Wednesday, February 14, 2007
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Central Time
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Mountain Time / 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Program Overview:
Hear the attorneys for the three cases that had certiorari petitions before the Supreme Court discuss the Court’s response to the petitions, what its acceptance of the petition in the Atlantic Research case may mean for the future of CERCLA contribution actions, and the key outstanding issues in the post-Aviall world. Teleconference will include a discussion of the potential availability of CERCLA § 107 to bring contribution actions that the Aviall decision barred under § 113.

Educational Objectives:

• Understand the post-Aviall issues accepted and rejected by the Supreme Court for review.
• Hear from the attorneys in the cases that had certiorari petitions.

Faculty:
Moderator:
Stephen Parkinson, Groff Murphy Trachtenberg & Everard PLLC, Seattle, WA

Panelists:
Thomas Armstrong, von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee, WI
Andrew C. Cooper, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, DC
William H. Hyatt, K&L Gates, Newark, NJ

ConferTel Teleconference (Individual dial-in)
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Do you have a question that you would like the panel to address? Please email your question to the program moderator, Stephen Parkinson at sparkinson@groffmurphy.com by February 13, 2007, at noon Eastern Time and the panel will make every effort to address your inquiry.

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