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September 27, 2024
Union Carbide Ordered to Pay $200,000 Clean Water Act Civil Penalty and Orders Landfill Cleanup in West Virginia “Open Dump” Case
2024
Paladin Wins Appeal: Court Finds Current Owner of Contaminated Property Can Recover Costs Despite Prior Settlement (Hari Hara, LLC v. Team Enterprises)
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Kirk M. Tracy
July 2023
PFAS on the Path to Being Designated CERCLA “Hazardous Substances” — Buyers and Sellers Beware
November 2022
Texas Court of Appeals, Eleventh District, Affirms Dismissal Against the City of Midland Under the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act
January 2022
Texas Supreme Court Interprets a Binding Mandatory Arbitration Clause Against Successor Assignees
April 2019
Beware of New Environmental Screening Levels
May 2018
An Expanded Interpretation of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
Bret A. Stone
John R. Till
November 2019
How to Survive the PFAS Apocalypse (with Bret A. Stone)
The “Innocent Landowner” Defense Proves to be Out of Reach . . . Again — Santa Barbara Lawyer
Recovery of Environmental Cleanup Costs under CERCLA – Answers from the High Court — Santa Barbara Lawyer
Back from the Dead: Suing Dissolved Corporations and Deceased Individuals — Santa Barbara Lawyer
Cost Recovery Under Superfund Law: The Cooper v. Aviall Confusion Continues — Santa Barbara Lawyer
Affirmative Defense for Setoff Could Constitute “Suit” Triggering Insurer’s Duty to Defend — Santa Barbara Lawyer
Contaminated Collateral — The RMA Journal
Another Victory for Policyholders — Santa Barbara Lawyer
Insurance Archaeology — Environmental Law Conference in Yosemite; republished Santa Barbara Lawyer, Feb 2006
When Best Management Practices Aren’t Enough — Anodizing Newsline; republished Metal Finishing Magazine, Nov 2005
Buried Treasure in City Hall — Public Agency Risk Managers Association
Brian R. Paget
Samantha E. Hamilton
Fall 2025
The Second Trump Era: Impacts on Children’s Health in Rural Communities — 40 Natural Resources & Environment 2
November 2024
Wetlands at the Coast: A Panel Discussion — Shape of the Coast Legal Symposium
May 2024
A Young Lawyer’s Perspective — GRIT – Stories of Resilience
April 2023
Corps Must Consult with NMFS on Bonnet Carré Spillway Openings — 22 The SandBar 2
December 2022
Legal Challenge to NWP 56: False Alarm or More To Come? — National Sea Grant Law Center Blog
October 2022
Seasonal Closures of Lobster Fisheries: The Wrong Way to Protect the Right Whale? — 21 The SandBar 4
Summer 2021
Plastic Pollution Litigation — 36 Natural Resources & Environment 1
2023
The Year in Review 2022: Chapter O – Marine Resources — ABA Environment, Energy, and Resources Law
September 2020
Voting for Racial Justice: How Pro Bono and Voting Rights Align — The PBEye Blog