May 2009The second 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 5, 2009
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey D. Dintzer and Washington, D.C. associate Jessica D. Greenston are the authors of "Perchlorate Challenges Obama's Pledge to Give Primacy to Science at EPA" [PDF] published in the May 4, 2009 issue of BNA's Chemical Regulation Reporter.
Client Alert | May 4, 2009
Washington, D.C partner Michael K. Murphy and associate Stacie B. Fletcher are the authors of "The Recovery of Environmental Costs by Government Contractors" [PDF] published in the May 2009 issue of Thomson Reuters's Briefing Papers.
Article | May 4, 2009
Washington, D.C. partner Michael K. Murphy and associate Jessica D. Greenston are the authors of "CERCLA in the Post-Atlantic Research World: Some Emerging Questions" [PDF] published in the Sprin 2009 issue of ABA's The Environmental Litigator.Reprinted with permission from The Environmental Litigator Vol.
Client Alert | April 30, 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 | April 28, 2009
In December 2008, USA Today published a special report entitled “The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America’s Schools.” The report purports to evaluate industrial pollution at 127,800 public and private schools across the country.
Client Alert | April 24, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency recently took a first key step towards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles by announcing its proposed endangerment finding under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.
Client Alert | April 20, 2009
On April 1, 2009, in the case of Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc., the United States Supreme Court held that when legislation does not clearly prohibit the use of a cost-benefit analysis, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") may set a regulatory standard on grounds that the costs outweigh the benefits of a higher, more protective, standard.
Client Alert | April 13, 2009
March 2009The inaugural 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 | March 27, 2009
On Wednesday, March 4, 2009, the Supreme Court released a decision holding that federal approval of labels giving warnings about the effects of drugs does not pre-empt lawsuits bringing state law claims of inadequate warnings.
Client Alert | March 10, 2009
Orange County associates Sarah Schlosser and Tu-Quyen Pham are authors of "Vapor Intrusion: New Exposures, Old Sites" [PDF] published online by Law360 on March 6, 2009 at law360.com.
Client Alert | March 6, 2009
Washington, D.C. partner Peter E. Seley and associate Coral A. Shaw are authors of "McDonald v. Sun Oil: The Ninth Circuit's Constitutionally Questionable Expansion of CERCLA's Toxic Tort Discovery Rule" [PDF] published in the March 2009 issue of ELI's Environmental Law Reporter.
Client Alert | March 2, 2009
Orange County associate James M. Sabovich and associate Heather D. Hearne are authors of "Diminished Property Value Claims in a Diminished Real Estate Market" [PDF] published on February 19, 2009 in BNA Inc.'s Toxics Law Report.
Client Alert | February 19, 2009
On January 27, 2009, in General Electric v. EPA, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5379 (D.C. Jan. 27, 2009), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia held that the "unilateral administrative order" regime under section 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), as administered by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), does not offend due process.
Client Alert | February 6, 2009
A recent ruling from the Western District of Washington highlights the uncertainty facing litigants as district courts continue to struggle to apply the guidance found in the Supreme Court's two landmark CERCLA decisions, Cooper Industries v. Aviall Services, Inc., 543 U.S.
Client Alert | February 2, 2009
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey D. Dintzer and associate Margaret A. Farrand are the authors of "Accounting for Climate Impacts Under the California Environmental Quality Act" [PDF] published in BNA Inc.'s Daily Environmental Report.
Client Alert | January 5, 2009
On November 26, the Orange County Superior Court ruled that Water Quality Standards for storm water promulgated by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board ("Regional Board") in its Los Angeles Region Basin Plan were invalid under state law.
Client Alert | December 17, 2008
We are 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 | December 9, 2008
For the past few years, concern over the potential impacts of new developments on climate change has prompted the attention of state officials to begin developing methods under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Client Alert | December 4, 2008
Orange County associate Jim M. Sabovich is the author of "Petition Without Prejudice: Against the Fraud Exception to Noerr-Pennington Immunity from the Toxic Tort Perspective" [PDF] published in the December 2008 issue of Penn State Environmental Law Review.
Client Alert | December 1, 2008
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey D. Dintzer, of counsel Brett H. Oberst, associates Lindsay K. Larris and Lynn Hang are the authors of "Precaution In Applying The Precautionary Principle" [PDF] published online by Law360 on November 26, 2008 at law360.com.
Client Alert | November 26, 2008
In a recent ruling, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico dismissed the claims of residents who lived near a uranium mill because they failed to prove that they would not have developed cancer “but for” their exposure to hazardous substances migrating from the mill.
Client Alert | November 3, 2008
On August 27, 2008, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that his office had reached an agreement with Xcel Energy Inc. (the "Xcel Energy Agreement") in which Xcel Energy agreed to provide greater disclosure on climate change and associated risks in its future annual reports on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
Client Alert | September 22, 2008
Washington, D.C. partner Raymond B. Ludwiszewski, of counsel Charles H. Haake and associate Stacie B. Fletcher are the authors of "Regulating Greenhouse Gases Emissions Using Existing Clean Air Act Authorities: If All You Have Is A Hammer, Everything Looks Like A Nail" [PDF] published in the September 16, 2008 issue of Mealey's Emerging Toxic Torts.
Client Alert | September 16, 2008
Our Program:During this briefing, Gibson Dunn's Environment and Natural Resources practice group discusses EPA's recently released Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Client Alert | September 15, 2008
Washington, D.C. partner Raymond B. Ludwiszewski and of counsel Charles H. Haake are the authors of "Comment on Basic Compensation for Victims of Climate Change" [PDF] published in the August 2008 issue of the Environmental Law Reporter. Copyright © 2009 Environmetal Law Institute, Washington D.C. reprinted with permissions from ELR, http://www.eli.org
Client Alert | August 31, 2008
On August 1, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided an issue of first impression and held that the determination of whether an action is a "mass action" under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ("CAFA") can be made at any stage of the proceedings, including when the suit is first filed.
Client Alert | August 12, 2008
On July 30, 2008, the House of Representatives voted 424-1 in favor of a bill that would impose stricter regulations on consumer products, including children's products, that contain certain chemicals.
Client Alert | July 31, 2008
Los Angeles Partner Jeffrey D. Dintzer and Associate San Francisco Jason B. Stavers are authors of "CERCLA and Its 'Yellow Brick Road' to Cleaning Up Hazardous Substances" [PDF] published in the July 10, 2008 of the Toxics Law Reporter.© 2008 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Client Alert | July 10, 2008
On July 1, 2008, the Supreme Court of Rhode Island issued a decision holding that manufacturers of lead pigment are not liable under a nuisance theory for the harm caused from the use of lead paint.
Client Alert | July 3, 2008
On June 27, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. In Coeur Alaska, the Court will decide whether discharges of fill material, which for 35 years have been regulated by the U.S.
Client Alert | July 2, 2008
On April 17, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Kotrous v. Bayer CropScience, Inc., et al., No. 06-15162, holding that a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) may bring an action for cost recovery under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C.
Client Alert | April 21, 2008
Jeffrey D. Dintzer and Brett H. Oberst are the authors of "From Pharmaceutical To Groundwater Contaminant: Perchlorate Gets A Raw Deal" [PDF] published in Mealey's Emerging Toxic Torts, October 19, 2007.
Client Alert | October 19, 2007
On June 11, 2007, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in United States v. Atlantic Research Corporation, No. 06-562, holding that the plain language of Section 107(a)(4)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C.
Client Alert | June 11, 2007
The National Toxicology Program recently released a draft report on its two-year studies of rodents exposed to hexavalent chromium in drinking water. These studies were undertaken because of concerns raised by a number of California legislators and regulatory offices, including the California Environmental Protection Agency, the California Department of Health Services, and the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
Client Alert | May 1, 2007
On Monday, April 23, 2007, the Supreme Court held oral argument in United States v. Atlantic Research Corporation, Case No. 06-562. The Court granted certiorari in Atlantic Research to answer a question that it expressly left open in Cooper Industries, Inc.
Client Alert | April 24, 2007
Los Angeles Partner Jeffrey Dintzer and Associate Brett Oberst are the authors of "Perchlorate: Political Rocket Fuel" [PDF] published in The Recorder’s special report issue of The Environmental Law.
Client Alert | February 28, 2007