November 12, 2020 Court of Appeal for Second Appellate District Determines Plaintiff Not Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies in Proposition 218 Challenge to Ratemaking Methodology The Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District recently ruled that a plaintiff challenging the method that a special district uses to calculate rates […]
Biobased and Renewable Products Update November 5, 2020 Federal Senator Merkley And Representative Levin Introduce The Zero-Emission Vehicles Act On October 20, 2020, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Mike Levin (D-CA) introduced in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives the Zero-Emission Vehicles At of 2020 (the […]
Nov 6, 2020
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox Included in 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” National Rankings
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox Included in 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” National Rankings U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® released their 2021 “Best Law Firms” rankings. Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP (MGKF), the environmental, energy, safety, land use law and litigation firm located in suburban […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final risk evaluation for carbon tetrachloride on November 4, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 70147. EPA states that it reviewed 15 conditions of use, “all of which are associated with industrial and commercial work and primarily involve the manufacturing of other chemicals.” EPA found unreasonable risks to […]
November 2, 2020 Thomas M. Duncan MGKF Litigation Blog On October 22, 2020, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court rejected a facial constitutional challenge to two statutory enactments that directed over $110 million generated from oil and gas leases on state lands to pay for the general government operations of the Pennsylvania […]