In this Emerging Issues Analysis, James Vroman, Patricia Boye-Williams and Michael Strong of Jenner & Block’s Chicago office discuss and analyze the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. U.S., which expanded protection from CERCLA liability for sellers of useful products and addressed the threshold for establishing allocation of response costs among potentially responsible parties. The free download of the Emerging Issues Analysis article may be obtained here.