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Statute of limitations bars enforcement suit over alleged air violations

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 12 2013

A federal court in Pennsylvania has dismissed Clean Air Act (CAA) enforcement actions brought by New Jersey and Connecticut against an electricity

Developer cleared to pursue takings claim related to wetland permitting

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a developer may pursue a claim that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) took the developer's

D.C. Circuit rejects challenge to EPA air preemption rule

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) approval of revisions to

Home confinement and probation for illegal asbestos removal

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

D.C. Circuit puts chromium emission rule challenge on hold

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to a joint request to put two cases challenging air emission standards for chromium electroplating on

Court dismisses challenge to EPA air pollutant exposure study

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2013

A federal court in Virginia has dismissed a lawsuit which claimed that a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air exposure study, referred to

Legal malpractice: real estate developer alleges law firm failed to conduct environmental due diligence

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2010

A real estate developer has sued a Louisiana-based law firm alleging that the firm failed to perform an environmental assessment which would have revealed that land it purchased for development was part of a World War II-era bombing range

Greenhouse gases: lawsuit challenges Washington State executive order to reduce GHG emissions

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

The Evergreen Freedom Foundation Constitutional Law Center has filed a lawsuit on behalf of six state residents in a Washington state court to challenge an executive order issued by Governor Christine Gregoire (D) on May 21, 2010, directing state agencies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Prop. 65: lawsuit targets fish oil supplements containing PCBs

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2010

Environmental and public health groups have sued eight manufacturers and retailers of fish oil supplements sold in California under the state Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Prop. 65) alleging that the fish oil supplements contain high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and require warning labels

Chief engineer pleads guilty to ocean dumping

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2010

The chief engineer of an ocean-going ship that transported cargo between various ports in Asia and the United States has reportedly pleaded guilty in federal court to violating an international treaty and the federal Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships