Over a year the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company v. United States, 129 S. Ct. 1870 (2009), in which it addressed liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA") for persons wh...

August 31, 2010 We received the following question from a Minnesota business owner who had questions about dealing with contamination that was recently discovered on property.  While we cannot provide anyone with legal advice (please see the disclaimer on this website), we can to respond to th...

August 27, 2010 An operator of two Minneapolis cab companies filed a constitutional challenge to City of Minneapolis ordinances requiring the companies to have 5 percent of its fleet be fuel efficient by 2007. The operator testified at a hearing opposing the ordinance.  Other witnesses suppo...