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Environmental

Jan. 14, 2002

Parent Trap

Environmental Law Practitioner Column - By William D. Wick, When is a parent corporation liable for the cleanup of its subsidiary's hazardous sites? Although the Supreme Court set forth new standards for that determination in United States v. Bestfoods, 524 U.S. 51 (1998), there have been few cases applying those fact-dependent standards. Two recent cases provide some clarification - and reach opposite results on the liability of the parent corporation.

        Environmental Law Practitioner Column
        
        By William D. Wick
        
        When is a parent corporation liable for the cleanup of its subsidiary's hazardous sites? Although the Supreme Court set forth new standards for that dete...

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