WELG’s litigation practice focuses on representing companies in high-stakes environmental matters including Superfund cost recovery actions, pollution cost allocation, remediation and toxic tort litigation.
We represent companies in the real estate development, shopping center, energy, automotive, chemicals, electronics, paint, retail, manufacturing and mining sectors.
INDUSTRY SECTORS:
- Manufacturing
- Commercial Real Estate Developers
- Shopping Center Owners
- Environmental Consultants
- Insurance Companies
- Retailers
- Construction Materials Suppliers
- Government Agencies
- Cities
- Landfills
- Ports
- Mining
CASE STUDIES:
- Schutte & Koerting, Inc. v. United National Insurance Company
- Schutte & Koerting, Inc. v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board for San Diego Region
- In Re Petition of Meridian Gold Corporation
- United States v. El Dorado County, et al.
- State of California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Bay Area Drum Co., et al.
- Unilever Best Foods and CCL Custom Manufacturing Inc. v. American Steel & Aluminum Corp, et al.
- West County Landfill, Inc. et al. v. Allied Chemical Corp. et al.
- Goss, Ross, Doyle Trust v. Shell Oil Co.
- Pendleton Site Group, et al. v. Arcata Graphics Co., et al.
- City and County of San Francisco v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
- Members of the GBF/Pittsburg Landfill(s) Respondents Group, et al. v. Contra Costa Waste Service, Inc.
- Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp. et al. v. HM Holdings, Inc. et al.
- Champsi, et al. v. Chaitin, et al.
- In Re: Angelillo Property Superfund Site, Southington, Hartford County, CT, A.R. Sandri, Inc., et al.
- Port of Redwood City v. Gibson Environmental, Inc. et al.
- People of the State of California, et al. v. M & P Investments, et al.
- Mar/Dan and Srue v. Wells Fargo Bank, et al.
- People of the State of California v. Kyocera America, Inc.
- Pellegrini v. Technichem, et al.
- California DTSC v. Electronics Manufacturer
- TEAM Enterprises, Inc. v. Century Centers, LTD, et al
- United States v. Bradley Mining Company
- Delta Star, Inc. v. Tiegel Manufacturing Co. et al.
- Emeryville Redevelopment Agency v. Robinson, et al.
- Sherron Teal v. Borg-Warner Corporation, et al.