May 04, 2016
A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday dealt another blow to a landfill owner recently indicted on charges of lying to a state environmental regulator about plans for the site, signing off on two dismissal motions in litigation accusing the agency and others of illegally conspiring to seize the property.
March 27, 2015
A New Jersey federal judge halted discovery Friday in a landfill owner's suit alleging a state environmental regulator illegally conspired to seize the property, after the company argued it has the right to refuse discovery questions because of a state grand jury investigation.
November 13, 2014
New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection was dealt two setbacks this week in a landfill owner's ongoing litigation, with a state appellate court upending an emergency order allowing the DEP to seize control of the landfill and with a federal judge declining to disqualify the owner's counsel.
September 02, 2014
A landfill owner claiming the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection illegally conspired to disrupt its operations and seize control of the property fired back Tuesday against an attempt to disqualify its attorney, disputing privilege assertions over a government email that the lawyer allegedly mishandled.
August 13, 2014
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday moved to disqualify counsel for a landfill owner accusing the regulator of illegally conspiring to seize control of the property, contending that the attorney mishandled a privileged email that the state accidentally disclosed.
August 04, 2014
The owner of a former New Jersey landfill couldn't expand a suit alleging the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection conspired to seize control of the site, with a federal judge ruling Friday that the plaintiff bungled an attempt to add parties to the suit.
November 08, 2013
New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday asked a federal judge to toss a suit brought by the owner of a former landfill, arguing immunity from prosecution insulates it from claims that it conspired to frustrate the owner's operations before seizing control of the property.