Legal

More than 100 people are suing the Roseburg Forest Products Co. in Oregon for losses caused by the Mill Fire in Siskiyou County.

About 80 fire survivors received initial financial assistance Tuesday during the first day of Roseburg Forest Products' $50 million Community Relief Fund being distributed to residents of Weed, Lake Shastina and nearby communities directly affected by the Mill Fire.

Nippon Paper Crecia has filed a lawsuit against Daio Paper for an alleged infringement of its patents for toilet paper with rolls three times as long as conventional products.

The paper and packaging products manufacturer said it will fully resolve the matter and pay about $260 million in federal income taxes under the agreement, which came on Sept. 2, according to a regulatory filing. International Paper said interest will also be charged upon closing of the audit as a result.

Maine's highest court has rejected a claim by an Oxford County woman that she was entitled to compensation for her post-traumatic stress disorder after witnessing a fatal workplace incident at the NewPage paper mill in 2014.

Complaints about the odors seemingly coming from the paper mill have dated back to 2020.

The U.S. Department of Commerce is lowering tariffs against most Canadian softwood producers by half, but the long-running trade dispute lingers as Canada plans to appeal the decision to maintain punitive duty rates.

Evergreen Packaging is asking a jury to award more than $16,000,000 in damages.

A group of community members has filed a citizen suit against New-Indy Containerboard paper mill for Clean Air Act violations.

The pause on legal wrangling between the Nova Scotia government and Northern Pulp is being extended, but it's unclear for how long.

Canada's Paper Excellence said it had been authorized by a Brazilian court to conclude the acquisition of outstanding shares of Brazilian pulpmaker Eldorado Brasil Celulose, a statement immediately challenged by Eldorado's majority owner.

Jim Irving, who along with his brother Robert, serves as co-CEO of J.D. Irving Ltd., appears on a list of 26 Canadians who are banned from entering Russia.

Repeated water quality violations at the Port Townsend Paper Corporation (PTPC) mill in Port Townsend led to a $27,000 penalty from the Washington Department of Ecology. Pollution above permitted levels can negatively impact the aquatic environment.

Tla'amin Nation has written to Paper Excellence laying claim to the Catalyst Paper Tis'kwat mill site and Lot 450.

Weyerhaeuser will pay $600,000 after reaching a settlement with Columbia Riverkeeper, despite denying allegations it had broken state water quality laws.

Montgomery "Monte" Crompton was blasted with 200-degree steam for nearly a minute on his face, upper torso, legs and back while working to repair a hole in a blowdown header in the mill's powerhouse Jan. 16, 2019, according to a complaint filed in June 2020.

Columbia Pulp LLC, headquartered in Dayton, was ordered to hand over its assets to a property management group just a few days before a court order would have mandated an auction of the multi-million dollar pulp mill on the Columbia County Courthouse steps.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Georgia-Pacific's 2010 lawsuit was time-barred because its own liability had been established in a separate lawsuit against other companies in 1998, even though the damages were unknown at that point.

Memphis-based International Paper, Co., one of the world's largest producers of fiber-based products such as packaging materials and fiber pulp, violated federal law by discriminating against an applicant based on his disability, ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), the federal agency announced.

The order demands closed-door negotiations between the province and Northern Pulp over the former's alleged liability for forcing the closure of the Boat Harbour effluent treatment facility a decade before the expiry of the company's lease to the provincially owned facility.

The Columbia Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit accusing a timber company of violating stormwater quality laws at its Longview mill, the group said in a news release.

Columbia Pulp LLC has until April 15 to pay off a debt of $758,490.97 plus fees or its property near Starbuck will be sold to satisfy the judgment, according to Columbia County Superior Court papers posted on social media by that county's Sheriff's Office on Thursday, March 10.

Frustration is growing in York County ahead of Friday's deadline for public comment on a proposed consent decree between the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and New-Indy Containerboard after regulators accused the paper mill of releasing dangerous levels of hydrogen sulfide into the air.

The Weyerhaeuser Company is being fined $40,000 for repeated water quality violations at its Longview mill. The Washington Department of Ecology is issuing the penalty to Weyerhaeuser for water pollution and failing to adequately monitor its stormwater and wastewater. Pollution above permitted levels can negatively impact human health and the environment.

Repeated water quality violations at the North Pacific Paper Company LLC (NORPAC) mill in Longview led to a $68,000 penalty from the Washington Department of Ecology. Pollution above permitted levels can negatively impact human health and the environment.