A primary concern of the company involved with the spill, as well as its insurer, is the extent to which a
potential environmental liability is covered by insurance.
In turn, individuals will want to consider whether and in what circumstances they are prepared to serve as directors or officers of corporations that are exposed to
significant environmental liability.
The tension between environmental regulation and bankruptcy law
makes environmental liability an issue that must be considered as part of any bankruptcy strategy.
Most people think of a large manufacturing, mining or petroleum operation, but these are not the only industries at risk for
environmental liability losses.
Environmental liability insurance policies will provide compensation for costs associated with any government - mandated clean up effort so long as the mandate was initiated during the time that the policy was in effect.
Mr. Poplawski also has extensive experience in representing Debtors with regard to the treatment
of environmental liabilities in bankruptcy.
On June 17, Dianne and Graham Rempe of the City Toronto's Legal Services spoke on the issue of current
environmental liabilities for municipalities.
The Public Accounts / Budget include provisions with respect to certain liabilities, such
as environmental liabilities, potential losses resulting from court cases, potential losses on loans and loan guarantees, etc. even though no cash payments have been made.
Acted for a number of former directors and officers in connection with
environmental liability claims made against them arising out of the liquidation of Northstar Aerospace
Excluding the $ 2.4 billion for
AECL environmental liabilities, this would imply an end - of - year accounting deficit of $ 5.2 billion, marginally higher than that recorded in 2011 - 12.
That same superior knowledge of environmental law and policy enables our litigators to effectively represent buyers or sellers of property in disputes
over environmental liabilities associated with those properties; parties targeted for cleanup costs and natural resource damages in Superfund cases; and private parties in litigation over contribution or allocation issues.
The company, with a staff of 24, operates two profit - making divisions: Synapse Services, which provides specialized environmental insurance, and Synapse Risk Management, which helps property owners
manage environmental liabilities.
If a Trustee in Bankruptcy is able to disclaim the assets that have
associated environmental liabilities, leaving them while taking the valuable assets to satisfy creditor claims, the resulting shortfall may fall upon the shoulders of the directors and officers.
Prior to joining Stryker, Taylor worked for ERCI, an environmental consulting firm focused on managing and
remediating environmental liabilities for clients in the energy and automotive industries.
Much of the focus in due diligence is on the costs of remediation and
future environmental liabilities because one thing those firms don't like is uncertainties around unexpected law suits or big clean - up bills popping up in the future.
«If Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson is serious about transforming his company into a tech leader, he must first solve his company's
biggest environmental liability: the 8,000 + cups that go into landfills every minute of every day.
Despite its
obvious environmental liabilities, Norway's fossil fuel - based economy has not prevented it from taking a leading role in the fight against climate change.
Environmental, Safety and Health We can aid you in the management of large -
scale environmental liability and compliance issues, complex project siting and land development, and public advocacy.
For the past seven years, Mr. Meyers» practice has focused on coverage disputes for
environmental liabilities involving claims under specialized pollution legal liability, contractors» pollution liability, and cost - cap policies.
We have statutes in law that consider contaminated land legacy issues and present day
operational environmental liabilities that might arise on or in the vicinity of a property under consideration.
The firm's attorneys represent clients in matters involving oil and chemical spills, soil and ground water contamination, transportation and disposal of hazardous wastes, air emissions, remediation and assessments of superfund sites and
other environmental liabilities.
Evaluating and pursuing insurance recovery for a wide variety of claims, including long -
tail environmental liabilities, construction defects, catastrophic personal injuries, cyber liabilities, and claims against directors and officers and professionals.
The Insurance and Reinsurance Group is also able to capitalize on the broad substantive abilities of our firm in
defending environmental liability, products liability, title and real estate defects, professional liability, and construction defect claims made against policyholders by third parties.
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said on Tuesday that she filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting state agencies» authority to
settle environmental liability cases under the federal law known as the «Superfund.»
In doing so, she undertakes and oversees due diligence assessments, retains and works with consultants, engineers and other environmental professionals to quantify potential liabilities, and drafts and negotiates contract language to effectively allocate the risk of
environmental liabilities between the parties.
Gail, this will not help you in the here and now, but the Risk Management Forum during the REALTORS Conference & Expo (New Orleans, Nov. 7 - 10, 2014) will focus on
emerging environmental liability risks to real estate practitioners.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Joint venture partners Hilco SP L.L.C., based in Northbrook, Ill. and
Environmental Liability Transfer Inc., an affiliate of Commercial Development Company Inc., have completed the purchase of the...
From large, multi-party clean up cases to toxic tort class actions as well as contractual disputes
over environmental liabilities, Bonnie has handled it all.
Stephen has a broad civil litigation practice with extensive experience in breach of trust claims, commercial disputes, construction liens, construction and
environmental liability claims, First Nations consultation rights in land development, insurance coverage, product liability, professional liability and subrogation.
Utility companies and their shareholders are not liable for
certain environmental liabilities — including site clean - up costs — of their predecessor entities, the House of Lords has ruled.