Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 26 Apr 2013
An Iowa state court recently overturned the state's Utility Board determination that a solar power systems vendor was a public utility when it set up…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 24 Feb 2012
The City of San Francisco has sued the U.S. Department of Transportation alleging that the agency’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was negligent in supervising state regulatory agencies and public utilities, which left gas pipeline operators in California unregulated, and purportedly contributed to a natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion.
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 1 Jul 2011
The Federal Claims Court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a federal contractor seeking indemnification from the United States for toxic tort and environmental cleanup claims arising out of work the contractor performed for the Atomic Energy Commission.
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 25 Feb 2011
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is not required to hold a closed hearing on its decision to forgo an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the potential effects of a terrorist attack before approving additional nuclear waste storage at a California power plant.
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 11 Feb 2011
EPA has announced that it will develop the first national standard for perchlorate in drinking water because of concerns that the chemical might affect the normal function of the thyroid gland.