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Environmental - July, 2016

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• Koch, Others Get $1.4M Chicago Petcoke Settlement Finalized
• Mining Co. Says It Owes NM Nothing For Gold King Disaster
• SolarCity Fights Bid To Stay Monopoly Suit
• EPA Won't Rethink Bayer's Challenge To Axed Pesticide
• Enviros Urge FERC To Reconsider $683M Pipeline's Extension
• FERC Gives Final Enviro OK To ETP $4.2B Pipeline Project
• DC Circ. Upholds EPA's Looser Particulate Deadlines
• $10B Texas LNG Projects Gets FERC's Final Enviro OK
• DC Circ. Ends Vietnam Vets' Agent Orange Rule Challenge
• SEC Fires Back At Ex-Navistar CEO's Bid To Duck Suit
• DC Circ. Goes Green In EPA Boiler, Incinerator Regs Dispute
• Honeywell, Georgia Power Settle $29M Superfund Suit
• Feds Tell 8th Circ. Ozark Enviro Review Wasn't Final Action
• Mich. AG Charges 6 More Officials In Flint Water Scandal
• NY Retail Electricity Order Vacated — For Now
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• Volkswagen Fined $176M In Wash. For Emissions Cheating
• Airborne Pollution Claims Have Wings Clipped By 9th Circ.
• Quanta Shores Up Bid To Get Gibbons DQ'd In Pollution Suit
• 2 Emissions Cases Against Daimler Consolidated In Calif.
• House Science Chair Blasts NY, Mass. AGs' Subpoena Refusal
• EPA Issues Final Regs On Formaldehyde In Wood Products
• Contractor On $42M Pa. Bridge Project Faces Fraud Charges
• Mass. Agency To Blame For Dredging Woes, Suit Says
• SunEdison Gets Nod On $7.6M Bonus Plan
• Enviros Say Fish Hatchery Review Was Botched
• 8th Circ. Won't Rehear Railway's $7.7M Tanker Spill Suit
• Sioux Tribe Fights $3.8B Pipeline Through Ancestral Lands
• 5th Circ. Haze Ruling Dooms Clean Power Plan, DC Circ. Told
• Alliant To Sink $1B Into Iowa Wind Projects
• New Tax Rules Curtail Benefits Of Pass-Through Leases
• 4 Cases Shaping Renewable Energy Projects
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• Enviros Sue To Stop Oil Exploration In Fla. Preserve
• EPA Defends Startup, Shutdown Revisions At DC Circ.
• Cemex Agrees To $11.7M Deal To Settle Air Pollution Claims
• 5th Circ. Urged To Raise BP Atlantis FCA Suit
• Honeywell, Saint-Gobain To Face Combined Toxic Water Suits
• Conrail Seeks To Uphold Wins In Paulsboro Derailment Case
• SolarWorld To Appeal $793M Award In Supply Contract Suit
• Regulating Aircraft GHG Emissions: EPA's Initial Steps
• ETP Unit Gets Final OK For $3.8B Dakota Access Pipeline
• Enviros Challenge Navy Plans For Live-Fire Sites In Marianas
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To $455M Pa.-NY Pipeline Project
• Mining Co. Teck Beats Cross-Border Pollution Drift Claims
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• NJ Sewer Supervisors Sentenced For Misusing Employees
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• Volkswagen Gets Preliminary OK For $14.7B Emissions Deal
• Enviros Attack New TransCanada Pipeline Project
• Pa. Court Tosses Effort To Compel Greenhouse Gas Study
• GAO Says Army Corps, FEMA Need To Work On Levee Safety
• DC To Require 50% Renewable Energy By 2032
• FWS Finalizes Plan For Prioritizing ESA Status Reviews
• SunPower Settles $50.5M JV Row With Philippine Power Co.
• FDA, Nonprofits Ask Ninth Circ. To Stay Perchlorate Case
• Opponents Of $1B Warriors Arena To Appeal Enviro Challenge
• Ind. Tribe's Casino, Housing Plans Get Environmental OK
• FERC Grants 2-Year Extension For $683M Pa.-NY Pipeline
• Conoco Project In Alaska Oil Reserve Heads To Enviro Review
• NY, Mass. AGs Snub GOP Rep.'s Climate Change Subpoena
• Utility Must Refund Mich. Plant Costs, FERC Judge Says
• 7th Circ. Shows No Mercy For NJ Biofuel Fraudster
• Prior Rulings Doom LNG Project Challenge, DC Circ. Told
• Saint-Gobain Says Chemical Claims Shouldn't Be Remanded
• Eliminating Ultrahazardous Activity Liability In Enviro Cases
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• Los Angeles County Sues To Force SoCalGas Well Upgrades
• DuPont Urges 5th Circ. To Nix FCA, Retaliation Suit
• Lawyers Urge Texas To Streamline Groundwater Oversight
• Exxon Still Owes $8.5M From Valdez Spill, Fish Co. Says
• Indicted NJ Landfill Owner Ordered To Prove Enviro Costs
• Fed. Circ. Says PTAB Wrongly Axed Fracking Patent In IPR
• TerraForm Power Adopts Poison Pill As Big Buyers Circle
• Insurer's Pollution Exclusion Not Enforceable, Judge Says
• EPA Tells 6th Circ. No More Docs Needed In Water Rule Row
• Greens Fight Exxon En Banc Bid In 5th Circ. Pollution Row
• Fla. Enviro Groups Urge 11th Circ. To Revive Bridge Suit
• Gulf Oil, Gas Lease Sale Will Be First Streamed Online
• Casino Foes Say 9th Circ. Wrongly Set Aside Enviro Law
• NY's Block Of $683M Pipeline Means 2-Year Delay, FERC Told
• Tire Cos. Stuck With Same Judge In PCBs Retrial
• FWS Wants Claims Trimmed In Modified-Salmon Dispute
• Alaskan Tribe Loses Bid For Subsistence Fishing Permit
• Lamorak Says Viking Order Warped In $87M Coverage Row
• Spokeo Dooms Enviros' Calif. Fracking Suit, BLM Says
• EPA Wants More Control Over State-Issued Discharge Permits
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• Feeding The Future World: The Israel Outlook
• EPA Declares Aircraft GHG Emissions A Human Health Threat
• Peabody Bankruptcy Judge OKs Self-Bonding Challenges
• Regional Del. River Agency Wants Fracking Ban Suit Tossed
• Tribe Says Wash. Can't Go After It For Landslide Liability
• New Offshore Shutdown Cost Regs Offer Cos. A Soft Landing
• FirstEnergy Shuts Ohio Coal Plants Amid Subsidy Controversy
• Interior Should Improve Gas Emissions Accounting, GAO Says
• Greens, Funds Press SEC For Better Environmental Disclosure
• Biofuel Exec Convicted For Lies To SEC Over $56M Scheme
• Minnesota Takes Emissions Law Fight To US Supreme Court
• EPA Blew Deadlines For Ozone Plans In 16 States, Suit Says
• Ameren Settles CAA Claims With $2M Deal For Enviro Projects
• DOT Oil Train Rule Proposes Costly Requirements
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To $1.6B PennEast Pipeline Project
• Anti-Zika Spray Will Hurt Citizens, Puerto Rico Mayor Says
• Ingredient Co. Hit With $7.5M Suit Over Guar Gum Factory
• Enviros Say Feds Can't Split Sage-Grouse Protection Suit
• Calif. High Court OKs Takings Process, Allows Jury Damages
• Travelers, Trelleborg Battle Over Cleanup Cost Claims
• Sens. Urge EPA To Boost Biodiesel In Renewable Fuel Regs
• Tire Cos. Back Law Prof In Bid To Change Judge In PCB Suit
• DOE Must Shield Nuke Workers From 'Toxic Soup,' Wash. Says
• Renewable Energy Co. Faces SEC Subpoena On Stock Offering
• EPA Pressed To Use New Powers To Tackle 10 Chemicals
• EPA Must Cough Up Docs In Murray's 'War On Coal' Suit
• CIT Fields 2 New Solar Cell Duty Challenges
• MarkWest Says $26M Gas Plant Fight Should Be In State Court
• LeClairRyan Adds Energy Partner From Locke Lord
• Williams Mullen Boosts Enviro Practice With Nexsen Pruet Atty
• Plaintiffs Attys Seek $600M Payout For Deepwater Work
• Cabot Says It Was Dinged $4M For Pre-Existing Pollution
• Vattenfall OKs $349M For Wind Farm Off Scottish Coast
• Greens Challenge EPA Industrial-Boiler Carbon Monoxide Regs
• DC Judge Skeptical Army Corps Dam Row Needs To Be Moved
• SunEdison Gets Nod On $80M Sale Of Solar Energy Project
• Startup Focused On Aiding Farmers Nets $100M From PE
• Rising Temps To Cost $2T Globally In Lost Productivity
• Arch's DC Circ. Loss Shows Need To Document Project Costs
• EPA Extends Comment Period On Clean Energy Incentives
• DOT Oil Train Rule Sparks Security, Compliance Concerns
• FRA OKs Passenger Rail Blueprint For New England
• Report Blasts Utilities For Tax-Dodging While Fighting CPP
• NJ High Court Rejects Consolidation Of VW Emissions Cases
• Enviros' Arctic Oil Lease Challenge Tossed As Moot
• NM Ski Resort Asks 10th Circ. To Certify Insurance Query
• Perkins Coie Snags Ex-Foley & Lardner Energy, Enviro Pro
• 5th Circ. Asks La. High Court To Define 'Good Faith'
• Groups Aim to Back Challenge To NY's Veto Of $683M Pipeline
• SunEdison Mulling Sale Of TerraForm Global
• EU Unveils 2030 Nation-By-Nation Greenhouse Gas Goals
• Enbridge Pays $177M To Settle Suit Over 2010 Pipeline Spills
• Calif. Carbon Plan Puts Rainforest Credits Down, Not Out
• Mich. Environmental Officials Seek To Skirt Flint Water Suit
• North Dakota Asks DC Circ. To Set Aside EPA Methane Rule
• DOI's Arctic Drilling Rule May Squeeze Native Companies
• States Accuse VW Of Emissions Cover-Up, Enviro Violations
• Warriors' $1B New Arena Survives Calif. Court Challenge
• Wash. Tribe Joins Suit Over FDA's Modified Salmon Approval
• Fla. Retailers Sue To Block City's Plastic Foam Ban
• Enviro Consultant Wants Out Of Mall's Pep Boys Cleanup Suit
• How States Are Reacting To EPA's CAA Mandate
• Feds Fight Alaska Tribe's Bid For Immediate Fishing Rights
• FWS Yanks Lesser Prairie Chicken From Threatened List
• PSEG Unit Blasts Hanergy's Bid For $9.6M On Solar Project
• DC Circ. Backs EPA's Revocation Of Coal Permit
• EU Hits Truck Makers With Record €2.9B Cartel Fine
• Several States To Sue VW Over Environmental Violations
• Full DC Circ. Urged To Weigh Nuclear Waste Storage Rule
• Peru Claims Victory In Doe Run Mine Cleanup Arbitration
• Sierra Club Urges 6th Circ. To Rethink Pipeline Approval
• Flint Residents Say Suit Is About More Than Drinking Water
• Atty In BP Fraud Case Can't Nix Late Evidence, Judge Says
• Pipeline Co. Inks $1.5M Deal Over Pa. Sediment Discharge
• Eli Lilly Says Brazil Entity Covered In Contamination Row
• Tesoro Strikes $425M Deal With EPA, DOJ Over Emissions
• Power Cos. Slam Cancer Expert For Pa. Nuke Suit At 3rd Circ.
• Coal Plant Operator Says It Belongs In Enviros' Mine Suit
• Pomerantz, Levi & Korsinsky Move For Lead In Sunrun IPO Suit
• Automakers Surpass Emissions-Curbing Standards, EPA Says
• Appvion's Redactions Can't Be Trusted, Superfund Judge Told
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear DQ Of Attys From BP Claims Program
• Gunster Bolsters Land Use Practice With New Hire In Orlando
• DOE Greenlights Cameron LNG Gas Export Expansion
• NextEra Kills $4.3B Hawaii Utility Merger After Rejection
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• TSCA Reforms Won't Help With Calif.'s Product Safety Issues
• Feds Sues Eversource Over Cable In Boston Harbor
• Pa. Township Atty Cops To Theft Of Energy Project Funds
• Feds, Navajo Nation Extend Uranium Mine Cleanup Deal
• US Trustee Opposes Late Counsel Hire In Cal Dive Ch. 11
• Navy Sonar Permit Flouts Marine Life Protection Law: 9th Circ.
• EPA's Texas Haze Plan Stayed By 5th Circ.
• Paccar Engine Suit In Need Of Repair, Judge Says
• Judge Will Rethink Part Of Coverage Ruling On Leak Suits
• Industry, Green Groups Slam EPA's Defense Of Coal Ash Rule
• Calif. Officials Propose Safety Regs For Oil Refineries
• Colo. Court Revives Gas Co.'s Leak Coverage Claim
• DynCorp Chem Spray Suit Given Second Wind
• Okla. Tribe Blasts 'Desperation' Bid To Keep Land Row Alive
• Deals Rumor Mill: Enbridge, Williams Cos., Walgreens
• BP Hikes Deepwater Horizon Spill Bill To $62B
• Wildfire Ruling 'Eviscerates' Policy Distinctions, Insurer Says
• DC Circ. Nixes Enviros' Challenge To Cove Point LNG Project
• EPA Slashes Methane Emissions At Existing, New Landfills
• A Stronger India-US Relationship Is A Boon For Business
• The FTC's Entry Into Rooftop Solar Consumer Protection
• Atty Sues Firms Over Share Of $30M Bristol-Myers Settlement
• Genova Burns, NJ Water Agency Get Nod On $1M Settlement
• Oil Co. Enters Plea For 2011 Spill, Urges Quick Sentencing
• Insurers Back Reconsideration Bid In Chemical Coverage Spat
• Tribe Gets Fast Review Of Bid For Subsistence Fishing Permit
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Extension Poised For Legal Fight
• Senate Panel OKs Land Bills For Oregon Tribes
• Calif. Air Board Turns Up Nose At VW Emissions Recall Plan
• LNG Rulings Don't Sink Cove Point Challenge, Enviros Say
• China Demands New WTO Panel To Weigh Revised US Tariffs
• House OKs $32.1B Interior, EPA Bill Over Veto Threat
• Calif. High Court Leaves GHG Reduction Goals Up In The Air
• House GOP Targets Enviro Regs In Interior Funding Bill
• NY Can't Veto FERC's $683M Pipeline OK, 2nd Circ. Told
• Deutsche Solar Owes $770M In Contract Suit, Judge Rules
• Groups' Lawsuit Accuses Miami Nuclear Plant Of Polluting Bay
• MoFo Gets Nod To Rep Maxus Energy In Ch. 11 For Now
• Sandy Summit Organizer Duped Consumers, NJ Panel Says
• House Set To Block BLM Fracking Rule
• PHMSA Floats New High-Hazard Flammable Train Rule
• Portland 8th City To Sue Monsanto Over PCB Pollution
• 10th Circ. Nixes BLM Fracking Rule Stay Amid Appeal
• Sunoco Settles EPA Suit Over Texas, Okla. Oil Spills
• States Urge 10th Circ. To Revive Clean Water Rule Challenge
• An Unprecedented Expansion Of Calif. Water Board Authority
• No New Trial After $21M Toxic Water Verdict
• Maine Wants New Evidence Added To EPA Tribal Water Row
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade May Get 10-Year Extension
• Samson Gets Nod For Air Quality Deal With Ute Tribe
• House Science Chair Subpoenas NY, Mass. AG Climate Docs
• Enviros Drop Pollution Suit As Mont. Coal Units Plan Shutdown
• Pa. Requiring Pittsburgh Utility To Address Lead In Water
• White House Demands House Alter $32B EPA-Interior Bill
• Oil Co. Must Face Texas Brine's Claims In Sinkhole Suit
• House Passes Bill Ending Chevron Deference To Agencies
• Pa. Senate OKs Bill Trimming New Fracking Regulations
• Caltrans, Tribes Told To Work Out Doc Issues In Project Suit
• Bankrupt NJ Water Agency Defends Genova Burns Settlement
• New EPA Advice On Selenium Limits Has Enviros Crying Foul
• 5th Circ. Backs Court's Right To Snub BP Claim Fights
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Gravel Co.'s Cleanup Tab Dispute
• Enviros Blast DOI's Bid To Slip Offshore Drilling Suit
• Too Much Atty 'Conferring' In ND's Fee Bid, Minn. Says
• Ariz. Utility Wants Pause Of SolarCity Antitrust Suit
• Enviros Seek Gov't Docs In 6th Circ. Battle Over Water Rule
• Enviros Press Obama To Halt Federal Fossil Fuel Leasing
• Exxon Wants Full 5th Circ. Review Of Pollution Suit Revival
• Enviros Press 10th Circ. To Lift BLM Fracking Rule Stay
• DC Circ. Offers Clarity On GHG Emissions In NEPA Studies
• Occidental Takes Aim At MoFo Retention In Maxus Ch. 11
• Farmers Buck Preemption Arguments In Syngenta Corn MDL
• Subcontractor Seeks New Bribery Trial After McDonnell Ruling
• States, Industry Say Block On BLM Fracking Rule Should Stay
• NJ Man Cops To Defrauding Defunct Water Agency
• EPA Unveils Sulfur Dioxide Report Card
• NH Residents Want Saint-Gobain Chemical Suit Remanded
• FDA Hits Back At Enviros Seeking Perchlorate Ruling
• DOI Will Let Native Americans Take Plants From Nat'l Parks
• FERC Flubbed New Electricity Rules, Enviros Tell DC Circ.
• Calling All Breweries: Is Your Wastewater In Order?
• 2nd Circ. Denies Bhopalis' Bid To Certify Worker Question
• Calif. Water Works Call Federal Resource Plan Flawed
• ExxonMobil Wants Out Of Calif. Superfund Cleanup Suit
• AVIC Cos. Fight 'Stacked Deck' From $70M Arbitration Award
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• WTO's Green Goods Accord Could Be Inked This Year
• In Congress: Last Call Before Summer Recess
• 4 Takeaways From DOI's New Arctic Offshore Drilling Rule
• Sierra Club Says EPA Can't 'Assume' It Did Its Job
• Ill. Supreme Court Clarifies 'Taking' In Chicago Flooding Row
• BLM Flaring Regs Quell Enviros' Methane Pollution Suit
• 2nd Circ. Created Split On Cleanup Coverage, Electric Co. Says
• Monsanto Fails To Dodge Roundup Cancer Allegations
• SoCal Edison Says Axing Nuke Plant Deal May Hurt Ratepayers
• Caddo Nation Says Wichita Tribe Can't Dodge NEPA, NHPA Suit
• The Impact Of TSCA Reform Is Approaching Fast
• Judge Urged Not To Rethink Coverage Ruling On Leak Suits
• Flint Suit Won't Step On EPA's Toes, Judge Says
• Pa. Appeals Court Upholds Injunction On Fracking Protester
• Genova Burns Deal Wrongly Kills Claims, NJ Court Told
• Coal Co. Loses Alaska Mining Permits In Win For Enviros
• Jury Awards $500K Punitive Damages In DuPont Cancer MDL
• DuPont's 'Malice' Could Multiply Its Cancer MDL Liabilities
• Pa. Enviro Board Axes Challenge To Drilling Under Refinery
• BP Tells 5th Circ. No Need To Revive $266B FCA Suit
• Enviros Sue To Force EPA To Update Air Pollution Standards
• DOI Stiffens Arctic Drilling Environmental Standards
• $2.6B Cape Wind Project To Sail On Despite DC Circ. Setback
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aetna, HNA Group, General Electric
• SunEdison Wins Nod On Cash-Handling System
• DOD Chided For Going It Alone On Weather Satellites
• Tribe Asks 9th Circ. To Undo Fishing Rights Ruling
• Appaloosa-TerraForm Discovery Halted For Dismissal Fight
• Volkswagen To Pay $86M To Calif. For Emissions Penalties
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• Exxon Probers Resisting House Science Committee: Chair
• Judge Affirms Alpha's $12M Ch. 11 Executive Incentive Plan
• Feds Dragging Feet On Marine Species Listings, Enviros Say
• Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Scrap EPA's Highway Guidance
• EPA Slimed As House Approves Mine Cleanup Bills
• TransCanada Pushes To Invalidate Obama's Keystone Denial
• Wyo. Judge Tosses 'Open Land' Data Gathering Suit
• 9th Circ. Backs EPA In Pesticide Buffer Zone Row
• Coal Groups Dispute Exec's 'Willful' Status In 4th Circ.
• Calif., NY Back EPA's Cost Findings On Air Toxics Rule
• New Mexico Wants VW Emissions Suit Back In State Court
• Railroad Asks 8th Circ. To Revive $7.7M Tanker Spill Suit
• Okla. Urges 10th Circ. To Hear EPA Water Rule Challenge
• Alabama Gov. Beats Back Suit Over Use Of BP Spill Funds
• SunEdison Wants To Sell Stake In Solar Project For $80M
• Girardi Says Revised Settlement-Skimming Suit Still Fails
• Veolia Says Flint Complaint 'Odyssey' Should Be Chucked
• Calif. Real Estate Regulation To Watch In The Second Half
• AVIC Entity Says It Can't Be Roped Into $70M Award Row
• DuPont Hit With $5.1M Verdict In 2nd Cancer Bellwether Trial
• Retaliatory Firing Reaps $400K Verdict In EB-5 Misuse Row
• 9th Circ. CWA Case Poses Risks For Coal Ash Litigation
• Union Carbide Slams Bhopal Residents' NY Cert. Bid
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• Feds' Watershed Plan Would Harm Wildlife, Idaho Tribe Says
• Deal Gives Feds 3 Years To Alight On Monarch's Status
• Fla. Judge Reopens PortMiami Dredging Suit
• German Shipping Co. To Pay $1M For Wastewater Cover-Up
• DOT Issues Proposed Regs For Hazardous Materials Transport
• $16M Compton Superfund Settlement Tossed As Too Vague
• States Say EPA Flubbed New-Plant Carbon Plan Review
• NJ Water Agency Seeks To Revive Claims Against Sen. Booker
• Tribe's Challenge To Fishing Rights Ruling Mostly Nixed
• New Power Sources Key To NY Green Energy Goals: PSC Chair
• DC Circ. Says More Study Needed For Cape Wind Project
• Idaho Wolf-Killing 'Derby' Violates NEPA, Enviros Insist
• Enviro Group Seeks To Intervene In Del. River Fracking Suit
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• City Of Lansing Sues For Coverage Of Sewage Overflow
• China Links Enviro Compliance With Ability To Issue Stock
• Ex-Flint Officials Say They're Immune From Contamination Suit
• FDA Wants Claims Cut From Modified Salmon Dispute
• Pattern Energy Pays $269M For NM Wind Farm
• Oil Giants Settle Suit Over Leaks Into Maine River
• Bay Area Greenhouse Gas Plan Upheld By Appeals Court
• Seventh Generation Settles 'Natural' Claims For $4.5M
• Lawmakers Urge EPA To Bolster Lead And Copper Water Rule
• SunEdison Looks To Gain $5M From Solar Farm Equity Sale
• Alpha Inks $7.5M Deal To Resolve Enviro Ch. 11 Objections
• Top Texas Supreme Court Cases Of 2016: Midyear Report
• 5th Circ. Upholds La. Frog Habitat Decision
• Uranium Mill Says Enviros Lack Standing In Radon Suit
• 6th Circ. Tosses Business Owners' Refinery Expansion Suit
• Brazilian Court Blocks $2.3B Dam Collapse Settlement
• Sierra Club Loses 6th Circ. Forest Pipeline Challenge
• When Successor Liability And Bankruptcy Principles Collide
• BLM Fracking Decision Is Narrow, But With A Vast Impact
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes