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Remembering Carin Burford: A template for a life well lived
Ogletree Deakins’ Bill Doran and Margo Lopez pay tribute to their colleague Carin Burford, an impeccably prepared and fearless lawyer who died this month. Keep Reading
Senate passes Water Resources Development Act
The Senate passed a bill that includes funds for water infrastructure projects across the United States. Keep Reading
Tug of War: MSHA’s power to vacate citations
MSHA can vacate a citation anytime by law and thereby dissolve any related penalty. Keep Reading
Legal notebook: Avoid assumptions, keep records
Don't presume, assume or anticipate anything without first planning or analyzing data. That's one of the messages Jeff Friedman, an attorney at Friedman, Dazzio, Zulanas & Bowling, P.C., offered aggregate producers during an educational session at the 2015 Quarry Academy… Keep Reading
Publication exhibits poor judgment in attack on industry
People trespass into abandoned quarries every now and then. Occasionally, trespassers get injured or killed because of the risks they take. Yet, the property owners are to blame. At least that's the logic of the opinion staff at The Express-Times… Keep Reading
The quarry or the trespasser: Who’s to blame?
A number of stories appear in newspapers every summer about people who are injured or killed after trespassing into active and abandoned quarries. The Express-Times based in Lehigh Valley, Pa., published an editorial Aug. 25 about actions quarry owners should… Keep Reading
Tax increase prevention
Find out which tax extenders aggregate producers will be afforded in preparation for filing 2014 taxes. Congress has passed and the president has signed into law the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, the so-called “tax extenders” that retroactively extended… Keep Reading
MSHA penalty controversy
MSHA conducted its first hearing on proposed changes to civil penalty regulations on Dec. 4. MSHA wants to decrease operator challenges to penalties and limit operator opportunities to have penalties overturned. The overwhelming bone of contention is MSHA’s proposal to… Keep Reading
The pattern of violations game
An order from William Moran, a Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission judge, dismissing MSHA’s pattern of violations (POV) charges against Brody Mining contains some rather interesting language. “Imagine, if you will, a contest of any sort,” Moran writes.… Keep Reading
