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Environmental - December, 2016

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• 6 Key Commercial Litigation Finance Trends For 2017
• 2016 Environmental Case Law Highlights: Part 1
• 5 Ways To Fight Costlier Legal Malpractice Claims In 2017
• 9th Circ. Denies En Banc Review Of Biomass Plant Suit
• EPA Strikes $40M Deal To Clean Up Rhode Island Superfund Site
• FERC Gives Green Light To $1B Mont. Hydropower Project
• DC Circ. Will Let EPA Revise Boiler Rule Without Vacatur
• States Can Address CWA Nutrient Regulation First, For Now
• Mediating E-Discovery Disputes Can Save Time And Money
• The Biggest​ NJ​​ Policy Developments Of 2016
• Texas Court Revives Cleanup Cos.' Trade Secrets Row
• SunEdison CEO Opposes Unsecured Creditors' Litigation Bid
• Homeowners Lose Sanctions Bid In Chem Suit
• FERC Greenlights $10B Gas Export Terminal In Texas
• Appeals Court Knocks Judge For Flint Disease Secrecy Order
• Green Finance Panel Forms Amid EU Capital Markets Push
• Appeals Court OKs Noted Climatologist's Defamation Suit
• EPA Board Hits Chinese Motorbike Cos. With $1.4M Penalty
• Enviros Blast Challenge To NY Nuclear Plant Subsidies
• EPA Reaches Deal In Fairbanks Air Pollution Suit
• Calif., New Mexico Intervene In BLM Flaring Rule Suit
• No Permit Should Mean No CWA Suit, Property Owner Says
• Enviros Step Up Fight Over DOE Approval Of La. LNG Exports
• Colo. Tribe Says BIA Whistleblower Report One-Sided
• Lightyear Injects $95M Into Clean Energy Financing Provider
• EPA's New Plant Carbon Rules Get Support At DC Circ.
• Gov't Backs Ruling Keeping Sailors' $1B Fukushima Suit In US
• BLM's Wind Farm Approval Was Proper, 9th Circ. Says
• Radioactive Waste Cos. Can't Move Merger Suit To Texas
• Monsanto Tries To Save Subpoenas In Roundup Cancer Suit
• Obama's 11th-Hour Offshore Drilling Ban May Be Hard To Sink
• EPA Finalizes Rule To Boost Safety At Chemical Facilities
• The Biggest Environmental Law Rulings Of 2016
• Exxon Ignored Climate Risks At Mass. Terminal, Enviros Say
• DuPont Owes $2M In Teflon Testicular Cancer Trial, Jury Says
• EPA Out Of Enviros' Suit Over Road Project
• FWS Takes Humpback Whales Off Endangered Species List
• DuPont Hit With $1B Enviro Cleanup Suit In NJ
• High Court Must Settle CWA Jurisdiction Issue, NAM Says
• Navajo Nation Fights Dismissal Bid In Mine Spill Suit
• Tribe, Opposing Maine, Wants In On EPA Water Quality Suit
• Wyo. Urges 10th Circ. To Uphold 'Open Land' Suit Ruling
• Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
• Are You Prepared For A 'Post-Fact' Jury?
• Canadian Pipeline Challenged Over Impact On Killer Whales
• DC Circ. Won't Reverse Biofuel Land Rulings For US Group
• NYC Enviro Agency Escapes Bias Suit At 2nd Circ.
• EPA Can't Evade Court Review Of Haze Plan, 5th Circ. Told
• Maxus Resolves Exclusivity Row With Pledge To File Plan
• Industry, Enviros Lock Horns Over Cooling Water Rule
• AGs' Climate Probe A Biased Fishing Expedition, Exxon Says
• ND Justices Mull Dakota Access Arrestees' Atty Shortage
• ND Challenges DOI's New Regs On Coal Mining Near Streams
• Obama Slams Door On Arctic, Atlantic Drilling
• Judge Halts Scott Timber Oregon Logging Project
• Cravath Told To Give Shell Docs To Kiobel For Dutch Lawsuit
• The 10 Most Significant Coverage Decisions Of 2016
• VW Reaches $1B Deal In Diesel Scandal Suit
• Power Plant Effluent Data Must Be Public, Enviros Say
• Ex-Flint Emergency Managers Hit With Criminal Charges
• Enviros Fight NRC Order On Wyoming Uranium Mine
• EPA Is All In On Mine Bonding
• DOI Can't Cancel 33-Year-Old Mont. Oil Lease, Court Told
• VW, Audi Settle Canadian Consumer Diesel Claims For $2.1B
• Calif. AG Sues Interior Over Coastal Fracking Green Light
• EPA Nets $6B In Penalties From Enforcement Actions In 2016
• Appaloosa Wins $3M Fee Award In TerraForm, SunEdison Suit
• Maxus Says Killing Plan Exclusive Period Would Derail Case
• Tribes' Claims Paused For Dakota Access Permission Ruling
• DOT Urges Discovery Bid Denial In Fla. Rail Bond Challenge
• EPA Says It Has Authority To Grant Ozone Rules Extension
• VW Dealer Says Ex-Owner Keeping $1M Cheat Device Funds
• Consumers Hit Back On Scotts Bird Seed Health Risks
• DuPont Gets Pretrial Win Over Homeowners' Irene Flood Suit
• Indian Country: More Of The Same Or Something New?
• Pa. Sewage Discharge Deal With Enviros Gets Court OK
• DOI Pushes Out Final Regs On Coal Mining Near Streams
• LA Metro Fights Contempt Bid In Subway Suit
• Keeping Pro Se Litigants At Bay
• The Biggest Native American Law Rulings Of 2016
• Contractor Says EPA Was At Helm Amid Gold King Spill
• Feds, Md. Say Purple Line Needs No More Enviro Review
• The Future Of DAPL And Tribal Consultations
• Power, Renewables Spurred Energy Finance Trends In 2016
• VW Says Diesel Securities Class Action Belongs In Germany
• New ND Gov. Backs Dakota Access Pipeline On First Day
• Don't Put BLM Flaring Rule On Hold, Feds Tell Judge
• 6th Circ. Says Mich. Must Still Provide Bottled Water To Flint
• Statoil Unit Wins Offshore Wind Lease Auction With $42M Bid
• Oil Cos. Slam Rhode Island's Gasoline Pollution Suit
• EPA Takes Coal Jobs Ruling Fight To 4th Circ.
• EPA Reaches Deal With States On Cross-State Pollution
• Asbestos Trusts Contest Honeywell Records Ruling In Del.
• DOE Defends Approval Of Cove Point LNG Exports
• EPA Defends Lower Renewable Fuel Requirements At DC Circ.
• BIA Removed Whistleblower Who Irked Colo. Tribe, Says OSC
• Tribe, Countering Enviros, Wants Mont. Logging To Proceed
• County, Rail Group Allowed To Weigh In On Pa. Well Denial
• EPA Beats Enviros' Suit Over Gulf 'Dead Zone' Rules
• CPP Rollback May Impact SO2 Emissions Trading Markets
• Are Courts In The Discovery Driver's Seat?
• Environmental MVP: Nossaman's Robert Thornton
• EPA Defends New Greenhouse Gas Limits At DC Circ.
• Consultant Gets 17 Years In BP Oil Spill Fraud Case
• Alcoa Loses Bid To Escape Liability In NJ Enviro Suit
• EPA, Sierra Pacific Back 9th Circ. Biomass Ruling
• Army's Horse Removal Must Stop, Animal Rights Group Says
• Exxon's Discovery Put On Ice In NY, Mass. Climate Fight
• Valero, Asphalt Co. Accused Of Contaminating City's Water
• EPA Says Syngenta Owes $4.9M Fine For Worker Safety Error
• Texas AG Urges State High Court To Dispose Of City Bag Bans
• Solar Panel Importer Can't Dodge Dumping Duty: Fed. Circ.
• Tesla Investors' Stock Suit Nixed Too Soon, 9th Circ. Told
• Ariz. Highway Foes Tell 9th Circ. To Undo Gov't Win
• States Send Trump Strategy To Dismantle Clean Power Plan
• DuPont To Pay $42M For Va. Mercury Pollution
• Lubbock Nabs Win In Permit Battle Over Diverted Wastewater
• PHMSA Finalizes Underground Gas Storage Safety Rule
• Trump Picks Mont. Rep. Zinke For Interior Secretary
• What To Know About The New FWS Mitigation Policy
• Tronox Judge Clarifies Tort Claim Process
• Clean Energy Co. Abeinsa Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• Feds Escape Final Claim In Suit Over Calif. Tribal Casino
• 4th Circ. Says Challenge To NC Toll Road Project Is Moot
• Polar Bear Habitat Threatens 'Way Of Life,' Justices Told
• CORRECTED: 10th Circ. Snuffs Residents' Bid To Block NM Bus Plan
• USDA Targets 'Sell-By' Labels To Reduce Food Waste
• Power Co. Wants DC Circ. To Force Action On NY Pipeline
• House Dems Ask Pence For DOE Climate 'Litmus Test' Info
• A Blockbuster Year For Net Energy Metering Policy
• Environmental MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Paul M. Seby
• FWS Finalizes New 30-Year Eagle Take Permit Rule
• EPA Beats Rhode Island Stormwater Pollution Suit
• New EPA Asbestos Review Confronts Old Questions
• 5th Circ. Slices Ex-DuPont Worker's Chemical Leak FCA Suit
• Environmental MVP: White & Case's Tallat Hussain
• Miami Harbor Dredging Claims Not Moot, Enviros Say
• EPA Asks DC Circ. To Toss Highway Air Guidance Challenge
• Trump's Perry Pick Heralds Fossil Fuel Revival At DOE
• Former DOD Counsel To Join WilmerHale
• 2nd. Circ. Lifts Injunction In Conn. Clean Energy Fight
• Rules Of Civil Procedure Updates Affect E-Discovery
• The Path To The California Bench
• Act 13 And Pennsylvania Fracking: The Drama Continues
• Enviros Sue Feds To Halt 3 Forest Thinning Projects
• EPA Can't Prove Fracking Doesn't Affect Drinking Water
• EPA Says Navistar Wants Old, 'Irrelevant' Docs In CAA Row
• Bill Gates Leads $1B-Plus Clean Energy Investment Fund
• Trump Picks Ex-Texas Gov. Perry For Energy Secretary Post
• Trump Taps Exxon CEO For Secretary Of State Post
• 3 Tips To Avoid Being On The Outs With In-House Counsel
• Ottawa River Pollution Suits Result In $1.7M Settlement
• In About-Face, Texas Judge Scraps Mass. AG Deposition
• Duke Energy Investors Lose Del. Suit Over Coal Ash Spill
• EPA Moves To Force Texas Power Plants To Cut Emissions
• TVA Urges Judge To Rethink Clean Water Act Immunity Ruling
• USDA Contractor Loses $4M Claim At Appeals Board
• Kasowitz Can't Use FCA For Unlevied Fines: Chem Cos.
• Enviro MVP: Latham & Watkins' Robert Howard
• Train Cos. Fight Class Cert. In Suit Over 2015 Crash
• Army Corps Asks Fed. Circ. To Undo Katrina Liability Ruling
• NY Regulators Say Nuclear Plant Subsidies Are Sound
• ExxonMobil Wants To Arbitrate $25M MTBE Coverage Spat
• Justices Won't Hear San Diego $1.3B Development Appeal
• Kansas Class To Lead Lanham Act Trial In Syngenta MDL
• Tribal Group Asks For Injunction In Ariz. Highway Fight
• Trumping Obama's Interior Department
• Water Projects Bill Passes Despite Enviromental Concerns
• After Miner Benefit Feud, Gov't Funding Passes Congress
• Companies Fight EPA's Superfund Listing In DC Circ.
• Mass. AG Turns To 5th Circ. To Stave Off Exxon Deposition
• Wind Firm's $215M Ch. 11 Takeover Confirmed
• Wash. Congresswoman Likely Choice For Interior Secretary
• FERC Won't Reconsider $7.5B Jordan Cove LNG Project
• FERC Ignored Pipeline's Impact On Minorities, DC Circ. Told
• K&L Gates Adds Enviro And Regulatory Partner In NC
• 2nd Circ. Poised To Clear Conn. For Clean Power Contracting
• The Horrible Conflict Between Biology And Women Attorneys
• Army Corps Tells DC Circ. Dakota Access Ruling Must Stand
• EPA Asks DC Circ. To Skip Manager's Age Bias Appeal
• Fuel Co. Says Biz Partner Stole Info To Score GM Contract
• Seeing Loss Of Fishing Area, Anglers Try To Stop Wind Farm
• Enviros Win Intervention Bid In BLM Flaring Rule Suit
• Environmental MVP: Weil's Annemargaret Connolly
• TSCA High-Priority Chemicals: What Made The Cut?
• Monsanto Hit With 1st State PCB Suit As Wash. Joins Fight
• Facebook Users Hit With Suit Over 'Pedals' Bear Death Posts
• Feds Back 6th Circ. As Jurisdiction For Water Rule Cases
• SunLink Foe Botched Challenge To $10M Award, Judge Rules
• Rice Energy Hit With $3.5M In Fines Over Pa. Violations
• Judge Recognizes Spanish Order In Abengoa Bankruptcy
• TerraForm Director Can't Escape $231M SunEd Deal Suit
• Bigger Regulatory Role Seen For States With Pruitt-Led EPA
• No Forest Work Without Feds' OK, 10th Circ. Says
• Local Biosolids Ban Not Backed By Law, Facts, Judge Says
• La Paloma Power Plant Creditors Surprised By Ch. 11 Filing
• Feds Say New River Review Hurts Calif. Districts' ESA Claim
• LA Transit Agency Says Subway Challenge Lacks Jurisdiction
• Groups Ask DC Circ. To Make EPA Rethink Mercury Rule
• NJ Senator Says ExxonMobil Deal Lacked Analysis, Outreach
• House Passes Water Infrastructure Bill With Flint Aid
• FERC Greenlights Exelon's $110M NY Nuke Plant Buy
• Ill. AG's VW Emissions Cheat Suit Moved To Federal Court
• FTC Says VW Witness Couldn't Answer Questions
• Sioux Tribes Urge Stay In Pipeline Fight For Enviro Review
• Chevron, Patton Boggs Fend Off Atty's Bid To Challenge Deal
• House Passes Gov't Funding Bill With Uncertain Senate Fate
• Lawyer EQ: Finding Success In Every Interaction
• Enviros Ask Judge To Halt VA Cemetery On Old-Growth Forest
• Congress Passes $619B Defense Policy, Reform Bill
• EU Faults Member States For Not Stopping VW Emissions
• Managing Intergenerational Differences Within Your Law Firm
• EPA Makes Vapor Intrusion A Superfund Criterion
• 9th Circ. Won't Block Logging Project Opposed By Tribe
• Exxon Says Mass. AG Can't Cancel Deposition During Appeal
• Ohio Residents Want 6th Circ. To Rehear Fracking FCA Case
• Trump Taps Oklahoma AG Pruitt To Lead EPA
• New York To Sue EPA Over Long Island Sound Dredging Plan
• Exxon Calls Mass. Climate Suit A Permitting Regs Rewrite
• Pa. DEP To Challenge Fracking Rules Halt At State's Top Court
• As EPA Sets 2017 Renewable Fuel Volumes, Future Is Unclear
• Rep. Brady Asks Trump To Spur Int'l Green Goods Accord
• Pipeline Co. Wants Appeals Court To Force Project Decision
• VW Hit With $32M Fine From S. Korean Fair Trade Watchdog
• Calif. Power Plant Hits Ch. 11 With $524M Of Debt
• Duke Must Pay Wind Farm For Unused Power, 7th Circ. Says
• House To Vote For Funding Bandage To Hold Gov't Until April
• Apple To Pay $450K For Electronic Waste Violations In Calif.
• EPA Moves To Ban TCE In Dry Cleaning Uses
• Philip Hirschkop: Quietly Making Noise For 50 Years
• Standing Rock Sioux Ask DC Circ. To Vacate Pipeline Ruling
• Ariz. Tribe's Suit Says Private Wells Threaten Water Rights
• Mercedes Escapes 'Defeat Device' Emission Suit For Now
• SunEdison, Creditors To Seek D&O Mediation Plan Approval
• NJ Derailment Plaintiffs Urge 3rd Circ. To Revive Claims
• Dakota Access Asks Court To Rule Corps Gave It Permission
• Ga. Judge Ends Camp Lejeune Drinking Water MDL
• Trump Adviser Says He's Not Privatizing Tribal Land
• Ala., NH Look To Move VW Emissions Suits Back Home
• Abeinsa Makes Final Push For Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• Blackstone's $1.2B Clean Energy Line Gets Key Federal OK
• Okla. Fracking Quake Suit Hits Additional Oil & Gas Cos.
• Schneiderman Says Exxon's Bias Case Belongs In NY Court
• Pa. Drilling Fee Audit Reveals Fund Misuse, Poor Oversight
• Private Attys Told Not To Diminish VW Class Recovery Funds
• Enviro Challenge To Downtown LA Subway Axed By 9th Circ.
• DC Circ. Revives NRA's Elephant Trophy Ban Challenge
• No-Enforcement Vow Axes Energy Biz's $63M Award Fight
• DOD Revamps Cleanup Coverage Claims For Closed Bases
• EU, OECD Call For Sustainable Clothing And Shoe Trade
• Dying Declaration Affidavits In Asbestos Suits: A Case Study
• Insurer Must Cover Spill Suit Settlement, Water Co. Says
• Ford Says Plant Buyer Stalling On Enviro Cleanup Release
• Tribes' Dakota Access Win Resounding, But Vulnerable
• Justices Won't Hear Retailers' Marathon Refinery Challenge
• Navajo Nation Lodges $162M Claim For Gold King Spill
• Mass. AG Can't Skip Exxon Climate-Probe Depo In Texas
• Auto Parts Chain Pays $10M To Settle Calif. Enviro Suit
• Power Industry Groups Urge 5th Circ. To Sink Effluent Rule
• Abeinsa Settles With US, But Still Faces Ch. 11 Plan Row
• Dentons Snags DOI Counselor For Native American Practice
• Calif. Drought Fight Threatens Water Projects Bill
• Feds Want Suit Over $367M Waste Cos. Merger Kept In Del.
• Texas High Court Rejects Family's Fight With Marathon Oil
• Shell MTBE Pollution Row Seems Like Rerun To 2nd Circ.
• WTO Trade Ministers Can't Seal Green Goods Pact
• Scotts CEO Says Consumers Can't Agree On Bird Seed Risks
• 4th Circ. Panel Affirms Honeywell Win In Fatal Toxic Tort Suit
• Former Biofuel Execs Sentenced To Prison Over Fraud
• Ohio-Mich. Pipeline Monopoly Claims Are Baseless, FERC Told
• Blasting Officials, Judge Won't Stop Flint Water Delivery
• OSHA Can't Support Silica Rule, Biz Groups Tell DC Circ.
• Honeywell Hits RR Donnelley With $7.6M Superfund Suit
• Army Corps Refuses Permit For Dakota Access Pipeline
• VW Slams FTC On Claim Witness 'Unprepared' For Testimony
• Pipeline Protesters Lose Bid To Block Force, Urge Rethink
• NY Judge Approves Barrick Gold's $140M Class Settlement
• DC Circ. Shuts Down NC Hydro Project Relicensing Fight
• Tribe Says Feds Should've Looked At Water Project Again
• Mass. AG Says Court Can't Order Exxon Deposition
• Salvage Co. Head Gets Stint In Lockup For Violating CAA
• House Passes $619B Defense Spending, Reform Bill
• No Sanctions For Former Drug Kingpin In Zoo Defamation Row
• Trump Backs Dakota Access Pipeline, ND Sen. Says
• Energy Policy In The Trump Era: Part 2
• Ex-KFC Site Buyer Accused Of Flouting Enviro Cleanup Pact
• Insurance Co. Looks To Collect Deductible In Pollution Row
• Norway Appeals Jury Acquits Ex-Yara CEO Of Corruption
• Texas High Court Will Hear $24M Contamination Suit After All
• EPA Floats Hardrock Mining Financial Responsibility Rule
• The Trump Infrastructure Plan And Its Legal Implications
• 5 Insights From Airbus Group's Joshua Walker
• Chrysler, Bosch Face Emissions Suit Over 'EcoDiesel' Models
• Tribes Urge Feds To Boost Collaboration On Major Projects
• ND Drilling Co. Agrees To $8M In Upgrades, Fines With EPA
• Calif. High Court Creates Take-Home Asbestos Liability
• Calif. Appeals Court Affirms $2B Gas Plant Approval
• Ohio-Mich. Gas Pipeline Scores FERC's Environmental OK
• Calif. Gov. Names US Rep. Becerra As Golden State Top Cop
• Maine Tells 1st Circ. Not To Expand Tribe's River Rights
• Enviros Fight DOE Approval Of LNG Exports At DC Circ.
• Chrome Maker Showed Good Faith In Enviro Row, Judge Says
• RI Biz Group Urges 1st Circ. To Revive Wind Farm Fight
• Trustee Wants Abeinsa Ch. 11 Plan Rejected Over Releases
• Calif., NY Back Conn.'s Renewable Certificate Program
• Navajo Energy Co. Urges Nixing Of Mine, Plant Suit
• Key Changes In EPA's Waste Generator Improvements Rule
• Sioux Leaders Urge Obama To Block Dakota Access Pipeline
• Hyperloop Passes $100M Raised With Latest Investment
• CIT Says Taiwan Solar Co. Waited Too Long For Duty Review
• Utah Counties Want 'Costly' Coal Lease Moratorium Killed
• Energy Policy In The Trump Era: Part 1
• Parker Hannifin Grabs Filtration Maker In $4.3B Deal
• Kelley Drye And Texas Firm Known For Enviro Practice Merge
• Princess Cruise Lines To Pay $40M For Deliberate Oil Pollution