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Environmental - March, 2014

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• BP Contracting Ban Reinforces Debarment Misconceptions
• Consumer Group Backs BP In $750M Spill Coverage Row
• Patton Boggs Can't Duck Chevron's Ecuador Pollution Claims
• Halliburton Ducks Contamination, Lost Property Value Claims
• LG Touts Benefits Of $300M HQ Project To NJ Appeals Court
• Wind Project Challenges Over Bird Deaths Fail To Take Off
• Int'l Court Strikes Down Japanese Whaling Program
• OSHA Silica Regs Herald Fracking Industry Headaches
• Enviros Lose Brawl Over Oil Leases In Deepwater Spill Area
• EPA Water Transfer Exemption Rule Unlawful, Judge Finds
• Green Groups' Attack On Powder River Basin Drilling Fails
• High Court Allows US Intervention In Texas, NM Water Fight
• UN Climate Change Panel Urges Global Adaptation Efforts
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brownstein's Ellen Schulhofer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Lori Heyer-Bednar
• Water Regulators Can't Dodge Drainage Pollution Suit
• With Methane Plan, Obama Puts Oil, Gas Cos. In Crosshairs
• AfDB Pours $205M Into Nigerian Water Sanitation Project
• NC Cites Duke For Crack In Coal Ash Pit Dam
• Moniz Says DOE Will Pursue Carbon Goals However Possible
• Waste Manager Makes Play For Lower Sentence At High Court
• Pa. Judge Reduces Injunction On Fractivist's Movements
• Historic Minn. Solar Project Wins State Approval
• Groups Ask For High Court Review On Calif. Fuel Standards
• Enviro Groups Seek End Of Toxic Oil Shipments In Bay Area
• Dole, Dow Escape Filipino Banana Workers' Pesticide Suit
• White House Unveils Broad Methane Reduction Strategy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pillsbury's Susan Serota
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McDermott's Effie Silva
• As E-Discovery Goes Global, Japan And South Korea Catch Up
• NJ Lawmakers Renew Push To Rejoin GHG Reduction Pact
• O'Quinn Asks Texas Court To Boot $1.3B Malpractice Suit
• NRG Eyes Home Solar Market With Rooftop Installer Buy
• EPA Rule May Crush New Coal Plants And Buoy Natural Gas
• Disposal Conundrum Another Hurdle For US Nuclear Projects
• Vehicle Importer Posts Bond To End EPA Emissions Claims
• 9th Circ. Backs Barrick Mine Project Over Tribal Opposition
• NY Appeals Court Backs FreshDirect's Bronx Move Subsidies
• CIT Tells Commerce To Rethink Vietnamese Wind Tower Duties
• Legal Needs To Rethink Its Dropbox Account
• GOP Lawmakers Declare War Against EPA Over Water Rule
• Blackstone Launches Water Investment Unit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tiffany Downs
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gruber Hurst's Shonn Brown
• Cape Wind Raises $400M From Natixis, Rabobank
• How Law Firms Can Stay Profitable While Clients Cut Costs
• Texas Regulators Vote To Take Over GHG Permitting
• NJ Solar Contractor Vows To Fight Back In $50M Lien Row
• Dallas Adopts Partial Plastic Bag Ban, Fee For Retailers
• Sens. Back Renewal Of Clean Energy Tax Credits
• EPA Cribs From High Court To Shield Expansive CWA Rule
• Power Plant Sues EPA To Keep Docs Away From Sierra Club
• NJ Govs. Join Growing Backlash Against LG's HQ Plans
• Uncertainty Clouds US Energy Tubulars Market
• Wisconsin's Wind Turbine Rules OK, Appeals Court Says
• Judge Blocks BP From Accessing Settlement Claims Data
• Obama Says US-EU Deal Won't Relax Safety, Enviro Standards
• Paper Cos., Others To Pay $54M For Wis. River Cleanup Suit
• 10-Cent Bag Fee Proposal Back Before NYC Lawmakers
• FWS Head Blasts Subpoena For Wind Farm Bird Death Docs
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Drinker Biddle's Jill Bronson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Farella Braun's Mary McCutcheon
• Lawmakers Say EPA Fraudster's Reg Work Raises Red Flags
• Insurer Has No Duty In RICO Suit Over Steel Cos.' Dumping
• BP Cops To Ind. Crude Oil Spill As Investigation Continues
• DC Circ. Leans Toward EPA On Enviros' Killed Coal Reg Bid
• Hastings Wants Answers On Coal Mine Water-Rule Rewrite
• DOI Secretary Expects Final Fracking Rule By End Of Year
• Animal Groups Lose Bid To Free Miami Seaquarium's Orca
• Judge Keeps Train Derailment Suit In NJ Federal Court
• NJ Can't Scrap Cap-And-Trade Program Without Rulemaking
• Senate Energy Panel Chief Eyes More Energy Exports
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Snow Day!
• Amyris Dodges Suit Alleging Earnings Misstatements
• Clean Energy Developers Can Strike Gold With Mine Projects
• Siemens Chips In €190M For UK Wind Turbine Parts Factory
• Enviros Claim Allete Coal Plants Skirting Pollution Limits
• The Prolific Pragmatist: Judge Richard Posner
• Orrick Adds Dickstein Shapiro Insurance Litigator In DC
• Sidley Austin Adds Ex-GE Senior M&A Pro In New York
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dinsmore's Joanne Schreiner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Martis Alex
• Parsons Behle Adds 2 Ex-Rio Tinto Attys To Enviro Practice
• Feds Propose Expanded Clean Water Act Protections
• Murray Energy Sues EPA Over Job Losses From Air Regs
• Calif. Appeals Court Clears LA Development Project
• 25 Years Later, Exxon Valdez's Legacy Looms Large For BP
• Vessel Owners Face Suit Over Texas Oil Spill
• DOE Allows Gas Exports From $7.5B Jordan Cove Project
• Drilling Co. Owner Pleads Guilty To Fracking Waste Dump
• Solar Co.'s $50M Project Fund Liens Are Invalid, NJ Court Says
• State Legislation Vs. Municipal Home Rule Over Fracking
• EPA, Miami Agree To Higher Penalties In $1.6B Sewer Deal
• Texas AG Probes Oil Spill In Houston Ship Channel
• USTR Plans For WTO Talks On Enviro Goods, Congress Told
• Samsung, Others Secure $850M For Canadian Wind Project
• Pa. Anti-Fracking Activist Seeks To End Ban From Land
• EPA Teams Up With NC In Coal Ash River Spill Probe
• PE Firm Pumps $70M Into Africa's Largest Wind Project
• High Court Won't Hear Arch's Challenge To EPA's Authority
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Perkins Coie's Susan Foster
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker
• Technology — Not Just For The Privileged Anymore
• 4 Elite New York Law Firms Keep Partner Ranks Lean
• NY, Chicago Home To Most Law360 400 Firms
• Jones Day Lands Top Spot In Law360 400
• In BigLaw, The Big Keep Getting Bigger
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Law Firms
• Enviro Groups Press Court To Halt Calif. Highway Project
• Texas Justices Deny Oil Co.'s Bid For Sensitive Exxon Docs
• Exxon Decision Shows Growing Climate Clout Of Investors
• NC Asks Court To Nix Coal Ash Settlement With Duke Energy
• Texas Justices Blow Away $29M Wind Energy Credit Penalty
• Calif. Carbon Fuel Restrictions Face High Court Challenge
• Lawmakers Push Wyden, Boehner To Save Green Tax Credits
• Duke Can't Dodge Coal Ash Storage Fix During Its Appeal
• Good News For Power Plant Developers
• Perils And Pitfalls Of Public Co. Enviro Disclosure
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Glaser Weil's Patty Glaser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munger Tolles' Kristin Myles
• 7 Lessons From 1st Year Of Decisions Under Comcast
• How To Reduce Risk, Make More Money In Contingency Cases
• New Calif. Chemistry Product Rules: A National Template?
• Calif. Water Rules Should Help Petitioners
• EU Strikes Deal Mandating Alternative Fuel Infrastructure
• NYC Urges High Court To Snuff Exxon's $105M MTBE Appeal
• Exxon Agrees To Disclose Climate Risks To Investors
• Gigantic Scottish Wind Farm Gets Government Approval
• Koch Unit Pledges $44M Plant Upgrades To Resolve EPA Suit
• Samsung To Buy $100M In SunEdison Semiconductor Stock
• Oil Spill Victims Urge Court To Block BP Access To Claims
• Stradley Ronon Takes Cleantech To Court Over Unpaid Bill
• FERC Gives Thumbs-Up To Wash. Tidal Energy Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Kathie Brandt
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Day Pitney's Beth Sher
• Pro Bono May Be Collateral Damage Of Blocking DOJ Nominee
• EPA's Broad Discretion At Risk In Nutrient Petition Suit
• Koch Unit Plans $300M In Minn. Refinery Upgrades
• Hoboken Defends Pier Development Restrictions
• BP Poised To Snag 1st Post-Ban Drilling Leases In Gulf
• Gas Group, Enviros Row Over Surface Rules For Pa. Fracking
• NJ BPU Rejects Atlantic City Offshore Wind Farm
• UK Eases Carbon Tax Burden For Manufacturers
• US, Canada Need $641B In Infrastructure Upgrades: Study
• Ind. Court OKs Duke Energy $3.3B Plant Funding Settlement
• Chevron Seeks $32M In Fees After Ecuador Pollution Victory
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Jana Cohen Barbe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Nancy Vollertsen
• Appeals Court Won't Let El Paso Off Hook For Landfill Floods
• The Merry Crusader: Judge Jed Rakoff
• Nitric Acid Plant Operators Settle CAA Suit
• Donziger Demands Halt Of Chevron's Ecuador Pollution Win
• Are Fracking Chemicals In Wyo. Protected Trade Secrets?
• SC Fires Off Suit Over Gov't Mothballing Nuke Waste Site
• Feds Delay Proposed Rule To Increase Oil Spill Liability Cap
• Lockheed Dodges Home Value Loss Claims In Pollution Row
• Solyndra Fights Suntech's Bid For Ch. 15 Protection
• 5th Circ. Stay Saves EPA From Nutrient Rulemaking Order
• DC Circ. Won't Reconsider Nixing $750M In Nuke Waste Fees
• TPP Brings Chance To Up Labor, IP Standards, USTR Says
• Unocal, Conoco Triumph Over Calif. Gas Pollution Suit
• Exxon, BMS, Others Settle With Feds Over NJ Superfund Site
• China Strikes Deal Over European Polysilicon Imports
• Pa. County Strikes $8M Deal Allowing Gas Drilling Under Park
• BP Seeks 5th Circ. Rehearing In $9.2B Settlement Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wolf Greenfield's Helen Lockhart
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Christine Azar
• Landowner Can't Be Billed Twice Under CERCLA: 2nd Circ.
• In Barnett Shale, Energy Cos. Face Pushback From Locals
• Ark. Gov. Vetoes Tax Exemption For Fracking Material
• FWS Accused Of Using Settlements To Change Rules
• Cape Wind Ruling Paves Way For Offshore Projects
• NJ Senate Committee Pitches Bill To Block Fracking Waste
• BP Can't Nix Deepwater Rescuer's $2.7M Settlement
• Crowell & Moring Nabs Akin Gump Solar-Energy Pro
• EPA Can't Bag Win In Duke Coal Plant Permitting Case
• Hidden Camera Photos Spark $68M Ky. Coal Ash Suit
• House Dems Urge Kerry To Block Disputed Keystone Pipeline
• PHMSA Allows Coal Tar, Medical Waste Shipping Alternatives
• Calif. Bullet Train Project Gets OK To Seize Properties
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hangley's Ashely Chan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen
• Global Partners Rips Crude Oil Moratorium In Albany
• Law Firms Of The Future Will Be The Lawyers Of The Past
• Calif.'s Toxic Products List To Drive US Standards
• Enviro Groups Sue Stanford Over Endangered Steelhead
• EPA Appeals Board Won't Revoke Texas Plant's Permit
• Gov. Scott Directs $27M To Central Fla. Clean Water Projects
• OIG Report Raises Questions On NRC's Pa. Dump Cleanup
• Freeport LNG Enviro Issues Can Be Solved, FERC Says
• Think Before You Blog: 8 Considerations For Attorneys
• Eyeing Putin, EU Advances Fracking-Friendly Policy
• NJ Gas Station, Transport Service Can't Dodge Spill Suit
• Pols Float Tax-Exempt Bond Expansion For Water Projects
• Alaska Sues Interior Over Snub Of Oil Exploration Plan
• DC Circ. Quashes EPA Ombudsman Whistleblower Suit
• State Farm Must Defend Dam Engineer, Calif. Court Says
• Northland Ups Credit Facility To $600M, More Than Doubling It
• Fed. Circ. Sinks Drilling Cos.' $684M Claims Against DOI
• NY Court Weighs In On Ambiguous Deductible Terms
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt Kurnit's Victoria Cook
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Denise Mingrone
• Attys Find New Homes As Tew Cardenas Plans To Close
• Feds Strike Deal With BP, Ending Gov't Contracts Ban
• US Parks Head Knocks LG's Planned $300M HQ Building
• Insurer, US Near Settlement Of Ammo Factory Cleanup
• FERC Flexes Muscle Over Pipeline Shipments And Audits
• Anadarko Challenges DOJ's Deepwater Financial Data Request
• Va. Moves Closer To Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration
• Sens. Push To Beef Up Access To Solar Tax Credit
• EIB Floats $160M For Italy Waste Mgmt., Hydropower Updates
• NJ Court Says Arbitrator Can't Up Remediation Firm's Award
• 9th Circ. Preserves FWS Plan To Protect Endangered Fish
• EPA Says Zep Illegally Distributed Pesticides
• Senators Raise Health, Enviro Concerns At Keystone Hearing
• Enviros Say EPA Ignored Pa. Sewage Law's Conflict With CWA
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston Hunt's Louise Ing
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Mary Braza
• NM Accuses Gov't Of Water Grab In Spat With Texas
• Kodak Agrees To Pay $52M For 3 NY, NJ Site Cleanups
• CSX Commits To Enhanced Safety After Philly Derailment
• Fracking Leaseholder Protections Advance In Pa. Senate
• Wyo. High Court Nixes Ruling Protecting Fracking Secrets
• Canada, China To Consume Most US Green Energy Exports
• Additional Insured At Stake In Texas High Court BP Case
• NYC Bill Subjects Car Washes To Tough Licensing Hurdles
• Judge Won't Stop ConocoPhillips Alaska Drilling Construction
• Dow, Intel Back New Industry Fees To Boost Chemical Safety
• Tribe's Enviro Suit Over Hydroelectric Dam Gets Quashed
• EU Advances Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Ban
• Wis. Court Lets Chartis Off Hook For Gas Explosion Suits
• EPA Air Chief Tells Lawmakers Carbon Regs Can Be Justified
• NY County Pauses Crude Processing Boom For Health Study
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Katten's Shannon Broome
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Barbara Rummel
• Exxon Says US Must Chip In For $80M WWII Pollution Cleanup
• Italian Electricity Co. Ordered To Halt Coal-Fired Units
• BP Loses Bid For Further Oversight Of Deepwater Claims
• Transocean Beats Investors' Merger Suit Over Safety Record
• DOI's Atlantic Drilling Plan Gives Enviros A Clear Target
• US Details Regulation, Other Goals For EU Trade Talks
• $750M Transocean Policy Covers BP, Texas Justices Told
• An Achievement — And A Warning — For Corps Of Engineers
• What Happens In Ecuador Does Not Stay In Ecuador
• NJ Pinelands Atty Breached Ethics, Pipeline Foe Claims
• WildEarth Loses Soot Pollution Oversight Suit Against EPA
• GAO Urges NRC To Expedite Reactor Upgrade Decision
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pastor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Goldstein
• DC Circ. Rebuffs Industry Challenge To EPA Boiler Rule
• Sierra Club Suit Over Texas Radioactive Waste Site Dumped
• Exelon Can't Dodge $14M Wind Power Row With Deere
• BP Says Deepwater Discovery Would Show Less Serious Spill
• NJ Panel Clears Bill Requiring Superfund Hearings
• 9th Circ. Reminds BOEM About The Importance Of Evidence
• Progress Energy Units Win $104M In Spent Nuclear Fuel Row
• $1.6B Miami Sewer System Settlement Gets Rejected
• GenOn Tells High Court CAA Preempts State Pollution Claims
• Pa. Town In High Court Fight To Warn Locals Of Seismic Test
• High Court Ruling Bars Pa. Fracking Regs, Gas Group Says
• BP Urges Tighter Claims-Center Control Than Report Favors
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Manatt's Linda Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Yuliya Oryol
• ADR: A Silver Lining In The Legal Industry's New Normal
• Bitter Keystone Battle A New Normal For Pipeline Reviews
• 6th Circ. Says Army Corps Properly Issued Ky. Mining Permit
• EPA Proposes Revised Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
• 5th Circ.'s BP Ruling Holds Cos. To Tainted Settlements
• We Won't See NY Fracking Impact Statement Anytime Soon
• Pa. Court Boots Drilling Co.'s Act 13 Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Edwards Wildman's Brown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Mitchell
• UK Energy Policy Concerns Sink RES Power Station Project
• Green Groups Appeal Decision Letting EPA Alter Pollution Deal
• How To Avoid Discovery Problems While Using The Cloud
• W.Va. House Passes Chemical Storage Tank Bill
• Duke Ordered To Stop Contamination From NC Coal Ash Sites
• EPA Administrator Committed To Carbon Emissions Rules
• Texas Lawmaker Wants State AG To Shred Plastic Bag Ban
• Inspector General Rips EPA Over Misuse Of Charge Cards
• Green Groups Can't Join Appeal Over LG's NJ Headquarters
• Berkshire Unit Fights TransRe's Attempts At Arbitration
• EPA Watchdog Says Agency Got In Way Of Fake-Spy Probe
• Duke Snaps Up Pair Of 20-MW Calif. Solar Plants
• Pa. Enviros Urge State To Block Proposed Coal Mine
• Circuits Still Split Over Enviro Fines In Bankruptcy
• 9th Circ. Simplifies Enviro Process For Transit Projects
• Energy Cos. Should Reveal Fracking Chemicals: DOE Panel
• House Approves Bill To Speed Permitting For Energy Projects
• Corbett Admin Slams Rep.'s Inquiry On $75M Drilling Plans
• Comcast Turns 1: Trends In Class Certification
• DC Approves Resolution Against Fracking In National Forest
• EPA Sued Over Inaction On Pesticide Disclosure Rule
• EU Carbon Tax Exemption Draws US Sen.'s Praise
• Exxon, Shell Beat Fresno's Claims In MTBE Pollution MDL
• Gas Groups Aim To Intervene In Pa. Fracking Rule Challenge
• House Votes To Block EPA Coal Plant Carbon Capture Rule
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Jill Nicholson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Squire Sanders' Caroline Noblet
• EIB Gives Tanzania €45M To Improve Water, Sanitation
• DOE Secretary Promotes Green Tech And Oil Production
• Alpha To Pay Record CWA Fine In $227M Pollution Deal
• Budget Cuts Won't Derail EPA's Aggressive Climate Agenda
• BP Hit With Fresh Deepwater Suit Over Fla.'s Cleanup Costs
• Judge Clears $272M Rail Project Of Most Enviro Claims
• Oil Spill Derailments Pose Challenge For Insurers
• Bill Eyes Tax Credit For Buyers Of Water Efficient Products
• NJ Recycling Co. Polluting River Basin, Enviro Group Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Anna Shimko
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton
• EPA Delays Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule For Public Input
• Judge Restricts EPA Actions Based On Emissions Estimates
• Pa. DEP Wants Sunoco Fined $2.4M Over 2008 Fuel Spill
• Okla. Utility Co. Can't Shake Sierra Club's CAA Suit
• Ill. AG Again Targets Koch Unit Over Refinery Pollution
• Energy Cos. Eyeing Solutions To Booming Wastewater Costs
• The King Of Late Night: Judge Robert Gerber
• Ecuadoreans' $9.5B Chevron Pollution Award Forever Tainted
• Fla. House Subcommittee Advances Water Regulation Bill
• KGAL Picks Up Wind Farm In North France
• Patton Boggs Suffers Blows In Chevron Ecuador Ruling
• Exxon Won't Get 2nd Crack At Docs In $367M CERCLA Suit
• NJ Collects $304M In Litigation Settlements In 2013
• Obama Budget Request Cuts $300M From EPA Funding
• Chevron Writes Playbook For Escaping Overseas Judgments
• Obama Holds Firm On Clean Energy In Budget Plan
• Schumer Wants Army To Speed Renewable Energy Contract
• Virtual Pipeline Of Fracked Crude Setting Off Alarms In NY
• 9th Circ. CERCLA Insurance Case Now Law Of The Land
• Obama Budget Backs Tourism, Job-Friendly $1.2B Parks Plan
• Honeywell, Army Corps Urge Dismissal Of $79M Cleanup Suit
• Vivint Solar Reaps $280M In Financing For Expansion Plans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Liz Thomas
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Palmina Fava
• As Legal Profession Evolves, GCs Outpace The Norm
• Chevron Prevails Over 'Corrupt' $9.5B Amazon Pollution Award
• 5th Circ. Rejects BP Bid To Block Spill Payments
• Sierra Club Sues EPA Chief Over State Air Quality Plans
• Chile Enviro Court Scraps $16M Fine For Barrick Mine
• Despite GOP Olive Branch, TSCA Reform's Fate Still Murky
• EPA's Pebble Mine Delay Stokes Fears Of CWA Crackdown
• Refiners Fail To Soften EPA's Strict New Sulfur Rule
• Much Ado About EPA Diesel Fracking Guidance
• Insurer Denies Owing Coverage In $3M Solar Project Row
• Supreme Court Asks Gov't To Weigh In On Fla.-Ga. Water Feud
• TAQA-Led Group Puts Up $616M For 2 India Hydro Plants
• Ex-Contractor Gets 14 Years For Superfund Bid-Rigging
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cooley's Barbara Borden
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Rhonda Trotter
• EPA Sets Stringent Sulfur Standards For Gasoline
• Risk Analysis Is A Valid, Valuable Tool For Litigators