Frank Rapoport will give the Keynote address at the P3 Infrastructure Summit 2015 on October 14-15, 2015 located at the Digital Sandbox Network Event Center, 55 Broad Street, New York, New York. Mr. Rapoport's topic titled, "P3 Infrastructure in Review" will focus on a review of the notable developments in the p3 market over the past year, including the key [...] Read More

Peckar & Abramson is pleased to announce that twenty-four (24) attorneys at the firm have been named to the 2016 Edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning a reputation as the as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Lawyers [...] Read More

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a 95-year old agreement released a defendant from contribution costs under the Superfund statute.  In Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company v. Beazer East, Inc., Peoples Gas sued to recover costs it had incurred in conducting environmental investigation and removal activities at a property that it partially owned.  At issue in [...] Read More

According to news reports, the City of Elmhurst has completed the Salt Creek (Greenway) Trail Pumping Stations Water Quality and Landscape Enhancements project involving improvements at four pumping stations. “The goal of this project is to model the proper use of erosion and sedimentation control techniques using best management practices and educational displays. This work will help to manage sedimentation/siltation, [...] Read More

According to news reports, a “recently submitted Senate bill, the Sensible Environmental Protection Act, amends FIFRA [the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act] and CWA [the Clean Water Act] to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state from requiring a permit for a discharge into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized under FIFRA and clarifies the permitting of [...] Read More