Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 8 May 2015
Landowners who know their properties are contaminated may be liable for damages, even if they didn't contribute directly to the pollution, according…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 10 Nov 2014
A recent ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals examines liability under Indiana’s Environmental Legal Action statute (“ELA”). The ruling in JDN…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 10 Nov 2014
A recent ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals could expand liability under Indiana's Environmental Legal Action statute ("ELA"). The ruling in JDN…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 2 Jul 2013
In a speech given at Georgetown University on June 25, President Obama outlined his plan for executive action on climate change. President Obama's…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 28 Jan 2013
Lawsuits for personal injuries, medical monitoring, and remediaton claims resulting from historic environmental contamination often involve successor…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 22 Mar 2012
The Indiana Supreme Court issued its opinion in State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. v. Flexdar, Inc. on March 22, 2012.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 8 Mar 2012
Businesses and property owners can often have their own insurance companies pay for the costs to investigate and clean up environmental contamination on their own property under old liability insurance policies, such as commercial general liability policies.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 13 Oct 2011
One of the largest home builders in the United States has agreed to pay $625,000 in civil penalties for violating federal and state laws to prevent stormwater runoff.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 1 Aug 2011
Environmental litigators have unique expertise in federal and state environmental laws and regulations, but few have had occasion to examine the legal landscape of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act (“RICO”), and fewer still have calculated the potential benefit this treble-damage statute might have in the proper case.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 28 Jul 2011
On July 10, 2011, U.S. EPA disapproved the portions of Indiana’s and Ohio’s state implementation plans (“SIPs”) addressing interstate transport for the 2006 twenty-four hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”).