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Saturday, April 1, 2006
There was a time when environmental law was an emerging specialty, when
corporations and the legal practitioners who served them were terrified by what
appeared to be a bottomless pit of liability. In the absence of much in the way
of case law precedent, to say nothing of statutory law and the regulatory
framework derived from statutes, lawyers were hard...
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Saturday, April 1, 2006
Editor: Mr. Leland, would you tell our readers something about your professional background?
Leland: I have been an environmental lawyer for the last 32 years. I began my practice with a New York environmental boutique firm, and, after a Long Island detour, I have done environmental work exclusively in large New York firms since 1989.
Editor: How did...
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Saturday, April 1, 2006
There was a time when environmental law was an emerging specialty, when
corporations and the legal practitioners who served them were terrified by what
appeared to be a bottomless pit of liability. In the absence of much in the way
of case law precedent, to say nothing of statutory law and the regulatory
framework derived from statutes, lawyers were hard...
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Sunday, May 1, 2005
Part I of this article appeared in the April 2005 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.
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Friday, April 1, 2005
Part II of this article will appear in the May issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.
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Sunday, February 1, 2004
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA" or Superfund),1 any "person" who is the present or past owner or operator of a contaminated facility or a generator of hazardous substances that are polluting a facility, is liable for the costs of cleaning up that facility.2 CERCLA defines "person" to include...
