All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go: What Rights Does An Enclosed Estate Have For Access To The Nearest Public Road?
Imagine hundreds of thousands of gallons of water waiting to be sold to drillers in order to frac nearby wells, thousands of dollars spent on construction of detention ponds, hundreds of hours of manual labor, ten contracts with various oil and gas companies, and zero access from your client’s property to a public road.
IINREEL Founders Present to Worldwide Audience
The subject of the webinar was CERCLA and topics included an update on case law since the Supreme Court’s ruling in BNSF, attempts to avoid CERCLA Contribution Protection, and CERCLA under the Obama Administration.
Chemical Spill Response in United States, Canada, and Mexico
IINREEL Founders Greg Bergman, of Bergman Dacey Goldsmith in Los Angeles, and Paul Heyburn, of Mehaffy Weber in Houston, co-sponsored a webinar presented by Mackrell International's Environmental Practice Group. Randy Struk (Clark Hill Thorp Reed), Janet Russell (Scottt Venturo) and Polo Burguete Stanek (Gonzales Cavillo) gave a presentation entitled “Chemical Spill Response in the US, Canada, and Mexico.” The webinar attracted a worldwide audience with attendees from 17 cities, 16 states, and 4 countries. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEBINAR
BRIAN J. BERGMAN NAMED 2016 RISING STAR BY SUPER LAWYERS MAGAZINE
Bergman Dacey Goldsmith is pleased to announce that shareholder Brian J. Bergman has been selected as a 2016 Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine.
Founder Greg Berman Honored–Again!
Bergman Dacey Goldsmith is proud to announce that managing shareholder, Gregory M. Bergman, has been named “One of the Top Ten Environmental Lawyers” by United States Lawyer Rankings for the ninth year in a row.
California Fellow John McArthur Successfully Defends the State of Alaska Against Oil Producer
On June 6, 2013, LCA Fellow and IINREEL Co-Founder John McArthur received a welcome decision from a 2012 administrative trial that involved over $600 million dollars of oil and the Final Unit Tract Allocation for Alaska's NorthStar field.
Bergman Dacey Goldsmith Shareholder BRIAN J. BERGMAN published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on September 30, 2014.
The article discusses a recent Ninth Circuit opinion regarding settlement under CERCLA and warns the reader, “Deep pocket contaminators beware!”
BERGMAN DACEY GOLDSMITH SERVICE LOYALTY SOLUTIONS NEW CASE UPDATE
On March 27, 2014, in City of San Jose v. Superior Court, the Court of Appeal held that the California Public Records Act (“CPRA”) does not require the disclosure of documents sent or received by public officials and employees on their private electronic devices using their private accounts.