Source: http://www.irmi.com, Jume 2013 By: Jeff Slivka As a project owner, it is extremely imperative to require evidence of professional liability (PL) insurance from the construction firm you hire to design and build your project. However, when you do this, what are you trying to accomplish? Over the past year, I have seen an increasing […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 6, 2013 By: Jennifer W. Fletcher, Michael G. Kerman, Kent W. Collier , Jennifer S. Lowndes and Laura J. Stipanowich, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Over the past fourteen years, third parties have been able to maintain a direct negligence cause of action against an individual design professional, such as an architect […]

Source: http://www.mcall.com, May 15, 2013 By: Peter Hall Coal-fired generating units will cease operation six months earlier than scheduled The owner of a power plant in Upper Mount Bethel Township has agreed to stop burning coal as part of a settlement in a lawsuit by two downwind states over air pollution. NRG Energy, which acquired […]

Source: http://billingsgazette.com, June 10, 2013 By: Clair Johnson A settlement of air quality violations with PPL Montana will reduce sulfur dioxide pollution in the Billings area, Montana Department of Environmental Quality officials said Monday. The legal agreement reached between DEQ and PPL calls for the company to reduce sulfur dioxide pollution in Billings starting in […]

Source: http://www.seacoastonline.com, May 16, 2013 By: Aaron Sanborn Sources of nonpoint nitrogen pollution in the Great Bay estuary is spread out almost equally between septic systems, fertilizers and atmospheric pollution, according to a new report. The N.H. Department of Environmental Services unveiled its draft report, Great Bay Nitrogen Non-Point Source Study, during a two-hour presentation […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 5, 2013 By: Joseph S. Kakesh, Wiley Rein LLP In recent years, federal and state environmental agencies have looked to natural resource damages (NRD) claims to restore waterways and land areas harmed by pollution. But NRD concepts are relatively new and not widely understood. Many companies with potential exposure are only beginning […]

Source: http://www.baxterbulletin.com, June 6, 2013 By: Frank Wallis Hog farm opponents to meet with ADEQ Arkansas’ chief enforcer of environmental law has its hands full in Baxter and Newton counties. A war of press releases, public commentary and rebuttals continues over a large new hog farm in the Buffalo National River watershed that some believe […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 4, 2013 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Strauss & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Midwest Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Wolters, 2013 Minn. LEXIS 304 (Minn. May 31, 2013), the Minnesota Supreme Court had occasion to consider whether an absolute pollution exclusion applies to bodily injury resulting from an indoor […]

Read here about a mineral oil spill in Arkansas that is being cleaned up.  

Source: The Sacramento Bee, May 30, 2013 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com A California agency spent $100 million in public funds over the past 26 years to clean contaminated property for which polluters were liable but never were sent a bill, officials said Wednesday. The neglected reimbursement stemmed from 1,700 sites ranging from junkyards to small businesses, […]

Read here about mining sites in West Virginia that environmental activists say are polluting waterways.  

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, May 29, 2013 By: Finley T. Harckham, Anderson Kill & Olick,P.C. Originally published by The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Volume 21, No. 5, 2013 Insurance policies are complex contracts and pursuit of an insurance claim is often a high-stakes, conflict-ridden endeavor. Yet all too many companies entrust their assets and their very survival to […]