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Nuisance - confirmation of old principles and costs considerations

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 10 2013

We previously reported on the case of Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Limited, in which the Court of Appeal held Biffa liable in nuisance to

Federal Court of Appeals addresses Superfund liability of brownfield developers

  • Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP
  • -
  • USA
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  • May 6 2013

In a case of first impression regarding brownfield developer liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Appeal Court confirms that innocent party must clean up pollution

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 13 2013

In a decision in Kawartha Lakes (City) v. Ontario (Environment), on May 10, 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeal of

Clearing the air a declaration and a reference to Europe

  • Thirty Nine Essex Street
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 7 2013

The NGO ClientEarth describes itself as "a group of activist lawyers committed to securing a healthy planet", using the law as a tool. It has Zac

2013 - the year California finally reins in the excesses and abuses of Prop 65?

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

It looks like Governor Jerry Brown is taking on Prop 65 in an effort to make California more business friendly, and put a limit on frivolous

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

Federal Court provides guidance on adequacy of consultation about environmental assessments of major resource projects

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 7 2013

On April 23, 2013, the Federal Court of Canada released its decision dismissing an application commenced by the Conseil des Innus de Ekuanitshit (the

D.C. Circuit affirms listing of polar bear as “threatened” under Endangered Species Act

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

After losing at the district court level, various industry groups, environmental groups, and states appealed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's

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

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • 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

Ninth Circuit holds agencies cannot amend rules through court settlements

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a consent decree that provided a remedy in a challenge to the Northwest Forest Plan (NFP), a forest