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As legislators and regulators continue to ramp up efforts to mitigate exposures to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just...

The owners of Titanic sought to limit liability following the ship’s sinking by petitioning under 1851 legislation. The owners of the submersible lost on its dive to visit that famed ship’s wreckage may do the same thing, legal experts tell Sheila Flynn

Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee issued a new request Thursday for documents from Norfolk Southern, alleging the railroad company has failed to produce documents on its derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this year. In the letter, ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and the panel’s other Democrats said CEO Alan Shaw…

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of human-made chemicals that have infiltrated nearly every aspect of modern life. This is Part Two.

BATH/PORTLAND – A U.S. District Court Judge again ruled in favor in early May of a Bath Iron Works employee who filed a lawsuit in December 2022 for injuries he said he suffered when he assisted in the company’s rescue efforts for passengers on the...

Contribution claims brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) are not barred by prior environmental litigation if the property at...

In my last blog, I discussed the seminal ruling in Chisholm’s-Village Plaza, LLC v. Travelers Insurance Co., et al.; No. 2:20-cv-00920-JB-KRS, in which the United States District Court...

Robert Melvin is an environmental attorney with Robinson Cole Law Firm, he counsels on health, and safety compliance, sustainability, emergency response efforts and site remediation.

The first bellwether trial in the massive Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF/PFAS) multi-district products liability litigation MDL-2873 (MDL) was delayed pending finalizing a reported...