Environmental Archive » August, 2018

Environmental - August, 2018

272 articles

• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Cravath Shell Doc Decision
• Army Corps Backs DAPL Enviro Review In Row With Tribes
• New Pass-Through Deduction Will Pass Over Many Lawyers
• Trump Taps EPA Region Head To Lead Chemical Safety Office
• EU To End Anti-Dumping Duties On Chinese Solar Panels
• 8 Supreme Court Cases Energy Lawyers Should Watch
• Latino Groups Sue For Texas Detention Site, Toxic Waste Info
• VW Insists Drivers Who Sold Cars Pre-Scandal Are Unharmed
• How Reckless Judicial Impeachments Threaten Rule Of Law
• DC Circ. Won't Pause $3.5B Mountain Valley Pipeline Work
• Tribunal To Mull If Ukraine's Russia Maritime Dispute Is OK
• Judging A Book: Fogel Reviews 'Good Judgment'
• A New Direction For EPA Enforcement Program
• Court Halts 1st Yellowstone Grizzly Hunts In 40 Years
• Canada Court Nixes Approval Of Trans Mountain Pipeline
• 5 Key Takeaways From Calif.'s Carbon-Free Power Bill
• EPA Beats Enviros' 9th Circ. Challenge To Montana Air Plan
• Drivers Say They're Victims In Fiat Chrysler Emissions Scam
• Enviros, Dems Slam Proposed EPA Mercury Rule Move
• Appeals Court Flips Enviro Dredging Suit For Cape Cod Town
• Enviro Sues Chemours, Alleging NC Water Contamination
• Talen Unit Faces Lawsuit Threat Over Power Plant Pollution
• 10 Ways To Prevent E-Discovery Woes
• Alaska Sides With DOI In Enviros' Suit Over Land-Swap Deal
• Industry Backs White House NEPA Review, Enviros Skeptical
• 9th Circ. Doubts Monsanto's Claim PCB Suit's A Federal Matter
• Pa. High Court Denies 2 Sunoco Pipeline Zoning Appeals
• VW, Bosch Say 3 Dealership Suits Must Be Axed
• Attys Dodge Construction Co.'s Malpractice Suit In BP MDL
• Affordable Clean Energy Rule: A New Path To GHG Reduction
• VW Inks $48M Deal To End Defeat-Device Securities Claims
• Calif. Assembly Votes To Use Only Carbon-Free Energy By 2045
• 3 Takeaways From The VW Compliance Monitor's Report
• Landfill Operator Must Face Theft Charges, NJ Court Says
• Sessions Aide Confirmed To Lead DOJ Civil Division
• Jury To Don 3D Glasses At $36M Olin Enviro Coverage Trial
• Oakland, SF Seek 9th Circ. Revival Of Climate Change Suits
• Nautilus Solar Energy Acquires Mass., NY Portfolio
• Insurer Had Duty In Tribal Rights Dispute, Wash. Court Says
• Tribes, Enviros Tell DC Circ. $3.5B Pipeline Pause Warranted
• Chinese Electric Carmaker Nio Launches $1.16B IPO
• EPA Tells High Court Its Power To Curb HFCs Is Limited
• Chinese Exporter Goes To CIT To Protest Solar Cell Tariffs
• 4 Key Components To New Firm Partnership Agreements
• 2 Cape Cod Resorts Illegally Dumping Sewage, Enviros Say
• Dow Looks To Sink Enviros' Weedkiller Suit
• High Court Pressed To Undo Groundwater Permitting Ruling
• Maine City's Oil Export Ban Survives Pipeline Co. Challenge
• Feds Agree To Set Humpback Habitat Decision Deadlines
• Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Powers Up Growing IPO Pipeline
• Navajo, States Fight Contractors' Bid To Nix Oil Spill Claims
• 3 Men Indicted For $511M Renewable Fuel Tax Credit Scheme
• Why Lead Paint Litigation May Go To The Supreme Court
• On Harvey Anniversary, Voters OK $2.5B Flood Bond Package
• Open The Federal Courthouses
• Ex-DOT Worker Will Be Deposed In Fiat Chrysler Investor Suit
• DOI Seeks End To Yellowstone Grizzly Delisting Suit
• VW Says Drivers Who Sold Cars Before Scandal Can't Sue
• Senate Dems Press Judiciary For Kavanaugh Enviro Docs
• Calif. Panel Reverses Block Of Hollywood Target Superstore
• FERC, Energy Cos. Fight Pipeline Pause Bid At DC Circ.
• EPA Asks SC Court To Delay Effect Of Water Rule Decision
• Rail Car Cleaning Co., Owners Charged After Worker Deaths
• Fla. Counties Can't Block $1.15B Rail Line, DOT Argues
• States Urge Nationwide Injunction For EPA, Corps Water Rule
• 4th Circ. Won't Halt $5B Pipeline Pending Permit Review
• Monsanto Faces 8,000 Glyphosate Suits, Bayer CEO Says
• Shinnecock Members' Fishing Suit Must Be Nixed, NY Says
• Green Groups Ask High Court to Review Border Wall Decision
• Canada's High Court Nixes Bid To Halt Hot-Button Pipeline
• Pa. Court Won't Broadly Ax Notification Rules For Frackers
• Coast Guard Sued Over Enbridge Pipeline In Great Lakes
• Calif. Gas Storage Rules Impose New Burdens On Operators
• Deny Enviros Quick Win In Alaska Land Swap Suit: DOI
• TerraForm Global Wants Option To Terminate $57M Settlement
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Conrail's Cleanup Coverage Appeal
• Brexit: Bracing For A No-Deal Scenario
• Level Solar Files Ch. 11 Plan Amid Calls To Convert Case
• Trump Power Plant Plan Leaves 'Loophole,' Enviros Say
• NYC Residents' L Train Shutdown Suit Dropped
• Navy, DOD Get Quick Win On Live-Fire Site Plans In Pacific
• Wind Co. Claims Treasury Underpaid $4M From Grant Program
• Arkema Case Raises Post-Harvey Stakes For Energy Cos.
• IRS Takes Uncharitable View Of Property Donation Deductions
• Crowell & Moring Lands Ex-EPA Enviro, Gov't Affairs Pro
• Mass. DEP's Denial Of Harbor Project Upheld On Appeal
• Ariz. Agency Shouldn't Be Forced To Buy Coal Power: Tribe
• High Court Sets Arguments For Tribal Tax, Hovercraft Cases
• Sherwin-Williams Ducks Class Action Over NJ Pollution
• Ex-Fisker Auto Board Member Can't Escape Shareholder Suit
• Kan. Man Used Prop 65 As 'Weapon,' Calif. Panel Says
• Texas Enviro Agency Wants Plants' Pollution Tax Break Axed
• 3rd Circ. Says It Can't Hear Del.'s Challenge To EPA Delay
• DC Circ. Panel Nixes Parts Of EPA's Coal Ash Rule
• Electronics Co. Asks 9th Circ. To Ax Cleanup Coverage Loss
• Biz Groups Urge High Court To Hear Sherwin-Williams Case
• Exxon Investors' Climate Suit Turns Up The Heat On Oil Cos.
• Harvey Bond Vote Could Send $2.5B To Flood Control Projects
• 'High Availability' — A Key Term In Law Firm IT Strategy
• EPA's Plan To Replace CPP Sets Stage For Court Battle
• Nevada Agency's Negligence Caused Wildfire, Jury Says
• Gov't Seeks Toss Of Tribal Groups' Coal Mine Suit
• Ex-Napoli Bern Atty Wants $4M Award Against Firm Confirmed
• Sens. Ask Army To Explain Efforts To Address Lead On Bases
• Gov't Lands $5M Judgment In Solar Energy False Claims Suit
• Voluntary Calif. Tax Proposed To Fund Clean Water Projects
• Ill. Refinery Agrees To 'Massive Cleanup' Of Tainted Soil
• BMW, Bosch Aim To Put Brakes On Emissions-Cheating Suit
• EPA Blasts Navajo, States' Mine-Spill MDL Special Master Pick
• Exxon, Gov't Get Partial Wins In Pollution Cleanup Suit
• Post-Harvey Coverage Suits Fall, But Causation Rows Linger
• The 'Post-Fact' Jury In The 'Fake News' Era
• Section 45Q Tax Credit Increase May Spur Carbon Capture
• The Future Of State-Subsidized Electric Generation Resources
• 1 Year After Harvey Houston Courts Sharing Space, Making Do
• Bowles Rice, Insurer Resolve $41M Fight On Eve Of Trial
• 9th Circ Tells FWS To Revisit Fish ESA Listing Decision
• Investors Must Arbitrate $3.2M Row With Burial-Alternative Co.
• Boeing Dumping Deadly Chemicals In Wash. River, Suit Says
• NY, Others 'Stand Ready' To Fight Over Scientific Study Rule
• Demolition Co. Founder Sues Over Termination Dispute
• General Mills Didn't Warn Of Weedkiller In Cheerios, Suit Says
• DC Circ. Vacates EPA Delay Of Chemical Safety Rule
• Anderson Kill Woos Back Insurance Pro From Lowenstein
• Dallas Says Gov't Immunity Stops Stericycle Wastewater Suit
• Utah Tribal Leaders Want BLM To Halt Monument Plans
• Enviro Groups Get Quick Win In Clean Water Rule Delay Row
• German Auto Giants Knock 'Whole Car Conspiracy' MDL
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Tribe's $200M Water Suit Against Gov't
• Peering Behind The Peer Review Curtain
• Calif. Water Scraps Bid For Holding Co. After Offer Rejected
• 6th Circ. Revives Kyocera's Challenge To Supply Contract
• Judging A Book: Lipez Reviews 'Last Great Colonial Lawyer'
• Will Law Schools Start Counting 'Generation ADA'?
• Enviros Sue Feds For More Orca Protection
• Tribes Allowed To Intervene In Small-Cell Rule Challenges
• Plants' Poor Planning Caused Extra Pollution After Harvey
• NJ Man Charged With Illegal Import Of Scorpions, Millipedes
• 4th Circ. Refuses Request To Halt Atlantic Coast Pipeline
• Monsanto's $289M Roundup Loss Ripples Across Industries
• Enviros Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Yuba River Fish Lawsuit
• A Chat With Ogletree Knowledge Chief Patrick DiDomenico
• Time To Update Prop 65 Warnings For Residential Rentals
• China Takes Broad WTO Swipe At US Clean Energy Rules
• State Dept. Must Do New Study For New Keystone XL Route
• 10th Circ. Says NM Water Deal Objectors Lack Standing
• Calif. Court Rejects Enviros' Bid To Close Injection Wells
• US Trustee Backs Ex-CEO's Bid To Convert Level Solar Ch. 11
• Mintz Levin Snags Ex-Jeffer Mangels Enviro Pro In Calif.
• Energy Dept. Promises $9M For Tribal Energy Projects
• Navajo Will Oversee 12 More Drinking Water Systems: EPA
• Housing Agency Must Face New Yorkers' Suit Over Lead Paint
• Suniva Can Move Forward With Creditor Equipment Eviction
• DC Circ. Won't Halt FCC's Next-Gen Rule Amid Challenges
• 8th Circ. Allows ND, Energy Cos. $1.3M In Fees In Minn. Row
• Exxon Investors' Climate Suit Beats Dismissal Bid
• How One Firm Moved The Needle On Disability Inclusion
• Alaska, Groups Weigh In On High Court Hovercraft Ban Case
• Skadden-Led Chinese Electric Carmaker Files $1.8B IPO
• Bosch, GM Want RICO Suit Over Diesel Emissions Tossed
• Feds Give Green Light For Proposed Alaska Gold Mine
• Fiat Chrysler Must Face 'Dirty' Engine RICO Suit, Court Told
• US Can't Ease Mexican Import Ban Protecting Porpoise: CIT
• Trusts' $11.7M Fuel Tax Credit Appeal Burned In DC Circ.
• Ill. AG Takes On Trump Tower Over Wastewater Permit
• Unclear Which Way Wind Blows After Reversal Of Alta Wind
• Tesla's Latham-Guided Panel To Study Take-Private Scenarios
• Horticultural Biz Broke Preservation Rules, NJ Justices Say
• Interview Essentials For Attorneys On The Move
• David Boies On How Dyslexia Shaped His Practice
• BigLaw's Mental Health Stigma Shows Signs Of Fading
• Suniva Creditor Sues To Halt Removal Of Solar Cell Equipment
• Energy Cos. Win Nix Of Suit On Okla. Quake Insurance Costs
• Dentons Grows In Latin America With New Chilean Office
• Dominion Seeks OK For Some Atlantic Coast Pipeline Work
• Japanese Utilities Buy Stakes In $2.6B Innogy Wind Farm
• Enviros Can't Stop Calif. Housing Permit Over Density Worries
• DHS Says Enviro Challenge To Border Wall Waiver Is Moot
• San Diego Beats Monsanto Water Pollution Counterclaims
• Texas Enviro Agency Can't Escape Age And Race Bias Suit
• Enviros To Fight FERC's PennEast Pipeline Approval In Court
• NYC Restaurant Group Fights Foam Ban At Appeals Court
• Phillips 66 Refinery Hit With $475K Penalty Over Modifications
• Ariz. Agency Wants Quick Win In Water Rights Row
• KKR Gets Stake In Indian Enviro Engineering Co. for $530M
• Clerking For Ginsburg
• Gaining Access: Disabled Lawyers Share Their Stories
• How The Legal Industry Lets Down Lawyers With Disabilities
• FERC's Independence Under Threat, Ex-Commissioners Say
• Ex-Massey CEO Asks W.Va. High Court To Put Him On Ballot
• Chinese Wind Energy Co. Can Enforce $70M Arbitration Award
• EPA Must Regulate Stormwater Pollution In LA, Court Rules
• Watchdog Wants Probe Into EPA Chief's Lobbying Disclosures
• Monsanto Owes $289M In Landmark Roundup Cancer Trial
• Pa. Drilling Law Case Could Set New Enviro Rights Standards
• Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Yardena Zwang-Weissman
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 3 Surprises
• Enviros Point 9th Circ. To Pipeline Ruling In Wind Farm Appeal
• Ariz. Agency Need Not Consider Water Reserves, Court Says
• Port Has Right To Cleanup Costs From Union Pacific: Judge
• States Back High Court Challenge To Hovercraft Ruling
• Oil & Gas Co. Wins Water Use Fight With Texas Landowner
• 9th Circ. Forces EPA Action On Risky Pesticide
• Top 5 NDAA Provisions On Energy And The Environment
• Orsted Bolsters Wind Farm Biz With $580M Acquisition
• Wash. Tribe Urges Supreme Court To Review Fishing Decision
• Clerking For Ginsburg: A Superhero Supreme
• Rising Star: Kelley Drye's William Petit
• Nevada Let Controlled Burn Turn Into Wildfire, Jury Told
• BLM Wants Input For Enviro Analysis Of Calif. Fracking
• Texas Panel Zaps Power Co.'s Tax Break On Steam Generators
• SoCalGas Reaches $119.5M Deal In Calif. Gas Leak Litigation
• Enviros See Claims Trimmed In Highway Project Challenge
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Alexandra Farmer
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 RBG Lessons On Having It All
• 3 Firms Steer Starwood's $2.6B GE Energy Finance Biz Deal
• Insurers Face FCA Scrutiny Over Climate Risk Claims
• Monsanto Owes $412M For Roundup 'Reckoning,' Jury Hears
• Economist Urges DOI To Rethink Climate Cost Of Coal Leases
• Builder Owes Pump Station's Fired Subcontractor: 8th Circ.
• Level Solar Grilled By Court Over Ch. 11 Case Progress
• EPA Increases Limits On Climate-Friendly Refrigerants
• Ship Pilots Group Not On Hook For Chemical Spill In Collision
• Fiat Chrysler Says RICO Emissions MDL Uncertifiable
• FERC Says NY Officials Too Late On $455M Pipeline Permit
• Tackling Digital Class Notice With Rule 23 Changes
• Ex-Navistar CEO Slams Competitors' Bid To Protect EPA Docs
• Clerking For Ginsburg: How To Play The Long Game
• Rising Star: King & Spalding's Elizabeth Taber
• Monsanto Faces Punitives Bid As Cancer Trial Nears End
• FERC Halts Construction Of $3.5B Mountain Valley Pipeline
• 3 NM Dems Slam EPA For Gold King Compensation Delays
• Ex-Employees' SunEdison Stock-Drop Suit Nixed Again
• Park Service Permit For $5B Pipeline Vacated By 4th Circ.
• Pa. Justices Order Redo In Residential Drilling Challenge
• Sunoco Faces Another Penalty Over Mariner East Pipeline
• Exxon Urges 2nd Circ. To Revive Challenge To Climate Probes
• Clerking For Ginsburg: In Pursuit Of Precision
• NY Offshore Wind Plan Spotlights Jones Act Compliance
• Racist, Sexist Behavior Rampant At Boston Agency, Suit Says
• Jury Awards $473.5M In Nuisance Suit Over Hog Farm
• Arkema, CEO Indicted For Harvey Chemical Release
• Fiat Chrysler Subpoenas Trimmed In Tailpipe-Fraud Loss Suit
• Morocco Faces $75M Claim If Landfill Deal Pulled, Cos. Warn
• VW, Bondholders Spar Over Axing Emissions Fraud Suit
• SEC Ends Exxon Climate Probe Without Charges
• Tutor Perini Unit Lands $121M Calif. Water Tunnel Project
• 5th Circ. Frees Texas State Agencies From Superfund Suit
• Clerking For Ginsburg: My RBG Guide To Judging
• Mich., Gov. Dropped From Bias Suit Over Flint Water Crisis
• DOD Beats Enviros' Challenge To Japanese Base Relocation
• Fiat, Bosch Face Uphill Fight In Axing MDL's RICO Claims
• Auto Emissions Plan Puts Trump, Calif. On Collision Course
• More Tribes Want In On Small-Cell FCC Rule Challenge
• CNA Needn't Defend Atty DQ'd From Deepwater Deal
• Lien Holders May Challenge Land Use Plans, NJ Justices Say
• Covington Snags Ex-Paul Hastings Energy Pro For SF Office
• GM Trims Claims From Drivers' Emissions-Cheating Suit
• It's Prime Time For A Dose Of Reality On Brett Kavanaugh
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 Things I Learned
• Trump Admin. Targets Obama Auto Emissions Standards
• Lloyds Ends New Coal Plant-Funding Amid Green Fears
• Enviro Group Loses Bid To Revive State Pipeline Challenge
• NJ Targets Cos. With Pollution Suits, Some First Since '08
• Importer Protests Commerce's Instructions On Solar Modules
• Senate Grills EPA Chief On Auto Emissions, Renewable Fuels
• EPA Says It Doesn't Plan To Revisit 2015 Ozone Rule
• DOI, Enviros, Tribe Ask Justices To Pass On Uranium Ban
• Construction Co. Says Deceptive Fees Tolled Class' Claims
• 4th Circ. Backs Water Permit For Mountain Valley Pipeline
• Cos. Must Prepare For Collective Consumer Suits In Germany
• Clerking For Ginsburg: The Equality Lessons