Insights

New Jersey Appellate Division Holds Environmental Escrow in Condemnation Cases Set at Cost of Remediation to Achieve Highest and Best Use

In New Jersey, governmental entities with the power of condemnation have long battled with owners of real...

Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE December 2016

Dirty Dirt or Clean Fill – Absent Proof It’s Dirty, New Jersey Court Says No Liability for Disposal of...

Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE October 2016

Appellate Division Revives Environmental Rights Act Claims to Compel Cleanup of Contaminated Sites—For NowNY and NJ Courts...

Supreme Court of New Jersey to Decide Power of Private Parties to Compel Cleanups

The Supreme Court of New Jersey will soon decide whether private parties who have not incurred any...

Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE May 2016

Buyers Beware:  Failure to Conduct a Preliminary Assessment Prior to Purchase May Be a Costly OmissionPursuing Tax Appeals...

New Jersey Courts Expand Class of Persons Liable for Contamination Under Spill Act

The New Jersey courts continue to define and expand the class of persons liable for the cleanup...

Environmental Update December 2015

New Jersey Courts Expand Class of Persons Liable for Contamination Under Spill ActNew Jersey Supreme Court Refuses to...

Clean Water Rule: The Ebb and Flow of “Waters of the U.S.”

The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers (“Army Corps”) recently promulgated the “Clean...

Environmental Update September 2015

Clean Water Rule:  The Ebb and Flow of “Waters of the U.S.”Companies May Now Face CERCLA Liability for Air...