Is gasoline a defective product? Jury hits Exxon Mobil with $236 million verdict *

USA - April 23 2013
After losing a nearly three-month trial to the tune of $236 million, Exxon Mobil Corp. ("Exxon") will appeal the jury verdict issued in the New…

Challenge to EPA's non-road engine emissions rules denied as time-barred *

USA - January 24 2013
On January 15, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed the American Road and Transportation Builders…

EPA finalizes stricter clean air standards for soot emissions *

USA - December 20 2012
New Clean Air Act standards for fine particulate matter ("PM2.5"), including soot, were recently announced by the United States Environmental Protection…

Portland cement facilities challenge new EPA rules *

USA - January 22 2012
On December 9, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia invalidated and delayed the implementation of certain provisions in the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) new rules governing hazardous pollutants emitted from cement kilns.

Co-authors: Frank J. Deveau.