Washington, D.C. partner Michael Murphy and associate David Fotouhi are the authors of "More CERCLA Recovery Hurdles For ‘Compelled’ Costs" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.Law360.com on April 12, 2012.
Client Alert | April 12, 2012
On March 21, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Sackett v. EPA, 556 U.S. ___ (2012), that an administrative compliance order issued by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") under the Clean Water Act was a final agency action properly subject to pre-enforcement review under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA").
Client Alert | March 23, 2012
Los Angeles partner Patrick Dennis and associate Perlette Michèle Jura are the authors of "Birth Defects — Prenatal Liability Or Workers Comp?" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on March 6, 2012.
Client Alert | March 6, 2012
Orange County partner Alan Bick and associate John Carter are the authors of "A Fishy Default" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on February 3, 2012.
Article | February 3, 2012
Los Angeles of counsel Brett Oberst and associate Candice Ray are the authors of "A New Guide To Understanding Science In The Courtroom" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on January 9, 2012.
Client Alert | January 9, 2012
Washington, D.C. partner Michael Murphy and associate Carey Fenton are the authors of "A New Way of Looking at Solid Waste" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on December 5, 2011.
Client Alert | December 5, 2011
Orange County associate James Sabovich is the author of "Toxic Torts: Designation for Causation" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on November 9, 2011.
Client Alert | November 9, 2011
Los Angeles partner Patrick Dennis and associate Christopher Nowlin are the authors of "Case Study: City Of Stockton V. BNSF Railway" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on October 18, 2011.
Article | October 18, 2011
Orange County associates Ryan Card and James Sabovich are the authors of "CEQA Fireworks" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on September 8, 2011.
Client Alert | September 8, 2011
Washington, D.C. partner Raymond Ludwiszewski and Los Angeles associate Tammy Stafford are the authors of "Byproducts of Restricting EPA Authority" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on August 1, 2011 .
Article | August 1, 2011
Los Angeles partners Scott Edelman, William E. Thomson and Denver partner Gregory J. Kerwin are the authors of "Defending Actions In The United States Arising From Alleged Foreign-Based Torts" [PDF] published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Foundation for the proceedings of the 57th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (July 2011).
Client Alert | July 21, 2011
Orange County associates James Sabovich, Heather Hearne and Christopher Spiker are the authors of "Requiring Causation Proof in Foreign Recognition Actions" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on July 7, 2011.
Client Alert | July 7, 2011
June 2011The seventh issue of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Environmental News: Climate Change newsletter is now available. We hope you will find this periodic briefing on recent legal developments concerning climate change and greenhouse gas emissions informative.
Client Alert | June 22, 2011
Washington, D.C. of counsel Charles Haake and staff attorney Karyn Marsh are the authors of "Regulating the Environment Through the Courts" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on June 7, 2011.
Client Alert | June 7, 2011
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs ("OIRA") has issued further guidance to federal agencies on how to conduct the review of existing regulations ordered by the President in January.
Client Alert | May 3, 2011
On March 16, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed the first national standards to reduce hexavalent chromium, mercury, and other toxic air pollution from coal and oil-fired power plants, also known as electrical generating units ("EGUs").
Client Alert | May 2, 2011
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey Dintzer is the author of "The EPA's $1.6B Step Back" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on May 2, 2011.
Client Alert | May 2, 2011
Orange County partner Alan Bick and associate Aneal Ganta are the authors of "Protecting Trade Secrets in Nanotech Info Requests" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on April 8, 2011.
Article | April 8, 2011
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey D. Dintzer and associate Elizabeth M. Burnside are the authors of "Take It Easy on Fracking" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on March 15, 2011.
Client Alert | March 15, 2011
Washington, D.C. partner Michael Murphy and associate Zia Oatley are the authors of "Thinking Strategically About Petroleum Contamination" [PDF] published by Law360 at www.law360.com on February 9, 2011.
Client Alert | February 9, 2011
Printable PDF On February 2, 2011, U.S. EPA announced that it will set drinking water limits on the chemical perchlorate, the solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE), and a number of other chemicals commonly used in industrial operations.
Client Alert | February 3, 2011
Printable PDFLast Tuesday, January 18, President Obama signed an Executive Order outlining several ways in which federal agencies should more closely scrutinize both existing regulations, and new rules under consideration. The Executive Order identifies several issues that parties should consider bringing to the attention of agency officials when participating in rulemakings. The Executive Order enumerates numerous substantive considerations that agencies should make in the rulemaking process. Agencies should, for example, base their conclusions on "the best available science," "take into account benefits and costs, both quantitative and qualitative," and "identify and use the best, most innovative, and least burdensome tools for achieving regulat
Client Alert | January 21, 2011
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey D. Dintzer and associate Elizabeth M. Burnside are the authors of "Recent Decision Unsettles EPA Practices" [PDF] published in the November 8, 2010 issue of the Daily Journal.
Client Alert | November 8, 2010
May 2010The sixth issue of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Environmental News: Climate Change newsletter is now available. We hope you will find this periodic briefing on recent legal developments concerning climate change and greenhouse gas emissions informative.
Client Alert | May 17, 2010
Los Angeles of counsel Brett H. Oberst and associate Matthew Wickersham are the authors of "A New (and Old) Twist on Preemption – the Regulatory Compliance Defense " [PDF] published in the May 13, 2010 issue of BNA Inc.'s Toxics Law Reporter.
Client Alert | May 13, 2010
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Group is closely tracking regulatory and legislative activity relating to the regulation of nanotechnology, which is an emerging technology that involves an increasing number of products and businesses.
Client Alert | March 1, 2010
Washington, D.C. partner Raymond B. Ludwiszewski, of counsel Charles H. Haake and associate Stacie B. Fletcher are the authors of "The 'Glorious Mess' Comes to Court" [PDF] published in February 2010 issue of CCLR by courtesy of Lexxion Publisher, Berlin, Germany.
Client Alert | February 10, 2010
At a meeting held on January 27, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") approved by a 3-2 vote an interpretive release (the "Interpretive Release") providing guidance to public companies on the SEC’s existing disclosure requirements as they apply to climate change matters.
Client Alert | February 4, 2010
Los Angeles of counsel Brett H. Oberst and associates Lynn Hang and Lindsey K. Larris are the authors of "Obama and EPA Take on TSCA Reform" [PDF] published in the February 2010 issue of The Environmental Reporter.
Client Alert | February 2, 2010
A recent federal district court decision in Maryland confirms that the restrictions of the Endangered Species Act (hereinafter "ESA") will be deemed to fully apply to renewable energy projects.
Client Alert | January 25, 2010
December 2009 The fifth issue of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Environmental News: Climate Change newsletter is now available. We hope you will find this periodic briefing on recent legal developments concerning climate change and greenhouse gas emissions informative.
Client Alert | December 8, 2009
Los Angeles of counsel Brett H. Oberst and Washington, D.C. associates Matthew R. Estabrook and Daniel E. Schmitt are the authors of "Nanotechnology Regulation: A Small Reminder to Look Before You Leap" [PDF] published in the December 2008 issue of Bloomberg Law Reports.
Client Alert | December 1, 2009
Washington, D.C. partner Peter E. Seley and associate Stacie B. Fletcher are the authors of "Profit or Profiteering: The Growing Fight Over 'Double Recovery' in CERCLA" [PDF] published in the November 5, 2009 issue of BNA's Toxics Law Reporter.Reproduced with permission from Toxics Law Report, 24 TXLR 1282 (Nov.
Client Alert | November 5, 2009
November 2009The fourth issue of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Environmental News: Climate Change newsletter is now available. We hope you will find this periodic briefing on recent legal developments concerning climate change and greenhouse gas emissions informative.
Client Alert | October 28, 2009
In a detailed ruling with important implications for any company doing business abroad, Judge Paul C. Huck of the United States District Court in Miami this week denied enforcement of a $97 million judgment that a Nicaraguan court had rendered against Dole Food Company, Inc.
Client Alert | October 23, 2009
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Group is closely tracking regulatory and legislative activity relating to the regulation of nanotechnology, which is an emerging technology that involves an increasing number of products and businesses.
Client Alert | September 24, 2009
Companies alleged to have caused contamination often face claims from third-party property owners alleging under common law nuisance or trespass that the contamination has caused a decrease in market value, often referred to as "stigma damage," to plaintiffs’ nearby property.
Client Alert | September 21, 2009
September 2009The third issue of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Environmental News: Climate Change newsletter is now available. We hope you will find this periodic briefing on recent legal developments concerning climate change and greenhouse gas emissions informative.
Client Alert | September 3, 2009
Washington, D.C. partner Raymond B. Ludwiszewski and of counsel Charles H. Haake are the authors of "Comment on Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Mitigation Policy in the United States: Integrating Levels of Government and Economic Sectors" [PDF] published in the August 2009 issue of the Environmental Law Reporter.
Client Alert | August 31, 2009
Orange County associate James M. Sabovich is the author of "In Environmental Cases, Petition Immunity Can Complement Pre-Emption" [PDF] published in the August 27, 2009 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Client Alert | August 27, 2009
On August 20, 2009, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced a new, and significantly more stringent, proposed Public Health Goal (PHG) for the compound hexavalent chromium, or chromium(VI).
Client Alert | August 21, 2009
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey D. Dintzer, Los Angeles associate Krista L. Hernandez, and San Francisco associate Jenna Musselman Yott are the authors of "Cleaning Up Their Act" [PDF] published in the August 20, 2009 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Client Alert | August 20, 2009
Washington, D.C. partner Peter E. Seley and associate Zia C. Oatley are the authors of "Insurance and Equity in CERCLA: The Missed Opportunity of Friedland v. TIC" [PDF] published in the July 2009 issue of Bloomberg Law Reports - Environmental Law.
Client Alert | July 30, 2009
Los Angeles of counsel Brett H. Oberst and associate Charles Abbott III are the authors of "U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Availability of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Laws" [PDF] published in the July 2009 issue of Mealey's Pollution Liability Report.
Client Alert | July 1, 2009
On June 22, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in an important Clean Water Act case, Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, upholding a discharge permit issued by the U.S.
Client Alert | June 26, 2009
Orange County partner Alan Bick, and associates James Sabovich and John Carter are the authors of "Damaged Before Repair" [PDF] published in the June 11, 2009 issue of the Daily Journal.
Article | June 11, 2009
Washington, D.C. partner Raymond B. Ludwiszewski and of counsel Charles H. Haake are the authors of "Climate Change: A Heat Wave of New Federal Regulation and Legislation" [PDF] published in the June 2009 issue of The Federal Lawyer.Reprinted with the permission of The Federal Laywer.
Client Alert | June 1, 2009
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey D. Dintzer and Washington, D.C. associate Jennifer D. Greenston are the authors of "A Potentially Game-Changing Ruling on CERCLA Liability" [PDF] published in the May 14, 2009 issue of The Daily Journal.
Client Alert | May 14, 2009
Washington, D.C. of counsel Charles H. Haake and staff attorney Karyn Bergmann Marsh are the authors of "The Trouble With Angels: Carbon Capture and Storage Hurdles and Solutions" [PDF] published in the May 8, 2009 issue of BNA Inc.'s World Climate Change Report.
Client Alert | May 8, 2009
Washington, D.C. of counsel Charles H. Haake and staff attorney Karyn B. Marsh are the authors of "Carbon Sequestration" [PDF] published in the May 8, 2009 issue of BNA's World Climate Change Report.
Client Alert | May 8, 2009