A Michigan District Court found that shared services agreements and the parent companies' involvement could make parents liable for environmental claims against their subsidiaries. The court ruled these agreements, along with actual involvement, support a claim that parents operated the facilities and are responsible for violations.   The court held that, while a parent company is protected from liability for its subsidiary's acts under standard state corporate law, it may st

Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources is working to implement a first-in-the-nation household hazardous waste producer responsibility law