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James B. Slaughter,
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Washington, DC
Tel: +1.202.789.6040
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April 27, 2018News Alert Fourth Circuit Holds Maryland Ban on Pharmaceutical “Price Gouging” Unconstitutionally Regulates Out-of-State Business Activity, Reinvigorating Extraterritoriality Doctrine of Dormant Commerce Clause
Beveridge & DiamondJimmy Slaughter, Jamie Auslander, Hilary Jacobs
March 13, 2018News Alert Supreme Court Poised to Overrule Requirement that Takings Claims be Filed In State Court
Beveridge & DiamondGus Bauman, Jimmy Slaughter
May 6, 2015 Washington State Supreme Court Declines Review of Beveridge & Diamond Win in Court of Appeals Preempting Biosolids Ban
April 21, 2014 Defending Environmental Citizen Suits
For The DefensePatrick J. Shea and Richard S. Davis
February 5, 2014 Protecting Biosolids Recycling: Update on Local Bans and Tort Lawsuits
National Association of Clean Water AgenciesJimmy Slaughter
October 24, 2012 Corporate Successor Liability Law Under CERCLA: The Vitaility of the Substantial Continuity Test in Superfund Cleanups
34 BNA Environment Reporter 2363-2370, October 24, 2003James B. Slaughter
March 26, 2011 D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Pesticide Registration as Untimely
Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know Committee Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 2James B. Slaughter and Kathryn E. Szmuszkovicz
June 26, 2010 Legal Challenges to Land Application: Local ordinances are defeated, but "toxic tort" lawsuits by site neighbors continue
March 30, 2008 Preemption Litigation Strategies Under Environmental Law
ABA's Natural Resources & EnvironmentJames B. Slaughter and James M. Auslander
November 26, 2007 Back to the Future: PRPs Regain Access to Courts in United States v. Atlantic Research
ABA's Environmental Litigation Committee NewseltterJames B. Slaughter and Alexandra M. ("Andie") Wyatt
August 31, 2006 Biosolids Management: Options, Opportunities & Challenges
A NACWA HandbookJames B. Slaughter, Richard S. Davis, Christopher J. McKenzie and Angela R. Farleigh
September 1, 2005 When the Law Is on Your Side -- Current Legal Issues on Land Application
Biosolids Technical Bulletin, Volume 10, Number 5James Slaughter
October 1, 2004 Winning Preemption and Damages Under Federal Environmental Law
Environmental Litigation Committee Newsletter 5-7 (American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Environmental Litigation Committee)James Slaughter and James Auslander
May 1, 2004 Protecting Work Product and Communications of Public Relations Consultants from Discovery
ABA Litigation Section Corporate Counsel Committee NewsletterJames Slaughter and Nessa Horewitch
May 1, 2003 Preemption of Local Environmental Regulations: Courts and the Legislature Reject Local Control of Biosolids
Environmental Law NewsJames Slaughter
May 1, 2002 Superfund Update 2001: Courts of Appeals Narrow Liability
Toxic Torts & Environmental Law (Defense Research Institute)James Slaughter