Pre-Enforcement Review in Environmental Law: When Companies Can (and Should) Challenge EPA Interpretations Last month, we published an article on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in the case of McLaughlin Chiropractic v. McKesson. While this wasn’t an environmental case, as we discussed in the article, it nonetheless has the […]
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® released its 2026 “Best Law Firms” rankings. Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP (MGKF), the environmental, energy, safety, land use law and litigation firm located in suburban Philadelphia was included in national and regional rankings in two practice areas. National Tier 1: Environmental LawNational Tier 2: Litigation – […]
November 6, 2025 Carol F. McCabe, Esq. and Reilly Wright, Esq. The Legal Intelligencer In the decade since Congress amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the EPAs approach to evaluating chemical risks has evolved through cycles of regulatory expansion, contraction and judicial review. As successive administrations reinterpret the statute’s […]
Can Lenders Be Liable for Property Contamination? What Banks and Borrowers Should Know Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), various parties can potentially be held liable for cleanup costs (among other costs) associated with property contamination. This is true regardless of whether these parties were the […]
October 21, 2025 SB 707 Brings Major Changes to the California Brown Act Senate Bill 707 (“SB 707” or “the bill”) was signed into law by Governor Newsom earlier this month and will bring significant changes to the Brown Act (Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq.) and how public agencies […]