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U.S. Supreme Court cuts punitive damages against Exxon in Valdez case

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 31 2008

The Supreme Court of the United States in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, No. 07-2007 (2008), recently reduced punitive damages against Exxon from U.S. $2.5 billion to U.S. $507.5 million in a case stemming from the massive oil spill of the supertanker Exxon Valdez in 1989

Diesel emissions California

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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October 31 2007

In Pacific Merchant Shipping Association v Cackette, 9th Cir, No 07-16695, 23.10.07 a federal appeals court lifted an injunction blocking California from requiring marine vessels to use cleaner burning fuels to power auxiliary engines, pending the appeal of a trial court decision that concluded the Clean Air Act pre-empted the requirement

Exxon Valdez

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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June 30 2008

A judgment of the U.S. Supreme Court dated 25th June cut the punitive damages award from the Valdez spill and placed stiff limits on such awards based on U.S. maritime law

Court dismisses lawsuit challenging Michigan ballast water

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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November 30 2007

A U.S. District Court in Michigan recently upheld a state law regulating ballast water discharges from oceangoing ships, dismissing a lawsuit by an industry group that claimed the law was unconstitutional and preempted by federal legislation

Recent US developments in vessel air emissions

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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April 7 2010

Matthew Thomas, a Shipping Partner in our Washington DC office, reports on recent US developments in vessel air emissions, in particular focussing on initiatives to limit CO2 emissions in the shipping industry

EPA proposes transport rule to replace CAIR: new rule governs air emission from utilities only

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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July 14 2010

In two previous Client Alerts, we have reported the vacation of the Clean Air Interstate Rule ("CAIR") by the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia in North Carolina v EPA, 531 F3d 896 (2008) (North Carolina I) and CAIR's subsequent, temporary resuscitation by the Circuit Court, North Carolina v EPA, 550 F3d 1176 (2008) (North Carolina II), pending the drafting of a replacement rule by EPA

Pennsylvania gets tough on trucks hauling waste water from drilling operations

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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June 25 2010

According to a press release this week by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the "Pennsylvania State Police placed 250 commercial vehicles out of service" earlier this month as part of an effort to enforce various environmental and traffic safety laws in areas that have seen an increase in heavy truck traffic as a result of Marcellus Shale drilling operations

California Air Resources Board adopts Proposed Regulations for ocean-going vessel diesel fuel content

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 31 2008

On July 24, 2008, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) adopted Proposed Regulations requiring use of lower sulfur marine distillate fuel in ocean-going vessels' main and auxiliary engines and auxiliary boilers

US Environmental Protection Agency

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 30 2007

On 29.11.07 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued plans for new emission standards, targeting emissions from "Category 3" marine engines, used primarily for propulsion power on ocean-going vessels, such as container ships, tankers, cruise ships and bulk carriers