On March 18, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided that under the federal environmental cleanup law known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA") (42 U.S.C. §9607), a subcontractor cannot recover the value of unpaid work directly from a landowner if the landowner has already paid … Continue Reading
This post was also written by Nicholas Rock, Alexandra Gordon, Pryderi Diebschlag, Maricela Robles Garza. Members of the Brownfields Solutions team at Reed Smith have just published the first in a new series of articles looking at issues relevant to those with an interest in UK brownfield land. In the first article, the team looks … Continue Reading
