State Laws Boost Incentives For NRD Claims Against Industry, Attorney Says

A growing number of states are expanding what natural resource damages (NRD) recovery funds can be used for, giving incentives to states short on funds to pursue such claims in order to pay for general fund state needs -- as they had previously done in litigation against tobacco companies, says a legal expert on the issue. “[N]ow that these state statutes are coming along allowing natural resource damage recoveries under state law to be used for general fund purposes, there’s...