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Environmental Law: DEC adopts updated SEQR regulations
Almost everyone who has applied for a permit or other approval from a government board or agency has encountered the State Environmental Quality Review Act, more commonly known by its […]
Environmental Law: Makers of household cleaning products required to come clean about ingredients
In 1972, in the midst of a period that might be considered the boom time for new environmental law in New York, the Legislature enacted Article 35 of the Environmental […]
Environmental Law: Not in my backyard? Article 10 and the siting of electric generating facilities
The proposal to locate a waste-to-energy facility on the former Seneca Army Depot in the Town of Romulus in Seneca County has reignited interest in New York State’s uneven approach […]
Environmental Law: The three legs of environmental law enforcement—the EPA, the DEC and citizens
A question frequently asked of environmental lawyers these days is to predict what the Trump administration will do regarding environmental regulation and enforcement. Certainly in relation to regulations intended to […]
Environmental Law: Governor, senators back clean water and spending to improve infrastructure
For years, grassroots organizations such as Genesee RiverWatch, Hudson Riverkeeper, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, the Nature Conservancy and others have advocated for improvements in water and wastewater infrastructure and watershed protection. […]
NYS schools must test drinking water for lead
On Sept. 6, 2016, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation mandating that schools across the state test their drinking water for lead contamination. The same day the New York State Department […]
Environmental Law: Cuomo seeks state brownfield cleanup program change – again
A brownfield is a developed, but now vacant or underutilized property, where redevelopment or reuse is hampered by the presence of contamination. There are thousands of properties fitting this description […]
Environmental Law: Risk & resiliency: NY’s plan to cope with climate change
New Yorkers will soon be required by law to prepare for the negative impacts of climate change. Convinced that the earth’s climate is warming, and that the sea is rising […]
Environmental Law: Genesee RiverWatch seeks to address persistent problems
Over the past decade, concerns about climate change and fracking have dominated public discussion about the environment, tending to overshadow the basic issues which sparked the environmentalist movement in the […]
Environmental Law: Yogurt triggers new battles in environmental regulation war
Does economic development only come at a cost to the environment? This old question has dominated environmental news of late, but most of the attention has focused on the acrimonious […]
Environmental Law: Renewable energy benefits from the ‘fiscal cliff’
Discussions about energy in New York have remained intensely and divisively focused on the extraction of reserves of natural gas from the Marcellus shale. Even as the Department of Environmental […]
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Long-arm jurisdiction: Northwell Health Inc. v. Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
- Fourth Department – Motor vehicle accident: Thurston v. Howard
- Western District Case Notes
- Fourth Department – Disclosure: People v. Smith
- Second Circuit – Petition for bail: Fulton v. Mullin
- Fourth Department – Breach of lease agreement: Three Buds, LLC v. NCTBP Calabrese LLC
- Second Circuit – Expert testimony: Rutledge v. Walgreen Co.; Phippen v. Walgreen Co.
- Second Circuit – Congestion pricing: County of Rockland v. Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Auth.
- Fourth Department – Apartment search: People v. Shaw
- Fourth Department – Vicarious liability: Sarah R. v. Crouse Health Hospital
- Fourth Department – Waiver of indictment: People v. Schindler
Law News
- New York sues Kalshi, says its prediction markets are illegal gambling
- Police investigate alleged misappropriation of Walworth Fire Department funds
- New trial granted for defendant unhappy with their attorney
- NY appellate court reinstates medical malpractice case
- NY appeals court reinstates slip-and-fall lawsuit
- Charter Communications must pay penalty for retaliation against employee
- Webster resident named to lead national court reporter group
- NY appeals court affirms rape conviction, rejects speedy trial claim