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Environmental - March, 2018

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• Exxon Mobil Escapes ERISA Climate Change Case, For Now
• Lobster Thief Can Pursue On-The-Lam Appeal, 2nd Circ. Says
• AIG Unit Ordered To Pay $6.6M In Wildfire Defense Costs
• TransCanada Wants Quick Win In Keystone XL Pipeline Row
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• Climate Change Gap Between Trump, Courts Poised To Grow
• Suits Over Water Plan Moved To Ga. Despite Objections
• NJ Dealer's VW Inventory Suit Not Barred By Diesel Deal
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Maui CWA Groundwater Ruling
• Va. High Court Lifts Hurdle For Renewable Energy Purchases
• Group Says Feds, Md. Can't Dodge Purple Line Funding Spat
• K&L Gates Adds 5 Winstead Energy Attys In Texas
• Enviro's Duke Energy Coal Ash Plan Suit Dismissed
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• Solar's Achilles' Heel Opens Door To Exclusionary Conduct
• $49M Mich. Superfund Cleanup Bill Split Between 4 Cos.
• Chrysler Gets Quick Win In Engine Emissions-Cheating Suit
• Class Cert. Denied In Corning, Philips Glass Pollution Suit
• Wind Farm Challenge Boosted By Recent Ruling, 9th Circ. Told
• Del. River Fracking Ban An Overreach, Industry Group Says
• Insurers Can Pick Consultant In Environmental Suit: Judge
• Enviros Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive CWA Suit Against Recycler
• EPA Fights Groups' Bid To Get Docs In Science Adviser Row
• Exxon's Attack On AG Climate Probes Thrown Out
• FirstEnergy Urges DOE To Force Coal, Nuke Plant Payments
• Canadian Nat'l Rail Spill Ruined Miss. Farmland, Suit Says
• Ongoing Pollution Can't Trigger DEP Fines, Pa. Justices Say
• WTO Takes Another Swing At Trimming Fisheries Subsidies
• How Federal Agencies Are Aiming To Streamline Permitting
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• Keys To Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance: Part 4
• 3rd Circ. Ups Citgo's Tab In Fight Over $100M Spill Judgment
• Musk Can't Slip Tesla Investor Suit Over $2.6B SolarCity Deal
• NY Ruling Curtails Insurers' Environmental Cleanup Exposure
• Materials Co.'s Break Changes Violated Law: NLRB Judge
• Importer Looks To Nix $2.4M Award In Generator Recall Row
• Citgo, PPG, Occidental Pay $11M For La. Bayou Cleanup
• Fla. Judge Orders Ag. Dept. To Pay $17M Citrus Canker Award
• EPA Looks To Dodge Scientists' Expert 'Purge' Lawsuit
• Mass. Yanks $1.6B Eversource Project, Eyes New Energy Deal
• Forest Service Says $3.5B Pipeline Approvals Followed Law
• NHTSA Walks Back Fuel Efficiency Penalty Increase
• Navajo Nation Urges Justices Not To Take Right-Of-Way Case
• NY Slams Door On 'Unavailability Of Insurance' Exception
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• Keys To Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance: Part 3
• US Chips Away At S. Korean Car, Drug Barriers
• Va. Water Authorities Bring Price-Fix Suit Over Chemical
• Feds Dragging Feet On Calif. River Protections, Enviros Say
• Wash. Tribes, Feds Ask Justices To Uphold Culvert Clash Win
• Energy Cos. Urge Delay On Remand Of Calif. Climate Suits
• Coal, Nuclear Plant Closures Could Harm Grid, DOE Says
• Gas Co. Must Fill Cleanup Coverage Gaps, NY Justices Say
• Georgetown Groups' Flight Path Suit Too Late, DC Circ. Says
• BMW Installed Emissions-Cheating Devices, Drivers Say
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• Partners Group Seeks $1B For Responsible Investment Fund
• Butterball Insurer Aims To Avoid Coverage Of $3.5M Cleanup
• Keys To Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance: Part 2
• High Court Criminal Case Could Make Waves In Water Law
• Kennedy Bows Out Of Culvert Case Due To Newfound Conflict
• Fla. Residents Sue To Force Arsenic-Laden Site's Cleanup
• EPA Strikes Deal For $1.8M Cleanup Of Pa. Quarries
• SoCal Edison Dodges $1.2M 'Stray Voltage' Jury Verdict
• Tribes' Mobilization On Climate Change Gathers Steam
• Trump Taps Ford Exec For EPA's International, Tribal Office
• DC Circ. Seeks Prior Rule Delay Info In Chemical Rule Row
• BLM Flubbed Review Of Coal Development Plans, Judge Says
• PES Refinery Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed, Ethanol Fight Remains
• NJ Seeks To Block PennEast From Taking Land For Pipeline
• Sunoco Pipeline Not Under Local Zoning Law, Pa. Panel Says
• Enviros Fight EPA Air Pollution Policy Reversal At DC Circ.
• Crafting Robust Force Majeure Clauses
• Climate Change Litigation Is Coming — Is Your Co. Ready?
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• Keys To Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance: Part 1
• VW Says Owners Who Sold Pre-Scandal Haven't Shown Harm
• DOI Coal Lease Enviro Study Can't Be Forced, DC Circ. Told
• States' Clean Water Rule Challenge Gets Back In Gear
• Texas Justices Hand Uranium Miner Win In Water Deal Row
• Texas Justices Say Vague Language Preserves Enviro Appeal
• EPA Deepens Bench On Science Advisory Committee
• Pa. Appeals Court Axes Local Conditions On Gas Facility
• San Diego Looks To Dodge Monsanto PCB Counterclaims
• Feds, Exxon Unit Ink CAA Deal Over On-Reservation Drilling
• Dem AGs Urge 6th Circ. To Back Coal Ash Disposal Ruling
• Profs Back Tribes' Cert Bid In Fight Over Diminished Land
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• Enviros Tell Justices NY Pipeline Permit Fight Baseless
• Roundup Warning Label Ruling Less Surprising Than It Seems
• Chimpanzee Facility Can't Duck ESA Claim Brought By PETA
• Enviros Challenge Trump Border Wall Fast Track In N.M.
• Bosch Slams VW Car Owners' RICO Claims
• Pennsylvania Withdraws Objection To Refinery Bankruptcy
• Elon Musk Could Rake In Billions Under Compensation Plan
• Mich. Residents Say New GM Must Face Groundwater Suit
• 10th Circ. Affirms Clean Water Suit Win Against Mining Co.
• Enviros Fight Bid To Move Water Rule Delay Row To Texas
• Tribes Fight Calif. Farmers' Bid To Change Water Flow Order
• 4th Circ. Shuts Down Fight Over FERC's $5B Pipeline OK
• Congress Averts Shutdown With $1.3T Spending Package
• Infrastructure Order Divides But Passes At FCC Meeting
• Advocates Sue USDA Over Nix Of Organic Livestock Rule
• In Rebuke To Trump, Spending Bill Boosts DOE Funding
• EPA Escapes Relatively Unscathed In Spending Bill
• Enviros Fight Consol's Expanded Coal Mining Under Pa. Park
• Chevron Suit Doomed By CERCLA Exclusion, 9th Circ. Says
• Bankruptcy Notice Lessons From Lyondell
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• Holland & Hart Brief Was Brief Enough, 9th Circ. Says
• Groups Seek Ban On Imports From Mexico To Save Porpoise
• Congressional Leaders Agree To $1.3T Long-Term Funding Bill
• ENGlobal Plant Contract Row Must Be Nixed, Judge Told
• Enviros Sue FWS For Records On Mine's Impact On Crayfish
• Chevron Concedes Climate Change, But Not Blame In SF Suit
• Fed. Judge Says Only 1 Landowner Needs To OK Coal Mining
• Study FCC 5G Infrastructure Plan's Tribal Impact: Commish
• Rail Co. Asks 7th Circ. To Revive $10M Cleanup Coverage Row
• 5th Circ. Affirms Corps' Win In Mitigation Credits Suit
• Tesla, Ariz. Utility Deal Won't End Solar Antitrust Debate
• Enviros' Timber Project Challenge Takes Heat From Judge
• PES Ch. 11 Plan Hit With Objections From US Gov't
• Enviros Say They'll Sue Feds Over Inaction On Pesticide
• Calif. Seeks Input On Clean Energy Equipment Tax Exemption
• Landowner Takes Spill Fight With Oil Co. To Texas Justices
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• Greenberg Traurig Snags Ex-Calif. Enviro Watchdog Chief
• Ill. Railroad Co. Sued Over Worker's Exposure To Chemicals
• Big Oil Says Courts Are No Place For Climate Change Fight
• Power Groups Press FERC To Revise Energy Storage Rule
• 6th Circ. Sides With EPA In Mich. Road District Permit Row
• Calif. Top Judge Says Upped Budget Will Speed Civil Docket
• Tribe Tells 9th Circ. It Has Immunity From Wash. Landslide
• Tribe, NRC Spar Over Uranium License Challenge In DC Circ.
• Yankton Sioux Tribe Loses Bid To Pull Dakota Pipeline Permits
• Perry's Proposed DOE Budget Cuts Rile Senate Panel
• Tribes Want Expansion Of Wash. Fishing Rights Boundary
• Va. Agencies Ask 4th Circ. To Toss $3.5B Pipeline Challenge
• FDA Skirts Suit Over Lack Of Warning On Hair Straighteners
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• It's Time For The US To Re-Engage With The TPP
• Judge Alsup Embraces Giving Climate Change Its Day In Court
• EPA's Regional Haze Rule Upheld By DC Circ.
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• How Regulatory Power Is Moving To The States
• Fla. OKs Budget With Cash For Two Citrus Canker Judgments
• Former NJ US Atty Joins Arnold & Porter
• 3M Says Philly-Area Contamination Suit Should Stay On Hold
• DC Circ. Asked To Void FAA Flight Paths For SoCal Airports
• Forest Service Wants Challenge To Tree-Clearing Project Axed
• Ariz. Tribe Defends Redo Bid In Trust Mismanagement Suit
• US Trustee Objects To PES Ch. 11 Plan Over Creditor Rights
• Scotts Can't Get Quick Win In Bird Seed Class Action
• NY Urges High Court To Pass On $683M Pipeline Permit Row
• Enviros' Suit Says San Diego County Climate Plan Too Lax
• Feds, Dakota Access Say Tribes Hampering Pipeline Review
• Supreme Court Spurns Flint's Bid To Hear Toxic Water Suits
• Law360's Environmental Editorial Advisory Board
• Dem Presses Pruitt On Delays For GAO Spending Probe
• EU Probes German Power Giant's Cross-Border Transmission
• BIA Flubbed Tribal Wind Farm Review, Enviros Tell 9th Circ.
• Tribal Groups Blast FCC Plan To Ease Wireless Buildout
• Enviros Demand Feds Designate Humpback Critical Habitat
• Fiat Chrysler, Bosch Must Face EcoDiesel Emissions MDL
• Pa. Revenue Agency Asserts $3.8B Tax Claim In PES Ch. 11
• Calif. Climate Suits Sent Back To State Court In Fed Split
• Colonial Pipeline To Put Up $3.3M In Ala. Gas Spill Settlement
• Trade Group Says EPA's Delay Of Rules Boosts Safety
• Troutman Nabs Ex-Van Ness Feldman Hydropower Pro
• Sunoco Faces Class Action Over Pa. Pipeline Work Damage
• DC Circ. Shuts Down Part Of EPA Boiler Rule
• 5th Circ. Lifts Block On La. Pipeline Project Amid Appeal
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• First Energy Settles Pa. Coal Contract Claim For $93M
• Taxation With Representation: EY, Skadden, Slaughter
• Changes To Rule 23 Are Coming, Are You Prepared?
• 5th Circ. Affirms 2 Convictions In BP Oil Spill Fraud Case
• Perry Admits DOE Budget Cuts Face Long Odds In Congress
• Finances Limit Owner's Liability For Plugging Wells: Pa. Court
• Atlantic Richfield To Pay $3M For Ariz. Mine Cleanup Costs
• Army Corps Faces Trial In $300M Missouri River Flooding
• Feds To Revisit Critical Habitat Rules To Settle States' Suit
• Workers Win 'Tolling' Ruling In Del. 3rd Circuit Query
• Calif. Man Arrested Over Alleged Massive Raptor Poach
• Conn. Water Service Merges With Holding Co. In $750M Deal
• FERC Reapproves Fla. Pipeline Amid Split Over GHG Review
• 4 Takeaways From EPA's New Source Review Guidance
• Link Between Roundup And Cancer Is 'Shaky,' Judge Says
• Senators Grill Cabinet Chiefs On Infrastructure Funds
• Tribes Assail Maine AG For Backing Wash. In Culvert Row
• Fla. Judge Restores FWS Permit To Raze Miami Forest
• EPA Appeals Board Upholds Los Alamos Wastewater Permit
• W.Va. Regulators Halt $4.2B ETP Pipeline Work Over Pollution
• No End In Sight For US-Mexico Tuna Label WTO Battle
• EPA Floats Guide To Expanded TSCA Confidential Info Access
• Challenge To Yellowstone Grizzly Delisting Moves Forward
• Zinke, Senate Energy Dems Clash Over DOI Budget Plan
• Missed Deadline Leads To Toss Of Man's Sex Bias Suit
• EPA Eases Up On New Source Review Project Evaluations
• Alaska Tribal Org Says Feds Can't Duck Land Cleanup Row
• Appeal Won't Spare DOE From Publishing Energy-Saver Rules
• State Dept. Sued For Details On Overdue Climate Report
• States Inching Closer To Passing First Carbon Tax
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• Vedder Price Snags Ex-Venable OSHA Atty In DC
• EPA Lets Bankrupt Pa. Refiner Slide On Biofuel Payments
• Another Texas County Sues Arkema Over Harvey Damage
• Syngenta Agrees To Pay $1.5B To End Corn GMO Class Claims
• Justices Delay Oral Arguments In Tesla Unit's Antitrust Fight
• Mining Co. To Shell Out $20M To Cover EPA Cleanup Costs
• Enviros Denied Early Win In Pa. Facility Permit Challenge
• Shell, BP, Sunoco Reach $196M Deal With NJ In Pollution Suit
• EPA Must List Areas Not Meeting Smog Standards By April
• Enviros Threaten To Sue EPA Over Sulfur Dioxide Pollution
• Mining Org Asks High Court To Hear Uranium Ban Challenge
• 2nd Circ. Questions Case Against NY Nuke Subsidy Plan
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• Feds, Groups Ask Justices To Hear Okla. Tribal Murder Row
• 2nd Circ. Says NY Regulator Too Late To Deny Pipeline Permit
• Will UN Electric Vehicle Regs Live Up To Billing?
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• NM High Court Nixes Enviros' Copper Pollution Rule Suit
• Monsanto Testimony Stretches Limits Of Judge's Math Skills
• EPA Fines Kinder Morgan Entities Over Clean Air Regs
• Oyster Hatchery Needs Permit For Discharges, 9th Circ. Says
• Trump Tariffs Will Squeeze US Energy Project Work
• Water Groups Criticize CWA Ruling, Ask 9th Circ. To Revisit
• Mass. Gov's $610M Bill Extends Fantasy Sports Gaming
• Hudson River Views Can't Halt MTA Tower, FCC Says
• NJ Utility Didn't Prove Need For $111M Project, Judge Says
• NY AG Rips 'Senseless And Dangerous' Offshore Drilling Plan
• Houston Mayor Says Private Partnerships Crucial To Recovery
• How Settling With The Gov't Is Costlier Under New Tax Law
• Enviro Justice Council Tells EPA To Focus On Water Access
• Calif. Farmers Say Water Flow Order Is Unnecessary
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Tesla Solar Unit Investor Suit
• Home Depot Settles $28M Suit Over Hazardous Waste Disposal
• Coal Industry Leaders Say There's Reason For Optimism
• Wind Farm Cos. Urge Justices To Hear Osage Lease Case
• No Delay Of Block On La. Pipeline Project Amid Appeal
• EPA Wants Suit Over Clean Water Rule Delay Moved To Texas
• Wyo. Judge Lifts Stay Of Challenge To BLM's Methane Rule
• Sinkholes Prompt Pa. To Halt Sunoco Pipeline Operations
• Exxon, Site Owner Settle Ky. Superfund Cleanup Suit
• House Passes Coal-Fired Power Plants Exemption Bill
• FERC Has Options If Court Pulls Pipeline Certificates
• 3 Lessons From Sinovel's Trade Secret Theft Conviction
• DC Circ. Gives FERC More Time To Redo Pipeline Review
• Consultant Targeted In NJ Water Agency Mismanagement Suit
• BP Dodges Yucatan's Fla. Law Claims Over Deepwater Horizon
• Schiff Hardin Snags Debevoise Energy Attorney
• Tesla Unit, Utility Near Deal In High Court Antitrust Fight
• City Can't Shake Coverage Suit Over Clean Water Act Claims
• Semiconductor Co. Pays $428M For Infineon Unit
• CSX Wins Verdict In Rail Worker's Philly Toxic Tort Case
• Dems Urge Electioneering Probe Of Interior Secretary
• Perry, Shell CEO Differ On Urgency Of Paris Accord
• 9th Circ. Won't Shut Down Kids' Climate Suit Against Feds
• $41M Ecotourism Arbitration Paused For Time-Bar Issue
• Cannabis' CEQA Challenge
• West Coast 'Super Tort' PCB Suits Have Staying Power
• Groundwater Comments May Bolster EPA Legal Defense
• GM Seeks Stay In Mich. Groundwater Contamination Suit
• Legal Scorecard Belies EPA's Rosy Deregulatory Outlook
• EPA, Fisheries Won't Rethink OK Of Sediment Standard
• Canadian Cos. Can't Pause Trump's Solar Tariffs At CIT
• EPA Can't Dodge Del. Pollution Deadline, 3rd Circ. Told
• Nisqually, Squaxin Tribes Hammer Out Fishing Rights Deal
• Senate Dems Want Answers On EPA Head's Security Chief
• 9th Circ. Digs Into Ore. Low-Carbon Fuel Standards Dispute
• DC Circuit Clarifies EPA's 'Sham Recycling' Rule Decision
• DC Circ. Backs EPA Superfund Listing Of Colo. Mine Area
• Direct Contract Not Key To Insurance Coverage: Okla. Panel
• Interior Secretary Touts Slashed Regs, New Drilling Options
• Ex-Newark Cop Latest To Face Water Agency Kickback Rap
• 10 Tips For Working With IT To Preserve Data
• Monsanto's Roundup Causes Cancer, Experts Tell MDL Judge
• House Dems Prod Pruitt About EPA Apointees' Outside Work
• Maine Gets Support In Its Suit Over EPA Tribal Water Rules
• Pa. Enviros Push EPA To Act On Allegheny County Air Permits
• Alabama Power Should Pay $1.25M Fine, State Agency Says
• High Court Lets Gov't Participate In Utility Immunity Row
• Philly-Area Residents Want Contamination Suit Unpaused
• OSHA Delays New Beryllium Exposure Rules Until May
• States Back Wash. In High Court Tribal Salmon Culvert Row
• Utah Co. In SEC Offering Fraud Suit Must Stop Raising Money
• Water Fee Not An Unlawful Tax, Calif. Appeals Court Says
• Feds Fight Ariz. Tribe's Redo Bid In Mismanagement Row
• Pa. DEP Fines Lab $600K For Falsifying Water Test Results
• High Court Says US Can Pursue NM Water-Sharing Claims
• Standing Rock Tribe Says It's Been Shut Out Of DAPL Review
• High Court Asks Gov't For Views On FCA 1st-To-File Case
• Tesla Factory In Calif. Fined For Pollution Problems
• Trump Picks Dow Atty To Lead EPA Emergency Mgt. Unit
• FERC Says Eminent Domain Fight Doesn't Belong In Court
• EPA Restores Chesapeake Bay Paper Funding After Outcry
• Exxon Wants To Probe Calif. Officials On Their Climate Suits
• Skelos, Son Seek To Dismiss Case Citing McDonnell
• Feds, Md. Slam Group's Challenge To Purple Line Rail Funding
• Water District Too Late To Sue Northrop Grumman: 2nd Circ.
• Dutch Energy Storage, Auto Recharging Co. Announces IPO
• Pa. DEP OKs Permits For Birdsboro Natural Gas Power Plant
• Enviros Urge NJ High Court To Review $225M Exxon Deal
• Neighborhood Group Fights EPA, Corps Bid To Nix Water Suit
• Feds Urged For View On Where To Hear Climate Tort Claims
• Nuclear Subsidies, Tax Bill Top NJ Rate Watchdog's Agenda
• Pa. DEP Chief Defends Hike In Gas Well Permit Fees
• Int'l Paper Co. Beats Fla. Flood Class Action At Trial
• Novel Ruling Redraws Battle Lines Of Climate Change Suits
• EPA Eases Methane Standards, Eyes Relaxed Coal Ash Rule
• Mass. Board Wants Sports Betting On Par With Black Market
• Maui Asks 9th Circ. To Revisit CWA Groundwater Finding
• Former NJ Utility, Enviro Regulator Joins Florio Perrucci
• 9th Circ. Backs FWS Decision To End Otter Program
• Nat'l Monument Cut Benefited Utah Lawmaker, Watchdog Told
• Pipeline Co. Urges Judge To Delay Block On La. Project
• Landowners Can't Speed Up Pipeline Eminent Domain Suit
• Hudson Tunnel Funds In Question Under Infrastructure Plan
• High Court Could Clarify Takings Law In Beachfront Dispute
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations
• How Tax Reform Affects Gov't Environmental Enforcement