement of a Contaminated Property
MGKF Litigation Blog
December 21, 2016
New York Court Awards $1.7 Million in Litigation Costs to Insured for CERCLA Defense
MGKF Litigation Blog
December 15, 2016
TSCA Amendments Promise New Chemical Regulation in 2017
The Legal Intelligencer
November 11, 2016
Michigan District Court Grants Motion to Dismiss Common Law Claims Relating to Refinery Emissions
MGKF Litigation Blog
November 3, 2016
New Jersey Appellate Division Rules That Remediation Efforts May Lead to Spoliation of Evidence
MGKF Litigation Blog
November 2, 2016
Expert Report Calculating Damages in Excess of $5 Million Triggers Right to Removal under CAFA
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 31, 2016
Supreme Court Revisits Robinson Township to Strike Down Additional Provisions of Act 13
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 25, 2016
U.S. District Court in Illinois Weighs in on RCRA Injunctive Relief in Citizen Suits When Proceedings Regarding the Same Contamination Are Ongoing
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 25, 2016

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