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, […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, December 1, 2025 By: Ryan Stanton Ann Arbor’s big undertaking to build the city’s first net-zero, carbon-neutral fire station is off to a rocky start. Due to a significant surveying error made during the foundation layout, the city’s contractor for the project had to start removing the incorrectly laid out building foundation in […]

Source: https://www.pnj.com/, November 21, 2025 By: Tom McLaughlin A Santa Rosa County jury has awarded a $37,495,930 to 28 Gulf Breeze residents impacted by what the law firm of Morgan and Morgan has billed the “2021 Midway water crisis.” Filed by Morgan in Morgan on behalf of the homeowners, the lawsuit revolved around events that […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, November 17, 2025 By: Claire Wilkinson The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net asbestos liability reserves declined again last year, even as net incurred asbestos losses and loss adjustment expenses jumped by 29%, S&P Global Market Intelligence said Monday. The increase in asbestos losses and costs raises concerns about reserve adequacy and evolving litigation […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, November 18, 2025 By: Gavin Souter Construction joint ventures can help contractors win more business, but contracts with partner companies must be carefully crafted to clarify liability and insurance issues, a panel of experts said. Projects can be structured in various ways, with each structure creating different liability considerations, they said during a […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, November 17, 2025 By: Matthew Sellers A West Virginia appeals court has upended insurer defenses in a major construction defect case, spotlighting coverage duties and notice requirements for commercial liability carriers. On November 13, 2025, the Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia reversed key parts of a lower court’s ruling in a […]