August 06, 2015
Canadian mining company Teck Resources Ltd. has asked the Ninth Circuit to rule that a Washington tribal association can't bring allegations related to airborne pollutants the association claims settled downwind in the Columbia River, saying the claims are blocked by a decision the appellate court made last year.
July 21, 2015
From Arizona’s battle to keep its Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act settlements out of judges' hands to a fight over whether air emissions that drift far away and land on the ground trigger liability, a number of high-profile CERLCA cases are currently underway in federal court. Here, Law360 looks at six CERCLA cases attorneys should be watching in the second half of 2015.