Representative Matters

  • Litigation
    • Represent group of over 70 potentially responsible parties in CERCLA litigation in federal district court regarding responsibility for potential remedial costs of almost $2 billion.
    • Represent global corporation in a multi-phased litigation regarding state and federal claims regarding a mercury contaminated site and river system with potential remedial costs of around $1 billion.  Successful litigation in environmental board hearing addressed state enforcement action seeking $250 million remedy for approximate $150 million remedy and settlement of river contamination claims of potentially $1 billion in remedial actions for $187 million caped remedy with contingencies.
    • PFAS – represent defendants in alleged PFAS claims brought by state of Maine and regarding natural resource damages and private entities for damages.
  • Corporate Due Diligence
    • Represent multinational investment company in connection with acquisition of 26 hydropower projects in Maine and New Hampshire ($760 million enterprise value) on three different rivers, including two rivers designated as critical habitat for endangered species by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Environmental Permitting
    • Represent one of largest investment banks in the world in permitting efforts for liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal and accompanying send-out pipeline to Downeast Maine. The project involved complex consultation processes and permitting, efforts involving numerous federal and state agencies, including FERC, DOI, USCG, Army Corps, Maine DEP, Maine State Planning Office, as well as local governments.

Firm Highlights

News

David Van Slyke Named to 2024 Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law

Preti Flaherty’s Managing Partner David Van Slyke has been recognized by Lawdragon as one of the top 500 environmental lawyers in the U.S. It’s the third time he has been named to this prestigious...

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Preti Flaherty Welcomes Attorneys Michelle Amidzich Fritz and Kat Mail to the Firm

Preti Flaherty is pleased to announce the arrival of attorneys Michelle Amidzich Fritz and Kat Mail. Michelle Amidizich Fritz joins the firm’s Environmental Practice Group in the Boston office. She is a graduate of...

Publication

Post Sackett: What Is the Scope of the Clean Water Act?

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) rendered a decision in Sackett et ux. v. EPA addressing what Justice Alito referred to as a “nagging question” of what water bodies are covered under...

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David Van Slyke Reappointed by Governor Mills to New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission

Van Slyke is one of five Commissioners from the state of Maine overseeing NEIWPCC PORTLAND—Preti Flaherty’s Managing Partner, David Van Slyke, has been reappointed by Governor Janet T. Mills to the New England Interstate...

Publication

How Much Permitting "Reform" Comes from the New Debt Ceiling Legislation?

Without fanfare or ceremony, on Saturday June 3 rd , President Biden signed the bitterly-negotiated Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA), also known as the Debt Ceiling Limit legislation. While most of the media...