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Environmental - October, 2017

295 articles

• Exide Judge Urges Settlement With Calif. Regulators
• ITC Calls For Tariffs On Solar Panels; Next Step Up To Trump
• Reed Smith Pulls In Houston-Based Energy Partner
• Dem. Lawmakers Urge OMB To Fund Tribal Housing Plan
• EPA Says No Agency Grants For Science Committee Members
• Exxon, Oil Co. Pay EPA $2.5M Each For Clean Air Act Claims
• Dynegy, Calpine Deals Signal Power Producer M&A Surge
• Fla. City Blasts Enviros' Evidence In Sewage Discharge Row
• How They Won It: Morgan Lewis Scores 9th Circ. CERCLA Win
• Insurers Say Cooper's NJ Cleanup Suit Violated 1989 Deal
• Proposed Delaware River Fracking Ban Slammed At Hearing
• Enviros Want DC Circ. To Halt FERC Certification Of Pipeline
• It's Up To EPA, Congress To Act On Commerce Reg Reforms
• Judging A Book: McConnell Reviews 'Unequal'
• Sheriff's Captain Pleads Not Guilty To 'Codfather' Scheme
• MoFo Resolves Fee Dispute In Sungevity Ch. 11
• FERC Greenlights NY Pipeline Amid Permit Denial Fight
• Yurok Says Fellow Calif. Tribe Must Face Fishing Rights Suit
• Bosch Can't Nix Suit Claiming Role In VW Emissions Scandal
• Tribe Hits Back At BP Bid To Get Out Of Tribal Court Suit
• BP, Exxon, Others Dodge Revival Of La. Coastal Damage Suit
• FBI Probing Nixed $300M Puerto Rico Power Contract
• Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidy Plan Is Sound, 7th Circ. Told
• DC Circ. Pauses Heavy-Duty Truck Trailer Emissions Rule
• Making Pro Bono Work
• Massachusetts Emerges As An Energy Storage Leader
• Being There: Preparing Witnesses For Depositions
• Trump Taps FedEx Safety Exec To Head OSHA
• Enviros Slam Trump's Promise To Hatch To Shrink Bears Ears
• Class Counsel In Dow Pollution Suit Slam Attys' Fee Bid
• Lawmakers Probe Mont. Energy Firm's Deal With Puerto Rico
• Enviros Press FERC To Deny 2nd Crack At Ore. LNG Project
• Pipeline Threatens Pinelands, NJ Sierra Club Suit Says
• 9th Circ. Urged To Call Off Extra Water For Threatened Fish
• Zinke Denies Role In Puerto Rico Contract Amid FEMA Probe
• AGL Services Co. Wins $7.4M In Pipeline Contract Row
• 'Cost of Carbon' Calculus Key To Trump's Reg Rollback Push
• Theme Park Loses Fight With NJ Over Use Of Tainted Well
• NJ Homeowners Win Bid To Pause Shore Walkway Project
• EPA Sue-And-Settle Shift Foils Drilling Waste Deal, ND Says
• Making Pro Bono Work: The Sidley-Exelon Partnership
• What Companies Should Know About TSCA Consent Orders
• Recipe For Legal Project Management: Look To BBQ Champs
• Nev. Tribe Says Sovereignty Protects It From BP's Suit
• MoFo Slams Sungevity Creditor's Ch. 11 Fee Claims
• Mass. Cop Indicted For Helping 'Codfather' Smuggle Cash
• 6th Circ. Revives Marathon Refinery Pollution Suit
• Cooper Covered For Pollution Cleanup, NJ Judge Rules
• Pa. Regulator Won't Let Sunoco Start Pipeline Facility Work
• Insurer Says Tissue Bank Not Covered For Nitrogen Death
• Judge Used Wrong Precedent In Bear Shooting, 9th Circ. Says
• Occidental Owes Repsol $65M In NJ River Cleanup Saga
• NY Threatens EPA Suit Over Lax Upwind Smog Enforcement
• Feds Can't Flee Vietnam Veterans' Agent-Orange Benefits Suit
• Haynes And Boone Picks Up Insurance-Recovery Pro In DC
• Hudson River Island Park Opponents Agree To Drop Battle
• Massachusetts Online Permitting Increases Transparency
• Making Pro Bono Work: Can You Practice In Your State?
• WTO Upholds Revamped US 'Dolphin-Safe' Tuna Label Regs
• Representing Women At The Intersection Of Law And Finance
• Calif. Regulator Faces Suit Sparked By $379M Wildfire Costs
• Energy, Enviro Agencies Pose Ways To Cut Industry Slack
• Head Of Wildlife Smuggling Conspiracy Pleads Guilty
• 10th Circ. Wrongly Put Wind Farm Ruling On Hold, Tribe Says
• Foley & Lardner Welcomes Back Ex-Schlumberger Enviro Atty
• Ontario Gov't Criticized Over Pollution In Indigenous Areas
• Dem AGs, Enviros Want Fuel Efficiency Penalty Delay Nixed
• Pa. Enviros' Protected Speech Against Townhomes Affirmed
• Making Pro Bono Work: Building Sponsorship Relationships
• Coblentz Adds Ex-Dickenson Partner To Wine Country Office
• NextEra Isn't Due $90M Tax Refund, Gov't Tells 11th Circ.
• Anglers' NY Wind Farm Challenge Is Premature, Agency Says
• Insurance Advice For Recovery After The Smoke Settles
• EPA Chemical, Air Nominees Survive Split Committee Vote
• Enviros Sue DOI For Emails From Oil, Hunting Groups
• Clean Water Act Challenges To Pipeline Projects: Part 2
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Be A Sponge
• House OKs Bill To Restrict Donations In DOJ Settlements
• DOI Proposes 77M Acre Offshore Oil & Gas Lease Sale In Gulf
• Venoco Gets OK To Desert Calif. Pipelines Despite Local Fears
• Senate Passes $36.5B Hurricane, Wildfire Cleanup Aid Bill
• Peabody Evades Calif. Climate Change Suits With Ch. 11 Plan
• Regional Operators' Rebuke Of Perry Plan May Sway FERC
• Making Pro Bono Work: Beyond The Hurdles
• DC Circ. Tosses Sierra Club Challenge To Highway Air Tests
• Feds Urge 9th Circ. To Restore Seal Threatened Status
• Statoil Unit Can Battle Royalty Penalty After Order Revision
• US Slaps More Duties On Argentine, Indonesian Biodiesel
• Clean Water Act Challenges To Pipeline Projects: Part 1
• CERCLA Suit Over Park Dumping Not Duplicative, NY Says
• Everglades, Beaches Highlight Fla. Gov's $1.7B Enviro Budget
• Whales Are Fish And Tribal Borders Need Fix, 9th Circ. Says
• FCA Doesn't Cover Avoidance Of Potential Fines, Judge Rules
• Feds, Tribe Fight Calif. Agencies Over Water Quality, Quantity
• VW Gets Green Light For Some Diesel SUV Emission Fixes
• Honeywell, Others Tell DC Circ. To Rethink HFC Rule Decision
• Sungevity Creditor Seeks Partial Refund Of MoFo's Fees
• German Car Giants See NJ Antitrust Claims Move Into MDL
• Feds Defend Sage Grouse Flip In Enviros' Suit
• Judging A Book: Pryor Reviews 'Scalia Speaks'
• Dominion Can Work On Va. Transmission Project During Suit
• ATV 'Protest' Riders Lose Bid To Nix Convictions At 10th Circ.
• Tribe Asks 10th Circ. To Revive Landowner's Drill Permit Suit
• In A Town's Fight Against Gas Drilling, Preemption Is Key
• Navigating Numerical Models In Environmental Litigation
• The Inside Counsel Revolution
• Builder Opposes Stay In Bid To Toss $23M Arbitration Award
• SunEdison Ch. 11 Plan Foes Seek Info On Rights Offering
• Enviros Fight To Maintain Challenge To LA Project Permit
• Enviros, Industry Seek Review Of EPA Recycling Rule Decision
• Swartz Campbell Adds Chartwell Toxic Tort Atty
• New Bill Aims To Fast-Track Broadband Infrastructure
• 4th Circ. Scraps $750M Army Base Pollution Class Action
• Bouchard Will Pay $13.3M To End Claims From Oil Barge Spill
• EU Antitrust Watchdogs Raid BMW Office In Cartel Probe
• EPA Shuns Biofuel Standard Changes In Win For Corn States
• 2nd Circ. Won't Reconsider NY's Nix Of $683M Gas Pipeline
• FERC Order Signals States Can't Delay Pipeline Rulings
• How Arbitrators Maintain Proportionality In Discovery
• Officer Who Aided 'The Codfather' Gets 1-Year Prison Term
• Tribe Slams Rival's Claim To Fishing Rights In 9th Circ.
• Sierra Club Sues EPA For Missing Renewable Fuel Deadlines
• PG&E Liable For $8M Landslide Damage, San Francisco Says
• US Blocks Timber Imports From Peruvian Logger
• Feds Sue Barge Operator Over New England Oil Spill
• Snowmobilers Lose Bid To Kill Forest Plans Banning Vehicles
• FERC Sets Default 40-Year License For Hydro Projects
• Former FERC Commissioners Slam Perry's Grid Pricing Plan
• Investors Lose Bid For 20M Pages Of Docs In Volkswagen MDL
• Mayor Acts For Boston In FERC Pipeline Row, DC Circ. Hears
• Enviros Say NRG Can't Stall Rejection Of Calif. Gas Plant
• Military Bases Didn't Report Water Systems Issues, GAO Finds
• The Law Firm CFO's Role In The Strategic Planning Process
• Electric Vehicle Safety Regs: A Global Comparison
• Pa. Reps. Pass Natural Gas Severance Tax Through Committee
• Monsanto Discovery Row In $40M Suit Goes To Texas Justices
• Fla. Court Revives Challenges To New Water Standards
• Neighbors Sue EPA, Corps To Be Heard In Development Row
• Pa. Panel Mulls If Towns Can Regulate Pipeline Locations
• PE-Backed Water Treatment Co. Launches $500M IPO
• Bayer, Others Sued Over Radioactive Waste Near Niagara Falls
• Agencies Balk At Venoco Plan To Ditch Pipelines, Drill Sites
• Sen. Asks FERC To Probe $3.6B Market Manipulation Claims
• 4th Circ. Scraps $3.5B Pipeline Permit Fight For New Review
• Law Firms Must Transition To An Industry Sector Approach
• Gas Co. Says Pols, Enviros Have No Right To Fight Pipeline
• Pa. Justices Told Frack Rule Ban Imperils Protection Efforts
• NM, Calif. AGs Challenge Fed Oil & Gas Royalty Rule Repeal
• EPA 'Sue And Settle' Shift May Mean Tougher Court Fights
• Shell's $5M Spill Settlement A 'Slap In The Face,' Court Told
• 10th Circ. Won't Revisit Osage Nation Wind Farm Lease Case
• Bosch Says VW Dealers Can't Show Harm In RICO Action
• Flint Must Find Long-Term Water Solution, Judge Says
• Zoo Elephants' 'Friends' Don't Have Proper Counsel, City Says
• States, Enviros Urge DC Circ. To Decide Clean Power Merits
• Judging A Book: Kozinski Reviews 'The Judge'
• FERC Chair Says Perry's Grid Proposal Deserves Fair Shot
• Interior Dept. Moves For Quick Win In Canceled Lease Suit
• Sierra Club To Appeal FirstEnergy Subsidy To Ohio Top Court
• Enviro Rights: What's The Public Trust Role In Pa.?
• The Legal Theory Behind The Clean Power Plan's Repeal
• Feds, Tribe Urge Justices To Reject Review Of Water Ruling
• Calif. County Must Revise Enviro Report On 340-Home Project
• Split FERC OKs Atlantic Coast, Mountain Valley Pipelines
• US Energy Firm Puts Poland In Crosshairs Over Nixed Deals
• Greenpeace Beats Paper Co.'s RICO, Defamation Suit In Calif.
• Calif. County Sheds Strip Search, Retaliatory Raid Claims
• Trenk DiPasquale's Email Excuse Is Shaky, Water Agency Says
• EPA Chief Moves To End 'Sue And Settle' Practice
• Ranchers See Last Claims In NM Grazing Rights Suit Tossed
• NY Says FERC Can't Override Pipeline Permit Denial
• New Post-Recession Metrics For BigLaw Partner Success
• Solar Co. Suniva Gets OK For $3M Boost To DIP Loan
• DC Circ. Urged Not To Delay Truck Trailer Emissions Rule
• EPA, Chemical Cos. Draw Up New Regs For Dicamba Herbicide
• SunEdison Can End IP Contract With Korean Co., Judge Rules
• Nearly 4 In 10 Nat'l Park Employees Harassed, DOI Says
• Feds Reach Cleanup Deal For Maryland Superfund Site
• Trump Taps Climate Skeptic To Lead WH Enviro Council
• Wyo. Wants In On Suits Over Yellowstone Grizzly Protection
• Time To Lift Student Loan Counseling Restrictions
• Luminant Shutters 2 Texas Coal-Fired Plants
• Elephant Trophy Ban Faces Tough DC Circuit Bench
• Pa. DEP Fines Ohio Lab Over Faulty Water Samples
• Tribe Demands Nix Of Slawson Drilling Go-Ahead
• Tribe Member Tells High Court Treaty Protects Hunting Rights
• Deciding The Forum For 'Waters Of The US' Suits
• EPA Tells DC Circ. New Law May Alter Coal Ash Rule
• Dow Pollution Class Attys Tell 10th Circ. They Deserve Fees
• Williams Mullen Brings On Two Environmental Partners
• Pipeline Co. Urges FERC To Override NY Permit Denial
• Uranium Miner Defends Water Quality Deal To Texas Justices
• Ariz. Agency Says Gov't Must Face Tribal Water Row
• API Says BLM Flaring Rule Twists Definition Of 'Waste'
• House Passes $36.5B Disaster Aid Bill
• Ex-Justice Department Environmental Atty Joins Stoel Rives
• Perry Gets Rough Reception On Hill Over FERC Grid Proposal
• Sun Chemical Hit With $7.5M Suit Over NJ Contamination
• Enviros Threaten Suit Over EPA Effluent Rule Delay
• Jury Awards $8.1M In Retaliation Case At Hanford Nuke Site
• Texas Justices Weigh Penalty For Missing TCEQ Suit Deadline
• Fish Magnate 'The Codfather' Must Forfeit 4 Boats, 34 Permits
• House Panel OKs $36.5B Hurricane, Wildfire Relief Measure
• Why You Should Consider Hyperlinking Your Next Brief
• FERC Won't Slow Down Review Of Perry's Grid Proposal
• Iowa Sued Over Undercover Slaughterhouse Inspection Law
• BNP Paribas To Stop Financing Certain Fossil Fuel Cos.
• High Court Wary Of Feds' Water Rule Jurisdiction Argument
• Trenk DiPasquale Fights Probe Request In Water Agency Suit
• Dakota Access Pipeline Can Operate During Enviro Review
• DC Circ. Eyes Pols, Enviros' Right To Pursue Pipeline Suit
• SD Tribe Urges Fed. Circ. To Revive Water Rights Suit
• FERC Says $2.2B Nexus Pipeline Construction Is A Go
• Viability Of 'Act Of God' Defense In A Superstorm World
• Greenpeace Swings Free Speech Ax At Logger's RICO Suit
• Trump's Clean Power Plan Repeal Will Face Legal Gantlet
• Monsanto Slams Scientific Experts In Roundup Cancer MDL
• Enbridge Unit Says Mass. Town Preempted In Pipeline Battle
• EPA Chief Pruitt Kick-Starts Clean Power Plan Rollback
• Chancery Grants $4M In Attys' Fees For $20M TerraForm Deal
• Fiat, Bosch Want Claims Of Evading Emissions Tests Nixed
• DOI, Calif. Tribe Urge End To Group's Anti-Casino Suit
• Asian-Americans Facing Challenges In The Legal Industry
• High Court Set To Hear Clean Water Rule Arguments
• Mass. AG Runs Point As Top Trump Critic
• Landowners Lose $4M Suit Accusing Dakota Access Of Fraud
• 'No Harm, No Foul,' DC Circ. Suggests In Uranium Mining Row
• Northern Dynasty Unit Unveils Smaller Pebble Mine Plan
• Pa. Enviros Challenge Williams' $1.9B Pipeline Project
• Supreme Court Rejects Convicted Ex-Massey CEO's Appeal
• GE, Eaton, Carrier To Pay NY State $1.5M In Landfill Suit
• Solar Panel Co. Suniva Seeks Emergency Ch. 11 DIP Hike
• Trump's Rollback Of Energy Regs Hits Legal Speed Bumps
• Corps' Dakota Access Review Taking Longer Than Expected
• Trump EPA Set To Dismantle Obama's Signature Climate Regs
• A BigLaw Ladies' Guide To Becoming A 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer
• Farmers Fight Syngenta Bid To Speed $218M Verdict Appeal
• Biotech Firm Can Arbitrate Patent Row At AAA, Chancery Says
• Enviros Want $6M In Fees From Exxon In $20M Pollution Row
• Pipeline Co. Says Subclasses Are Too Big In Oil Spill Suit
• BLM Chucks Obama-Era Mining Ban In Sage-Grouse Habitat
• Enviros Urge DC Judge Not To Toss EPA Effluent Rule Suit
• Up Next At The High Court: Alien Torts & Appellate Rules
• Calif. Real Property Transactions May Need CEQA Review
• Tribe Says Immunity Means Fishing Rights Row Must End
• NY Property Owners Want High Court To Review Cleanup Suit
• Stoel Rives Picks Up Enviro Duo From Stinson Leonard Street
• House Dems Want DOI Monument Review Info Released
• Clean Energy Investors Get Reprieve From FERC Review
• Trump Taps Faegre Baker Pro As EPA's Second-In-Command
• Former DOJ Atty Joins Venable's SF Enviro Practice
• German Auto Antitrust MDL Centralized In California
• No Quick Win For ENGlobal In Power Plant Contract Row
• Del. Defends 'Tortured' Statute Reading In Ozone Reg Fight
• DC Circ. Scratches Oral Arguments In LNG Approval Fights
• TransCanada Pulls Plug On $12B Pipeline Project
• Next Round Of Water Contamination Suits May Involve CWA
• 5 Tips To Ensure Proper Deposition Behavior
• BLM Must Enforce Obama-Era Methane Rule, Court Says
• House GOP Query Trump, Obama Interior Secretaries' Travel
• EPA Asks Court To Rethink Halting Superfund Cleanup Plan
• FHWA Says It Will Repeal Greenhouse Gas Rule
• Aramark Agrees To Pay Gov't $1.6M For W.Va. Waste Cleanup
• Senate Dems Skewer Trump's EPA Chemical, Air Nominees
• House Panel OKs Native American Energy Bill
• Calif. Agency Can't Authorize Crab Fishing Yet, Suit Says
• La. Appeals Court Affirms Damages In Citgo Spill Row
• Enviros Hit FAA With Suit Over Air Tours In National Parks
• Coal Cos. Ask High Court To Review EPA Jobs Analysis
• Cattle Grazing Not Causing Trout Decline, Ore. Judge Says
• Texas Church Gave No Notice Of Flood Damage Suit: Insurer
• 9th Circ. Reverses Gov't Win In Work Site Cleanup Suit
• BLM Proposes Delay To Gas-Venting Rule Compliance Dates
• Renco Can't Shake Claims Over Poisoning In Peru, Court Told
• Revised SunEdison D&O Allocation Pact Gets Judge's OK
• Wind Farm Cos. Say 10th Circ. Wrong On Tribal Mineral Lease
• Gov't Agrees To Pay Uranium Mining Cos. $1.6M For Cleanup
• Citing Bee Die-Offs, Enviros Sue To Revoke Pesticide OKs
• EPA's Blown Ozone Deadline Prompts Enviro Lawsuit Threat
• Flint Residents Combine Water Crisis Discrimination Suits
• Farmers Lose $30M Suit Against Gov't Over Water Rights, Fish
• FERC Puts Perry's Grid Proposal On Fast Track
• Cogenra, SolarCity Agree To Toss Of Unfair Competition Suit
• Judging A Book: Tunheim Reviews 'Miles Lord'
• House Passes Bills To Tweak Public Land Rules
• Enviros Say Phillips 66 Will End Rail Project Permit Suit
• 4 Takeaways From Feds' $3.7B Backstop For Ga. Nuke Project
• 9th Circ. Again Supports Feds' Hovercraft Ban In Alaska
• Calif. Judge Rejects Bid To Add NEPA Claims To Logging Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Alaska Challenge To Fishery Ruling
• Technology Assisted Review Can Work For Small Cases
• Supreme Court Turns Down Trio Of Antitrust Appeals
• Statoil Loses Challenge To DOI Royalty Reports Penalty
• Justices Want Feds' Take On Va. Uranium Mining Ban Case
• Law360 Sizes Up The Term To Come