Read here about a pesticide producer that has agreed to fines of more than $1.7 million.  

Source: USAToday.com, December 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com As Tommy Charles looks out of his dining room window, it’s easy to see why he and his wife moved to Lakeshore Drive here nearly 50 years ago. The Emory River widens as it passes his house. Great blue herons glide above the placid, gray water. It’s […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 18, 2013 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Perini/Tompkins Joint Venture v. Ace Am. Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 24865 (4th Cir. Dec. 16, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, considering both Maryland and Tennessee law, had occasion […]

Source: http://www.eagletribune.com, December 20, 2013 By: Dustin Luca The town has officially settled a District Court lawsuit with Bancroft Road resident James Berberian, bringing an end to a toxic sludge case dating back to 2010. Berberian stands to be paid $500,000 in the settlement, finalized by a unanimous vote from the Board of Selectmen at […]

Read here about a mining company in Wisconsin that has been fined $200,000 in a 2011 pollution case.  

Source: http://www.natlawreview.com, December 18, 2013 By: Jill Berkeley, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP In Selective Ins. Co. v. Cherrytree Cos., 2013 IL App (3) 120959, the Illinois Appellate Court for the Third District drove the final nail in the insurer’s “if there is no duty to defend, there is no duty to indemnify” coffin. Holding […]

Source: http://www.lakenewsonline.com, December 18, 2013 By: Amy Wilson A settlement agreement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit over structural problems with buildings at a lake area condominium complex. A settlement agreement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit over structural problems with buildings at a lake area condominium complex. Mid County Fire Protection District […]

Source: http://www.boston.com, December 18, 2013 By: Martin Finucane The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority said today it had approved a $3.1 million settlement of a lawsuit against the consultants, contractors, and suppliers responsible for a section of water main in Weston that suffered a massive failure in May 2010, leaving nearly 2 million people in the […]

Read here about smog that has led to a health alert Utah.  

Read here about a settlement worth over $5 million between Utah and Chevron over a fuel spill.  

Source: The New York Times, December 17, 2013 Posted On: http://fpn.advisen.com The New York City Housing Authority will deal more quickly and more thoroughly with mold in its apartments as part of an agreement by the Bloomberg administration to settle a federal lawsuit by people living in housing projects and coping with asthma. Lawyers for […]

Source: New York Times Online, December 17, 2013 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com In 1885, as new engineering inventions were ushering in the era of the skyscraper, lawmakers in New York State enacted a law intended to safeguard construction workers who were finding themselves facing increasing dangers while working at ever-greater heights. That measure, which became known […]