Hot Topics in Products Liability Law: Hijacking the RICO Statute to Bring a Products Liability Claim
October 17, 2023
by Devin R. Bates
There is an emerging trend in products liability law where a plaintiff styles a case as a RICO claim, but at its core the gravamen of the dispute is an extension of a products liability action. To some extent, this is an attempt by the plaintiffs’ bar to repackage products liability actions under…
Water Infrastructure Financing Program: U.S. Corps of Engineers Public Notices Funding Availability for Credit Assistance
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) published a Notice of Funding Availability (“Notice”) in the September 20th Federal Register for credit assistance from the Water Infrastructure Financing Program (“WIFP”). See 88 Fed. Reg. 64892. The WIFP is the Corps’ new credit assistance…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Bristol Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a September 1st proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Gregory Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. (“GPHI”). The Order provides that GPHI operates a pharmaceutical manufacturing operation (“Facility”) in…
Asbestos Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and White County Contractor Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lyons Contracting, LLC (“Lyons”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the Arkansas Asbestos Regulations found in Arkansas Pollution Control &…
Air Case Law/Litigation Update: Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention October 12th Presentation
I undertook a presentation at the October 12th Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention of the sampling of the air/litigation cases that have occurred over the last 12 months. Subjects discussed included: Judicial/Administrative Decision Enforcement/Citizen Suit Actions Filed/Pending Consent…