Law.com Reports on Texas PFAS Class Action Lawsuit

Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Filed for Coal Waste Dump

April 24, 2017

The Observer-Reporter recently spoke with Napoli Shkolnik Partner Louise Caro regarding the class-action lawsuit the firm filed against FirstEnergy Corp. on behalf of Fayette County village residents. Caro said, “I think the people that live there in LaBelle are being completely ignored and have been poisoned for some time, and it’s not going to stop.”…Read the article

Lawmakers Crack Down on Illegal Dumpers

January 4, 2021

In the wake of a discovery of an illegal solid waste dumping ground in Long Island, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo approved a measure which broadens the definition of “acutely hazardous” substances and stiffens possible criminal penalties. Earlier in 2020, investigators discovered that a company had secretly buried about 40,000 pounds of hazardous solid waste…Read the article

Marie Napoli on the MeToo Movement Against Sexual Harassment

June 1, 2018

The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines sexual harassment as follows:  “Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature…when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance or creates an intimidating,…Read the article