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Clean water act

Record-Setting Settlement for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Summary: BP has been hit with the largest fines in history for penalties to the federal Clean Water Act and…

Walmart to Pay $81.6 million for Dumping Toxic Waste

Walmart pled guilty on Tuesday to improperly dumping hazardous products from its stores in Missouri and California. The chain was…

Van Ness Feldman and GordonDerr Announce Merger

Van Ness Feldman and GordonDerr LLP announced in recent days that the two law firms will merge, and will use…

BP to Pay $25 Million as Penalty for Alaskan Oil Pipeline Spill in 2006

On May 3, BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. made an agreement to pay $25 million as a penalty to Alaska.  This…