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Environmental - July, 2017

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• Texas Judge Won't Cut Exxon's $20M Clean Air Act Penalty
• Dorsey & Whitney Enviro Pro, 'Best Partner' Jim Rubin Dies
• German Court Temporarily Bars Use Of Jones Day VW Docs
• Former SunEdison Exec Wants Millions From Ch. 11 Process
• Halliburton, KBR Slip 4th Circ. Bid To Revive FCA Claims
• 9th Circ. Kills Marshall Islands' Nuke Treaty Suit
• Enviros Seek To Block NM Shale Drilling Permits
• Health Vote Threat Could Undercut DOI Actions In Alaska
• Washington's Monsanto PCB Suit Sent To State Court
• EPA To Add 11 Superfund Sites, Including NY Village Area
• 3 Questions Environmental Attorneys Have About The CWA
• Trump Admin Illegally Suspended Enviro Reg, Nonprofits Say
• Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Navi Dhillon
• EPA Fights Enviros' Bid For Quick Win In Effluent Rule Suit
• 9th Circ. Will Hear Arguments For Nixing Kids' Climate Suit
• ICSID Can Award $103M Without Undoing Drill Ban: Fracker
• Investors Want Ex-BP Exec's Statement Kept In Oil Spill MDL
• NextEra Asks 11th Circ. To Revive $98M Nuke Waste Tax Suit
• Enviro Groups Can't Stop Solar Plans At Ex-NJ Landfill
• German Auto Giants Hit With More Antitrust Suits
• The Trump Effect On California's Wetland Regulations
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Lieff Cabraser's David Stellings
• Cybersecurity Risks In The Courtroom
• Ethics Group Requests Probe Into Pruitt Travel To Okla.
• Oil Group Fights Enviros' Challenge To Offshore Drilling Order
• EPA Clears Fiat Chrysler To Sell 2017 Diesel Vehicles
• 10th Circ. Border Battle May Diminish Tribes' High Court Win
• 6th Circ. Revives Two Flint Water Class Actions
• 4 Questions Environmental Attorneys Have About The CAA
• Industry Wants DC Circ. To Rehear Methane Rules Case
• Spain Wants €128M Award Over Energy Subsidies Nixed
• Rising Star: Latham's DJ Moore
• Texas Can't Bump Counties' Volkswagen Clean Air Suits
• Enviro, Tribal Groups Seek Win In Methane Rule Delay Row
• NC Solar Expansion Bill Mothballs Wind Projects Until 2019
• FERC Gives Final Enviro OK To $2.7B Pipeline Expansions
• Citadel Energy Founder Must Pay $2.8M In SEC's Fraud Suit
• DC Circ. Rules Against EPA In Renewable Fuel Mandates Fight
• Fossil Fuel Industry's 'Tobacco Moment' Has Arrived
• Gray Matters: Clients Are Not Really 'Emotional'
• Miami OKs Controversial Power Line Deal With FPL
• Calif. High Court Rules CEQA Not Preempted In Rail Row
• DuPont, Chemours, ARCO Can't Dodge CERLCA Claims
• House Passes Defense, Energy, VA, Border Wall Funding
• $1.1B Enviro Suit Against DuPont Sent Back To State Court
• EPA, Calif. Board Approve Emission Fix For 326K VWs
• Former EPA Chief Of Staff To Join Van Ness Feldman In DC
• Tribes, Energy Groups Spar Over Dakota Access Case Input
• Canada Top Court Says Gov't Consulted One Tribe, Not Other
• Calif. AG Says He'll Fight To Save Marine Sanctuaries
• Pa. Senate Passes Bill To Tax Shale Gas, Online Vendors
• 36 GOP Senators Back Zinke's Review Of Offshore Oil Limits
• AEP Unveils Plans For $4.5B Mega-Wind Farm In The South
• Coca-Cola, Others Must Face Superfund Suit, Ohio Judge Told
• Petronas Pulls Plug On $28B Canadian LNG Project
• Avoiding The Rotten Compromise In Mass Litigation
• Having A Chief Privacy Officer Reassures Your Firm's Clients
• Cohen Milstein Tapped As Co-Lead Counsel In Flint Litigation
• House Takes Up $657B DOD Bill In Gov't Funding Package
• Dems Float Bill To Put A Price On Carbon Emissions
• SEC Says Citadel Energy Founder Ran $15M Investor Scheme
• Ex-NJ Water Agency Contractor Gets 18 Months For Kickbacks
• Plastics Co. Settles Vt. Contamination Suit With $20M Project
• NJ High Court Revives Enviro Pollution Claims Against Town
• $2.7M Not Enough Interest In Exxon Valdez Row, 9th Circ. Told
• Montana Federal Judge Lets Wyoming Into Coal Leasing Case
• Homeowners' Suit Against Green Financing Co. Trimmed
• 6th Circ. Sinks Forest Service Win In Boating Rights Row
• EPA, Army Corps Take Clean Water Rule Rollback To Public
• Water Suppliers Litigation Is Making Waves In 2017
• Calif. Man Allegedly Smuggled Cobras In Potato Chip Cans
• German Auto Giants Hit With Antitrust Suit Amid EU Probe
• Senate Panel Quizzes Commerce GC Pick On Science, Climate
• Methane Rule Decision Shows Regulatory Process Is Key
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Discussions Before Deliberations
• SunEdison Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• Judge Puts Brakes On Calif. VW Emissions Deal Opt-Outs
• GM Can't Sue Asbestos Trust For Wrongful Death Contribution
• Fox Rothschild Picks Up Environmental Partner In Seattle
• Calif. Tribes Press For Quick Win In Highway Project Dispute
• Dems Float Ban Of Brain Damage-Linked Pesticide
• DOT Will Consider Softening Obama Fuel Economy Standards
• NJ Chemical Co. Admits To Water Pollution Violations
• Pruitt Tells EPA Act Faster, Curb Exposure At Superfund Sites
• Baker Botts Adds MoFo Enviro Chair To SF Office
• Sunoco Ordered To Halt Mariner East Pipeline Construction
• Pump-And-Dump Orchestrator Ordered To Pay $9.2M To SEC
• New York Beats Back Challenges To Nuke Plant Subsidies
• DOI Mining Decision Can Be Challenged, 10th Circ. Says
• PETA Ordered To Pay Costs In Seaquarium Orca Suit
• VW Exec To Plead Guilty In Emissions Cover-Up Case
• Gov. Brown Signs Extension Of Calif. Cap-And-Trade To 2030
• LA County Seeks Immediate Pause On Aliso Canyon Injections
• Utilities Hid Climate Change Knowledge, Green Group Says
• 5 Questions Firms Should Ask When Evaluating Litigation AFA
• For Law Firm Offices, Business Savvy Is The New Cool
• 10th Circ. Again Nixes Challenge To Santa Fe Park Rules
• Senate Approves BigLaw Partner As Trump Interior Deputy
• AGs Sue EPA For Delaying Rule On Chemical Risk Plans
• Flood Board Asks High Court To Revive Coastal Damage Suit
• Chevron Pays $1M Fine, $20M In Upgrades Over Refinery Fire
• No Redo For NM Utility In Navajo Right-Of-Way Suit: 10th Circ.
• Alaska Seeks High Court Review Of 'Threatened' Seal Listing
• Sierra Club Says Georgia Power Coal Ash Plans Violate CWA
• German Automakers Face European Antitrust Probes
• W.Va. Halts Work On $4B ETP Pipeline Amid Enviro Violations
• ND Oil Group Blasts Bid To Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
• Pa. Coal Mining Bill Becomes Law Without Gov.'s Signature
• ND Can't Fight EPA Drilling Waste Suit Deal, DC Circ. Told
• CIT Upholds Solar Panel Orders In China, Taiwan Duty Rows
• BLM Plans Revocation Of Obama-Era Fracking Rule
• The Best Documents In Your Case May Be From 3rd Parties
• Planning A Legal Career With A Future Relocation In Mind
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Women See Another Year Of Slow Gains At Law Firms
• Could An NFL Diversity Rule Be A BigLaw Game-Changer?
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• 4 Female Perspectives On BigLaw Leadership
• How 4 Firms Are Moving The Needle On Gender Diversity
• BigLaw Bias Suits New Wild Card In Fight For Gender Equity
• Calif. Solar Project Moved In Enviros' Deal With Company
• Attys For VW 3.0L Vehicle Owners Score $125M In Fees
• Trump's Retreat On Climate Change Spurs State Tort Suits
• VW To Shell Out Another $154M To Calif. In Emissions Deal
• Diesel Drivers Ask For Buybacks In Fiat Emissions MDL
• $38.4B Energy, Water Bill Sails Through Senate Panel
• Monsanto, BASF Hit With Class Action Over Herbicide Safety
• EPA Wrongly Delaying Chemical Rule, Enviros Tell DC Circ.
• Container Cos. Tell High Court To Let Antitrust Win Stand
• The Elephant In The Room: Advancing Women To Partnership
• How Midsize Law Firms Can Minimize Cybersecurity Threats
• JPMorgan Pays Up To Settle Enviro Violations Nationwide
• Gov't Says Ariz. Agency Can't Sue In Tribal Water Row
• Enviro Groups Renew Bid To Pause Sunoco Pipeline Drilling
• Audi To Recall 850K Diesel Vehicles Outside US, Canada
• FERC Gives Final Enviro Assessment Of Dominion Pipeline
• Objectors Force Delay Of SunEdison Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• NJ Water Contractor Gets 2 Years For $1M Kickback Scheme
• Trump Administration Releases Enviro Regulatory Agenda
• DC Appellate Court Greenlights Exelon-Pepco Merger
• Enviros Sue DOE Over Aging Buildings At Nuke Facility
• 'Flushable' Is 'A Pretty Basic Concept,' Judge Tells P&G
• Details Will Bedevil As Calif. Cap-And-Trade Moves Forward
• DOI, Calif. Tribe Say Casino Challenge Should Be Tossed
• Delaware Court Weighs Israel's Reach In Car Firm's Ch. 15
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Challenges To Texas Plant Permits
• Sessions Memo Leads DOJ To Nix $3M Harley Enviro Project
• 9th Circ. Declines Review Of Columbia River Fish Program
• DC Circ. Allows Work On Purple Line, For Now
• Holland & Knight Nabs WilmerHale Energy, Enviro Partner
• Former DOJ Environmental Specialist Joins Katten In DC
• Ga. County Can't Escape Golf Course Flooding Suit
• SEC Says Asset Manager Overvalued Renewable Energy Co.
• Federal Energy Procurement Programs Remain Attractive
• BakerHostetler Snags Former Latham Enviro Attorney
• Alpha Natural Resources Unloads Inactive Coal Properties
• Insurers, Policyholders Both See Silver Lining In Olin Ruling
• VW Bondholders Can Press On In Emissions Scandal MDL
• Dutch Appeals Court Axes Ecuador Challenge In Chevron Row
• Reps. OK Bill To Cut White House Out Of Pipeline Permits
• NCAI, Law Profs Back Tribes' Bid To Revisit Border Ruling
• House Votes To Give FERC More Sway In Pipeline Approvals
• Dems Ask EPA To Extend Comments On Clean Water Rule
• The 'Failing Firm' Defense: Pointers From A Blocked Deal
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Lake Erie Pollution Issue
• 9th Circ. Affirms BLM Win In Enviros' Sage-Grouse Suit
• 10th Circ. Puts US Back On Hook For NM Mine Cleanup Costs
• Infamous Lobster Thief Faces Arrest For Dodging Restitution
• Looking Ahead For The National Flood Insurance Program
• Calif. High Court Opinion Offers Little CEQA Guidance
• How Industry Is Responding To FERC On State Policies
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Matching Experts
• Md. Locals Seek Clarity In Enviro Fight Against Purple Line
• Ex-BP Exec Seeks Redo On Investor Claims In Oil Spill MDL
• Wyoming Looks To Defend Lift Of Federal Coal Moratorium
• Trump Announces Pick To Lead EPA Chemical Safety Office
• EPA Beats Enviros' River Delisting Challenge
• Biofuel Producers Sentenced For $60M Green Fuels Fraud
• EPA Approves Limits On Mercury In California Waters
• House Passes Bill Delaying Obama-Era EPA Ozone Rules
• Prior Policies In Play In Olin Cleanup Suit, 2nd Circ. Says
• Lawsuit Seeking To Ban Oil, Gas Trains In Spokane Derailed
• Waste Co. Deal Block Shows Pitfalls Of Failing Firm Defense
• Dem Senator Piles On In Pruitt's Okla. Ethics Case
• EPA Asks DC Circuit To Stay Farm Pollution Rule Mandate
• Army, Dakota Access Push To Keep Oil Flowing During Review
• DC Circ. Pans EPA Justification For Air Pollution Regs
• Pipeline Foes' Suit Must Wait For FERC, DC Circ. Told
• EPA Asks 4th Circ. To Reverse WV Stream Toxicity Ruling
• Russia Ordered To Pay $6.2M For Seizing Greenpeace Ship
• 9th Circ. Won't Further Force EPA's Hand In Pesticide Row
• Pa. Fracking Suit Sees New Round Of Dueling Sanction Bids
• California Legislature Passes Cap-And-Trade Renewal
• Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Faces Religious Challenge In Pa.
• Key Factors In Selling Wind Farm Tax Equity Investments
• The Rise Of Midsize Firms
• 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Submitting Litigation AFA
• Calif. Counties Sue 37 Energy Cos. Over Climate Change
• EPA Will Retain Current Limits For Nitrogen Dioxide
• Feds Fight Bid For Early Win In Fla. Phosphate Mine Challenge
• Conservation Groups Sue Feds Over Red Snapper Overfishing
• Ill. Nuke Subsidy Ruling Boosts States' Clean Energy Push
• Judge Gives Final OK To NM Water Rights Deal
• USTR Releases Wishlist For New NAFTA Talks
• VW Emissions Suits Not Preempted, NJ Appeals Court Says
• Tree Ordinances Can Lead To Takings Claims, Texas AG Says
• Wind Tower Group Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Deflated Tariffs
• Union, Enviros Blast Proposed EPA Cuts In House Bill
• Groups Can't Defend Ban On Frack Waste Wells: 3rd Circ.
• Ex-Mich. DEQ Director Can't Escape Flint Residents' Claims
• How Mobile Apps Can Benefit Your Practice
• NJ Solar Co.'s Arbitration Clause Unclear, Court Says
• DOI Can't Dodge Challenge To Calif. Offshore Fracking OK
• SolarCity Call Recipients Seek Court OK Of $15M TCPA Deal
• The Future Of Litigation Finance Is Analytics
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• 'Phantom Frog' Fight Tries To Hop To High Court
• DC Circ. Gives EPA 2-Week Delay On Methane Mandate
• ETP Demolished Historic House Near Pipeline, FERC Says
• Asarco Attorney To Be Witness, Not Counsel, For Co.
• Hudson Tunnel Draft EIS Could Spur More Expedited Reviews
• Trump To Nominate Jones Day Energy Attorney To FERC
• Why Conn.'s Renewable Program Survived A Legal Challenge
• Judge Greenlights Some BP Investor Holder Claims In MDL
• Ex-NJ Water Agency Official Gets 8 Years In Kickback Scheme
• Calif. Justices Reverse Toss Of $200B San Diego Transit Plan
• DOI Touts Support From Tribes, Congressman For New Official
• Judge's Tweets Don't Merit Recusal, 9th Circ. Says
• Calif. Gov., Bloomberg Launch New Climate Coalition
• Monopoly Risk Led Judge To Block $367M Waste Co. Merger
• 7th Circ. Axes Own Precedent, Moves EPA Rule Fight To DC
• Asarco Counsel Can't Play 2 Roles, Union Pacific Says
• The Current State Of Water Infrastructure Funding
• EU Softens WTO Proposal To Curb Fisheries Subsidies
• Agencies Missed Substitute To Pa. Pipeline, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Where AI Meets Cybersecurity And The Legal Profession
• Justice Breyer On Changing His Mind And Sparring With Scalia
• Jury Finds Cos. Don't Owe Boy In $23M Farm Pesticide Suit
• UK VW Drivers Report Car Problems After Emissions Fix
• Dominion Energy Project Threatens Historic Sites, Suit Says
• Sens., Enviros, Tribes Urge DOI To Keep Monuments Intact
• DHS, FEMA Skirt Texans' Rules Challenge Over Storm Damage
• 2nd Circ. Denies BP, Shell's Attempt To Squash MTBE Suit
• Judge Recommends Partial Cert. In Train Derailment Suit
• Infamous Lobster Thief Took $100M, South Africa Tells Judge
• Insights From Recent Rise In Nuisance And Trespass Cases
• Shareholders Want More Climate Change Risk Disclosure
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Interim Arguments
• Unstructured Data Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
• Justice Breyer On The Limits Of Presidential Power
• Enviros Expand Border Wall Suit, Attack Lack Of Studies
• Enviros, Tribal Groups Sue BLM Over Methane Rule Delay
• Texas Court Says TCEQ Shorted Power Plants On Tax Break
• Wyo. Tribes Ask 10th Circ. To Rethink Reservation Ruling
• Calif. Legislators Plan Cap-And-Trade Extension To 2030
• Judge Says FTC Claims Already Settled In VW Emissions Suit
• EPA Floats Lifting Pebble Mine Block In Alaska
• NHTSA Reconsidering Maximum Fuel Efficiency Penalties
• Utilities, Illinois Spar Over Allco Ruling In Subsidy Fight
• Challenge To RI Wind Farm Too Late, 1st Circ. Says
• Morgan Lewis Tells Judge Privilege Breach Dooms Fraud Case
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Backs Nuclear Subsidies, NY Regulator Says
• Ex-NAD Director Looks Back On 20 Years And 2,600 Decisions
• Proceed With Caution When Buying Water Rights In Nevada
• 5 Questions To Ask Firm Before Accepting A Litigation AFA
• Renco Says Poisoning Suit Relates To New Peru Arbitration
• Troutman Sanders Snag Lathrop & Gage Enviro Partners
• Feinberg To Be Settlement Master In Fiat Chrysler MDL
• NM Utility Seeks 10th Circ. Redo In Navajo Right Of Way Suit
• Feds Deny Privilege Violations In Energy Tax Credit Row
• Trump Admin. Vows To Answer NRDC Climate Info Queries
• EPA Asks DC Circ. To Recall Mandate In Methane Rules Case
• Ex-VW Employee Arrested In Germany Over Emissions Fraud
• Why You Should Argue Your Appeal
• 6 Ways Teaching A Law School Class Can Benefit Lawyers
• Judge Rips VW's Offering Memo In Investors' Emissions Suit
• Native Group Gets OK To Join Calif. Power Plant Proceedings
• Wary Courts Threaten Trump's Rapid Rollback Of Energy Regs
• Biofuel Exec Decries Holland & Knight Duo's Role In His Case
• Insurer Must Defend Transporters' Cleanup Case, Judge Says
• Fla. Judge Orders State To Pay $14M Citrus Canker Judgment
• Zinke Appoints Deputy Assistant Secretary For Indian Affairs
• Judge Tosses Environmental Suit Over Ill. Highway Project
• Maxus, Creditors Bash Objection To Property Sale
• 9th Circ. Won't Pause SolarCity Antitrust Ruling
• Italian Engineering Co. Wins $580M DC Sewer Tunnel Contract
• DC Circ. Pares Down EPA's 'Sham Recycling' Rule
• Spiral Dynamics And The Vanishing Jury Trial
• An Opportunity For FERC To Clarify The 1-Mile Rule
• Calif. High Court Sinks Owners' Protest Of Seawall Permit
• Wash. Tribe, Army Corps Reach Deal On Superfund Cleanup
• State Classes Get Tag-Team Trials In Syngenta Corn MDL
• Judge Denies $151M Elk River Spill Class Settlement
• Ex-Audi Manager Charged In VW Emissions Conspiracy
• Nonprofit Hits Ocean Agency With Suit Over Google Chats
• Pa. Drilling Fund Use Unconstitutional, Enviro Group Says
• Calif. Gov. Announces 2018 Climate Summit In San Francisco
• VW Urges 9th Circ. To OK $14.7B Emissions Deal
• Oil Contractors Can't Collect On Spill, Pipeline Co. Says
• NY-NJ Hudson Tunnel Project May Cost $13B, Feds Say
• Calif. Tribe Has No Federal Groundwater Right, Justices Told
• Fishermen Ask High Court To Uphold 9th Circ. Fishery Ruling
• 15 AGs Urge Court To Uphold Congressional Review Act
• DOI Looks To Speed Up Oil And Gas Permitting On Fed. Lands
• Sherwin-Williams, Others Look To Dodge Landfill Cleanup Suit
• Developer Asks Texas Justices To Review Flood Map Row
• EPA Keeps Biofuel Requirements Steady For 2018
• Real Estate Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2017
• Justice Stevens On Gorsuch And Sticking With The Cubs
• Volvo Plans To Only Launch Electric Cars After 2019
• Calif., New Mexico AGs Sue BLM Over Methane Rule Delay
• Dodge Ram Drivers Sue Fiat, Cummins Over Diesel Engines
• EPA Withdraws Rule Delay For Formaldehyde Emissions
• A 2-Step Plan To Roll Back The Clean Water Rule
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Church's Claims Over Noisy Festival
• Deals Rumor Mill: Northland Power, Snapdeal, GSR Capital
• Highlights Of The House Energy Spending Bill
• Judge Warns Monsanto On 'Flimsy' Fed. Jurisdiction Theories
• Entergy Unit Seeks $90M In 3rd Suit Over Nuke Waste Storage
• Navajo President Signs Off On New Arizona Coal Plant Lease
• Tribes Want Feds Not To Delist Yellowstone Grizzly Bears
• Utility Says Appeal In SolarCity Suit Means Stay Is Warranted
• GAO Rejects Helicopter Co.'s Protest Of Contract Conditions
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Openings Before Voir Dire
• 5 Questions To Ask Client Before Proposing A Litigation AFA
• Justice Stevens On Playing Politics With The High Court
• 9th Circ. Urged To Halt Off-Reservation Casino Plans
• 10th Circ. Says New Oil Lease Approvals Moot Appeal
• Pa. Gov. Rejects Bill Prohibiting Plastic Bag Bans
• Under Trump, Feds Want Texas Yucca Mountain Suit Denied
• DC Circ. Strikes Down EPA Delay Of Methane Rules
• Citgo Says It Shouldn't Bear Brunt Of Oil Spill Liability
• Tribes Tell 9th Circ. To Uphold $8.25M Pollution Award
• DC Circ. Won't Rethink Rejection Of EPA's Farm Pollution Rule
• Zinke And Indian Country: The First 4 Months
• Exxon Suit Can't Deter NY, Mass. Climate Probes, AGs Say
• Enviros Can't Fight Arctic Drilling Order, Trump Admin Says
• Less Than Meets The Eye: Murr's Impact Is Likely Limited