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| 1 | EPA Proposes Significant Expansion of Audit Policy to Encourage Environmental Clean Up at Newly Acquired Facilities James C. Chen, Ridgway M. Hall, Chet M. Thompson; Crowell & Moring LLP; August 21, 2008, previously published on August 8, 2008 Late last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency detailed its new Interim Approach to its Audit Policy, aimed at encouraging companies that acquire facilities to disclose, correct, and prevent the recurrence of violations. |
| 2 | Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Approved by Congress and Headed for President Paul S. Rosenlund; Duane Morris LLP; August 21, 2008, previously published on August 4, 2008 The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have approved the Conference Report on H.R. 4040, known as the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ("the Act"), and will be sending the legislation to the President for his signature. |
| 3 | Failure to Provide Notice of Loss to Excess Insurers Bites Celotex Stephen David Allred, Collin J. Hite; McGuireWoods LLP; August 19, 2008, previously published on August 5, 2008 In a ruling that further underscores the importance of providing prompt notice to all insurers that may have coverage for a claim, a federal appellate court applying Illinois law recently held that nine excess insurance companies have no obligation to provide coverage for asbestos-related property... |
| 4 | EPA Proposes Regulations Governing the Long-term Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Seyfarth Shaw LLP; August 18, 2008, previously published on July 2008 On July 15, 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) governing carbon sequestration, which is the long-term underground storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with power plant and industrial facility operations. |
| 5 | Florida Appellate Courts Clash over Florida's Asbestos & Silica Fairness Compensation Act Ricardo J. Cata, Michael J. Crist; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP; August 13, 2008, previously published on July 2008 Just Recently the Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal, seated in Palm Beach County, Florida, ruled that Florida's Asbestos and Silica Fairness Compensation Act (Florida Statute ยง774.201, et seq.), was unconstitutional as retroactively applied to cases filed before the effective date of the... |
| 6 | Rhode Island Supreme Court Overturns Public Nuisance Verdict against Lead Paint Manufacturers William P. Shelley, Charles Jesuit; Cozen O'Connor, A Professional Corporation; July 29, 2008, previously published on July 10, 2008 On July 1, 2008, the Supreme Court of Rhode Island ruled unanimously that the State of Rhode Island's public nuisance claim against various former lead pigment manufacturers, which had resulted in a landmark verdict imposing liability against lead pigment manufacturers under a public nuisance... |
| 7 | Rhode Island Supreme Court Reverses and Dismisses Public Nuisance Verdict against Former Lead Paint and Pigment Manufacturers Eric G. Lasker; Spriggs & Hollingsworth; July 29, 2008 In a major victory for the former the former lead paint and pigments industry -- and for corporate defendants generally -- the Rhode Island Supreme Court on July 1, 2008 reversed a potentially multi-billion dollar jury verdict in favor of the State and against former lead paint and pigment... |
| 8 | EPA's New Lead-Based Paint Renovation Rule Impacts Multifamily Housing John Parker Sweeney; Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice; July 26, 2008, previously published on June 30, 2008 On March 31, 2008, EPA issued a rule requiring the use of lead-safe practices and other actions aimed at preventing lead exposure during multifamily housing renovation, repair, and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in pre-1978 housing. |
| 9 | Toxic Tort and Product Liability Quarterly Daniel M. Krainin, Patrick R. Jacobi; Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.; July 26, 2008, previously published by Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Toxic Tort and Product Liability Quarterly, July 11, 2008 |
| 10 | Rhode Island Supreme Court Rejects Public Nuisance Suit against Lead Pigment Manufacturers John Parker Sweeney, Keith A. Clinard, Hugh M. Claytor, Joel G. Pieper; Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice; July 26, 2008, previously published on July 3, 2008 The decade long lawsuit brought by the Attorney General of Rhode Island against various former lead pigment manufacturers came to an abrupt and firm close yesterday with the ruling of the Rhode Island Supreme Court that the trial court had erred in failing to dismiss the lawsuit at the onset. |
