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Environmental - July, 2018

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• Fla. ALJ Says Fracking Outside Scope Of Power Plant App
• Monsanto Expert Rips Studies Linking Herbicide To Cancer
• Enviros Urge High Court To Take A Fresh Look At CPP Stay
• 6th Circ. Urged To Rethink Class Issues In Dayton Toxic Tort
• Enviros Take Fight Over Methane Rule Delay To 10th Circ.
• Cummins To Recall 500K Trucks Over Faulty Emissions
• NY's Tribal Fishing Prosecutions Won't Be Blocked By Judge
• DC Circ. Upholds Auction Exemption For Renewables In NE
• DC Circ. Won't Block Dominion Power Line Work Amid Appeal
• States Want To Kill Water Rule Despite Possible Repeal
• Navistar Competitors Want EPA Docs Kept From Ex-CEO
• Attorneys General Urge High Court To Let EPA Ban HFCs
• Maine Tribe Says Water Row Shouldn't Wait For EPA Rethink
• Big Oil Says Wash. County Climate Suit Has No Place In Court
• Macquarie Group Affiliate Sells NJ Power Plant For $900M
• High Court Bats Down Gov't Bid To Halt Kids' Climate Suit
• FERC Seeks Denial Of Enviro Bid To Block $3.5B Pipeline
• State Dept. Gives New Keystone XL Route Environmental OK
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Monsanto Herbicide's Link To Cancer Sound, Jury Told
• Union Pacific Dodges Asarco's Superfund Cleanup Claim
• Green Groups, Pa. Settle Row Over Sunoco Pipeline Permits
• DC Circ. Upholds FERC's Approval Of $971M Pipeline Project
• BP's Federal Bid To Escape Tribal Enviro Suit Tossed As Moot
• 4th Circ. Nixes Forest Service, BLM OKs For W.Va. Pipeline
• Minn. Tribe Says Lake Pollution Suit Steps On EPA's Toes
• Fed. Circ. Vacates $207M Win For Wind Farms In Grant Case
• EU Approves €500M German Green Rail Investment
• 9th Circ. Hands Win To Enviros In Mont. Logging Project Suit
• Near-Extinct Porpoise Prompts CIT Seafood Import Ban Order
• EPA Chief Reverses Truck Emissions Rollback Under Pruitt
• Jones Day Case Highlights Questions Of Atty Privilege Abroad
• Monsanto's Toxicology Figures Don't Hold Up, Jury Hears
• BLM Wildlife Protection Shift Opens Door To Lawsuits
• Klamath Tribes Can't Force Feds To Maintain Lake Levels
• New York City To Appeal Climate Suit Dismissal To 2nd Circ.
• Texas Plant To Pay $3.5M To Settle Enviros' Emissions Suit
• EPA Changes Tune As FERC Pipeline Comment Window Ends
• Lloyd's Insurer Can't Ditch Coverage Fight Over Oil Spill
• Wash. Tribes Urge Supreme Court To Rebuff Fishing Petition
• NJ Meadowlands Authority Not Liable For Landfill Cleanup
• EPA Wants Navajo, States' Gold King Mine Claims Tossed
• Activist Seeks 2nd Circ. Redo Over Cravath's Shell Docs
• EU Approves French Investment In Tidal Power Plant
• The Future Of Authenticating Audio And Video Evidence
• 3rd Circ. Affirms FERC Win In Religious Order's Pipeline Fight
• Firm, Public Defender Spar Over Client In 9th Circ. CWA Case
• 4th Circ. Says Court Can't Referee Eminent Domain Fight
• Bank Watchdog Escapes RICO Suit Over Pipeline Opposition
• Fenwick-Led Bloom Energy Leads 2 IPOs Raising $337.5M
• Congress Advances Tribal Bills On Social Security, Water
• EPA Ordered To Make Decision On San Joaquin Ozone Plan
• It's All Too Easy To Sell An 'Unregistered Pesticide'
• From Billable Hours To Bedtime Stories: Lawyering With Children
• Coblentz Nabs 3 MoFo Partners For Real Estate Practice
• Pa. Brownfield Cleanup Effort Can't Stop Enviros' Suit
• Energy Dept. Finalizes Rule For Small-Scale LNG Exports
• Tribes Say DC Circ. Ruling Backs Stay Bid In FCC Case
• Is Trump Admin.'s Suspension Of Clean Water Rule Lawful?
• CSX Agrees To $2.7M Deal Over Oil Spill Pollution Claims
• Climate Tort Litigation: An Early Scorecard
• Developments In Environmental Enforcement Since TCJA
• 10th Circ. Affirms EPA's Colo. Air Quality Decision
• DEP, EPA Deals Let Ex-NJ Landfill Owner Duck Cleanup Suit
• EPA Head Solidifies Animal Waste Reporting Exemption
• FERC Asks DC Circ. To Reject Atlantic Sunrise Rate Challenge
• How Mammoth Student Loans Are Dogging Today's Lawyers
• DuPont Reaches $3.1M Settlement Over Fatal 2014 Gas Leak
• Law360's Global 20 Doesn't Acknowledge Global Networks
• Will Blood Testing Revive Medical Monitoring Claims?
• NY Settles Disabled Access Claims Over L Train Shutdown
• Monsanto's Herbicide Caused Open Lesions, Jury Hears
• 2nd Ex-Balch & Bingham Atty Walks Away From Bribery Trial
• Long-Shot Bill Tees Up Carbon Tax As Election Yardstick
• Enviros To Take $546M Duke Cleanup Fight To NC High Court
• Is The Grass Greener On The Solo Side?
• Canada Uses NAFTA To Fight Trump's Solar Panel Tariffs
• A 'Broad' Approach To Toxic Tort Class Cert. At 6th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Won't Sink EPA Cooling Water Rule
• Law360's Satisfaction Survey: By The Numbers
• The Least-Stressed Attorneys In A Stressed-Out Profession
• Docs Show Kavanaugh Questioned Watergate, Chevron Cases
• Oncologist Says Roundup Caused Groundskeeper's Cancer
• Ex-Balch & Bingham Partner, Coal Exec Convicted Of Bribery
• DC Circ. Finds EPA's Exceptional Events Rule Can Stand
• NEPA-Deficient Uranium Mine License Wrongly Kept: DC Circ.
• More Quinn Emanuel Attorneys Leave Firm For Dechert
• Baltimore Sues Chevron, Others Over Climate Change
• Republican ESA Reform Proposals Face Uphill Battle
• Refiner Prevails On Renewable Fuel Exemption In 4th Circ.
• Canadian Regulator Spotlights Disclosure Deficiencies
• 9th Circ. Rebuffs Latest Bid To Dump Kids' Climate Suit
• Sunrun Investor Suit Booted With Last Chance For Fixes
• Suddenly, ALJs Become Political Appointees
• Drummond Exec, Balch & Bingham Partner Trial Goes To Jury
• 16 AGs Sue EPA Over 'Super-Polluting' Truck Rule Rollback
• Crystal Geyser Dumped Arsenic-Tainted Wastewater: DOJ
• DOI, North Fork Tribe Beat Group's Casino Challenge
• Energy Cos. To Appeal Climate Tort Ruling To 9th Circ.
• Trump Admin Proposes Weakening Endangered Species Rules
• Ford, Bosch Say Super-Duty Truck Emissions Suit Baseless
• Energy Cos. Seek To Enforce €128M Award Against Spain
• FERC Still Won't Override NY's $683M Pipeline Permit Denial
• Senate Enviro Committee Goes Easy On Trump CEQ Nominee
• Minn. High Court Won't Weigh Pipeline Tampering Defense
• Arkansans Sue To Halt $87.4M Highway Widening Project
• New York City's Climate Suit Against Big Oil Thrown Out
• A Lawyer's Guide To Genomics In Toxic Tort Cases: Part 3
• DC Circ. Set A Higher Bar For Hydro License Renewal
• Balch & Bingham Partner Pushed Bribes, Feds Say In Closing
• Miami Voters Will Have Say On Beckham's $1B Stadium Plan
• Cancer Pro To Monsanto Jury: Pesticide Study Critique 'Idiotic'
• Calif. Court Revives Oil Drilling Royalties Settlement
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Toxic Cleanup Coverage Row Yet
• Tribes Seek To Stop 'Desecration' From FCC's 5G Exemptions
• Olin Covered For Cleanup Costs At 7 Sites, Rakoff Rules
• DC Circ. Pauses EPA Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions Rollback
• Fed. Circ. Backs $100M WWII Fuel Cleanup Award For Oil Cos.
• VW Insists Bondholders' Emissions Fraud Suit Must Be Axed
• A Chat With Gibson Dunn Diversity Chief Salim-Williams
• EPA Finalizes 1st Phase Of Coal Ash Rule Relaxation
• A Lawyer's Guide To Genomics In Toxic Tort Cases: Part 2
• Congressional Forecast: July
• What Kavanaugh's Writing Tells Us About His Personality
• EPA Official Tried To 'Kill' Pesticide Study, Monsanto Jury Told
• FERC Chair Denies Reports Of LNG Project Review Delays
• Steel Producer Must Pay Fine, Upgrade Emissions Equipment
• Dems Fret Over Chevron, Enviro Rules If Kavanaugh Seated
• 5th Circ. Nixes Enviros' Suit Over Texas Highway Projects
• Enviros Press DC Circ. To Halt EPA Truck Emissions Rollback
• 3 Pros, 3 Cons Of Litigation Finance
• A Lawyer's Guide To Genomics In Toxic Tort Cases: Part 1
• DC Circ. Backs Narrow FERC Review Of US-Mexico Pipeline
• Buyers Slam German Auto Cos.' Bid To Dodge Antitrust MDL
• Montgomery McCracken Wants Malpractice Row In Fed. Court
• Chem Co. Liable For Pa. Site's Prior Pollution, 3rd Circ. Told
• FERC Rollback Of GHG Analysis Challenged At DC Circ.
• Enviros' Challenge Of NM Nuke Site Cleanup Deal Tossed
• Democracy Forward Sues DOI For Parks Panel Selection Docs
• FCA, Bosch Want RICO Claims Axed In Emissions MDL
• 6th Circ. OKs Pollution Class Action, Paving Way For Others
• Pai Rejects Sen.'s Concern Tribes Lacked Input On 5G Rule
• OxyChem Sues Chevron Units Over Passaic River Cleanup
• Developer Bulldozed Native American Remains, Calif. DA Says
• EPA Biofuel Regs Fight Is Baseless, DC Circ. Hears
• Sheriff's Capt. Convicted In 'Codfather' Smuggling Scheme
• Modern Communication Brings E-Discovery Challenges
• EPA 'Amazingly Wrong' On Roundup Cancer Risk, Jury Hears
• Miner Says Romania Illegally Squeezed It For More Money
• Enviros Seek Quick Win In Suit Over Enbridge Spill Plan OK
• It's Not All About The Benjamins, Baby (Lawyer)
• Enviros Ask 5th Circ. To Declare Effluent Rule Delay Illegal
• Tribes Talking With New Potential Owner For Power Plant
• Enviros Look To Nix Permit For Refinery Near National Park
• Investment Tax Credit Guidance Means Sunny Days For Solar
• House Pushes Through Fed. Water Facility Title Transfer Bill
• Asbestos Transparency Laws Can Stop Double Recovery
• Bid To Expand States' NEPA Review Power Is A Mixed Bag
• Judging A Book: Hood Reviews 'Lawyering From The Inside Out'
• A Path To New York's Energy Storage Goal
• DOI Tells 4th Circ. To Reject Atlantic Coast Pipeline Block
• 3 Takeaways From The EPA's Water Rule Rollback Notice
• Monsanto's Roundup Tied To Cancer, Ex-NIH Official Testifies
• Enviros Face Uphill Fight In Bid To Enforce EPA Order
• Mitigation Bank Can Fight Wetlands Permit For Road Project
• Tribe Can't Revisit DOI Casino Land Ruling In 9th Circ.
• Enviros Blast Mountain Valley After-Hours Pipeline Work Bid
• Enviros Look To Halt Road In Alaska Land Swap Suit
• Soccer Games In Protected Pinelands Get NJ Court's OK
• Power Groups Urge EPA To Let Mercury Emissions Rule Stand
• Tribes Fight FCC Bid To Pause Small-Cell Rule Challenges
• EPA, Enviros Told To Resolve Final Issues In Civil Rights Row
• Kavanaugh Splurged On Baseball Tix, Reports Say
• Ben & Jerry's Sources From Not-So-Happy Cows, Suit Says
• Texas Homeowners Move To Toss River Authority Flood Suit
• Holland & Knight Adds McGuireWoods Enviro Partner In Fla.
• FisherBroyles Adds Litigators in Florida, Philadelphia
• 4 Kavanaugh Arguments You Gotta Hear
• Enviros Press EPA On Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions Standards
• Pipelines Come Out On Top With Nixing Of FERC Bias Claim
• Kennedy's Legacy Remains Alive In Kavanaugh's Nomination
• House Passes Fisheries Act Update Opposed By Enviros
• Senate Panel Gearing Up For Kavanaugh Vetting Fight
• What Civil Rights Rulings Could Look Like Under Kavanaugh
• Donziger Vows To Fight Chevron Fraud License Suspension
• Insurer Needn't Cover Crushed Rock Cleanup, Court Says
• New EPA Chief Signals Change In Tone But Not Substance
• Feds Defer Gas Leasing Of Colo. Land To Consult With Tribe
• EPA Says Challenge To Fuel Economy Rollback Too Early
• Pa. County Sued For Bid To Redo Office With Clean Air Funds
• 9th Circ. Pick Treads Fine Line On Environmental Stance
• 3 Top E-Discovery Case Law Lessons Of 2018 (So Far)
• Assessing Lucia's Impact Beyond The SEC
• 'Not A Complicated Case': Kavanaugh's Straightforward Style
• What Enviro Lawyers Need To Know About Kavanaugh
• 2nd. Circ. Says Cravath Need Not Fork Over Shell Docs
• 'Shaky' Evidence Of Roundup-Cancer Link Admissible At Trial
• Dems Need Unified Front To Combat Trump's High Court Pick
• 5 Tips For Kavanaugh As Confirmation Gets Underway
• NY Tribe Member Hit With Fed Suit Over Wetlands Dumping
• Paper Maker Defends Superfund Consent Decree At 7th Circ.
• NY Says FERC Trying To Block Review Of GHG Analysis Order
• Navajo Nation Wants Radiation Compensation Law Expanded
• With Kavanaugh's Nomination, Chevron's Future Looking Grim
• Enviro's Claim Of FERC Industry Bias Rejected By DC Circ.
• Law Schools Must Take A Stand Against Mandatory Arbitration
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Reed Smith Team For Philly Launch
• L Train Project Opponents Fight Bid To Nix Repair Plan Suit
• Fiat Chrysler Looks To Nix Amended Emissions-Cheating Suit
• How Kavanaugh's Conservative Cred, DC Ties Won The Day
• Senate Battle Lines Drawn With Kavanaugh As Trump's Pick
• FERC Approves Natural Gas Pipeline's Startup In NY
• 5 Kavanaugh Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh For Supreme Court
• 9 IPO Launches Exceeding $1.2B Rev Up July Pipeline
• 4 Things To Know About The New EPA Chief
• Mass. Captain Unwittingly Smuggled For 'Codfather,' Atty Says
• 9th Circ. Affirms VW's $10B Diesel Vehicle Deal With Owners
• Exelon Says FERC Order Doesn't Doom Nuke Subsidies
• Split 5th Circ. Tosses La. Bayou Pipeline Injunction
• Ex-DOI Officials Urge Justices To Keep Frog Habitat Ruling
• Federal Gov't Urges Toss Of Klamath Water Level Suit
• Get Your Mass. Brownfields Tax Credits For 5 More Years
• Munich Re To Keep Covering Coal Cos. Despite Industry Trend
• What You Need To Know For The Supreme Court Nomination
• Scott Timber Can't Escape Oregon Logging Project Suit
• EPA Must Rethink Kiln Emissions Rules, DC Circ. Says
• Prosecutors Gain Access To Jones Day Files On Volkswagen
• Pruitt's Legacy At The EPA: Big Goals, Mixed Results
• DC Circ. Overturns FERC License For Alabama Power Co.
• Enviros Ask 4th Circ. To Halt Atlantic Coast Pipeline
• Myths And Facts About Using TAR Across Borders
• NY Property Owners Win Cert. In Chemical Exposure Suit
• Feds, Wis. Defend Superfund Deal At 7th Circ.
• EPA Sends 2015 Ozone Rule To White House For Review
• Tribes Seek To Keep ESA Focus In Klamath Water Level Suit
• Top 6 IRS Attacks On Conservation Easement Deductions
• Shell To Hand Over $3.9M Over 2016 Gulf Oil Spill
• Enviros Fight Army Corps Permit For $5B Gas Pipeline
• Ex-Landfill Users Want Others To Help With Calif. Cleanup
• EPA Will Enforce Conflict Rules At 3 State Air Boards
• Enviros Vow To Fight New EPA Chief After Pruitt Resignation
• FERC's Market Worries Doom Nuke Plant Subsidies, Foes Say
• Pa. Enviro Amendment Can't Expand Brownfield Review
• Tribes Lose Challenge Of Deadline Extension In Water Row
• How Smaller Firms Can Go Global Without Going Bankrupt
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2018
• Global Law Firms Bulk Up In Europe As Brexit Approaches
• Some Good Prop 65 News For Businesses
• 9th Circ. Says Car Owner Can't Intervene In Feds' VW Action
• EPA Extends Comment Period On Cost-Benefit Review Rules
• 3rd Circ. Revives Challenge To Del. River Basin Fracking Ban
• DC Circ. Won't Revisit Decision On EPA Boiler Startup Rule
• Enviros Strike $17M Deal To Drop Suits Over Calif. Projects
• Calif. Panel Clears PG&E Of Punitives In Butte Fire Suits
• FCC Asks DC Circ. To Pause Small-Cell Rule Challenges
• Businesses Sue Transpo Agencies Over Vt. Highway Project
• Pa. Looks To Raise Permit Fee Cost For Fracking Wells
• Environmental Law Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2018
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer
• Texas AG Tells 11 Cities Their Plastic Bag Bans Are Illegal
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• High Court Nomination Watch: 7th Circ.'s Amy Coney Barrett
• Senator Seeks More State Control In ESA Amendments
• Narrow Rulings Reveal Wide Gulfs Between Justices
• 4 High Court Lineups That Might Surprise You
• NJ Fights Trenk DiPasquale Bid For Water Agency Probe Docs
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• Skelos Cleared To Grill Key Witness Over Alleged Misconduct
• FAA Did Shoddy Review Of SoCal Flight Paths, DC Circ. Told
• Exxon, Shell, Citgo Hit With Climate Change Suit By RI
• FERC Order On State Clean Energy Subsidies Roils Markets
• Mo. Strikes $16M Deal With Landfill Over Smelly Reaction
• Trump Plows Ahead With Supreme Court Selection Process
• Feds Sue NY Trucking Co., Manufacturer For Cleanup Costs
• Fla. Faces Upstream Ga. Water Fight, Despite High Court Win
• Jury Awards $25M In Nuisance Suit Over Hog Farm Stench
• Warbler Still Endangered, Feds Tell Court In Texas ESA Suit
• Refiners Blew Chance To Fight Biofuel Regs, EPA Says
• New Earthjustice Prez's Game Plan: Fight Feds, Coax States
• The EPA's New Biofuels Plan And A Residue Of Uncertainty
• A Trump Supreme Court Nominee Can Be Defeated
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Most Talkative Justices Of The Term
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court