Category: News

Nov 17, 2025

Environmental Groups Denied Intervention in Constitutional Challenge to New York’s Climate Law – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

November 17, 2025 Giselle F. Mazmanian, Esq. MGKF Litigation Blog Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York denied a motion by several environmental organizations seeking to intervene in a multistate constitutional challenge to New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act (“CCSA” or the “Act”) […]

Nov 17, 2025

MGKF SPECIAL ALERT: NJDEP Has Begun Issuing Requests for Information Directly to LSRPs

November 14, 2025 In previous alerts, we have highlighted the independent duties and obligations imposed upon Licensed Site Environmental Professionals (LSRPs) under the New Jersey Site Remediation Reform Act and LSRP rules, and the resulting issues that parties should consider when retaining an LSRP to oversee a cleanup. We have recently learned […]

Nov 17, 2025

EPA Proposes to Narrow Scope of TSCA Section 8(a)(7) PFAS Reporting Rule – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On November 13, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a)(7) regulation for reporting and recordkeeping requirements for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). 90 Fed. Reg. 50923. As reported in our October 3, 2023, memorandum, the final rule requires […]

Nov 14, 2025

News and Seminars From Rich & Henderson

 During the 2025 term, the Maryland Supreme Court issued its decision in In re: Foster Farm, Case No. 25, Sept. Term, 2024. Foster Farm is the first Maryland Supreme Court case to address Maryland’s Right-to-Farm laws, which offer protections to agricultural operations from nuisance claims. The dispute in Foster Farm concerned the stockpiling and application […]

Nov 13, 2025

Second Circuit Orders Attorneys’ Fees for Removal Arguments in New York City Climate Change Case – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

November 13, 2025 Reilly Wright, Esq. MGKF Litigation Blog On October 3, 2025 a three judge panel for the Second Circuit ruled that Exxon Mobil Corporation, BP P.L.C., Shell Oil Company, and the American Petroleum Institute (“API”) must pay New York City (“the City”)’s attorneys’ fees and costs for advancing […]