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Turning Crisis into Strategy: Contracts, projects and disputes at a global chokepoint
A hallmark of our practice is how we roll up our sleeves and work with our clients and their consultants to develop cost-effective investigation and remediation strategies for contaminated sites. We make sure we understand the technical issues and apply that knowledge to minimize your legal liabilities, including, in the U.S. under:
- Superfund-CERCLA
- RCRA corrective actions and closures
- Brownfields
- Oil Pollution Act
- State programs
The order, permit, and settlement strategies we recommend maximize your flexibility to achieve cost-effective, environmentally protective solutions.
We have served not only as trusted legal advisors and litigators, but also as project managers for multiyear, multistakeholder investigation and remediation projects costing many millions of dollars, euros, or pounds sterling.
Representative experience
Represented Kuwait in the remediation of its country using nearly $3bn as reparations from Iraq’s invasion during the Gulf War.
To address PCE contamination, we defended a class action and 11 non-class lawsuits involving 1,000 plaintiffs, two contribution actions, and three state enforcement actions.
In the last few years, we have handled investigation and remediation projects and disputes in California, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
Defended clients in citizens suits seeking multimillion dollar court-imposed remediation requirements for alleged discharges to water bodies, soil contamination, and air releases.