Source: https://www.wattagnet.com/, December 22, 2025 By: Roy Graber United States District Judge Gregory Frizzell ordered that poultry companies pay cleanup costs for the Illinois River Watershed in the latest ruling in a lawsuit filed by the State of Oklahoma two decades ago. Frizzell made the ruling on December 19 in a federal court in Tulsa, […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, December 18, 2025 By: Emily Douglas For many businesses, environmental risk still feels like something reserved for heavy industry – chemical plants, large manufacturers or energy operations. Despite those misconceptions, environmental exposures cut across nearly every sector – and the assumptions companies make about their insurance coverage can be dangerously outdated. At a […]

Source: https://cowboystatedaily.com/, December 17, 2025 By: Renee Jean In the 1980s, residential neighbors of the Nedlog and Williams Strategic Metals property about 2.5 miles south of Laramie began complaining about an orange plume of smoke from the plant that they believed was making them and their animals sick. That kicked off an investigation, one that eventually found […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, December 15, 2025 By: Gia Snape The NFL, major collegiate programs and other professional leagues are in the midst of the largest stadium construction boom seen in decades. Seven major NFL stadium projects are currently underway or planned, representing more than $10 billion in investment, with universities and mixed-use sports districts adding further […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, December 8, 2025 By: Tez Romero Aspen Specialty is pulling numerous insurers into a federal fight over who should pick up the tab to defend a developer on California projects. On December 2, 2025, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company filed a suit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against a […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, December 12, 2025 By: David Wethe and Kevin Crowley Texas is about to deploy a potential solution to the oil industry’s toxic wastewater problem — but it’s a move that carries environmental risks of its own. State regulators are working to issue permits that would let four companies, including major landowner Texas Pacific […]

Source: https://perkvalleynow.com/, December 15, 2025 Concerns about groundwater contamination tied to the Boyertown Landfill widened this week after officials confirmed that tap water at Gilbertsville Elementary School contains PFAS levels above the federal safety standard, according to information shared during a public meeting Wednesday night. State and federal environmental officials met with more than 100 residents […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, December 3, 2025 By: Richard F. Whiteley and Phillip L. Sampson Jr., Bracewell LLP Data center construction projects are among the most complex and high-stakes undertakings in the commercial real estate and technology sectors. With tight delivery schedules, global supply chain dependencies, substantial power needs, local community opposition and stringent environmental regulations, contractual […]

Source: https://www.nhpr.org/, December 3, 2025 A mistaken calculation in the design of a new state psychiatric hospital is pushing back the project’s completion date until late 2027, and will potentially leave New Hampshire taxpayers on the hook for an additional $5 million. The error in the building’s foundation was found earlier this year, leading to […]

Source: https://natlawreview.com/, December 2, 2025 By: Dawn M. Lamparello, B. David Naidu, Peter N. Coneski, Peter G. Galati, Julia A. McGowan, K&L Gates LLP – K&L Gates HUB Earlier this year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it planned to move forward with implementing certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) regulations and to […]

Source: https://www.theindianalawyer.com/, December 1, 2025 Two insurance companies are suing an Indianapolis shopping center after the center attempted to recover remediation costs related to an Indiana Department of Environmental Management claim that identified the property owner as potentially responsible for environmental contamination. Defendant Washington Shoppes LP had filed a claim seeking insurance coverage, including defense […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, November 24, 2025 By: Wiley Rein LLP The United States District Court for the District of Montana, applying Montana law, held on summary judgment that claims-made Petroleum Industry Insurance Coverage did not apply to pollution claims where contamination began before the policies’ retroactive date. Murphy Exploration & Prod. Co. v. Ballard Petroleum Holdings, LLC, […]