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Hazardous material transportation penalties increase

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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April 26 2013

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a final rule on April 17, 2013, revising maximum and minimum civil penalties for

Home confinement and probation for illegal asbestos removal

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 25 2013

A federal court in New Jersey has sentenced a construction worker to three years of probation, including six months of home confinement, for

Third Circuit upholds criminal convictions for environmental and worker safety violations

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 28 2012

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions and sentencing of a New Jersey pipe manufacturer and four managers for multiple violations of environmental and worker safety laws

Report recommends improved job-impact analyses in regulatory assessments

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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April 20 2012

A recent Institute for Policy Integrity report from the New York University School of Law suggests that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and policy advocates should do more to incorporate job-impact analyses into their environmental regulation assessments

Federal court rules company not liable for contamination at employee’s home

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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December 2 2011

A federal court in Minnesota has ruled that a public utility corporation is not a potentially responsible party (PRP) under CERCL A for contamination caused when an employee brought home electrical capacitors that contaminated his property

Federal court rules documents underlying OSHA report discoverable in RCRA suit

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 19 2011

A federal court in Wisconsin has determined that background documents underlying an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) report for an employer are discoverable in a RCRA lawsuit filed against a company that allegedly contributed to groundwater pollution on the employer’s property

USDA sued over refusal to allow agency employees to testify

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 20 2011

Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) has sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the agency’s refusal to allow U.S. Forest Service employees to testify in a lawsuit seeking up to $1 billion in damages allegedly caused by a 2007 forest fire

Eleventh Circuit refuses to recognize Nicaraguan court judgment for banana workers

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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Nicaragua, USA
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April 1 2011

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court ruling finding that a $97 million judgment entered by a Nicaraguan court to compensate 150 Nicaraguan agricultural workers for injuries allegedly caused by workplace exposure to a pesticide is unenforceable under Florida law

NIOSH proposes exposure limits for carbon nanotubes

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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December 17 2010

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has proposed a recommended exposure level of seven micrograms per cubic meter of air for carbon nanotubes and nanofibers

Study links occupational BPA exposure to lower semen quality

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 29 2010

A recent study funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has reportedly linked workplace bisphenol A (BPA) exposure to "1 decreased sperm concentration, 2 decreased total sperm count, 3 decreased sperm vitality, and 4 decreased sperm motility