Read here about a fruit processor in Michigan that is being sued over contamination caused by blueberry waste.

Source: StarTribune (MN), January 31, 2013 By: Jim Anderson A panel looking at long-term needs was examining some of the same issues as the state was in the lawsuit. Three years ago, officials in Woodbury and Cottage Grove began looking at a fundamental but vital question: Will there be enough safe drinking water for our […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, January 29, 2013 By: Wayne M. Whitlock, Anthony B. Cavender, Tamara T. Zakim and Alina J. Fortson of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP On January 8, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously in L.A. County Flood Control District v. NRDC that the flow of polluted stormwater from an improved portion of a […]

Source: The Telegraph (GA), January 31, 2013 By: S. Heather Duncan Gary Sharp had lived in Juliette near Plant Scherer almost 15 years when he was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. He’s never smoked. But he’s seen something like light gray mud hauled out of the plant and slopped all over Ga. 87 in […]

Source: XL Group Insurance, Construction Insider, January 2013 By: Jason LaMonica, Vice President/Profit Center Head, Construction Performance Risk One of the biggest inherent risks General Contractors and Construction Managers face as they build projects is the risk of a subcontractor default. A failure of a sub to perform can add cost, delay a job, and […]

Source: XL Group Insurance, Construction Insider, January 2013 By: Mark Kulas, AVP – Construction Property It’s not just for GCs any more. As a General Contractor, are you confident that your investment in the project is protected when the owner secures the Builders Risk insurance? XL Group’s North America Construction team now offers a product […]

Source: XL Group Insurance, Construction Insider, January 2013 By: Kimberly MacDonald & Marlin Zechman Chances are everyone reading this article has observed or experienced mold in some form or another. Whether it was a damp, dark basement where you could smell the musty odor or your college dorm bathroom where cleaning was not at the […]

Source: http://www.dritoday.org, January 16, 2013 By: Marc Zimet On December 13, 2012, the Court of Appeals for the First District filed its opinion in Beacon Residential Community Association v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP et al. (No. A134542.) The decision is bad news for architects and other design professionals since it holds they can be […]

Read here about an oil cleanup that is ongoing after a barge hit a bridge in Mississippi.  

Source: http://www.globest.com, January 28, 2013 By: Antoinette Martin In the wake of several multi-million dollar settlements over pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing, including two in this state, a New York legal specialist has published an article called “Fracking Know-How” for property owners and insurers. LeClairRyan partner Michael J. Case writes in this month’s issue of […]

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com, January 25, 2013 By: Aaron Sankin An environmental group has filed suit against the state of California for doing what it deemed an insufficient job of regulating the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” In a complaint filed in Alameda County Superior Court earlier this week, the Arizona-based Center For Biological Diversity […]

Source: http://www.equities.com, January 24, 2013 The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: The Center for Biological Diversity went to court today to compel California regulators to enforce an existing state law that should protect people and the environment from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a rapidly spreading new method of oil and gas […]