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Federal Court Dismisses all but CERCLA Cost Recovery Claim in Challenge to McClellan Air Force Base Clean-Up
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 29, 2022
Colorado District Magistrate Judge Holds That PRPs to a Contribution Claim Do Not Themselves Have a Contribution Claim Under CERCLA
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 26, 2022
District Court Holds Abatable Soil Contamination Remains a Continuous Nuisance in Statute of Limitations Dispute
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 22, 2022
The Uphill Battle to Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Legal Intelligencer
September 15, 2022
Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Clean Water Act Citizen Suit On Inadequate Notice
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 1, 2022
Eighth Circuit Holds Neighboring Property Owners Lacked Constitutional Standing to Challenge Amended Consent Decree in Chemical Plant Remediation
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 22, 2022
Delaware Superior Court Dismisses State's Common Law Claims For PCB Contamination
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 2, 2022
NPL Listing Upheld for Groundwater Plume with No Identified Source
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 20, 2022
Fifth Circuit Confirms Right to Jury Trial Under the Oil Pollution Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 6, 2022
US Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority to Establish Emission Guidelines for the Power Sector
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 1, 2022
Federal Court Dismisses State Common Law Claims as Preempted By CERCLA Consent Decree
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 27, 2022
Pandemic Highlights Increased Pesticide Regulation Enforcement from Agencies
The Legal Intelligencer
May 27, 2022
First Circuit Overrules Precedent By Holding That Administrative Enforcement Does Not Bar CWA Citizens Suit
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 9, 2022
New Jersey Judge Certifies Class in PFOA Claims Against Water Utility Company
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 2, 2022
Sixth Circuit Finds Declaratory Relief Judgment Sufficient to Trigger 113(f)(1) Claim
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 29, 2022
Supreme Court of New Jersey Holds that Permittee Should Be Named as a Party to Appeal Affecting Project
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 19, 2022
Court Rules Arranger Must Know or Should Have Known of Hazardous Properties for Liability to Attach
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 5, 2022
Nexus Between Prior Owner of Contaminated Property and Discharge Required for Liability Under New Jersey Spill Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 7, 2022
Pennsylvania Federal Court Denies Class Certification in Incinerator Odor Lawsuit
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 28, 2022
Corporate Compliance in the Age of Environmental Justice
The Legal Intelligencer
February 24, 2022
Eleventh Circuit Holds that the Oil Pollution Act Shields Federal Government From Liability
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 17, 2022
Fourth Circuit Affirms Remand of WV State Tort Claims Involving RCRA Site
MGKF Litigation Blog
January 24, 2022
S.D.N.Y. Court Dismisses PFAS Related Claims Due to Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Plaintiff’s Failure to State a Claim
MGKF Litigation Blog
January 18, 2022
New Jersey Court Holds Property Buyer’s Consent to Institutional Controls is Binding on Subsequent Buyer
MGKF Litigation Blog
December 15, 2021
District Court Addresses Definition of Disposal and Compliance with NCP in Ruling on CERCLA Summary Judgment Motions
MGKF Litigation Blog
December 10, 2021
First Circuit Distinguishes “Release” from “Disposal” in Affirming CERCLA Liability of Facility Owner
MGKF Litigation Blog
November 24, 2021
Status of EPA's Compliance With Biden's Executive Order on the Environment
The Legal Intelligencer
November 9, 2021
New York Appellate Court Dismisses Claims Against Odorous Landfill Due To Narrow Scope Of State Law
MGKF Litigation Blog
November 3, 2021
Maryland District Court Holds That Acts Prior To Bankruptcy Discharged Defendant’s CERCLA Liability
MGFK Litigation Blog
October 20, 2021
Sixth Circuit Holds that GE’s Sale of Railcars and Transformers to Railroad Does Not Give Rise to CERCLA Operator or Arranger Liability
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 30, 2021
Recent Developments of Environmental Justice Initiatives at the Federal, State Level
The Legal Intelligencer
September 14, 2021
Seventh Circuit Vacates Trial Court’s Decision to Apportion Liability from Commingled Groundwater Plume
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 10, 2021
United States is not Released From $65 Million WWII-Era Avgas Liability
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 26, 2021
Second Circuit Holds CERCLA Claims Were Prudentially Ripe Despite Ongoing PRP Investigation by EPA
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 24, 2021
Res Judicata No Bar to Second Suit for Remediation Costs Incurred After Filing of First Complaint
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 16, 2021
MDL Court Holds Allegations Against Foreign Parent Entity Sufficient for Personal Jurisdiction but Insufficient for Liability
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 10, 2021
Ninth Circuit Holds Sovereign Immunity Protects Tribe From Suit Under the Clean Water Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 12, 2021
Third Circuit Holds that Air Emission Exceedances Governed by a Permit Are Not Subject to a Duplicative CERCLA Reporting Requirement
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 7, 2021
US Supreme Court Holds Pipeline Companies May Exercise Federal Eminent Domain to Acquire State Land Under Natural Gas Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 1, 2021
Supreme Court Restores EPA’s Extension of Certain Renewable Fuel Program Exemptions
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 29, 2021
Commonwealth Court of PA Holds that Natural Gas Act Does Not Divest the Environmental Hearing Board of Jurisdiction Over Appeals of Agency Actions
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 25, 2021
Colorado Supreme Court Denies County Immunity from State Environmental Enforcement Action
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 17, 2021
The Next Wave of PFAS Defendants: Smaller Industrial Users
The Legal Intelligencer
June 3, 2021
US Supreme Court Broadens Scope of Review in Climate Change Appeal, With Possible Profound Effects for Ongoing Environmental Litigation
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 28, 2021
Supreme Court Tries to Set a Bright Dividing Line on CERCLA Claims, but has it?
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 25, 2021
Virtual Hearings and Trials - A Look Back One Year Later
written for the 2021 ABA Litigation Section Virtual Annual Conference
May 7, 2021
Dismissal of New York City’s Climate Change Suit Affirmed by Second Circuit on Preemption Grounds
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 30, 2021
Sustainability Reporting - Today's Top Three Trends
The Legal Intelligencer
April 20, 2021
Seventh Circuit Interprets "Claim" to Rule that Buyer Must Indemnify Seller for Superfund Liability
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 15, 2021

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