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 […]

Nov 5, 2020

Final Risk Evaluation for Carbon Tetrachloride Finds Unreasonable Risks to Workers and Occupational Non-Users – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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 […]

Nov 2, 2020

PA Court Rejects Environmental Rights Amendment Challenge to Appropriation of Oil and Gas Lease Funds for DCNR’s General Operations – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

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 […]

Oct 30, 2020

TSCA Section 21 Petition Seeks Section 4 Test Rule for 54 PFAS – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On October 14, 2020, a coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGO) petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to request that EPA require health and environmental effects testing on 54 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).  The petition seeks issuance of a rule or […]

Oct 26, 2020

Southern District of Texas’s Opinion Offers a Look Behind the CERCLA Allocation Curtain – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

October 26, 2020 Maria C. Salvemini MGKF Litigation Blog On August 19, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued what it hoped was “the third, and should be the last, opinion in these environmental pollution cases arising from World War II and the Korean […]