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Environmental - January, 2019

258 articles

• Investor's Chancery Pipeline Suit Tossed Over Demand Failure
• Bankrupt Canadian Oil Cos. Can't Evade Cleanup Duties
• NY, Mass., Other States Sue EPA Over Ozone Pollution Regs
• Ford Sued For Infringing MIT's Cleaner Engine Technology
• German Co. Mulls Arbitration Over Lost Energy Deal
• Senior Dems Tell DOD To Revise 'Half-Baked' Climate Report
• Pa. Justices Urged To Bar Fracking-Related Trespass Claims
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Drinking Water Standards
• EPA Focus On Compliance Over Enforcement Stirs Questions
• What Lawyers Can Do To Prevent And Combat Burnout
• PG&E Highlights Circuit Split On Power Purchase Agreements
• FERC's LaFleur To Step Down After Nudge From Senate Dems
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
• NRDC Sues DOT Over Stalled Hudson Gateway Tunnel
• Disbarred Atty's Firm Gets $7M In Dow Nuclear Waste Case
• Judge Alsup Rips PG&E For 'Killing People, Starting Fires'
• China Proposes Rules For New Tech-Focused Trading Venue
• Paper Co. To Pay $20.5M, Drop Appeal In Wis. Superfund Suit
• AGs Ask 9th Circ. To Keep Calif. Climate Suits In State Court
• Public Heaps Scorn On DOI Plan To Curb Info Access
• CB&I Fights Investor Claims Over 'Disastrous' Nuke Projects
• NM Gov. Orders Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts By 2030
• Environmental Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
• 4th Circ. Botched Forest Permit Ruling, Pipeline Co. Says
• Auto Giants Violated Court Rules, Buyers In Antitrust MDL Say
• U-Haul, Employee Plead Guilty In Fatal Truck Explosion Case
• EPA, Enviros Square Off Over Coal Ash Rule Deadlines
• PG&E's Ch. 11 Brings Rift With FERC Over Power Deals
• Auto Dealers Sue Colo. Over Use Of Calif. Emission Standards
• EPA, Corps Tell Justices Mich. Road Permit Suit Premature
• Securities Cases That Will Matter Most In 2019
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
• Cancer Victim's Atty Takes Heat From Judge In Monsanto MDL
• Anadarko's Texas Win Eases Energy Cos.' Coverage Worries
• Fate Of Trump Energy Agenda Hazy Despite Shutdown's End
• Colo. High Court Rejects Climate Activists' Redo Bid
• FERC Says $400M Pipeline Project Review Was By The Book
• GHG Analysis Rollback Justified, FERC Tells DC Circ.
• Dems Float Bill To Shield Tribes From Federal Shutdowns
• Chancery OKs Investor Books Probe In $1.3B Calgon Merger
• Court Halts Work On $2.2B Flood Mitigation Project
• German Car Cos. Say EU Probe Zaps Buyers' Antitrust MDL
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Choate Hall Steers New Energy Capital's $500M Credit Fund
• PG&E Can't Evade FERC Review To Ditch Deals In Ch. 11
• Enviros Urge 5th Circ. To Nix Exxon's Texas Refinery Permit
• 1 Insurer's Duty Breach Isn't Another's Payday: Wis. Justices
• Judge Slams DOI In Royalty Committee Suit But Trims Claims
• Sunrun Investors Seek OK Of $2.5M Deal In Stock-Drop Suit
• Ernst & Young Settles Last Marrone Bio Claim For $775K
• Navy To Deny All Claims For NC Base Water Contamination
• States Blew CWA Deadline In Dam Relicense Row: DC Circ.
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
• Anadarko's $100M Deepwater Defense Bid Revived In Texas
• Gordon & Rees Adds 20 From Hawkins Parnell & Young
• Texas Cos. Urge State Justices To OK Pollution Exemptions
• House Flip Could Mean Oversight 'Frenzy' At Enviro Agencies
• House Members Reintroduce Bipartisan Carbon Tax Bill
• BP To Pay Calif. Water District $14M To End MTBE Suit
• Hedge Fund Pushes To Oust PG&E Board, Avoid Ch. 11
• PG&E Says Anti-Wildfire Probation Changes Not 'Feasible'
• Mineral Owners Want Forced Drilling On Their Lands Outlawed
• Law Schools Should Be More Like Medical Centers
• VW Challenges Claims Review Bids In $10B Emissions Deal
• Will Bankruptcy Stay Criminal Proceedings For PG&E?
• Kraft Heinz, Others Pay $1.4M In Fines To Calif. Air Watchdog
• No Emergency Exists Over Pipeline Pollution, Utilities Say
• Fiat Chrysler's $307M Emissions Deal Nears Green Light
• Alix Brings McKinsey Disclosure Fight To SunEdison Ch. 11
• Mass. Wind Farm Reaches Milestone Deal To Protect Whales
• Shutdown Blocking Info In EPA Emission Suit, Enviros Say
• PG&E Says Ch. 11 Moves Are None Of FERC's Business
• NJ Can't Budge Judge On PennEast Pipeline Land Grab
• Greenpeace Again Beats Most Of Paper Co.'s Defamation Suit
• Navigating The Many Risks Of PFAS In M&A Transactions
• Climate Change And Insurance: Litigation Risks For Insurers
• Insurer Used Financial Scare Tactics To Get Ahead: Contractor
• Tribe Members Try To Save Long Island Fishing Rights Suit
• Enviros Threaten Suit Over ESA Inaction On Joshua Tree
• 9th Circ. Upends Ruling For Tribe In Wash. Landslide Suit
• Citi Issues €1B Inaugural Green Bond To Fund Enviro Goals
• Ex-Maxus Owners Say $14B Suit Covers Well-Worn Ground
• 9th Circ. Denies Nonclass Attys Cut Of Fees In $10B VW Deal
• Courts Are Getting It Right On Litigation Funding Discovery
• Fiat Chrysler's Liability 'Undisputed' In Fraud Suit: Investors
• High Court Passes On Pipeline Eminent Domain Fight
• PG&E Secures $5.5 Billion In DIP Financing For Ch. 11
• International Law In 2018: Key Developments
• Orrick Adds Ex-Norton Rose Energy Tax Expert In NY
• 6th Circ. Won't Rethink Decision On CWA's Reach
• Wis. Tribe Appeals To 7th Circ. Over Mich. Mine Ruling
• Enviro Co. Owes Ex-Officers Legal Fees, Chancery Hears
• BLM Had No Right To Key For Tribal-Linked Wells: 10th Circ.
• Wash. Tells Navy To Address Pollution Or Face Lawsuit
• Crunch Time For Wind Developers As Tax Credit Lapse Looms
• Judge Hits Pause Button On Atlantic Seismic Testing Permits
• 9th Circ. Upholds Calif. Low Carbon Fuel Standard
• DOD Says Most Key Bases Vulnerable To Climate Change
• Gibson Dunn Snags Jones Day Energy Transactions Attorney
• Colo. Gov. Orders Move To Electric Vehicles Statewide
• Settlement Counsel Key For Efficient Mass Tort Resolution
• PG&E Equipment Caused Calif. Wildfires, Judge Finds
• 4 German Audi Execs Indicted Over VW Emissions Cheat
• Del. Justices OK Spinoff's Escape Of Enviro Co.'s $1.6M Suit
• Pa. PUC Won't Revive Bid To Shut Down Sunoco Gas Pipelines
• Industry, Utah Urge DC Circ. To Uphold EPA Permit Order
• Wilson Elser Picks Up Maritime Attys From Fowler Rodriguez
• House Dem Floats Bill To Undo Land Swap For Mining Project
• Union Pacific Owes For Cleanup, Former Property Owner Says
• Diversity's Next Step: Developing Minority Partners
• 7th Circ. Won't Touch Illinois Acid Waste Dispute
• TSA Pipeline Cybersecurity Road Map: Key Points
• 2019 Annual Meeting And Reporting Considerations: Part 4
• Enviros Lose Fight Over BLM's Nevada Oil & Gas Lease Sale
• Spinoff Liable For $1.6M Tab, Enviro Firm Tells Del. Justices
• $367M Superfund Coverage Row Can't Be Arbitrated, Co. Says
• Vistra Coal Plant Can't Dodge Enviros' Emissions Claims
• PG&E's Ch. 11 Is Climate Change Wake-Up Call For Utilities
• VW Says Pre-Scandal Car Sellers Have Yet To Show Injury
• Senate Dem Decries Shutdown Of Chemical Accident Probes
• Wheeler 'Almost As Extreme' As Former EPA Head, Dem Says
• 2019 Annual Meeting And Reporting Considerations: Part 3
• Calif. County Sues PG&E Over Deadly Nov. Wildfire
• Arbitrators And Mediators Should Reflect Society's Diversity
• Shutdown Draining Tribes, National Parks, Dem Panel Told
• €128M Award Against Spain Can Be Enforced, Court Hears
• Kasowitz Tells DC Circ. That Chem Cos. Hid Dangers
• Gov't Hits Tetra Tech With FCA Suit Over Navy Cleanup Work
• 4th Circ. Backs Va. Water Permit For $5B Pipeline
• Senate Tax Panel Head Open To Renewing Credits For 1 Year
• CWA Shift Pushes Calif., States Toward Stricter Water Regs
• Why AFAs Are Key To The Future Of Legal Practice
• Boston Harbor Blasting Project Stalled After Eversource Balks
• Golf Course Urges 7th Circ. To Make GE Clean Up Water
• 2019 Annual Meeting And Reporting Considerations: Part 2
• What To Expect In Environmental Law In 2019
• Tribes, Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Can FCC Small-Cell Order
• EPA Right To Nix Houston, Dallas Air Controls, Texas Says
• 'National Emergency' Would Be Rife With Legal Challenges
• Don't Confirm EPA Head During Gov't Shutdown, Enviros Say
• Ill. Residents Ask For Class Cert. In Oil Spill Row
• 2019 Annual Meeting And Reporting Considerations: Part 1
• NJ Takes PennEast Pipeline Land Grab Fight To 3rd Circ.
• Shell Sues Coke To Recover Costs In Calif. Plant Cleanup Row
• Judging A Book: Barron Reviews 'The Clamor Of Lawyers'
• Colo. High Court Rejects Climate-Based Drilling Restriction
• Constitutional Challenges To Pipeline Takings Face Obstacles
• The Firms That Dominated In 2018
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Dems Question EPA On Wheeler Confirmation Hearing Prep
• Calif. Builders Strategize Ahead Of 2020 Solar Panel Rules
• Fracker Wants Exemption From Calif. Offshore Permit Order
• Trump Floats 'Emergency' Declaration Amid Record Shutdown
• Enviros Challenge Md. Light Rail Project Water Permit
• Exxon, Texas Tell 5th Circ. Enviros Can't Second-Guess EPA
• Pa. DEP Weighs Appeal Of Sunoco Gas Plant Permit Decision
• DOI Eyes Immunity In Enviro Suit Over Dam's Effect On Trout
• Mont. Judge Won't Halt DOI Royalty Panel Suit For Shutdown
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 2
• US Blasts WTO Legal System Even After Tuna Label Victory
• Fla. Gov. Issues Wide-Reaching Water Policy Order
• Oglala Sioux Tribe Can't Add To DAPL Complaint, Court Says
• What All Attorneys Need To Know About The Shutdown
• Colo. Groups Want Grand Jury Docs From Nuke Facility
• Sewage-Dumping Suit Survives Resort's Motion To Dismiss
• Insurers Insist On Arbitration For $367M Superfund Coverage
• Time Not Right To Take CWA Liability Case, High Court Told
• Enviro Groups Press Lawmakers To Phase Out Fossil Fuels
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 1
• Fiat Chrysler To Pay Up To $884M To End Emissions Claims
• Tribe Looks To Ax BP's Bid To Escape Copper Mine Suit
• Justices May Give Mixed Ruling In Crow Treaty Case
• Enviros Take $1.9B Pa. Pipeline Permit Fight To High Court
• Free Speech Rights Doom Iowa's 'Ag-Gag' Law
• Mercedes-Benz Hit With Fraud Suit In Ariz. Over 'Clean Diesel'
• Bipartisan Lands Package Bypasses Senate Panels
• Dem Climate Bill Would Set 100% Renewable Energy Target
• Trump Taps Wheeler As Permanent EPA Chief
• Fuel Group Asks High Court To Review Ore. Low-Carbon Plan
• Enviros, FWS' Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Protection Pact OK'd
• How Coast Guard Reauthorization Affects Maritime Sector
• 7 Questions To Add To Your Lateral Partner Questionnaire
• Only Congress Can Fix The Waters Of The US Whirlpool
• Ex-Reps. From Fla., Texas Join Akin Gump Lobbying Practice
• Pa. Gov. Inks Order To Slash Agencies' GHG Emissions
• Justices Mull Tribe's Hunting Right In Wyo. Nat'l Park
• Judge Recuses Self Over Son's Job At BakerHostetler
• BP To Expand Gulf Of Mexico Drilling Operation
• 4th Circ. Says SC Can't Fight Feds' Nuke Facility Closure
• Climate Policy Will Be A Heavy Lift For New Calif. Gov.
• Enbridge Unit In Catch-22 In Pipeline Fight: 1st Circ.
• Del. High Court Says Union Pacific Must Pay $5.7M In Cleanup
• Power Cos. Take State Nuke Subsidy Fight To Supreme Court
• A Chat With Reed Smith Chief Marketing Officer Sadie Baron
• DOE Can't Nix Duke Energy's 4th Nuclear Fuel Removal Suit
• Justices Poised To Finally Clarify Tribe's Treaty Rights
• Boeing, Rockwell Atty Dodges DQ In Toxic Dumping Row
• SunEdison Shareholders Win Cert. In Stock-Drop Suit
• Recycling Co's Price-Fixing Suit Against Reno Tossed
• High Court Skips Mass. AG Exxon Probe, Other Enviro Cases
• FWS Seeks To Ax FOIA Suit Over Elephant, Lion Trophy Docs
• Don't Limit CWA Liability Case, Maui Tells High Court
• High Court Won't Hear FCA Dispute Over Watershed Use
• Wind Energy Co. Says No Reason To Pause $70M Award Row
• Supreme Court Won't Revive Calif. Truck Air Filter Challenges
• High Court Won't Review Cravath Shell Docs Decision
• US Seeks First Consult With Peru Under Pact's Logging Rules
• 'Flexible Work' Makes Freelancing More Viable In BigLaw
• A Call To Permit Judicial Substitution In MDL Proceedings
• Judge Weinstein On Activism, Gobbledegook, Going Robeless
• 6th Circ. Keeps Flint Water Suit Alive, Cutting Some Claims
• States Slam EPA's Move To Delay Landfill Emission Rules
• DOD Must Cough Up Legal Doc In Stormwater Fee Dispute
• Monsanto Says Consumers' Weedkiller Warning Claims Barred
• Dickinson Wright Adds Enviro Pros From Ryley Carlock
• BakerHostetler Says Judge Can Hear Case Despite Son's Job
• Ex-Prosecutor Joins Pa. DA's Sunoco Pipeline Investigation
• Inconsistent Claims Again Sink NJ Gas Station Pollution Suit
• EPA Withheld Docs In Sewage Rule Row, DC Circ. Hears
• Bankrupt Construction Co.'s Bid To Recoup $108M Bills OK'd
• Chevron To Settle Gas Additive Damages Suit For $11M
• A Closer Look At New Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Regs
• Syncrude To Pay CA$2.75M For Great Blue Heron Deaths
• Wind Farm Exec Can't Ditch Suit Over Secret Recording
• US Asks High Court To Take Up Key CWA Groundwater Case
• Insurer Needn't Cover Fracking Well Fire Suits, Judge Says
• Enviros Insist DOI Royalty Panel Fight Is Valid
• Senate Confirms CEQ Boss, EPA Chemical And Tribal Heads
• Oil Recycling Co. Must Face Suit Over Highway Spill
• Ag Co. Can't Duck Decision Calling Products 'Pesticides'
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Okinawa Air Base Challenge
• GM Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Fuel Pumps
• What To Expect From Technology-Assisted Review In 2019
• Monsanto Roundup Buyers Denied Cert. In Wis.
• 3 Takeaways From EPA's Proposed Mercury Rule Finding
• DC Court Tosses 'Moot' Smog Standard Delay Challenge
• 10th Circ. Won't Rehear Okla. Landowner's Drill Permit Suit
• New England Pipeline Upgrade Opponents Fail At DC Circ.
• Split 9th Circ. Agrees To Decide Future Of Kids' Climate Suit
• DC Circ. Strikes Down Enviros' Pa. Pipeline Challenge
• Fla. Keys City's Win Reversed In Property Rights Case
• 2019 Will Bring More Good News For Litigation Finance
• 2 Circuits Clear Up NGA Questions For Pipeline Cos.
• Why More Law Firms Will Embrace Remote Work In 2019
• Pennsylvania Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2019
• Florida Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2019
• Native American Cases To Watch In 2019
• Energy Cases To Watch In 2019
• California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2019
• California Cases To Watch In 2019
• Texas Cases To Watch In 2019
• NJ Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2019
• Environmental Cases To Watch In 2019
• Environmental Regulation To Watch In 2019
• Energy Regulation To Watch In 2019
• Illinois Legislation To Watch In 2019
• Texas Legislation To Watch In 2019
• Calif. Real Estate Legislation, Regulation To Watch In 2019