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Friends of the earth: how ECJ judges have smoothed the way for applicants to bring claims in environmental cases

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
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  • May 18 2013

R (on the application of Edwards and Pallikaropoulos) v Environment Agency (C26011) The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that in deciding

Cities’ effort to avoid county water discharge suit fails

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 17 2013

A California Court of Appeal has declined to dismiss claims by Los Angeles County that water discharges from nearby cities constitute a nuisance

Trial court finds effort to force EPA to publish oil dispersant guidelines filed too late

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 17 2013

A federal court in the District of Columbia has dismissed a lawsuit initiated by several environmental groups seeking to compel the U.S

5th Circuit dismisses claims GHGs intensified Hurricane Katrina on res judicata grounds

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 17 2013

On May 14, 2013, the 5th Circuit dismissed a suit filed by Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and property owners against more than 30 companies and

Court dismisses Los Angeles challenge to air emission controls for dry lake

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2013

A federal court in California has dismissed the action for declaratory and injunctive relief filed by the City of Los Angeles (LA) challenging the

Court finds harm indivisible and liability joint and several in CERCLA suit

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2013

A federal court in Wisconsin has ruled that a defendant in a cost-recovery action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Fifth Circuit knocks out climate change liability lawsuit again

  • McCarter & English LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 16 2013

Res judicata is one of those phrases learned in law school that seemed of limited utility. How often is someone going to bring the same claim twice

Planning permission quashed due to last minute condition

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2013

There has been an interesting case on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Habitats Regs Appropriate Assessment (AA). This is the case of

Court orders jail time for dumping waste containing asbestos

  • Norton Rose Australia
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  • Australia
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  • May 15 2013

Although the Land and Environment Court of NSW very regularly determines pollution related matters in its criminal jurisdiction, it is very rare for

Ontario Court of Appeal upholds environmental remediation order against innocent landowners

  • Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 15 2013

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that innocent landowners can be subject to remediation orders even if they are not responsible for the