April 30, 2021 Megan A. Elliott MGKF Litigation Blog Earlier this month, the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Southern District of New York’s ruling that state common law claims against oil companies for costs resulting from climate change were either preempted by the Clean Air Act, or, […]
On February 16, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). On April, 12, 2021, OSHA published a Federal Register notice to extend the comment period of the NPRM to amend the HCS by one month. The HCS is the federal-level […]
April 21, 2021 Trump-Era Clean Water Act Rule Takes Effect in Colorado on April 23, 2021, While Colorado Public Officials Renew Efforts to Craft a State-Level Dredge-and-Fill Permitting Program Following a temporary delay in Colorado federal court, the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) will now take effect in […]
April 19, 2021 State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Resolution Approving State Wetland Definition and Dredge and Fill Procedures On April 6, 2021, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) approved the application of the State Wetland Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to Waters […]
April 15, 2021 David R. Struwe MGKF Litigation Blog On March 31, 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court decision interpreting the term “claim” in an indemnification agreement to require some threat of suit or assertion of liability under Minnesota law. Finding that mere […]