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Environmental - May, 2018

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• Residents Want Class Cert. In Exxon Refinery Explosion Row
• Energy-Coupon Founder Must Dish On Merger, 1st Circ. Rules
• SC High Court Rejects Challenge To Water Use Law
• States Say EPA Isn't Limiting Landfill Emissions Under Rule
• Novozymes Escapes $7.5M Verdict In Ethanol IP Fight
• Sens. Ask EPA Watchdog To Probe Pruitt's Real Estate Search
• DC Circ. Rejects RI Tribe's 'Premature' Pipeline Work Appeal
• Fla. Pipeline OK Deepens FERC Split On Greenhouse Gauge
• BigLaw Blogs In A Post-GDPR Marketing Universe
• Drivers Defend Claims In GM Emissions Cheating Suit
• Past Lien Suits May Hint At Case's Path In NJ High Court
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Citgo's $100M Oil Spill Liability
• FERC Sticks To Timeline For PennEast Pipeline Appeals
• Opioid MDL Order Shows Need For Broad Funding Disclosure
• PFAS: Not Your Typical Emerging Contaminants — Part 2
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive National Park Service Receipt Row
• 4th Circ. Won't Revisit Kinder Morgan Groundwater Ruling
• Enviros' Owl, Wolf Worries Can't Stop Calif. Forest Project
• 5 Admit To 'Defeat Device' Scheme In Fracking Servicer Trucks
• Public Opinion Split, EPA Faces Tough Call On Groundwater
• 3rd Circ. Saves Workers' Pesticide Row Against Dow, Others
• Enviros Seek To Force EPA, FWS Malathion Review
• Verizon, Calif. County Beat Cell Tower Permit Challenge
• FERC Pipeline Process Needs Work, DOE Watchdog Says
• NY, Calif. Sue EPA Over Delayed Pesticide Training Update
• Calif. Appeals Court Dumps CARB Truck-Filter Rule Suits
• Daimler Seeks Exit From German Auto Antitrust MDL
• Enviros Say Retired Plant Leaching Coal Ash Into River
• EU Asks To Keep Tabs On WTO Case Against US Solar Duties
• EPA Biofuel Regs Have No Basis In Reality, DC Circ. Told
• DOE Resists Publishing Energy-Saver Rules At 9th Circ.
• PFAS: Not Your Typical Emerging Contaminants — Part 1
• What To Know About Architect Group's New Contract Forms
• Suits Show Conflict Even At BigLaw's Best Places For Women
• Reform Or Retreat? UK Firms Eye Next Steps On Pay Data
• How Women Are Changing The Law Firms They Lead
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Workers Ask EPA To Enforce St. Johns River Discharge Limits
• Enviros Sue Calif. Agency Over Water Management Plan
• Feds Lose Bid To Move Clean Water Rule Delay Suits To Texas
• US Says Ill. Nuke Subsidy Plan Doesn't Preempt Federal Law
• Klamath Tribes Want Lake Levels Injunction To Protect Fish
• EPA Reaches $100M Settlement For Brooklyn Superfund Site
• Green Group Wants To Depose Pruitt In FOIA Suit Over Emails
• FERC Defends NE Pipeline, Compressor Approval At DC Circ.
• Enviros Press FERC To Yank Scaled-Back GHG Review Policy
• Mining Co. Seeks To Arbitrate $300M Claim Against Guatemala
• Canada Offers CA$4.5B Lifeline For Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• The 2018 Law360 Glass Ceiling Report
• Tribe Asks 9th Circ. To Partly Undo Nix Of Fishing Rights Row
• Generator Maker Says Rival Misinterpreted EPA Rule
• Analyzing The Economics Of Litigation Funding
• Rule 23 Changes: How Electronic Notice Can Save Money
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report, By The Numbers
• Law360's Pro Say: Why Are All The Partners Still Men?
• How We Got Here: A Look Back At Trailblazing Women In Law
• What Does Gender Parity In The Legal Industry Look Like?
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Prop 65 Requires Warning For Even Trace Lead, Enviros Say
• Enviros Must Specify Water Pollution Fixes To Fla. Utility
• Pruitt's Slate Of EPA Regional Chiefs Leaves Enviros Fuming
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive NY Residents' Honeywell Cleanup Row
• Paint Recycler Rebuts Sanctions Bid In Antitrust Row
• 9th Circ. Revives FOIA Suit For Federal Power Agency Docs
• First Quantum Exits Deal To Back Controversial Mine
• Exxon, AGs Clash Over Speed Of Climate Probe Appeal
• Chinese Co. Urges Court To Confirm $2.4M Generator Award
• 9th Circ. Wrongly Expanded Fishing Rights Treaty, Tribe Says
• Self-Policing Animal Research: Another Bad Idea From USDA
• EPA Extends Comment Period On Scientific Review Revamp
• Global Warming Fight Heats Up As Big Oil, Cities Face Off
• Fiat Chrysler Wants RICO Claim Tossed In Emissions MDL
• Pa. PUC Judge Orders Shutdown Of Sunoco Pipelines
• Conservationists Lose Suits Over Dominion Va. Power Line
• Chevron Escapes $9.5B Ecuadorean Award Bid In Canada
• Klamath Tribes Sue Over Fish Harmed By Lake Water Levels
• Ill. DOT Retains Quick Win In Enviros' Tollway Appeal
• Cox To Pay $3.3M To Settle Calif. Hazardous Waste Claims
• Enviros Challenge Feds' About-Face On Migratory Bird Kills
• Developer, Gov't Settle $30M Fla. Munitions Cleanup Suit
• When Defendants Invoke 'Necessity' In Pipeline Sabotage
• Fla. Power Buyers Say FPL Can't Recoup $1B For Solar Builds
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Make EPA Act On Coal Plant Permit
• China's Ganfeng Plans IPO Amid Carmakers' Hunt For Lithium
• WTO Boss Sees Sector-Specific Trade Talks Picking Up Steam
• EPA Has To Give Law Firm Only Some Sewage Policy Docs
• Sens. Float Bill To Protect NM Lands Sacred To Tribes
• 'Dieselgate' Stalled Sales, VW Salespeople Say In Class Action
• New Renewable Energy Standard Set For NJ Under Bill
• Big Oil, Calif. Cities Set To Clash Over Climate Change
• 'Queen Of Toxic Torts' Leaves Quinn Emanuel For Dechert
• 5 Key Rules In The ALI's Liability Insurance Guidelines
• Landowners Fight Kinder Morgan DQ Bid In Pollution Suit
• NM Hits Back At Texas, Feds In High Court Water-Sharing Row
• SC Intends To Sue Feds Over Nix Of Plutonium Project
• Enviros Say FWS Approval Of $2.2B Road Threatens Mussels
• 3 Ways FERC Could Increase Pipeline Review Transparency
• Citing Coral Reefs, Enviros Push Ban Of Sunscreen Chemicals
• Class Can't Get Quick Win In TCPA Suit Against Solar Co.
• City's Paper Bag Fee Not A Tax, Colo. High Court Says
• 9th Circ. Removes Judge In Tribes Water Rights Dispute
• Okla. Judge Greenlights Class Action In Fracking Quake Suit
• Stay Corps' $3.5B Pipeline Permit, Enviros Tell 4th Circ.
• Chemicals Maker Inks $3.4M Upgrades, Penalty Deal With EPA
• Water Infrastructure Bill Sails Through Senate Panel
• Feds, Wyo. Urge Justices To Spurn Tribes' Land Suits
• Olin, Insurer Ask Rakoff To Explain Ruling On $130M Award
• Navajo Back Mine Owner In 9th Circ. Fight Over Coal Plant
• Minn. Gov. Vetoes Bill To Greenlight Pipeline Project
• Kinross Settlement Highlights FCPA Risks For Mining Cos.
• Construction Industry Anxious For Water Rule Saga To Dry Up
• Justices To Review Scope Of Immunity For Int'l Orgs
• NJ Asks DC Circuit To Undo PennEast Pipeline Approval
• National Park Service Sea Level Report Cites Climate Change
• NJ Justices Won't Review BASF, Shell Win Over Polluted Site
• Dentons Nabs Selman Breitman's Product Liability Partner
• Pa. Budget Illegally Uses Oil, Gas Lease Funds, Enviros Say
• CIT Sends Chinese Solar-Cell Case Back To Commerce
• Gov't Gets It Wrong On Climate Suits, Calif. Cities Say
• Justices Won't Hear Class Action Over Army Base Pollution
• Introducing The Legal Industry To Millennial Business Owners
• Policy Language Can Curtail Long-Tail Insurance Claims
• High Court Will Hear Challenge To Va. Uranium Mining Ban
• What's Next For EPA's Scientific Review Process?
• FERC Reins In GHG Analysis For Certain Pipeline Projects
• Trump's Fish And Wildlife Service Targets ESA Restrictions
• Wynn Pays $68M For Chemical Cleanup At Mass. Casino Site
• ENGlobal, NASCO Settle Power Plant Contract Fight
• Farm Subsidy, Welfare Bill Tanks Over Immigration Issues
• DC Circ. Nixes EPA Superfund Listing Of Polluted Ind. Site
• BMW Seeks Toss Of German Auto Antitrust MDL
• Mass. City Says 3M Foam Contamination Suit Should Proceed
• Brownfield Redevelopment Evolving As Savvy Grows
• Plans For $4B Miami Mega-Mall Advance With Key Approvals
• EPA Floats Rollback Of Obama-Era Chemical Safety Regs
• FERC Tees Up Review Of Public Utility Regulatory Policies
• Immigration Standoff Threatens Farm Bill Passage In House
• Ex-Williams Cuker Partner Sued Over Firm's Windup
• NL Industries To Pay $60M To End Calif. Lead Paint Suit
• Spain Told To Pay Emirati Energy Co. $76M In Solar Row
• BLM Gives Enviro OK To Solar Project, Utility Corridor
• SQM Again Beats Calif. City's $30M Tainted Water Suit At Trial
• Minn. Legislature Passes Bill To Greenlight Pipeline Project
• A Chat With Perkins Practice Management Chief Toby Brown
• Alaska Timber Sale Review Is Outdated, Enviros' Suit Says
• SQM Owes $30M For Tainted Groundwater, Calif. City Says
• Insurers Can't Evade New Claims In Dairy's Manure Suit
• 4th Circ. Ruling Shows It's Open Season On Pipeline Permits
• Liberty, Travelers Off Hook For Costs In Ala. Enviro Cleanup
• FERC Loses Bid To Put $3.5B Pipeline Fight On Hold
• EPA's Pruitt Acknowledges Ethics Missteps, Notes Changes
• Green Groups Sue To Get Hardrock Mining Cleanup Cost Rule
• Oakland Lacked Evidence For Coal Shipping Ban, Judge Says
• Enviros Score In Bi-State Sage Grouse Protection Battle
• 3M, Tyco Say Mass. County's Fire Foam Suit Is Still Too Vague
• EPA's Wehrum Hopes To Avoid Calif. Fuel Economy Fight
• NJ Turnpike Authority Escapes Suit Over Enviro Cleanup
• S. Korea Picks WTO Fight Over Trump's Solar, Washer Tariffs
• FAA Properly Vetted SoCal Flight Paths, DC Circ. Told
• Enviros Sue BLM Over Drilling Leases' Impact On Climate
• Why Won't Judicial Nominees Affirm Brown V. Board Of Ed?
• The Lawyers' Guide To Cloud Computing
• MPs Sound Alarm Over Slump In Green Investment
• Conn. Sued Over Clean Energy, Efficiency Fund Sweep
• Calif., Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Border Wall Suit
• Nonclass Attys Deserve Cut Of $10B VW Deal, 9th Circ. Told
• Judge OKs More Depositions In Fiat Chrysler Stock Drop Suit
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Enviro Challenge To Gas Facility Permit
• Enviros Join EPA Fuel Economy Rollback Fight
• Tribe Loses LNG Permit Challenge In Wash. Appeals Court
• Calif. Tribe Asks Justices To Spurn County's Casino Land Suit
• EPA Post-VW Emission Testing Could Be Better: OIG
• Enviros Lodge Discrimination Case Over NC Pipeline Permits
• 20 Senators Want EPA To Extend Deadline On Science Rules
• 100 Oil Cos., Banks Urged To Pass On Arctic Refuge Drilling
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Ex-EPA Supervisor's Age Bias Suit
• NJ Agency Blasts Trenk DiPasquale Bid To Limit Email Probe
• US Seeks To Sink Challenge To Trump's '2-For-1' Order
• Citgo Says 3rd Circ. Muffed Ruling Over $100M Spill Award
• 11th Circ. Affirms Fertilizer Co.'s Win In Toxic Tort Suit
• Former EPA Judge Advanced To Lead NJ Enviro Agency
• Construction Equipment Co. Escapes Suit Alleging Sham Fees
• Dems Press SEC Over Facebook Wildlife Trafficking Claims
• 4 Things To Watch As FERC Sets Sights On Pipeline Policies
• Tribal Enviro Manager Added To EPA Advisory Committee
• Enviros, Kids Defend Suit Over Gov't 'Indifference To Science'
• NC Justices Won't Disturb Duke Monopoly Over Power Sales
• Colorado Residents Sue Makers Of 'Toxic' Firefighting Foam
• Enviros Ask Gov't For ESA Protection For Ancient Fish
• Gas Well Permits Don't Violate Pa. Constitution, Panel Says
• Recovering Lawyers' Lost Position Of Independence
• Justices Seek SG's View On Osage Wind Farm Lease Row
• Enviros Seek Protection Decision For Hummingbird-Like Fly
• Low-Profile EPA Air Quality Shift Could Mean Big Changes
• FPL Wants Groups To Specify Remedies In Nuke Pollution Suit
• Class Counsel In Dow Pollution Suit Want Attys Sanctioned
• Atlantic Sunrise Approval By The Book, FERC Tells DC Circ.
• Paint Org Urges Atty Sanctions In 'Doomed' Antitrust Suit
• Fiat Chrysler Looks To Bar Depositions In Stock Drop Suit
• Enviros Push To Kill Waiver For New Mexico Border Wall
• Climate Change Suits Have No Place In Court, Feds Say
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Lieff Cabraser's Elizabeth Cabraser
• 'High-Performance' Building Becoming Easier, Less Costly
• Feds Say Youth Climate Suit Defies Separation Of Powers
• Beverly Hills Rips FTA Analysis Of Proposed Subway Line
• Enviros' CRA Challenge Over Nixed Hunting Rule Gets Tossed
• Wash. County Joins Big Oil Climate Change Suit Parade
• Sierra Club Plans Lawsuit Over Pa. Power Plant Pollution
• Japanese Shipper Must Pay $1M For Oily Ocean Dumping
• EPA Floats Overhaul Of National Ozone Limits Review
• Enbridge, Tribe Slam ALJ Report Rejecting New Pipeline Route
• Coal Co. Wants Wash. Permit Fight To Stay In Federal Court
• State-Federal Rift Pushes Power Markets To Breaking Point
• 8 Reasons To Take A Fresh Look At Your Law Office Lease
• Congressional Forecast: May
• Biofuel Groups Back EPA In Renewable Fuel Spat
• A General Counsel's Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Tariffs For Vietnamese Wind Towers
• Trump Agenda Maintains Enviro Deregulatory Momentum
• Ariz. Justices Take Hopi's Artificial Snow Row With Resort
• Calif. Mandates Solar Panels On New Homes Starting In 2020
• Indian Trader Regs, Coal Valuation Up Next On Trump Agenda
• Houston Area Residents Say River Authority Flooded Homes
• Pa. Court Grapples With Proof Behind $1M Fracking Fine
• 1st Circ. Mulls Solar Co. Contractor's $2.8M Commission Row
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Hagens Berman's Steve Berman
• SEC Looks To Chuck Ex-Navistar CEO's Bid For EPA Info
• The Navajo Generating Station: A Cheat Sheet
• Md. Funeral Home Beats CWA Citizen Suit At 4th Circ.
• Mass. Justices Press Power Cos. On Emissions Rule Suit
• Groups Get Pause In Suit Over EPA Science Adviser Grants
• NY Court Won't Hear Advocate's Appeal For Chimps' Rights
• Bayou Bridge Pipeline Permit Improper, La. Judge Says
• NY AG's Implosion No Silver Bullet For Exxon Climate Probes
• 4th Circ. Backs Shippers' $2.7M Ocean Dumping Sentence
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Cohen Milstein's Steven Toll
• Smith Pachter Gains Former Kirkland White Collar Atty In DC
• 3 Construction Cases To Watch
• Pipeline Protesters Leave Tree Stands After Contempt Ruling
• Pa. Pipeline Row Shows Enviro Rights Amendment Still Murky
• Enviros Can't Halt Idaho Logging Plan Over Trout Impact
• Feds Say Tribe Can't Revive Forest Mismanagement Claims
• AGs Press EPA To Yank Scientific Review Process Overhaul
• Union Carbide Urges 2nd Circ. To Nix PCB Remediation Claims
• Pa. Panel Pulls Landfill Zoning Challenge From Trash Heap
• NC Swine Stench Sufferers' $50M Punitive Damages Slashed
• Ill. AG To Sue EPA Over Wis. Ozone Call That Helps Foxconn
• FERC Won't Stop Work On 2 Disputed Gas Pipelines
• Judging A Book: Berzon Reviews 'We The Corporations'
• Oil Cos., NYC Clash Over Viability Of Climate Change Suit
• Wash. Seeks To Reverse Tribe's Win In Landslide Liability Row
• Capturing Carbon Tax Credits: A Climate Of Opportunity
• What ABA's Position On Harassment Means For Employers
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Tesla, Utilities Join Fight To Stop EPA Fuel Economy Rollback
• EPA Science Data Rule Could Upend Regulatory Process
• Fed. Circ. OKs Inequitable Conduct Ax Of Fracking Patent
• Labor Department Issues Final Rule On Beryllium Exposure
• New GM Must Face Some Groundwater Claims, Judge Says
• Chevron Settles Calif. City's Suit Over Refinery Fire For $5M
• Wisconsin Judge Nixes Permits For Fracking Sand Project
• Musk Denied Fast Appeal Of Failed Bid To Toss SolarCity Suit
• 10th Circ. Denies Energy Cos. Attys' Fees In Oil Lease Row
• Con Edison Is Hampering Fluid Leak Fix, PSE&G Tells FERC
• Dem AGs Back California Cities In Big Oil Climate Fight
• Enviros Say Pa. DEP Bungled Frack Waste Well Permit
• Perkins Coie Nabs Tech, VC Partner From DLA Piper
• Practical Considerations For Litigating Proportionality
• Citing Climate Initiatives, Allianz To Halt Coal-Only Cover
• Native American Dancer Seeks New DOI Rule On Feathers
• Mining Co. Wants Wis. Tribe's Wetlands Permit Suit Tossed
• Oakland, SF Say Climate Change Fight Belongs In Court
• Class Cert. Denied In $1B Toxins Suit Against Pratt & Whitney
• States, Auto Groups Weigh In On Fuel Economy Penalties
• Ky. Agency Urges Dismissal Of Coal Ash Suit At 6th Circ.
• $639M Calif. Pipeline Unneeded, Judge Tells State Regulator
• W.Va. Regulators Lift Block On $4.2B ETP Pipeline Work
• Ex-Volkswagen US Exec Wants Bondholders' Fraud Suit Nixed
• Ex-VW CEO Indicted Over Emissions Scandal
• Hanergy Wins Bid For $7.2M In PSEG Solar Contract Row
• Slawson To End North Dakota Drilling Suit After Permit Win
• Pa. PUC Restarts Sunoco Pipeline After Sinkhole Worries
• Enbridge Unit Sues To End Mass. Town's Pipeline Holdup
• ND Levee Work Can Resume Amid $2B Flood Project Dispute
• A Closer Look At EPA's Proposed Coal Ash Rule
• Supporting Nontraditional Data Types In E-Discovery
• Ex-KFC La. Site Buyer Wants Cleanup Suit To Stay Out Of Ill.
• States Ask NY Judge To Nix EPA's Clean Water Rule Delay
• Hopi Tribe Says Ariz. Water Agency Can't Drop Coal Power
• 9th Circ. Backs DOI's Land Acquisition For Calif. Tribal Casino
• Enbridge Energy Will Pay $1.9M For Violating Spill Deal
• Hawaii First To Ban Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage
• Dominican Gov't Can Visit Contested Park Site, Tribunal Says
• DHS Prevails In Greenpeace Suit For Chem Facilities Info
• Mo. City Owes Payments To Wind Farm, 8th Circ. Says
• A New Question On Tribal Fishing Rights For High Court
• Canada's Challenge To Nova Scotia Quarry Award Rejected
• Volkswagen To Pay $40M To Arizona Over Emissions Scandal
• Kinder Morgan Wants Firm DQ'd From Refinery Pollution Suit
• 3 Takeaways From NLRB's 9th Circ. Win Over Tribal Casino
• Volkswagen Strikes $2.65M Deal With W.Va. Over Emissions
• Calif. Fires First Shot In EPA Fuel Economy Rollback Fight
• Texas City Dodges Suit Over Pecan Waste Settlement
• EPA, Corps Lose Bid To Delay Restart Of Water Rule Row
• NJ Panel Says Expert Not Required In Sandy Insurance Suit
• Sandy Insurance Ruling Must Be Explained, NJ Court Says
• Utah County Says Cropping Bears Ears Is An Economic Boon
• Water Groups Lose Bid To Halt Salmon Protection Measures
• Pa. House Panel OKs Rework Of Conventional Gas Well Rules
• Delayed Parts Of Obama-Era Methane Rule Won't Be Resumed
• Don't Revive Ky. Coal Ash Suit, Utility Tells 6th Circ.
• Another Post-Dudenhoeffer 'Stock Drop' Casualty