Publications: Environmental

Date	Description	Publication	Format
Feb 2008	Improper Asbestos Removal: Pleading the Fifth in Civil Litigation?	Environmental Update	HTML
Nov 2007	The Only Known Cause Of Mesothelioma Is Asbestos - Not!	Mealey's Litigation Report: Asbestos	PDF*
Oct 2007	Diacetyl Update: House Approves Bill to Limit Use of Diacetyl	Environmental Update	HTML
Sept 2007	Lead Paint Cases Lose Ground, Gain Ground, as Chinese-Manufactured Products Trigger A New Round of Suits	Environmental Update	HTML
June 2007	Supreme Court Opens Door For New Slew Of Lawsuits Under CERCLA	Environmental Update	HTML
May 2007	Breathtaking Litigation: Diacetyl's Choke On Flavor	MEALEY'S Emerging Toxic Torts	PDF*
Feb 2007	Court of Appeal Cuts Punitive Damages Award in Half for Exxon Valdez Alaskan Oil Spill	Environmental Update	HTML
Jan 2007	Courts Crack Down on False Asbestos Claims	Environmental Update	HTML
Jan 2007	Benzene: Trace or Pandemic?	Environmental Update	HTML
Dec 2006	U.S. Supreme Court Heats Up Over Global Warming	Environmental Update	HTML
Oct 2006	"You Can't Claim I Didn't Warn You": The Sophisticated User Defense May Continue Its Comeback in Silica Litigation	SILICA	PDF*
Aug 2006	Gordon & Rees Successfully Extracts Client from Trial of Major Perchloroethylene Contamination Case	Environmental Update	HTML
July 2006	Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. "Minor and Ministerial Involvement" by a Public Agency Does Not Satisfy the Public Participation Requirement of the National Contingency Plan (NCP), and Analysis of One Option Does Not Meet the Feasibility Requirement of the NCP pursuant to CERCLA	Environmental Case Bulletin	HTML
June 2006	The Ability to Recover the Cost of Environmental Cleanup may be Lost Without Public Participation Beyond Oversight by a Regional Water Quality Control Board	Environmental Update	HTML
Mar 2006	House Committee Turns Spotlight on Law Firms Filing Silica Claims	Environmental Update	HTML
Mar 2006	New OSHA Standards for Cancer-Causing Hexavalent Chromium	Environmental Update	HTML
Feb 2006	Landlord Liability Extends To Employee of An Independent Contractor When That Employee Is Injured by An Unknown, Hidden Hazard Such As Asbestos	Environmental and Toxic Tort Case Alert	HTML
Jan 2006	Welding Rod Litigation: The Next Asbestos?	Environmental Update	HTML
Dec 2005	California Passes New Law Targeting Cosmetics	Environmental Update	HTML
Nov 2005	Los Angeles Family Secures $22.6 Million Settlement for Child Allegedly Brain-Damaged by Toxic Mold	Environmental Update	HTML
Oct 2005	Supreme Court Agrees to Enter Wetlands Quagmire	Environmental Update	HTML
Sept 2005	California Senate Seeks to Implement Asbestos Hazards Mapping Act	Environmental Update	HTML
Aug 2005	Recent Ruling in Ohio Incites New Welding Rod Lawsuits in California	Environmental Update	HTML
July 2005	Energy Bill Abandons MTBE Liability Protection	Environmental Update	HTML
May 2005	Trial Court Grants Defense Motion in Limine Severely Limiting Plaintiffs' Claimed Damages in Perchloroethylene Contamination Case	Environmental Update	HTML
April 2005	California Coastal Commission Future Uncertain	Environmental Update	HTML
Mar 2005	Clear Skies Bill	Environmental Update	HTML
Feb 2005	A Failure to Follow Cal-OSHA Provisions Can Now be Used by Third Parties as Evidence of Negligence Per Se	Environmental Update	HTML
Jan 2005	Federal Asbestos Trust Fund Bill Comes Up in the Senate	Environmental Update	HTML
Dec 2004	Landlord Not Shielded From Active Negligence Claim in "Toxic Mold" Case By Use Of Exculpatory Clause Set Forth In Commercial Lease	Environmental Update	HTML
Aug 2004	Arizona court follows the Institute of Medicine and provides proof that we are headed in the right direction.	Mold Bulletin	PDF*
Aug 2004	30 States and Counting: Mold Legislation Continues to Sweep the Nation	Article	PDF*
Jan/Feb 2004	OSHA Bulletin Released on "Mold In The Workplace"	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
Sept 2003	The Closer You Look, The Less You May Know The Ever-Expanding Universe of Interstitial Lung Disease	Article	PDF*
July/Aug 2003	Preventing Mold-Related Nondisclosure Claims	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
March 2003	Silica Litigation: Waking A Sleeping Giant	Aritcle	PDF*
Mar/April 2003	First Personal Injury Mold Case Tried In Orange County	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
Winter 2003	California Supreme Court Grants Review Of Significant Rojas Decision	Environmental Newsletter	PDF*
Jan/Feb 2003	California Appellate Court Rules Mold Investigation Data Not Privileged	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
Jan 2003	Ballard Award Drastically Reduced	Mold Bulletin	PDF*
Oct 2002	Cases, Statutes, Litigation Updates and More...	Environmental & Toxic Tort Newsletter	PDF*
Aug/Sept 2002	California Jury Returns Defense Verdict for School District in Student's Mold-Related Personal Injury Lawsuit	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
Aug 2002	Duty Or Not To Mitigate: The Insured's Burden Reprinted by permission from August 2002 issue of HarrisMartin's COLUMNS-Mold	Article	PDF*
June 2002	California Bill SB 1763 To Create Duty To Disclose And Cover Mold Related Claims	Mold Bulletin	PDF*
May/June 2002	Federal Bill to Address "Toxic Mold" Problem	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
Feb/Mar 2002	The "Toxic Mold Protection Act" Enac Enacted But Not Implemented	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
Winter 2002	Hot Toxic Topics	Environmental & Toxic Tort Newsletter	PDF*
Nov/Dec 2001	Texas Insurance Commissioner Restructures Mold Coverage for Homeowner Policies	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
Sept/Oct 2001	Blood Testing For Mold	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
Oct 2001	California Governor Gray Davis Signs The Toxic Mold Bill Into Law	Bulletin	PDF*
Aug 2001	Can Residential Mold Trigger A Prop 65 Violation?	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
July 2001	Mold Verdict - Texas Style	Mold Matters Newsletter	PDF*
1998	Effective Use of the Pesticide Exception to CERCLA;	Article	HTML
1998	The Use of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Fingerprinting Analysis in Environmental Contamination Disputes;	Toxic Tort & Environmental News
1998	The Use of Experts in Groundwater Contamination Cases;	Toxic Tort & Environmental News
Autumn 1996	Insurer Liability Under CERCLA: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished;	Article	HTML
April 1996	The Sins of the Fathers--Liability of Decedents' Estates and Trusts Under CERCLA	Article	HTML
1993	Defense of Agricultural Chemical Contamination Cases under the EPA Safe Drinking Water Act	Article	HTML