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Ohio District Court Addresses CERCLA Limitations Periods in Dismissing Claim
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 7, 2020
Second Circuit Clarifies That There Can Be More Than One Remedial Action Under CERCLA For Statute of Limitations Purposes
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 4, 2020
Permit Me to Explain Superfund Restricts State and Local Permitting Requirements
2020 Natural Resources & Environment by the American Bar Association
July 28, 2020
New York Court of Appeals Reinstates Finding That A Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Provides an Exemption from Public Review
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 27, 2020
Third Circuit Revives Class Action Odor Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Landfill
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 20, 2020
Trial Court Finds Broad Assumption of Liabilities in Corporate Minutes Sufficient to Confer Personal Jurisdiction and Impose Liability
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 14, 2020
PA Court Affirms That De Facto Takings Must be Shown to Have Been Result of Deliberate and Purposeful Action
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 6, 2020
Reversing the Fourth Circuit, US Supreme Court Finds Forest Service Can Lease Land Under Park Service Trails
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 16, 2020
Air Chapter of the 9th Edition of the New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook
New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook (Ninth Edition)
June 5, 2020
The New Clean Water Act 'Functional Equivalent' for Indirect Discharge Permitting
The Legal Intelligencer
June 4, 2020
N.J. Appellate Division Applies "More Liberal" Certification Standards To Property Owner Class
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 1, 2020
Two Courts Require Symptomatic Condition for Tort Claims and Place Limitations on Availability of Medical Monitoring Damages
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 22, 2020
Third Circuit Finds U.S. Government Not Liable as an Operator under CERCLA for Former Chromite Defense Site
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 11, 2020
Supreme Court Establishes "Functional Equivalent” Standard for Permitting Discharges to Groundwater Under the Clean Water Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 23, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Holds State Courts Can Hear Challenges To EPA-Approved Clean-Ups
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 22, 2020
Federal Circuit Dismisses Takings Claim Relating to Environmental Contamination for Being Out of Time
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 21, 2020
Court Finds Harm from Commingled Groundwater Plume Divisible Under Section 107(a) of CERCLA
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 17, 2020
NJ Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of State’s Trespass Claim in NRD Lawsuit
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 15, 2020
Court Holds Environmental Penalties Are Dischargeable In Bankruptcy
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 1, 2020
California District Court Finds Temporary Diminution in Property Value Sufficient to Withstand Summary Judgment on Common Law Claims
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 26, 2020
PA Court Allows Township to Challenge Validity of State Statutes Under Environmental Rights Amendment
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 11, 2020
D.C. Circuit Follows Trend on Non-CERCLA Settlements Leaving Guam Footing $160M CERCLA Bill
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 3, 2020
Will PFAS Litigation Revive Class Treatment for Medical Monitoring Claims?
The Legal Intelligencer
February 28, 2020
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Dismisses Environmental Rights Amendment Challenge
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 24, 2020
Third Circuit Holds That “Stigma Damages” for Pipeline Projects Must be Supported by Objective, Reliable Evidence
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 14, 2020
Magistrate Recommends Common Law Claims Against Air Force Barred by Sovereign Immunity
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 3, 2020
Rule of Capture Applies to Hydraulic Fracturing in PA, but Door is Still Open to Trespass and Conversion Claims
MGKF Litigation Blog
January 27, 2020
EDPA Dismisses Medical Monitoring Claims for PFOS/PFOA
MGKF Litigation Blog
January 21, 2020
The EPA's Most Significant Actions of 2019
Law360
January 13, 2020
Ninth Circuit Affirms Lower Court Decision to Apply Constructive Submission Doctrine and Compel EPA to Issue a Temperature TMDL for Rivers in Washington and Oregon
MGKF Litigation Blog
January 9, 2020
Federal Claims Court Finds U.S. Government Liable to Private Property Owners for Tropical Storm Harvey Flooding
MGKF Litigation Blog
December 30, 2019
Reluctant to Unbuild, Courts Rule Against Challengers of Already-Completed Energy Projects
MGKF Litigation Blog
December 23, 2019
Third Circuit Holds Contribution Action Accrues on Entry of Consent Order but Doesn’t Decide Which Limitations Period Applies
MGKF Litigation Blog
November 26, 2019
New Pa. DEP Fill Material Increases Project Complexity
Law360
November 25, 2019
NJ Superior Court Upholds Municipal Courts’ Jurisdiction to Issue Civil Penalties Under the N.J. Spill Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
November 18, 2019
Environmental Groups, State AGs Challenge Endangered Species Act Revisions
The Legal Intelligencer
November 14, 2019
Fifth Circuit Rules Landfill Odors Are Permanent Nuisance
MGKF Litigation Blog
November 4, 2019
Montana Supreme Court Holds No Private Right of Enforcement of Water Use Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 28, 2019
Federal Court Holds Medical Monitoring Available for PFAS Exposure
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 14, 2019
Court Holds Most Defendants Can't Escape Liability at Premcor Refinery Site
MGKF Litigation Blog
October 3, 2019
NJ Court Holds Public Trust Doctrine Trumps Exclusivity Element of Trespass Claim
The Legal Intelligencer
October 3, 2019
Third Circuit Holds That Private Companies Cannot Condemn State-Owned Property Under the National Gas Act
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 17, 2019
Waiver Results In Sixth Circuit Rejecting Challenge to Aribtration Provision in Superfund Settlement Agreement
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 12, 2019
Seventh Circuit Holds That Resolving Some Cleanup Liability Under Any Statute Triggers a Contribution Action
MGKF Litigation Blog
September 12, 2019
Third Circuit Holds State Law Determines Just Compensation For Takings By Natural Gas Companies
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 16, 2019
NJ Supreme Court Vacates Spill Act Arbitration Decision
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 5, 2019
Breaking From Other Districts, US District Court Of Rhode Island Remands Climate Change Public-Nuisance Case To State Court
MGKF Litigation Blog
August 2, 2019
Proceeds from Oil and Gas Leases Must Be Used for Conservation Purposes Under PA's Environmental Rights Amendment
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 31, 2019
Ninth Circuit Upholds Broad Release of CERCLA Claims
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 30, 2019
EPA Finalizes Affordable Clean Energy Rule
The Legal Intelligencer
July 30, 2019
Supreme Court Decision in Knick Paves Direct Path to Federal Court for Property Owners
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 23, 2019
Supreme Court Limits Deference Owed to Agency Interpretations of Regulations
MGKF Litigation Blog
July 18, 2019
Commonwealth Court Upholds Environmental Hearing Board’s Denial of Sierra Club’s Fee Petition in Third-Party Permit Challenge
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 25, 2019
Energy Companies Prevail Against Landowners In Two Cases Involving Subsurface Drilling
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 14, 2019
Ninth Circuit Holds Forest Service’s Failure To Regulate Use Of Lead Ammunition Creates Justiciable Controversy Under RCRA
MGKF Litigation Blog
June 4, 2019
Two Recent Cases Underscore the Importance of Highly Skilled Expert Witnesses on Causation
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 20, 2019
PA Supreme Court Declines Appeal, Leaving Commonwealth Court’s Interpretation of the Environmental Rights Amendment Intact
MGKF Litigation Blog
May 16, 2019
D.C. Circuit Largely Upholds EPA’s Treatment of Confidentiality Under TSCA
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 30, 2019
Eighth Circuit Upholds Finding that Dico Arranged For Disposal under CERCLA
MGKF Litigation Blog
April 22, 2019
MDL Court Denies Response Contractors’ Motions to Dismiss in Gold King Mine Case
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 28, 2019
Supreme Court Finds Duty to Warn of Potential Asbestos Exposure and Adopts a Required Part Standard in Maritime Toxic Tort Context
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 28, 2019
EDPA Dismisses Putative Class Action Nuisance and Negligence
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 18, 2019
MDL Court Finds Federal Government Not Entitled to Sovereign Immunity for Gold King Mine Release
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 7, 2019
Delaware Superior Court Holds DNREC Cannot Use Cease-and-Desist Authority to Mandate Corrective Action
MGKF Litigation Blog
March 5, 2019
Can Bystanders Make Failure-to-Warn Claims in Toxic Tort Cases?
The Legal Intelligencer
February 26, 2019
District Court Rejects “Anticipatory” Pre-Suit Notice Letter in Dismissing Clean Water Act Claim
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 11, 2019
Sixth Circuit Holds Forced Pooling Is Not A Taking
MGKF Litigation Blog
February 7, 2019

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