by Alan Hahn | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog
What is a Navigable Water? Is the water in your ditch covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA)? What about the stream that flows occasionally or the wetland on your property? Is there a connection or “nexus” between these aforementioned areas and navigable waterways or...
by Alan Hahn | Mar 21, 2014 | Blog
Lake Erie Water Quality Lake Erie has often been held up as an environmental success story as corrective measures reduced phosphorus loading from the 1960s through the 1980s and transformed the shallowest of the Great Lakes from dead to alive and vibrant again. But...
by Alan Hahn | Mar 17, 2014 | Blog
Environmental Forensics Event Details The groundwater is contaminated and you look responsible…but are you? Addressing contaminated groundwater can be frustrating and complicated. It’s even more frustrating when you are being “tagged” as the responsible party, when...
by Alan Hahn | Mar 17, 2014 | Blog
Dr. Sklash shares his strategy It doesn’t matter how convincing we believe the data are in demonstrating that our clients are not responsible for a release. What really matters is our ability to convince the regulators and the courts that the data clearly demonstrate...
by Alan Hahn | Mar 6, 2014 | Blog
So what is “keeping in-house counsel up at night” and what do defense attorneys see in their “crystal balls”? As you can imagine, the concerns are many, including the current state and federal regulatory focus on new exposure pathways, trends in litigation, and...