Ring Bender Reviews New Book on ESG in the Legal Practice
A new book on environmental, social, governance (ESG) is required reading for all environmental, energy, and resource lawyers. It provides a useful overview to assist lawyers in addressing fundamental questions of corporate governance and corporate policies in a fast-paced regulatory world.
Ring Bender attorneys Patrick (“Kit”) Bobko, Norman (“Norm”) Dupont and Jay Tufano recently won an appeal reversing an adverse judgment against a municipal firm client, Rubidoux Community Services District (Rubidoux).
Ring Bender Client Orange County to Receive $1.25 Million Settlement from Chevron for Talbert Channel Oil Contamination
We are proud to have obtained this settlement on behalf of Orange County. As a law firm focusing in part on waterway and other environmental clean-up and related cost recovery actions, our firm brings considerable experience to clients in need of representation for these and other environmental matters. Read about this case.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors retained Ring Bender to represent it in connection with an oil release in the Talbert Channel in October of 2022.
To learn more, please see LA Times article regarding this matter.
We are proud to announce that Ring Bender Partners Christine “Tina” Hein and Norman “Norm” Dupont have been recognized as among the Best Lawyers in America® 2024 – Tina for her work in Environmental Law, and Norm for his work in Environmental Law and Litigation – Enviornmental. Tina and Norm were also recognized as among…
Ninth Circuit Interprets Settlement Agreement to Weigh in on Claim Preclusion and CERCLA Cleanup Costs
In the recent CERCLA decision, GP Vincent II v. Est. of Beard, No. 21-16555, 2023 WL 3488113 (9th Cir. May 17, 2023), the Ninth Circuit reversed a motion to dismiss finding that a settlement agreement limited to the cleanup of contamination that had migrated to an adjacent property did not bar claims between parties associated with…
