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Environmental Litigation
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Expert Institute Insights
Friedman Rubin and Plaintiffs Win $275M Verdict Against Bayer in PCB Exposure Case
In October, a jury found Bayer liable for exposing students and faculty at the Sky Valley Educational Center in Monroe, Washington to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCB is a banned, synthetic…
Litigation Finance Journal
Global Law Firm announce expansion and name change
By John Freund
Global law firm PGMBM will now be known as Pogust Goodhead after a succession of litigation victories. Following a landmark ruling ensuring mining giant BHP will face their day of…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to 2021
PFAS-related litigation continues to accelerate. As shown in the attached graphics, there were more than 2,000 cases in the Multi-District Litigation in the federal district court in South Carolina by…
Eye on ESG
Climate Litigation in Brazil: New Developments in Seeking Government Action Towards More Ambitious Legislation
By Luiz Gustavo Bezerra, Gedham Gomes, Laura Gonçales
While climate litigation against private actors in Brazil has been gaining more attention and employing creative legal strategies, as we have already commented here and here, litigation against the government…
E2 Law Blog
Legal Environmental Insights Podcast: Episode 11 | What the Largest Litigation Cases and Law Decisions of 2020 Mean to the Practitioner
Tune in to the latest episode of Greenberg Traurig's Legal Environmental Insights podcast for analysis from GT Shareholders Bernadette Rappold and Christopher Torres on some of the most significant environmental enforcement, litigation,…
China Law Insight
生态环境损害赔偿磋商及诉讼常见问题探讨
By King & Wood
生态环境损害赔偿制度改革是生态文明体制改革的重要组成部分，也是全国各地在生态环境保护工作中正在大力推进落实的内容。党的十八大和十八届三中、四中全会把生态环境损害赔偿作为生态文明制度体系建设的重要组成部分，要求实行最严格的损害赔偿制度，把环境损害纳入经济社会发展评价体系[1]。2015年4月，中共中央、国务院发布《关于加快推进生态文明建设的意见》，提出要“基本形成源头预防、过程控制、损害赔偿、责任追究的生态文明制度体系”。2015年9月，中共中央审议通过《生态文明体制改革总体方案》，再次明确提出严格实行生态环境损害赔偿制度。2015年12月，中办、国办印发《生态环境损害赔偿制度改革试点方案》（以下称《试点方案》），在全国7个省（市）开展了改革试点工作。2017年12月，中办、国办印发《生态环境损害赔偿制度改革方案》（以下称《改革方案》），明确自2018年1月1日起，在全国试行生态环境损害赔偿制度。
Mahany Law Blog
KOB4 March 9, 2021
By Webmaster
Maine man sues paper mill over levels of ‘forever chemicals’ by Associated Press, KOB4 (138K) A Maine man is suing a paper mill company that operates in the state about…
Eye on ESG
Climate and Stakeholder Litigation: Why Does It Matter to Companies Operating In Brazil?
By Luiz Gustavo Bezerra, Gedham Gomes
With the surge of climate and stakeholder litigation all over the globe–comprising climate, supply chain and human rights issues–not only should governments be concerned, but mainly the private sector. It…
The Energy Law Blog
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds That Louisiana Citizen Suit Legacy Claims Can be Heard in Federal Court
By Kelly Brechtel Becker, Kathryn Gonski, Trinity Morale
In its recent decision in Grace Ranch, L.L.C. v. BP America Production Company, et al., No. 20-30224 (5th Cir. Feb. 24, 2021), the United States Court of Appeals for the…
E2 Law Blog
Environmental Cases in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts in 2020
Unsurprisingly, the Pennsylvania appellate courts decided fewer environmental cases than usual in 2020. Please forgive any omissions of cases or detail in this catalogue. Continue reading the full article, published…