Source: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, March 19, 2013 By: John G. Nevius, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. Many jurisdictions have announced that they plan to more actively pursue natural resource damages (“NRDs”) from potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) deemed liable under CERCLA or Superfund. Recent developments in case law have changed the landscape when it comes […]

Source: Insurance Business Review, March 21, 2013 XL Group has introduced a new pollution insurance policy to help the North American food and beverage industry address their environmental liability, clean up and disaster response concerns. The new Environmental Food and Beverage policy will assist companies during recovery from accidental ammonia discharges, pathogen contamination among others. […]

Source: Earth Techling, March 2013 By: Beth Buczynski Anti-fracking activists in New York State have conducted one of the first methane baseline assessments on an area that will soon be home to a natural gas compressor station. It’s hoped that by establishing a baseline measurement of ambient methane, residents will be able to prove fracking’s […]

Read here about a Connecticut bill that would ban hydraulic fracturing waste.  

Read here about an appeals court in New Jersey that ruled that the state is within its rights to waive its own rules on request.  

Source: http://blog.al.com, March 21, 2013 By: Ben Raines Mobile Gas failed to report its 2008 mercaptan spill in Prichard’s Eight Mile community to the National Response Center as required by federal law. Anytime a company spills a “reportable quantity” of a listed hazardous substance into the environment, federal officials must be notified, according to the […]

Source: Anchorage Daily News, March 19, 2013 By: Lisa Demer Its prized Port of Anchorage project stalled and under fire, PND Engineers Inc. is fighting back, arguing that the problem was never its unusual design but rather flaws in construction. A lawsuit over the problematic new dock appears to be born out of politics, not […]

Source: The Washington Post, March 19, 2013 By: Bill Turque A series of design and construction failures — including inadequate concrete strength and a lack of reinforcing steel — have left the Silver Spring Transit Center unsafe and unusable without major repairs, Montgomery County officials said Tuesday. The problems go far beyond what was previously […]

Source: XL Environmental, eNews, March 20, 2013 Commercial real estate sales volume surged in 2012, according to the CoStar Commercial Repeat Sale Indices (CCRSI). Both the investment grade and general commercial segments were heavily traded as improving market fundamentals and attractive yields relative to other asset classes drove strong investor interest in commercial real estate. […]

Source: ConstructionEquipmentGuide.com The Miller Park stadium district and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America reached a multimillion-dollar agreement on Jan. 7 to settle a three-year court battle over costly repairs to the ballpark’s retractable roof. With the settlement, the two parties avoided a lengthy jury trial that was scheduled to start Jan 10. The two sides […]

Source: Collegiate Times, July 5, 2006 By: Lindsey Pieper And the legal woes of the Lane Stadium expansion drag on. In what may turn out to be a recurring refrain of legality clashes and delays, Turner Construction, the general contractor of the expansion faces yet another lawsuit. In May, the Gate Precast Co. of Jacksonville, […]

Source: Collegiate Times, October 24, 2006 By: Ryan McConnell & Kevin Anderson Turner Construction Company has filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech, maintaining that it is still owed over $30 million for its expansion and construction work on the West Stands of Lane Stadium. In their case, filed Sept. 13, 2006, Turner alleges that missing […]