Environmental Archive » September, 2018

Environmental - September, 2018

208 articles

• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: 8 Cases To Watch
• Calif. Defies EPA Plan To Reduce Auto Emissions Standards
• Feds Tell 9th Circ. Leases Shouldn't Go Tribe's Way
• Ex-Calif. Solar Farm Worker Loses Appeal For Wage Suit Cert.
• Fuel Tax, Tribal Land Rights On Agenda For High Court
• FERC Beats Challenge To Pipeline Eminent Domain Process
• FERC Must Heal Electricity Policy Rift, Commissioner Says
• PG&E's $4.9M Deal To End SF Bay Toxic Waste Suit Is OK'd
• Dole Unit Nears $26M Atty Fee Win After Beating Shell Suit
• Hog Farm Says NC Law Nullifies Nuisance Verdict
• Sunrun Solar To Shell Out $5.5M To Settle Robocalls Suit
• Up Next At High Court: Justices Kick Off Term Short-Staffed
• Level Solar's Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Needs Trustee, Judge Says
• Plains Pipeline Can't Escape Ill. Oil Spill Lawsuit, Judge Rules
• Trio Of Rulings Gives States More Zero-Carbon Leeway
• Circuits Are Split On CWA's 'Water To Water' Regulation
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Cleary, Choate
• Trenk DiPasquale Aims To Sink Newark Water Agency Suit
• King & Spalding Adds MoFo Environmental Pro To LA Team
• EPA Finalizes Fee Structure For Chemical Control Efforts
• Enviros Sue To Nix Utah, Colo. Oil And Gas Lease Sales
• Construction Co. In BP Suit Pushes Legal Malpractice Claims
• Enviros Sue To Undo Okla. Coal Ash Permit Plan
• NGL Reaches $35M Deal Over Renewable Fuel Fraud Claims
• Monsanto Exec Named Bayer's US General Counsel
• Triggering Civil Authority Coverage After A Natural Disaster
• 2nd Circ. Upholds NY Nuke Plant Subsidies
• Calif.'s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Must Go, 9th Circ. Told
• River Authority Urges Texas Justices To Ax Harvey Deposition
• Del. Justices Asked To Ease Chancery Doc Use Limits
• Power Cos. Strike Deal To Keep Ga. Nuke Project Alive
• NJ's McManimon Scotland, Trenk DiPasquale To Merge
• EPA Reaches Settlement For Philadelphia Superfund Cleanup
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Trump's Safeguards Under Fire
• Enviros Seek Review Of 4th Circ. Coal Ash Decision
• EPA Floats Revision Of Emissions Monitoring Regs
• 5 More GC Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• BOE Pushes Banks To Set Out Risk Plans For Climate Change
• Enviros Ask 4th Circ. To Nix Army Corps' $5B Pipeline Permit
• Judge Renews Oil Leases, Calls Cancellation 'Horsefeathers'
• Tribe Says Gov't Action Needed As Coal Plant Closure Looms
• Accused $54M Ponzi Schemer Duped Retirees, Pa. Jury Told
• 6th Circ. May Push High Court Review Of Groundwater Cases
• Mont. Judge Nixes FWS Decision To Delist Yellowstone Grizzly
• Judging A Book: Block Reviews 'Tough Cases'
• Standard Chartered Says It Will Stop Funding New Coal Plants
• Roundup MDL Seeks More NorCal Bellwether Cases For Trial
• In A Circuit Split, 6th Circ. Limits CWA's Reach
• DC Judge Won't Move National Monument Challenge To Utah
• BLM Must Revert To Old Oil, Gas Policy In Sage Grouse Areas
• Enviros Ramp Up Legal Efforts In Fight Against Trump Agenda
• CIT Nixes Chemical Co.'s Challenge To Duty Refund Denial
• Mass. AG Pans Grid Operator's Power Plant Rescue Plan
• Dow, Shell Accused Of Polluting Drinking Water With TCP
• 8 Innovative Ways To Empower Jurors
• Houston Sued Over Recurring Sewage Overflow Issues
• 7th Circ. Panel Mulls Power To Rule On Acid Waste Permits
• Barrick Gold Escapes Investor Class Action Over Mine Spill
• Medline Agrees On $5M Payment Over Pesticide Claims
• 7th Circ. Got Nuke Subsidy Ruling Wrong, Power Cos. Say
• Landowner Seeks 10th Circ. Redo Of Okla. Drill Permit Suit
• Pa. Developer Says Defamation Ruling At Odds With Prior Suit
• Potential Investors Abandon Talks To Buy Navajo Coal Plant
• Sterigenics Hid Cancer Risk Of Emissions, Ill. Residents Say
• Buyers' Flawed Emissions Tests Doom RICO Suit, Fiat Says
• Sempra Charts Green Energy Exit With $1.5B Con Ed Deal
• Cloud Computing Clearly The Future For Small Firms
• 6th Circ. Revives Flint Employee's Whistleblower Claim
• Judge Won't Halt Workers' Fly Ash Exposure Case
• Calif. Tribe Launches Environmental Review For New Casino
• Energy Storage Must Fully Reap Tax Credit, Sens. Say
• Mont., Wyo. Defend DOI Order Lifting Coal Leasing Ban
• Korean Wind Co. Can't Get Turbine Removal Order Overturned
• Eckert Seamans Adds To Philly Mass Tort, Litigation Groups
• Enviros Fight Revamped Federal Permits For $5B Pipeline
• Leveraging Today's Lateral Associate Market
• DOT Says Hazmat Regs Override Calif. Trucker Break Rules
• 4th Circ. Ruling Dooms Ky. Coal Ash Suit, 6th Circ. Hears
• Fla. Enviros Want Order Freeing Land Buying Funds Enforced
• Costa Rica Prevails In $97M Real Estate Project Row
• Fenwick & West Guides Proterra's $155M Funding Round
• Trump Methane Rollbacks Hand Regulatory Reins To States
• Some Claims In BP Deepwater Suits Time-Barred, Judge Says
• Alaska Natives Back Feds In Row Over Hovercraft Ban
• EPA Asks 5th Circ. To Uphold Effluent Rule Delay
• Alaska Tells DC Circ. Not To Halt 'Roadless Rule' Case
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Weigh In On Nuverra's Ch. 11 'Gifting'
• States Fight To Keep EPA In Suit Over Landfill Emissions
• NJ Enviro Agency Beats Developer's Suit Over Wetlands
• Chevy Drivers Aren't Victims In Emissions Suit, Bosch Says
• Back To School: Stanford's Jeff Fisher Talks Supreme Court
• Genetic Data Holds Opportunities And Risks For Litigants
• Calif., NM Sue Interior Over Reversal Of Methane Rule
• Clearing Up Some Pipeline Permit Questions At 3rd Circ.
• Monsanto Fights To Get $289M Verdict Tossed Or A New Trial
• NJ Justices Side With Unpaid Demo Firms In Salvage Suit
• Consultant Gets 4 Years For Kickback Scheme At NJ Agency
• Chevron Wants Donziger Jailed In Fight Over $9.5B Fine
• 4th Circ. Opinion Curtails Reach Of Clean Water Act
• Enviros Threaten To Sue FWS Over Giraffe ESA Protections
• Global Carbon Taxes Still Lag, But There Is Hope, OECD Says
• FWS Asks Justices To Uphold Decision To End Otter Program
• Preemption Lines Blurred In 9th Circ. Hazmat Fee Ruling
• Interior Finalizes Move On Pulling Back Methane Flaring Rule
• Butterball Says Insurer Blatantly Forum-Shopped In $4M Suit
• EU Probes German Automakers For Emissions Collusion
• HFC Rule Must Suffer Same Fate As Precursor, DC Circ. Hears
• Former US Secretaries Back IFC Immunity In High Court Case
• Drivers Say BMW, Bosch Can't Halt Emissions-Cheating Suit
• DC Circ. Delays Voiding Section Of 2008 Ozone Rule
• EPA Poised To Replace Clean Power Plan, DC Circ. Hears
• Counties Say $1.15B Fla. Rail Line Rife With Deadly Risks
• EPA Erred In Nixing Hardrock Mining Rule, Enviros Say
• Fed. Circ. Flips DuPont PTAB Loss, Axes Chemical Patent
• Anadarko, Insurer Clash On Terms In $100M Deepwater Row
• NJ Court Sinks Attys' Fee Bid In Enviro Co. Row
• 4th Circ. Won't Stop $3.5B Pipeline Work Amid Permit Redo
• Exelon Says 7th Circ. Ruling Dooms NY Nuke Subsidy Fight
• Calif.'s New Rules For Lawyers Move Closer To ABA Model
• Supreme Court Cases Enviro Lawyers Should Watch This Fall
• Tribe Says Enbridge Pipeline Plan Would Skirt Enviro Review
• New Calif. Law Commits Ride-Hailing Cos. To Emissions Cuts
• 9th Circ. Says Teck Can't Nix Tribes' $8.6M Pollution Award
• Maine Says EPA Tribal Water Rulings Should Be Thrown Out
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Calif. Rail Hazmat Transport Fee
• Gov't Seeks Quick Win In FOIA Suit Over Border Wall Docs
• EPA's Expert 'Purge' May Not Be Radical Idea, Judge Says
• 9 BigLaw Firms Pledge $15M For Pro Bono Enviro Efforts
• Congressional Forecast: September
• Know The Limits To Atty Public Statements During A Trial
• Anadarko's $100M Coverage Showdown Rattles Energy Cos.
• Insurer On Hook For $3M Cleanup Of Laundromat Suds Spills
• Firm Behind $289M Win Stays In Roundup MDL Despite Snafu
• Fla. Condo Wants Insurer to Dig It Out Of $25M Sinkhole Loss
• Spain Loses Bid To DQ Arbitrator In German Co.'s Solar Row
• Gold Miners Can't Crack Ore. Mining Regs At 9th Circ.
• House Panel Advances Bill To Bar Nationwide Injunctions
• Yellowstone Grizzly Hunt Blocked For 2 More Weeks
• DOI Asks 10th Circ. To Toss Methane Rule Appeal As Moot
• Fla. Judge Trims Enviros' Nuclear Pollution Suit Against FPL
• 7th Circ. Upholds Ill. Nuke Subsidy Program
• Enviros Take Marianas Live-Fire Testing Suit To 9th Circ.
• Obama-Era Clean Water Rule Blocked In Texas, Miss. And La.
• In Calif., Questions Remain On Law Firm Conflict Waivers
• A Chat With Faegre Client Development Chief Melanie Green
• Law Schools Struggle To Find Themselves In Post-Recession Market
• Exxon Says Investors' Climate Suit Can't Prove Execs' Mindset
• Calif. Faces Big Hurdles To Meet Lofty Carbon-Neutral Goal
• Energy Co.'s Coal Ash Ponds Not Subject To CWA: 4th Circ.
• Casino Challengers To Ask 9th Circ. To Undo Tribe's Win
• Maritime Industry Challenges To Watch: Part 1
• 3rd Circ. Nixes 'Speculative' Cost Allocation In Cleanup Suit
• How A 'Lost Generation' Of Associates Bounced Back
• Sheet Metal Maker Accused Of Polluting San Francisco Bay
• Plains Investors Can't Show They Were Misled, 5th Circ. Hears
• No Quick Win For Insurer In Coverage Suit Over Contract Row
• Zinke Wants States To Take Lead On Hunting, Fishing Rules
• EPA Floats Rollback Of Methane Regs For Oil, Gas Cos.
• Tyco, 3M, Others Want Out Of Foam-Contaminated Water Suit
• Vermonters Want Dechert DQ'd In Alleged Witness Obstruction
• Can BigLaw Avoid Another Associate Purge?
• Exxon Presses High Court To Halt Mass. AG Climate Probe
• New Calif. Laws Challenge Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan
• Calif. Spill Conviction Is A Wake-Up Call For Pipeline Cos.
• Calif. Gov. Signs Bill With Goal Of 100% Carbon-Free Power
• Tribes Launch Fresh Challenge To Keystone XL Approval
• Olin Settles Enviro Cleanup Coverage Feud For $120M
• Kavanaugh's Chevron Skepticism May Impact Enviro Regs
• EQT Can't Dodge $1M Fracking Leak Fine, Pa. Court Says
• The EPA Isn't Putting Asbestos Back Into Buildings
• Has BigLaw Recovered From The Financial Crisis?
• Measuring The Recession's Toll On The Legal Industry
• Enviros Ask 2nd Circ. To Rethink Cooling Water Decision
• Monsanto Can Keep Defenses In San Diego Bay Pollution Row
• FirstEnergy, NRG Escape Pa. Families' Coal-Dumping Suit
• Bondholder's Fixed VW Suit Survives But Can't Be Expanded
• Mining Cos. Say Tribe, Enviros Wrong To Fight BLM Permit
• Enviros Say Tenn. Valley Electricity Rates Chill Alternatives
• Pa. Developer's Defamation Suit Against Enviros Stays Nixed
• SEC, Consultant Lose Quick Win Bids In EB-5 Scheme Suit
• Litigation Funder Adds 8 In UK With An Eye On Group Claims
• 9th Circ. Upholds Ore. Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
• Ecuador's $9.5B Fine On Chevron Was Fraudulent: Tribunal
• Arkema Wants Harvey Chemical Suit Paused For Criminal Trial
• 3rd Circ. Partially Grants NJ Permits In Pipeline Fight
• House Judiciary Panel Approves Expedited Permitting Bill
• Monsanto Can't Round Up Chemical Docs From Advocacy Org
• FERC Chair Denies WH Collaboration On Coal, Nuke Bailout
• State AGs Join Fight Over DOI Flip On Migratory Bird Kills
• Ex-DNC Chair Ducks Visa Scheme Suit By Chinese Investors
• Canadian Energy Co. Invests $80M In Japanese Solar Plant
• What The Arkema Indictment Means For Chemical Cos.
• PennDOT Settles Stormwater Case With Reduction Programs
• Greenpeace Looks To End Dakota Pipeline RICO Suit
• Drivers Say Bosch, GM Can't Ax Diesel Emissions RICO Suit
• Kinder Morgan Takes Groundwater Case To High Court
• Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Nix Mountain Valley Pipeline Approval
• Ill. Energy Co. Says US Treasury Owes For Solar Grant
• Local Gov'ts Want In On Fight Over Fuel Economy Rollback
• Enviros Urge Judge Not To Freeze Clean Water Rule Decision
• EPA's Clean Energy Proposal: 6 Key Points
• 3rd Circ. Bats Down Permit Challenge To $1.9B Pa. Pipeline
• EPA Can't Escape Gold King Mine Claims, Court Told
• DOI Eyeing Long-Sought Revamp For Restoration Program
• CPP Case Delays Must End, Supporters Tell DC Circ.
• EPA Can't Justify Pruitt Travel Expenses, IG Report Says
• Mass. Top Court Says Emission Caps Apply To Electric Cos.
• Back To School: Widener's Rod Smolla Talks Free Speech