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Environmental - February, 2016

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• Del. Trial Looms In AES Dominican Republic Ash Dumping Suit
• Calif. Water Districts Ask 9th Circ. To Revise River Ruling
• Appaloosa Seeks Fast Trial Over Pact Tied To $2B Solar Deal
• Corn Farms Fight Syngenta Bid To Strike Members In MDL
• House Backs Efficiency Exemption For LED Lighting Tech
• FWS Denied Bid To Relist Prairie Chicken As Threatened
• Nev. Groundwater Pipeline Approval Was Proper, Court Told
• US Solar Co. May Appeal Claim Service Decision, Judge Says
• Mercedes 'Defeat Device' Suit Prompts Questions From EPA
• Solyndra, Chinese Co. Ink $7.5M Solar Panel Antitrust Deal
• Solar Project Review Was Sound, Nev. County Tells 9th Circ.
• Full 6th Circ. Asked To Review EPA Water Rule Decision
• 9th Circ. Reinstates FWS Polar Bear Habitat Designation
• Ill. Appeals Court Forces State To Reassess Algae Problem
• Pa. DEP Chief Asserts Mandate To Protect Chesapeake Bay
• NY Gov. Urges FERC To Halt $971M Pipeline Project
• High Court Won't Hear EPA Chesapeake Pollution Plan Appeal
• NY Retail Electricity Order Is Likely To Face Opposition
• In Congress: Opioids, EPA, Medicaid
• Dow Deal Shows Post-Scalia Court Spooks Class Defendants
• Fracking Bill Has One More Shot In Fla. Senate
• USTR Asks Peru To Investigate Timber Shipment
• EPA Says Navajo Enviros Trying To Sneak In Rule Challenge
• Landowners Ask 8th Circ. To Revive Exxon Pipeline Suit
• Groups Back Exxon's Appeal Of $236M MTBE Judgment
• Plastics Maker, Environmentalists Settle SF Bay Pollution Suit
• EPA Says Free Market Group Can't Weigh In On Emissions Suit
• Eli Lilly Insurer Says Brazilian Pollution Suits Not Covered
• Pipeline Co.'s Payouts Not Enough To Stay Spill Suit
• House Passes Bill To Expand Hunting On Federal Lands
• DC Regulators Block 2nd Try To Seal $6.8B Exelon-Pepco Deal
• Gordon & Rees Nabs Toxic Tort Pros From Husch Blackwell
• Maine Gov. Urges FERC To OK Kinder Morgan's $5B Pipeline
• Jury Clears BP Deepwater Boss In Oil Spill Case
• Lawmakers Float Penalties For VW-Style Emissions Fraud
• SunEdison Beats Bid To Block Deal Tied To $2B Merger
• FERC's Role Is To Ease Energy Transition, Chief Says
• Judge Steers Ameren Power Plant Upgrades Suit To Trial
• Law360 Environmental Editorial Advisory Board
• Enviros Sue Feds Seeking More Protection Of Sage-Grouse
• EPA Moves To Strengthen Chemical Safety Risk Rules
• BNSF Agrees To Pay $600K Over Locomotive Oil Spills
• House Kicks Off Debate On Bill To Expand Hunting Rights
• Delaware Train Idling Law Overburdens Railroads, STB Says
• Duke Stockholders Say Spill Suit Delayed Long Enough
• BHP Billiton Lied About Dam Safety Before Breach, Suit Says
• Lockheed Settles 16-Year-Old Enviro FCA Suit For $5M
• Pa. DEP Chief Defends Work On Stayed Clean Power Plan
• Enviros Pressure Senate To Defeat Coal Ash Bill
• 2nd Circ. Won't Block Pa. Tree Felling For $683M Pipeline
• FERC, Enviros Spar Over $3.8B LNG Project Review
• Trial Pros: Kirkland & Ellis' Richard Godfrey
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• How Title 24 Is Keeping California Connected To The Grid
• Water Districts' Defenses Cut From Tribe's Groundwater Suit
• CORRECTED: ITA Says Taiwanese Co. Must Pay China-Wide Solar Duties
• Fracking Judge Sees 'No Basis' To Allow Banned Evidence
• Energy Secretary Moniz Says US LNG Exports Will Rise
• Army Corps' Water Decisions Are Reviewable, Justices Told
• Bankrupt GTAT Eyes $3.6M Sale Of Solar Business
• 20 States Ask Supreme Court To Stay EPA's Mercury Rule
• EPA Administrator Tells Energy Leaders CPP Is Not Dead
• 9th Circ. Rejects Arizona Challenge To EPA Haze Plan
• Range, EQT Among Drillers Cited For Not Restoring Pa. Wells
• Senators Rumble Over Need For Renewable Fuel Program
• Drivers Hit VW With Consolidated Claims In Emissions MDL
• 10th Circ. Won't Nix BLM Appeal In Fracking Fight
• FirstEnergy, AEP Blast Probe Of Coal Plant Subsidy Deals
• Sale Of $725M Texas Ranch Was 'Deal Of First Impression'
• US Prevails Over Indian Solar Energy Regs At WTO
• Big Investors Pressure Exxon To Detail Climate Policy Risk
• Congressional Outlook 2016: Energy
• 5 Law Office Design Tips Before Moving To Latin America
• Feds Sue Land O'Lakes For $23M In Superfund Cleanup
• Tribes Ask 9th Circ. To Uphold Fishing Dispute Ruling
• BIA Gave Shoshone Tribe Control Over Arapaho, Suit Says
• DuPont Seeks Pretrial Win In Testicular Cancer Case
• Norway Reboots $1.2B Onshore Wind Power Project
• Texas Jury Awards Pecan Farmers $2.5M In Water Takings Suit
• 200+ In Congress Support Suit To Stop Clean Power Plan
• WildEarth Guardians Threatens To Sue Peabody Over Bonding
• Calif. Tomato Plant Fined $1.5M For Illegal Waste Dumping
• EPA Refines Tribal Treaty Rights Consultation Process
• States Urge 11th Circ. To Reopen EPA Water Rule Case
• Honeywell, Others Win More Time To Fight $42M Cleanup Suit
• FHA Says Tribes Can't Sue Feds Over Calif. Highway
• Tribe Can't Ditch Arco's Uranium Mine Superfund Suit
• The Impact Of Illinois' Natural Gas Leak Ruling
• Girardi Keese Accused Of Skimming From $130M Settlement
• Science Or Advocacy? Expert Challenges And Peer Review
• Puget Sound Tribes Fight Each Other For Fishing Rights
• 6th Circ. Water Ruling Ripe For En Banc Review
• Texas Cities May Seek New Path After Water-Rights Setback
• Enviros Threaten To Sue Feds Over W.Va. Coal Mine Bonding
• Professors, Tribes Ask 9th Circ. To Affirm Groundwater Ruling
• 10th Circ. Backs NM Water Use Limits In Pueblos' Water Deal
• MoFo Snags Real Estate Partner From Paul Hastings
• Superfund Contractor Traded Gifts For Info, Feds Tell Jury
• Enviros Use Keystone Case To Stoke Trade Deal Fears
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose In 2014, EPA Says
• Feds, Enviros Urge High Court To Uphold Alaska Logging Ban
• Amtrak Gets Insurer Docs In Environmental Cleanup Suit
• Chinese Solar Co. To Pay Investors $5M To End Enviro Beef
• Congressional Outlook 2016: Food
• Dallas Boutique Adds Ex-Brewer Attorneys Litigation Partner
• 6th Circ. Will Decide Fate Of Feds' Clean Water Rule
• Feds Urge 10th Circ. To Review Block On Fracking Rule
• In Congress: Zika, FDA, Fraudulent Joinder
• Clean Power Plan Foes Blast 'Audacious' EPA In DC Circ.
• Texas High Court Snubs Row Over Axed Drought Rules
• Speedy Appeal Of Fracking Rule Stay Unnecessary, States Say
• Gibbons Shouldn't Be DQ'd From Pollution Suit, Rexam Says
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• 11th Circ. Postpones Clean Water Rule Arguments
• Deepwater Judge Pauses $6.6M Spill Payment Amid BP Protest
• Greens Attack BLM's 1M-Acre Calif. Oil, Gas Exploration Plan
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To $4.2B ETP Pipeline Project
• Texas Supreme Court To Rethink Houston Flood Suit
• La. Tells 5th Circ. Army Corps On Hook For Full $3B Project
• Spencer Fane Expands Into Oklahoma With 9 Hires
• USDA Expands Insurance Options For Organic Crops
• Ind. Man Sentenced To 72 Months In $145M Biofuels Tax Scam
• Mercedes Accused Of VW-Style 'Defeat Device' In Lawsuit
• House Panel Subpoenas DOI, Army Corps Over Mine Spill
• California Declares Massive Gas Leak Finally Sealed
• Slow Road Ahead For Changes To Pa. Pipeline Development
• Chicago Hit With Suit Over Lead-Tainted Water
• Maine Tribe Can't Change River Rights Ruling
• EPA Announces Enforcement Push For Drinking Water
• Ex-Freedom Exec Gets 1 Month In Jail For Chemical Spill
• Miami-Dade Sued For Boat Show Development On Public Land
• DuPont Can't Ax $1.6M Verdict In Pollution MDL's 1st Trial
• Enviros Sue EPA To Limit Perchlorate In Drinking Water
• KBR Defeats Bid To Revive Water Purification FCA Row
• Corrosion Caused Calif. Oil Pipeline Spill, Regulators Say
• EPA Failed To Enforce Drinking Water Act In Flint: Report
• Landfill Operator Settles Neighbors' Suit Over Stench
• Enviros Urge 2nd Circ. To Block Work On $683M Gas Pipeline
• 17 Govs. Outline Plan To Spur Shift To Cleaner Energy
• Aggregation Spells Trouble For Pa. Oil And Gas Cos.
• Congressional Outlook 2016: Appropriations
• Food Cos. Say Vt. Can't Stretch Discovery Limit In GMO Fight
• Atty Violated Securities Laws In Fracking Venture, Judge Says
• Arch Wants Eli Lilly's Contamination Coverage Suit Tossed
• Scalia Leaves Lasting Mark On Environmental Law
• EPA To Write Hazardous Spill Rules In Advocacy Group Deal
• Mother Of 3 Files Class Action Over Lead In Flint Water
• Other Diesel Cars May Be Affected By VW Emissions Scandal
• Pa. Man Gets 1 Year Time-Served For Vandalizing Gas Wells
• Deepwater Spill Cleanup Firms Duck Injury Suits
• SoCalGas Enters Not Guilty Plea Over Calif. Gas Leak
• Banana Workers Ask Full 3rd Circ. To Save Pesticide Suit
• Eli Lilly, Liberty Mutual Settle Contamination Coverage Suit
• Uncertainty For Environmental Law After Scalia's Death
• Investors Ask To Block Deal Related To $2B SunEdison Merger
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• Tribe Tells 9th Circ. EPA Smog Rule Breached Trust Duty
• Scalia's Death Deals Blow To Clean Power Plan Foes
• Enviros Press For EPA Answer On Gulf 'Dead Zone' Rules
• Apple Turns To Green Bonds In Latest Mega-Debt Deal
• Conrail Seeks Stay Of Verdict In NJ Train Derailment Case
• Mexico Fines VW $8.9M Over Emissions Compliance
• NJ Enviros Sue To Overturn Coastal Managment Rules
• Filipino Climate Change Negotiator Appointed To Hague Panel
• Activists Say $360M Calif. Casino Not On Reservation Land
• Pep Boys Dumped Oil For Decades, Calif. Landowner Says
• Kaufman Dolowich Adds Ex-Becker & Poliakoff Litigation Pro
• Enviros Allege Fracking Cos. Cause Oklahoma Quakes
• Creditors Target Another US Abengoa Unit For Bankruptcy
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Split 9th Circ. Won't Revive Whistleblower's Retaliation Claim
• US Must Pay Entergy $49.4M For Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs
• Texas, Miss., La. Seek Injunction To Block Clean Water Rule
• Fracking Judge Explodes At 'Sad, Shocking' Evidence Dump
• Valero Energy Sues EPA Over Renewable Fuel Rules
• Energy Co. Tells 3rd Circ. Activists Can't Join Fracking Fight
• Enviros Will Sue FWS Over Bat Listing Decision
• FERC Says Cameron LNG Expansion Won't Hurt Environment
• Oil, Gas Drillers Seek To Force BIA To Approve Permits
• Metal Co. Wants Superfund Cleanup Coverage Denial Revisited
• New Route For $5B Atlantic Coast Pipeline Unveiled
• Nixon Peabody Adds Ex-Blank Rome Project Finance Partner
• Pa. Judge Won't Ax Challenge To Sunoco Pipeline
• The Potentially Sweeping Effects Of EPA's Chesapeake Plan
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• House Panel Slams EPA, DOI In Gold King Mine Report
• DC Circ. Rejects Bid To Edit Calif. Emission Law Ruling
• EPA Head Optimistic About CPP Despite High Court's Stay
• First Reserve Buys $350M Texas Wind Project
• EPA Chief Defends Agency's Flint Response To House Panel
• Calif. Tribe, Enviros Urge Court To End Steam Leases
• House Dems Float Public Lands Drilling Ban
• Greens, Industry Call Critical Habitat Rule Fatally Flawed
• Kan., Neb. Slam EPA's Anti-Ethanol Fuel Model At DC Circ.
• Recycler Says Brokers' Advice Led To Sandy Coverage Gap
• DC Circ. Suspicious Of Offshore Project That Will Kill Birds
• Enviros Fighting Dominion Say FERC Must 'Face 21st Century'
• Industry Wants BLM's Appeal Of Fracking Rule Stay Tossed
• Fla. Gov. Asks Corps For Help With Lake Okeechobee Flooding
• NJ Senate Advances New Offshore Wind Farm Bill
• SunEdison Barred From Asset Transfers In $150M Arbitration
• Enviros Fight EPA Bid To Nix Navajo Plant Pollution Suit
• Citgo's $81M La. Oil Spill Penalty Too Low, Feds Say
• Obama's Coal Moratorium Likely To Have Long-Term Effects
• Scotts CEO Wants Tainted Bird Seed Claims Tossed
• Land O'Lakes Can't Shirk EPA's $23M Superfund Cleanup Cost
• Army Corps OKs $1.2B Blackstone-Backed Clean Energy Line
• High Court Stay Could Spell Doom For EPA's Clean Power Plan
• Trade Group Challenges EPA's Renewable Fuel Standards Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Eni, Autogrill
• 1 Exec Shakes Jail Time In W.Va. Spill Case, 1 Seeks Same
• Canada Says Its Drilling Law Is Fair In Gas Co.'s NAFTA Suit
• 10th Circ. Won't Revive Vague Okla. Pollution Suit
• NJ Lawmakers Request Feds' Help To Fix Sandy Damage
• House OKs Bill To Improve Lead Notices For Drinking Water
• US Freed From Arco Fight Over Superfund Cleanup Costs
• Arch Coal Floats $75M Deal Over Wyo. Enviro Obligations
• Wash. Judge Nixes Suit Over Army Corps River Dredging
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• ND Residents Fight $35M DOE Nuclear Waste Research Project
• Salmon Farm Co. Fights Enviro Suit Against Permits
• NJ Enviros Revive Court Fight Against $225M ExxonMobil Deal
• 10th Circ. Asked To Fast-Track BLM Fracking Rule Dispute
• 5th Circ. Revives Barge Co.'s Malicious Prosecution Suit
• Supreme Court Stays EPA's Clean Power Plan
• Farm Group And Enviros Sidelined In Clean Water Rule Suit
• US, Lockheed Join $12M Agreement For Alaska Site Cleanup
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• DC Circ. Pauses Oil Train Safety Rule Challenge
• Obama Proposes Slight Boost For EPA In 2017 Budget
• Fossil Fuels Would Foot Bill For $320B Clean Transport Plan
• North Carolina Hits Duke Energy With $6.6M Coal Ash Fine
• Litigation In The Marijuana Industry Lights Up
• A Better Real Estate Deal Through Enviro Due Diligence
• 11th Circ. Denies Ga. County's Appeal Of DOL Admin Ruling
• 11th Circ. Finds Tax Court's Deduction Valuation Flawed
• 2nd Circ. Stays Order Blocking Pa. Tronox Pollution Suit
• Fla. Can't Shirk $15M Destroyed Trees Award, Class Says
• Gila River Tribal Group Pushes To Block Ariz. Freeway
• NJ Sen. Makes Appellate Bid To Join $225M ExxonMobil Suit
• US, India Talk Settlement In WTO Solar Row
• EPA Dodges $40M Suit Over Armed Raid Of Wyo. Business
• DuPont Asks To Intervene In Renewable Fuel Rule Challenge
• Pa. Reps. Push Gas Drilling Tax In Advance Of Wolf's Budget
• NJ Bill Would Expand Infrastructure Projects Cost Oversight
• EPA Discourages 8th Circ. Review In Ameren Upgrades Suit
• Ex-NJ Public Water Operator Gets 3 Years For Fake Data
• Re-Evaluating Calif.'s Emergency Drought Regulation
• Paris Deal May Give EPA Another Source Of GHG Authority
• Enviros Urge 2nd Circ. To Nix FERC's $683M Pipeline Approval
• CPP Challengers Insist High Court Stay Is Warranted
• 1st Circ. Won't Rethink Railroad Facility Preemption Ruling
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• DuPont Pollution MDL's Cancer Cases Get Trial Priority
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To Kinder Morgan $2B LNG Project
• Texas Floats Rule To Ease Reports Of Small Wastewater Spills
• NJ Latest To Sue VW Over 'Massive' Emissions Fraud
• Feds Unveil Overhaul To Critical Habitat Regulations
• EPA Yanks Air Pollution Permit For Texas Coal Plant
• Texas Justices Deny Review In Oil Well Plugging Row
• Gov. Should Share Work Site's Cleanup Cost, 9th Circ. Told
• BlackRock, Green Investment Buy $613M In UK Wind Farms
• White House Starts Review Of Offshore Drilling Blowout Rule
• Lawmakers Push EPA, Mich. For Info On Flint Water Crisis
• Obama To Pitch $10-Per-Barrel Oil Fee In 2017 Budget
• Feds Must Pay Tribe For Future Pollution Cleanup Costs
• States Can't Bar EPA Rule That's Already Been Stayed
• Utah Gov. Sues DOI Over Sage-Grouse Plans
• Enviros, States Urge High Court Not To Grant Stay Of CPP
• NJ Panel Advances Pipeline Leak Penalties Bill
• Exxon Unit Moves Suit For DOJ Fracking Spill Docs
• Ex-Bracewell, Godwin Lewis Atty Joins Dykema In Dallas
• Monsanto Asks Judge To Toss Berkeley's PCBs Nuisance Suit
• Tribal Water Deals With $449M In Projects Clear Senate Panel
• Fuel Facility Poisoned Albany With Oil Shipments, Suit Says
• NJ Wind Farm Proposal Back To Senate After Pocket Veto
• BP Deepwater Boss Gets Mention Of Deaths Limited At Trial
• VW Taps Ex-Clifford Chance Atty As New American GC
• EPA Slams Case Over 8th Circ. CWA Ruling
• Chicago Must Face Activists Over George Lucas Museum Site
• Flint Funding Impasse Derails Vote On Senate Energy Bill
• $4.5B Hanford Cleanup FCA Suit Has Legs, Judge Says
• Oklahoma Quakes Trigger Legal Concerns For Energy Cos.
• Insurer Off Hook For Coverage Of Superfund Cleanup
• Exxon Unit Wants DOJ Pollution Discovery Suit Transferred
• Pa. Fracking Foe Must Comply With Some Cabot Doc Requests
• Maine Says Tribe's Reservation Borders Already Decided
• LA County Hits SoCalGas With Criminal Suit Over Gas Leak
• Racetrack Owner Wants New Look At Fracking Effects
• 8th Circ. Backs EPA Revamp Of Neb. Regional Haze Plan
• Dam Removal Plan May Go Before FERC After Lawmaker Delay
• EU Parliament Allows New Car Emissions Testing Rule
• NJ Landfill Operator Lied About Solar Farm, Indictment Says
• CORRECTION: Akin Gump Renewable Energy Atty Joins Calif. Boutique
• Creditors Of US Abengoa Unit File Involuntary Ch. 7 Petition
• $3B Fla. Pipeline Gets FERC OK Despite Enviro Concerns
• Kinder Morgan Can't Fully Escape San Diego Fuel Spill Suit
• House Flint Hearing Puts EPA, Mich. Officials On Hot Seat
• Pa. Surface Rules For Oil And Gas Wells Clear Enviro Board
• Calif. Leak Prompts Regulators To Prep Gas Storage Rules
• JPML Combines Porsche Suits With VW Emissions MDL
• CPUC Net Metering Decision Is Good News For Clean Energy
• McKool Snags 7 Ex-Kasowitz Insurance Trial Attorneys
• Farm Group Tells High Court EPA Chesapeake Plan Is Unfair
• Wash. Tribe Says EPA Emails Back Bid For Cleanup Costs
• Insurer Left Out Of $55M Pollution Settlement Needn't Pay
• FBI Joins Criminal Investigation Of Flint Water Crisis
• Residents Ask 3rd Circ. To Save NJ Airport Suit Against FAA
• Calif. AG Blasts Misconduct Claims In Wildfire Appeal
• 5 Pitfalls For Purchasers Of Distressed Oil, Gas Assets
• Exide, Calif. Agency Duel Over $100M Suit, Ch. 11 Shield
• Greens Sue EPA Over Refinery Rule's Malfunction Exemptions
• Keep Big Oil Out Of Atlantic Ocean, NJ Lawmakers Say
• Senate Rejects Broader Efficiency Standard For Energy Bill
• Calif. AG, Air Resources Board Sue SoCalGas Over Gas Leak
• Ch. 11 Purchase Conferred Cleanup Coverage, NJ Court Told
• Pa. Senate Resolution Urges EPA Clean Power Plan Delay
• NJ Jury Finds Conrail Liable In Suit Over Spill Injuries
• Enbridge Challenges Delay Of $2.6B Crude Oil Pipeline Project
• Goldberg Segalla Opens New Offices In Fla., Md. And NJ
• NY Judge Nixes Residents' Efforts To Halt Finger Lakes Casino
• FTA's LA Subway Enviro Review Was Insufficient, Judge Says
• BP Investors Ask High Court For Class Certification
• NJ Man Stressed Before Conrail Derailment, Doc Testifies
• FDA Bans GE Salmon Until Labeling Guidelines Are Introduced
• Tribes Needn't Intervene In Fishing Rights Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Ex-Pan Am Worker Defends Punitive FRSA Award At 1st Circ.
• Enviros Say Feds Can't Dodge Grand Canyon Mining Suit
• Enviros Want 10th Circ. To Stop Wyo. Coal Lease Expansion
• Cameron Can't Sue Liberty For Unfairness, Texas Court Told
• House OKs Bill To Support Electricity Development In Africa
• NJ Atty Failed To Maintain Environmental Escrow, Suit Says
• Enviros, US Ask To Pause Coal Permitting Suit To Reach Deal
• Exxon Pushes High Court To Nix $236M MTBE Judgment
• Duke Loses Bid For 4th Circ. Review In Coal Ash Pollution Suit
• Pa. Methane Rules May Be Tougher Than Federal Standards