Source: https://www.lexology.com, September 29, 2017 By: W. Caffey Norman, Kendra S. Sherman, Allen A. Kacenjar Jr. and Karen A. Winters, Squire Patton Boggs According to Ohio EPA staff, the agency soon will be sending letters to hundreds of sites throughout the state requesting that property owners take action to evaluate known trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination. For […]

Source: http://www.forconstructionpros.com, October 2, 2017 By: David Cook Insurance is one of the most overlooked yet consequential aspects of construction contracting. Almost every contract involving construction imposes obligations on the parties to obtain insurance, but many do not take the time to understand what they are. Insurance is perhaps one of the most overlooked yet […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, September 29, 2017 By: Elizabeth F. Mason, The McLane Law Firm When the City of Portsmouth recently announced its plans to redevelop the McIntyre Federal Building, which is located on a 2.1-acre parcel in the heart of the city’s historic downtown, it stated upfront that the private developer selected do the job would […]

Source: http://www.portlandmercury.com, September28 , 2017 By: Dirk Vanderhart Last year, Portland piled on to a group of West Coast cities who say a precursor of agribusiness giant Monsanto tainted their waterways. Monsanto promptly argued the city has no right to file suit. Monsanto was wrong. Late last week, a federal judge ruled that Portland has […]

Source: http://www.rutlandherald.com, September 27, 2017 By: Gordon Dritschilo A judge told a city developer Monday he was on the hook for $1.8 million for the cleanup of a former dry cleaning business. John Ruggiero walked out of Rutland civil court owing the state Agency of Natural Resources triple damages in the $535,679 cleanup of the […]

Source: http://www.constructiondive.com, September 25, 2017 By: Kim Slowey The San Francisco Bay Area’s Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) has spent $3.5 million in legal fees since December to defend against claims that construction of its Transbay Transit Center contributed to the sinking and leaning of the 58-story Millennium Tower, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. […]

Source: http://www.times-standard.com, September 22, 2017 By: Hunter Cresswell It’s been a decades-long process but hazardous material mitigation work at the site of an old dry cleaners in Eureka’s Henderson Center is set to wrap up this fall. The work was necessitated by faulty hoses that started leaking hazardous cleaning chemicals into the soil beneath Norman’s […]

Source: http://www.roanoke.com, September 29, 2017 By: Laurence Hammack More than three years after a tanker truck crash spilled toxic embalming fluid off a steep mountain road in Roanoke County, a trucking company has agreed to fix the damage that remains. Nichols Transport Inc. will replace about a half dozen contaminated private wells with water tanks […]

Source: http://www.njlawjournal.com, September 18, 2017 By: Martha N. Donovan The twin sister to environmental law is insurance. The two intertwined subject matters are akin to bread and butter; one is not as good without the other. An attorney who can handle one, but not the other, is fighting with one hand tied behind her back. […]

Source: http://billingsgazette.com, September 19, 2017 By: Matt Hudson A large multimillion-dollar excavation project will begin this fall to remove potentially toxic chemicals from part of a 580-acre federal Superfund site in Lockwood, which was used for a chemical repackaging company and a tanker-cleaning operation. The land sits to the north of Interstate 90. Authorities have […]

Source: http://abcnews.go.com, September 13, 2017 By: Bianca Seidman Private cleaning crews and public health workers are mobilized on the streets of San Diego, working to stop a hepatitis A outbreak that has claimed at least 16 lives so far. San Diego city and county officials said they are collaborating on solutions to the aggressive outbreak […]

Source: https://www.bna.com, September 7, 2017 By: Steven M. Sellers The severity of superstorms like Katrina, Sandy, and now Harvey has significantly raised the liability stakes for companies over the release of toxic substances from hazardous waste and chemical storage sites. Environmental lawyers have warned for years that manufacturers can protect the environment and avoid potentially […]