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Environmental - October, 2018

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• Groundskeeper Accepts Slashed $78M Roundup Award
• 2nd Circ. Won't Decide On Discovery Yet In Tanker Spill Suit
• Hawaiian High Court OKs Construction Permit For Telescope
• In Immunity Case, Justices Ask What Meaning Of Word 'Is' Is
• Residents Seek Atty DQ In Toxic Dumping Suit
• Wash. Court Says Forest Board's Manual Not Enforceable
• EPA Admin Judge Hits Defeat Device Co. With $4.2M Penalty
• Transco Pipeline Access Is Constitutional, 3rd Circ. Says
• Enviros, Utilities Cross Swords Over EPA's La. Haze Plan
• Ameren Aims To Boot Sierra Club From Coal Plant Suit
• 4th Circ. Says Judge Can't Gag Parties In Hog Farm Trials
• Ill. AG Sues Sterigenics Alleging Pollution Problems
• Enviros' Challenge To EPA Effluent Rule Delay Tossed
• EPA Floats Rule To Bolster Air Protection For Wash. Tribe
• FERC Can't Carry Water For Trump Agenda: Commissioner
• Wyo. Trespass Laws Targeting Ag Researchers Struck Down
• Pa. Fracking Decision Gives Towns Long-Awaited Answers
• DEP Stops Work On Pa. Pipeline, Cites Unreported Problems
• Enviros, EPA Argue Over Acceptable River Pollution Levels
• Pa. County Says Enviro Groups Can't Sue Over Fund Use
• NYC Museum Expansion Halted At Enviro Group's Request
• PPL Sued For $733M Over Mont. Hydroelectric Facilities Sale
• Nation's Biggest Natural Gas Plant Settles EPA Pollution Row
• Feds Ask Justices To Nix Enviros' Border Wall Challenge
• Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends
• Judge To Limit Jury Screenings In Roundup Bellwether MDL
• Justices Won't Hear Chevron Test Over FWS Otter Program
• Enviro Exec Wins $1M In Mass. Court Flip For Lost Bonus
• Auto Emissions Rollback Draws Unexpected Opposition
• Enviros Can't Sue FERC In NJ, Judge Says In PennEast Fight
• NY's Exxon Suit Brings Wall Street Into Climate Change Fight
• EPA Floats Delay Of Obama-Era Landfill Methane Standards
• Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice
• Paul Hastings Must Face Suit Over Lighter Co. Deal
• Cities On Edge As High Court Weighs Kids' Climate Suit
• Pa. Appeals Court Upholds Town's Fracking Law
• Ex-Napoli Bern Atty Seals $4M Win In Fee Fight With Firm
• RFRA Beats Natural Gas Act, Catholic Order Tells High Court
• Conn. Beats Suit Over Clean Energy, Efficiency Fund Sweep
• Texas LNG Project Alone Won't Have Major Impact: FERC
• Oregon Gov. Bars Offshore Drilling In A Rebuke To Trump
• Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'
• DOI Rolls Back Some Offshore Drilling Safety Regs
• Pa. Green Amendment A Wild Card For Energy Cos., Attys Say
• EPA Seeks To Stall States' Fight Over Landfill Emissions
• Mich., Ford Deal As Toxic As Industrial Dumping, Judge Told
• Enviros Say Fla. Gov.'s Conflicts Bar Power Plant Vote
• 9th Circ. Changes Mind On Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Claim
• Exxon, Chevron, Others Keep Gas Additive Suit In Fed. Court
• Donziger Is Thumbing His Nose At Injunction, Chevron Says
• Youths Lack Standing In Climate Suit, Feds Tell Justices
• NY AG Seeks Judge's Recusal In Exxon Climate Fraud Suit
• Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination
• 4 Years Of WIFIA: What Works, What Doesn't And P3 Potential
• Chevron Agrees To $160M Upgrade, $3M Fine In Gov't Deal
• Wash. Official Ducks Coal Permit Suit On Immunity Grounds
• Acting EPA Boss Touts Deregulatory Push At Gas Conference
• Offshore Oil And Gas Drilling In Alaska Gets OK From DOI
• Chatterjee Replaces Ailing McIntyre As FERC Chairman
• Enviros Ask High Court Not To Take Up CWA Authority Fight
• NY AG Sues Exxon Over Hiding Climate Risks From Investors
• NJ Water Agency Hits Back At Trenk DiPasquale Judgment Bid
• Enviros Say FERC Pa. Pipeline Approval Fight Is Valid
• Utilities' Build-Transfer Deals Spur Renewable Projects
• Bosch Must Face RICO Suit Over Chevy Cruze Emissions
• Grain Co. Gets Initial OK For $50M Deal In Air Quality Suit
• Ex-Balch & Bingham Atty Gets 5 Years In Ala. Bribery Case
• Enviros Ask 6th Circ. To Rethink Decision On CWA's Reach
• Green Groups Ask High Court To Sink CWA Groundwater Suit
• Monsanto Bid To Uproot Farmers' Class Claims Rejected
• Enviro Group Blasts Trump's Pick For FWS Director
• Pa. Justices Told Town Had Good Reason To Block Gas Well
• Why Enviros, Agencies Disagree On Safe Glyphosate Levels
• Utes Say Group Of Members Don't Belong In Monument Suit
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's Amendments Of Maine Dam Licenses
• Landmark Roundup Verdict Survives, But Cut Down By $211M
• Wash. Court Revives Worker Death Lawsuit Against GE Unit
• Fisheries Monitoring Rule Too Lax, DC Circ. Hears
• US Can't Shake Porpoise-Related Mexican Seafood Ban
• Native, Animal Groups Launch Privacy-Based Climate Suit
• Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Review EPA Inaction On Smog
• Green Groups Challenge EPA Coal Ash Rule Relaxation
• EU Approves France's €200M Self-Made Electricity Plan
• WTO Members Probe China's Scrap Material Import Ban
• Kids Urge Supreme Court To Let Climate Suit Proceed
• Chief Justice Pauses Kids' Climate Suit Ahead Of Trial
• GreenTech Auto Fetches $50M Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Bid
• 3 States Say Controversial Water Rule Infringes Their Rights
• Three Firms Guide Launch Of $508M In IPOs
• Trump Looks To Ease Burdens On Western Water Projects
• Vinson & Elkins Adds Former DOJ Enviro Pro
• EPA Withdraws Obama-Era Uranium Mining Safety Rule
• Cos. Urge High Court To Review Toxic Tort Class Action
• Pa. State Senator Pushes Bill To Limit Plastic Straw Use
• FWS Not Posting Elephant, Lion Trophy Records Online: Suit
• Need Litigation Finance? Don't Skip These 5 Steps
• ​Are You Ready For Your Congressional Investigation?
• A Closer Look At EPA Inspector General's New Strategic Plan
• Zinke Touts New Moves On Offshore Wind Development
• Enviros' Challenge To Wis. Highway Project Tossed
• Enviros Sue Trump Admin. Over Border Wall Exemptions
• Fiat Chrysler Slams Drivers' Expert In EcoDiesel MDL
• US Presses High Court Again To End Kids' Climate Suit
• EPA's New Approach To Interstate Air Pollution Under CAA
• French Renewable Energy Provider Neoen Prices €628M IPO
• Calif. Court Sides With State In Coastal Land Planning Row
• Enviros Sue FWS To Protect 550,000 Acres Of Bird's Habitat
• A High Court Milestone Stirs Hope Of Gender Parity
• Wash. Climate Suit Against Big Oil Stayed Amid Appeal
• Bosch Presses Bid To Sink Ford Pickup Truck Emissions Suit
• Pa. Exceeded Legal Authority With Fracking Rules, Panel Told
• Top House Armed Services Dem Rips Trump Coal Export Plan
• EPA's Science Review, Truck Emissions Rules On Back Burner
• Spain Says EU Court Order Dooms Energy Co.'s €53M Award
• Enviros Sue For Info On Massive LA County Development
• 6th Circ. Creates Deep Divide Over Reach Of CWA
• How The Affordable Clean Energy Rule Impacts Oil And Gas
• Energy Exec Who Hired Percoco's Wife Gets 14 Months
• Insurer Owes Hotel After Carbon Monoxide Leak: 10th Circ.
• Maxus Ch. 11 Asset Stripping Arguments Set For December
• San Jacinto River Authority Claims Immunity In Takings Row
• Farmers Say Don't Kill Monsanto Antitrust Claims In MDL
• Trump's Rulemaking Agenda Aims To Cut $18B In Costs
• AT&T Looks To Nix Cable Contamination Suit
• Tribe Looks To Nix DOI's Bid To Move Drilling Suit To ND
• A Holistic Approach To Client Retention
• Skadden, Cleary Steer Hanwha Solar Cell Tie-Up
• Enviro Says Gov't Border Wall Docs Not Exempt From FOIA
• The Path To Becoming A Supreme Court Advocate
• Tribes Slam FCC Small-Cell Rule At DC Circ.
• Greenspoon Marder Adds Atty For NY Cannabis Tax Practice
• A Chat With Allens Pricing Chief Pier D'Angelo
• EPA Missing Deadlines On SO2 Enforcement, Enviros Say
• Audi Fined $925M In Germany Over Diesel Emissions
• Energy Policy Goes To The Polls In Western US States
• Gender Disparity At The High Court: How Top Law Firms Measure Up
• Ailing Lobster Poacher Asks 2nd Circ. For New Sentence
• Pipeline Co. Wants $1.5M In Atty Fees For Frivolous Suit
• Railroads Dispute Damages In Wis. Superfund Cleanup Fight
• Supreme Court Passes On Calif. Water Rights Fee Battle
• Colo. Climate Suit Belongs In Federal Court, Oil Cos. Say
• Enviros Warn FERC That Ore. Hydro Project May Hurt Fish
• Chicago Suburb Says Utilities Should Fund Hazard Study
• Justices Asked To Revive Va. Consumers' Hyundai Gas Claims
• US Can't Avoid Trial In Kids' Climate Change Suit
• Sherwin-Williams, ConAgra Denied Cert In Lead Cleanup Suits
• Oil & Gas Development Goes On Trial With Colo. Voters
• Supreme Court Women: A Vet & 1st-Timer Talk Gender Disparity
• Will The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar Be Female?
• Landowners' Counsel DQ'd In Okla. Pollution Suit
• NJ Files Suit Over Unfilled FOIA Request For Drilling Docs
• Alaska Hunter Says Feds Can't Justify Hovercraft Ban
• US Appeals To 9th Circ. To Stay Kids' Climate Change Suit
• 10th Circ. Tosses Dow Pollution Class Attys' Fee Appeal
• Pa. Jury Convicts 'Deal-Closer' In $54M Ponzi Scheme
• Biz, Defense Groups Back Exxon Fight Against Climate Probe
• Van Ness Feldman Expands With 5 Partners In Calif., DC
• Manning Gross, Kurowski Shultz To Join Forces In January
• The ABA Was Dead Wrong About Model Rule 8.4(g)
• Insurance Co. Fights Coverage Over Malibu Home Defects
• Permian Water Disposal A Thorn In Our Side, Oil Execs Say
• Co. Has Duty To Asbestos Worker's Family, Va. Court Finds
• US, Mining Co. Say No More Tribal Claims In Mine Permit Case
• Senate Gives Nod For Top DOJ Enviro Post After Long Wait
• PJM Boss Critical Of Trump's Coal, Nuke Bailout Efforts
• Lithium Producer Livent Raises $340M After IPO Falls Short
• The Supreme Court Should Become Boring
• 3M, Others Try To Pause Foam Contamination Suits For MDL
• Back To School: BC's Kent Greenfield Talks Corporate Law
• NJ Order Gives Offshore Wind A Firmer Footing
• The Rise In ESG Investing — And What Boards Can Do
• Monsanto Nears $250M Slash Of Landmark Roundup Verdict
• Enviros Ask Ga. Court To Uphold EPA, Army Corps Water Rule
• DOI Facing FOIA Suit Over Zinke Travel Records
• Ute Tribe Seeks Judge's Recusal In Tribal Water Theft Suit
• Enviros Denied Rehearing Of 4th Circ. Coal Ash Decision
• Simpson Thacher, Stikeman Elliott Steer $2.8B Enviro Biz Deal
• Sunoco Wants Pa. Pipeline Damage Class Action Trimmed
• Senate Sends Water Infrastructure Legislation To Trump
• Bosch Says Conspiracy Claims In Emissions Suit Groundless
• Ky. Utility Wants 6th Circ. Redo On Groups' Pollution Claims
• Kavanaugh Cannot Be Compelled To Recuse Himself
• DOI Seeks To End Losing Candidates' Tribal Election Suit
• DOT Aims To Dump Fla. Counties' Bid To Bar $1.15B Rail Line
• 'Chemo Brain' Should Expedite 2nd Roundup Trial, Judge Told
• OK To Have Electric Car Credit Repeal In Larger Deal: Senator
• 7th Circ. Won't Budge From Ill. Nuke Subsidy Ruling
• Justices Allow SG To Argue Wash. Fuel Tax Applies To Tribe
• ND Tribal Landowners Hit Texas Oil Cos. With Pipeline Suit
• Mining Association Asks 9th Circ. To Revisit Oregon Regs
• High Court Won't Review NY Honeywell Cleanup Fight
• Dutch Appeals Court Backs Greenhouse Gas Reduction Order
• Knowledge Management: An Unsung Hero Of Legal Innovation
• High Court Unlikely To Solve ESA Issues In Frog Habitat Case
• High Court Won't Review Invalidation Of EPA Rule For HFCs
• Stay Of Kids' Climate Suit Sought Pending High Court Review
• EPA Defends Lower-Than-Requested Biodiesel Quotas
• 6 Firms To Guide 5 IPOs Exceeding $1B Led By Lithium Co.
• Carbon Pricing Talk Heats Up Amid State-Federal Policy Rift
• Gov't Seeks To Appeal Ruling On Tribal Dam Maintenance
• European Investment Bank Loans $242M For Wind Project
• Mining Co. Says No Class Cert. In Brazil Dam Collapse Case
• Changes To RFS Needed To Save Refiners, DC Circ. Hears
• 3rd Circ. Puts Chem Co. On Hook For Past Cleanup Costs
• Enviros Tell DC Circ. EPA's CAA Order Dodged Public Review
• Presidents Can Create Offshore Monuments, Judge Says
• Counties Seek 9th Circ. Revival Of VW Emissions Claims
• Feds Get Win In Suit Over WWII Hazardous Waste Cleanup
• NC City's Residents Say CSX Liable After Florence Flooding
• EPA Inspector General Sets Ambitious Five-Year Plan
• NL Industries Reaches $13M Deal To Settle Superfund Claims
• Ex-Fuel Co. Exec Pleads Guilty To $4M Biodiesel Tax Scheme
• FERC Says Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Can Start Shipping Gas
• GOP AGs Back Big Oil's Bid To Ditch Wash. Climate Suit
• How New Prop 65 Amendments Impact Calif. Businesses
• Del. High Court Won't Decide Chancery Doc Appeal After All
• VW Must Face Claims Of Drivers Who Sold Cars Pre-Scandal
• Emissions Crackdown Stretches To Small Auto Parts Makers
• DC Circ. Hears Challenges To Cross-State Emissions Regs
• Ill. Wants Sterigenics Plant Closed Amid Cancer Concerns
• Georgia Plant Manager Indicted On CWA Violations
• Calif. Man Says Monsanto Can't Get Redo After $298M Win
• Trump Taps DOE Policy Head For FERC Commissioner Slot
• Skip The New 'Civility Courses' And Think Like A Lawyer
• Exxon Investors Fight Oil Co.'s 2nd Bid To Ditch Climate Suit
• 3rd Circ. Revives Medical Costs Row Over Navy's Toxic Spills
• Why Law Firms Should Monitor The Dark Web
• Ailing Lobster Thief Settles $37M Fight With Feds For $7M
• CEQA Doesn't Require Health Analysis, Calif. High Court Told
• Munck Wilson Brings On Complex Litigation Partner In Dallas
• Stakeholder Cries Foul Over $270M Sale Of Colo. Wind Farm
• 4th Circ. Nixes Army Corps Permit For $3.5B Pipeline
• DOJ Defends Trump's Decision To Shrink National Monuments
• Tribal Council Candidates Say DOI Can't Dodge Election Suit
• BLM Methane Rule Delay Must Be Nixed, 10th Circ. Hears
• NC Recycling Co. Founder Gets 10 Years For $27M Fraud
• 5th Circ. Leaves Door Open In Feds' Time-Barred CAA Suit
• Does Rule 45 Protect Nonparties From Undue Burden?
• Scarinci Hollenbeck Adds Employment Vet, 5 Others
• FERC Urges DC Circ. To Toss Enviro's Pa. Pipeline Appeal
• 1st Circ. Judge Has Harsh Words For Trump In Maria's Wake
• EPA Air Polluter Policy Change Is Unlawful, DC Circ. Told
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Tech Billionaire's Beach Access Suit
• Fishermen Say High Court Should Review Otter Program's End
• Puerto Rican Class Wins Cert. In Utility Conspiracy Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To Tribal Casino Land Grant
• Enviros Sue To Resurrect Obama-Era Methane Waste Rule
• Osmotica, Anaplan, Livent IPOs Worth $722M Led By 3 Firms
• Justices Focus On FWS Discretion In Frog Habitat Oral Args
• Dominion Power Line OK Was By The Book, Army Corps Says
• High Court Passes On Noble-Conoco Row Over $63M Cleanup
• Fishing Groups' Wind Farm Suit Filed Too Soon, Judge Says
• NJ Justices Won't Take On Turnpike Enviro Cleanup Row
• High Court Won't Disturb Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban