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Environmental - December, 2017

198 articles

• Developer Accuses Ford Of Reneging On Land Cleanup
• DC Circ. Douses Challenge To FERC Hydro Payment Denial
• DC Circ. Tells DOL To Revisit Part Of Silica Rule
• Trump Signs $1.5T Tax Cut Legislation
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Articles Of 2017
• Exxon Says Mass. Climate Change Suit Relies On Speculation
• Senate's Extenders Bill Prolongs Targeted Tax Benefits
• EPA Is Illegally Pushing Out Science Advisers, Suit Says
• Raytheon Says Settlement Ended Bedford Clean-Up Liability
• Feds Bid For Quick Win In Border Wall Construction Suit
• EPA Can't Ditch Enviro's Fluoride Fight, Calif. Judge Says
• Fossil Fuel Cos. Hit With More Calif. Climate Lawsuits
• Enviros Seek Stay Of Millennium NY Gas Pipeline Project
• Congress Passes Temporary Funding, Avoids Shutdown
• Ex-EPA Judge Tapped To Helm NJ Environmental Agency
• Spoliation Scrutiny: Disparate Standards For Distinct Mediums
• Tesla Says Dell Ruling Boosts Its Defense In SolarCity Case
• NJ High Court To Weigh Approval Of Apts. Near Owl Habitat
• 3 Takeaways Squeezed Out Of Juicer's Insurance Battle
• Pa. PUC Lifts Pipeline Injunction After Sunoco Changes Plan
• Insurer Likely To Prevail In Blast Cleanup Row: Calif. Panel
• Honeywell Strikes $26M NY Lake Pollution Deal
• Baxter Healthcare's Waste Overpolluted Water, Ill. AG Says
• NJ Appellate Panel Says Industrial-Site Cleanup Plan Is Safe
• ArcelorMittal To Pay $1.5M To Settle Pa. Emissions Row
• Senate Dems Urge Trump To Impose Solar Panel Tariffs
• House Sends $1.5T Tax Cut Bill To Trump's Desk
• US Aims To Punish India For Flouting WTO's Solar Ruling
• Getting Creative With Approaches To Removal
• Hearing The Need For More Women's Voices In The Courtroom
• GOP Tax Cut Bill Nears Finish Line After Senate Passage
• EPA Says Glyphosate Weed Killer Not Likely To Cause Cancer
• VW Wins Bid To Toss Ala. Emissions Claims
• Enviros Sue BLM To Stop Methane Venting Rule Delay
• Purple Line Dodges New Enviro Study At DC Circ.
• Neb. Regulators Won't Budge On Keystone XL Route Ruling
• NJ Water Quality Standard For Chemical Declared Invalid
• 5th Circ. Broadens Oil Pollution Act Liability
• My Strangest Day In Court
• House Must Vote Again On Final GOP Tax Bill
• Contractor Looks To Escape Suit Over Gold King Mine
• NY Times Sues DOI Over Utah Monument Doc Request
• Catching Our Balance: Opportunities For ESA Reform
• 10th Circ. Lets Enviros Into Oil Group's BLM Auction Suit
• The Biggest Pennsylvania Policy Developments Of 2017
• EPA Seeks Suggestions For Clean Power Plan Replacement
• Ex-Pillsbury Enviro Partner Joins Holland & Knight In Calif.
• Tribal History Center's Completion Moots Appeal: 10th Circ.
• SoCalGas Off The Hook For Business Losses From Gas Leak
• SunEdison Yieldco Settles Investor MDL For $57M
• MVP: Blank Rome's Robert Scott
• The Biggest​ NJ​​ Policy Developments Of 2017
• India Scraps Solar Energy Rules Following WTO Loss
• Ohio's New Practical Approach To Waste Management
• How 2 Devices And 1 Domain Changed My Practice In 2017
• Brothers Will See Jail Time Over Turtle Trafficking
• Texas Justices Keep Noble On The Hook For $63M Indemnity
• Pearson Simon, Burns Charest To Lead German Auto MDL
• AGs Oppose EPA, Corps Proposal To Delay Clean Water Rule
• Toss Of Duke Energy Investor Suit Upheld By Del. Justices
• The Biggest Environmental Rulings Of 2017
• EPA Stalling On Good Neighbor Enforcement, Delaware Says
• A Chat With Orrick COO Laura Saklad
• Alternative Fees: My Experience At Bartlit Beck
• Let Fishing Rights Ruling Stand, Wash. Tribes Tell 9th Circ.
• MVP: Bracewell's Kevin Ewing
• The Biggest Pennsylvania Court Decisions In 2017
• House-Senate Negotiators Approve GOP Tax Bill
• Jurors Should Have An Active Role In Trials
• New Wine In Old Bottles: RCRA's Anti-Duplication Clause
• Insurer Off Hook In River Contamination Row, 3rd Circ. Says
• EPA Invites Local Groups To Discuss Updates To Lead Rules
• Trump's 2018 Deregulatory Push Targets CPP, Fracking Rule
• Senate Confirms Trump's EPA GC, Water Chief Picks
• Enviro Group Wants Trump Admin.'s Monuments Docs
• Trump's EPA Chemical Safety Office Pick Drops Out
• Reviewing 2017's CEQA Legislative And Regulatory Activity
• Bearded Seal 'Threatened' Listing Improper, Justices Hear
• FERC Won't Reconsider Atlantic Bridge Pipeline Project OK
• MVP: Morgan Lewis' James Dragna
• Why Information Governance Is More Important Than Ever
• Litigation Trend Links Climate Change And Human Rights
• BigLaw Is Behind The Automation Curve
• Musk's Control Of Tesla Takes Central Role In Chancery Suit
• State Can't Block Millennium Pipeline Project, NY Judge Says
• Trump's Picks For OSHA, DOL Solicitor Clear Senate Panel
• Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidies Do Step On FERC, 7th Circ. Told
• The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2017
• Tribes Seek Full 9th Circ. Rethink Of Fishing Rights Ruling
• Crowell & Moring Adds Ex-Dentons Chem Industry Pro
• MVP: McGuireWoods' Gregory Evans
• DC Circ. Gives Enviros 2nd Shot To Fight $2.2B Pipeline
• GOP Leaders Reach Deal To Reconcile Tax Bill Differences
• The Science And Controversy Of Offshore Wind
• A $25K Cone Of Silence For Pruitt's Office? Probe Is Coming.
• Audi, Bosch Say Gas-Vehicle Emissions Suit Is Too Vague
• DOT Escapes Enviro Suit Over Review Of Oil Spill Plans
• Senate Dems Protest Energy Tax Provisions In Reform Bill
• Exxon Agrees To Disclose Climate Change Risks To Investors
• Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Rehear EPA Highway Pollution Case
• Uranium Mine Near Grand Canyon Can Stay, 9th Circ. Rules
• 10 Things To Know About Native American Policy: Part 2
• Enviros Waiting On DOJ To OK Bison Range Agreement
• Pa. State Sen. Seeks To Increase Pipeline Safety
• Calif., NM Urge Judge To Nix Challenges To BLM Flaring Rule
• Wash. Further Urges Justices To Take Salmon Culvert Case
• AGL Fights Redo Bid On $7.4M Pipeline Row Jury Award
• Towing Service Says Insurer's Fraud Claims Are Lies
• Land Use And Entitlement Diligence For Calif. CRE Lending
• MVP: Latham's George Mihlsten
• Senate Dems Lob Plagiarism Charge At Trump Enviro Pick
• Judging A Book: Cooke Reviews 'Constance Baker Motley'
• Keeping Your Law Library Relevant In The Age Of Google
• 6 Things You Need To Know About Millennial Jurors
• What Your Colleagues Think Of Litigation Finance
• Why Investors Are Taking The Leap To 3rd-Party Funding
• Has Litigation Finance Shed Its Stigma?
• Sinking Kids' Climate Suit Would 'Flood' 9th Circ., Judge Says
• VW Says Owners Who Sold Cars Pre-Scandal Have No Claim
• Enviros Sue Chem Safety Board Over Accident Report Rules
• High Court Won't Hear DTE Energy Emissions Case Appeal
• EPA Says It Won't Change Challenged Tribal Water Rules
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive $28M Monsanto PCB Liability Suit
• Environmental Co. Prez Charged With Illegal Waste Disposal
• 9th Circ. Tosses Challenges To Ariz. Highway Project
• High Court Won't Hear $10M Takings Fight With Fla. Agency
• DC Circ. Urged To Affirm FERC Has No Pro-Pipeline Bias
• EPA Blasts Challenge To Chemical Rule Delay At DC Circ.
• A Look Back At 2017's Enviro And Energy Law Developments
• The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms
• Travelers Can't Ditch Defense Coverage Suit Over PCB Claims
• Fla. Judge Stops FWS Permit To Raze Miami Forest
• FERC Member's Online Comments Unethical, Landowner Says
• EPA Awards $1.3M In Wetlands Preservation Grants
• Ex-CEO Of Electronics Recycler Convicted Of $25M Fraud
• Feds Blast Contractor's Quick Win Bid In FCA Suit
• Sierra Club Asks 4th Circ. To Uphold CWA Groundwater Ruling
• Judge Won't Hold Order To Kill Climate Suit Against Peabody
• Senate OKs Trump's Resources Pick Despite ANWR Concerns
• FERC Chair Asks DOE For More Time On Grid Subsidy Rule
• EPA Maintains Renewable Fuel Standard Status Quo, For Now
• VW Plea Deal Gives Investors Limited Win In Fraud Case
• Costa Rica Can't Get Quick Win In $94M Canadian Mining Row
• BLM Finalizes Delay To Methane Venting Rule Compliance
• Engineering Co. Can't Sink Water Workers' Defamation Suit
• Trump Overstepped On Monuments, Enviro Groups Insist
• Most Claims Proceed In NH Teflon Chemical Leak Suit
• Green Building Materials Co. Execs Settle With SEC For $5.6M
• Senate Confirms Trump's Pick For EPA Enforcement Chief
• 2nd Circ. Won't Block Pipeline Amid NY, FERC Permit Fight
• 4 Things To Watch As Harvey Flood Claims Move Forward
• The Biggest Native American Law Rulings Of 2017
• Animal Groups Ask 11th Circ. For Redo In Captive Orca Suit
• Ex-DOJ Enviro Chief Fears Politics, Budget Will Defang EPA
• Zinke Advises Trump To Shrink Some Nat'l Monuments
• Tax Plans, Tariffs Cast Late Pall On Energy Finance In 2017
• K&L Gates Nabs Energy Pro From Eversheds Sutherland
• Shell Unit Broke Pact To Take Oil After Spill, Suit Says
• VW Exec Gets 7 Years In Jail For Role In Emissions Scandal
• How DOE's 'Grid Resiliency' Policy May Impact Gas Markets
• AGs Lob Latest Suit Accusing EPA Of Missing Smog Deadline
• Conservationists Sue Over Trump's Move To Slash Monument
• Basic Human Rights: Whose Job Is Enforcement?
• Mass. AG Lacks Authority To Probe Exxon, State Justices Told
• 2nd Circ. Poised To Rule Quickly On NY-FERC Pipeline Spat
• Faulty EIRs Can Be Dealt With Piecemeal, Calif. Court Says
• BLM Will Fight Methane Enforcement Ruling At 9th Circ.
• Landry's Finds Flaws In ESA Lawsuit Over Tigers' Treatment
• 9th Circ. Gives Navajo Partial Win In Waters Rights Suit
• ITC Clears Path For New Biodiesel Tariffs
• Tribe, Enviros Take Aim At BLM For Mine Project Approvals
• Enviros Sue EPA To Administer Smog Reduction Rules
• NY Solar Co. Hits Bankruptcy After Abrupt Layoffs
• Enviro Group Sues EPA For 'Stonewalling' On Pruitt Speeches
• Renewable Cos. Eye Damage Control As Tax Plan Advances
• First Nations, Enviros Prevail In Yukon Watershed Plan Fight
• Mexico Appeals WTO Ruling On US 'Dolphin-Safe' Tuna Regs
• NJ Panel Advances Bill To Set Aside VW Settlement Funds
• SolarCity Investors Fight To Revive Suit At 9th Circ.
• Trump Shrinks Utah National Monuments By Millions Of Acres
• No Basis For Fuel-Efficiency Penalty Delay, 2nd Circ. Told
• Dakota Access, Tribes Ordered To Craft Spill Plan
• Store Fights Fee Award In Creek Cleanup Suit At 1st Circ.
• EPA Nixes Hardrock Mining Rule, Enviros Say They'll Sue
• Calif. Utility Can't Recoup $379M Wildfire Costs: Regulator
• Mich. Residents Sue GM Alleging Salt Damage To Property
• Ohio City Asks 6th Circ. To Pull State Nexus Pipeline Permit
• 9th Circ. Ruling Hints At Bumpy Road For Water Rule Redo
• Texas Suit To Delist Warbler As Endangered Trimmed
• Calif. Justices Take Up DDT Maker's Excess-Insurance Battle
• NJ Power Plant Can Use More Sulfuric Acid, Panel Says
• 9th Circ. Reversal Gives Lummi Disputed Fishing Rights
• Mining Co. Awarded $30.4M In Expropriation Row With Peru
• Justices To Hear Appeal In Tesla Unit Antitrust Suit
• We Need A Green Amendment
• Calif. Appeals Panel Remands CEQA Rail Line Dispute
• FERC Passive Interest Order May Streamline Approvals