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Environmental - April, 2019

305 articles

• Air Regulator's $80M Claim Barred In Exide Ch. 11
• Monsanto Expert Testifies Roundup Is Safe Without Gloves
• EPA Reaffirms Glyphosate Safety, Proposes Usage Changes
• Judge Wrongly Remanded $2.4M Award, Importer Argues
• Feds Slim Charges Against Ex-Biofuel Exec In $50M Scheme
• Trump, Dems Agree On $2T Infrastructure Deal, Scant Detail
• Tribe Fights DOI's Escape Bid In Water Mismanagement Suit
• Hess Customers Can Continue With Tainted Oil Class Claims
• The Laterals Audit: Tax Attorney Moves In April
• Great Eastern Energy Gets OK On $7.5M Ch. 11 Credit Sale
• House Advances California Tribe's Land Deal Bill
• Conrail Must Pay Derailment Suit Costs Despite Tiny Award
• Gov't Fights Tetra Tech Unit's Escape Bid In Navy Cleanup Suit
• Contractor Sues NYC For $18M In Project Delays, Extra Work
• Maui County Weighing Settlement Of High Court Water Case
• Maximizing Insurance Recovery For Energy Companies
• ND Lawmakers Urge Wash. Gov. To Veto Oil Train Bill
• Monsanto Expert 'Micro-Analyzed' By Atty At Roundup Trial
• Dems Call For Enviro Measures In Infrastructure Talks
• Chemical Co. Hit With Pollution Charges After Texas Fire
• NJ Superfund Contractor Says Cancer Should End Sentence
• Insurer Not Barred By Fla. Law For Atty Fees In Sinkhole Case
• Residents Urge 4th Circ. To Uphold Hog Stink Nuisance Award
• Maine City's Oil Export Ban Doesn't Hold Up, 1st Circ. Told
• 10th Circ. Says IRS Not Bound By Mistaken Lower Penalty
• McKinsey Fights Rival's Investigation Bid In SunEdison Ch. 11
• White House Blasts Activists' Bid To Block Wall Funding
• Supreme Court Won't Review Pa. Pipeline Permit Fight
• DC Circ. Won't Budge From FERC Dam Dispute Ruling
• Enviros Sue US Steel Over Pollution After Pittsburgh-Area Fire
• Pa. Brownfield Plan Tweaks Scrapped For Blocking Out Public
• High Court Lets Stand Ore. Mining Ban In Salmon Habitats
• A Chat With Cleary Chief Talent Officer Hy Pomerance
• High Court Won't Hear Ga. Pipeline Land-Taking Dispute
• ExxonMobil Agrees To Pay $15M Over 2011 Mont. Oil Spill
• Bayer CEO Says Company Faces 13,400 Roundup Suits
• ECJ Won't Weigh In On Treaty Arbitration Dispute, For Now
• EPA's Chemical Secrecy Rule Mostly Passes DC Circ. Muster
• Plains Pipeline To Pay $3.3M For Spill, But DA Wanted $1.2B
• Drivers Defend $307M Emissions Deal With Fiat Chrysler
• Trump Admin Says Money Can Be Transferred For Border Wall
• 'Turtle Tunnels' Sink Enviro Challenge To NJ Sandy Project
• LA County Is Latest To Blame SoCal Edison For Woolsey Fire
• Forced Arbitration Is A Far Worse 'Product' Than Jury Trials
• Lewis Longman Lands Former Fla. DEP General Counsel
• Mass. Town Sued Over T-Mobile Antenna Construction Denial
• Preet Bharara On The Human Factor In The Justice System
• Ford Faces DOJ Criminal Probe Over Vehicle Emissions
• Calif. Court Rejects Arbitration Bid In Hotel Firing Suit
• Monsanto Faces Uphill Fight In Axing Punitives From Trial
• FWS To Consider Granting Giraffes ESA Protections
• Extent Of 2017 Natural Disaster Contracts 'Unknown': GAO
• Army, Navy Pay $10.9M For WWII Production Site Cleanup
• US OK'd Illegal Construction On Condor Habitat, Activists Say
• BLM's Revised Calif. Fracking Plan Leaves Enviros Fuming
• Drivers Say Mercedes Is Stalling NJ Emissions Cheating Suit
• Court Setback Puts Trump's Offshore Drilling Plans On Hold
• NY Enviro Regulators Can't Dodge Tribe's Fishing Suit
• Fed. Circ. Denies Refund For Tax On $1.9M Brownfield Credit
• Fla. High Court Says Utility Can Recover Cleanup Costs
• Utah Wants To Intervene In Sage-Grouse Protection Suit
• Enviros Say Effluent Rule Delay Fails After 5th Circ. Ruling
• 9th Circ. Tweaks Green Power Producer Pay Formula
• Activists Call For Enviro Review Of Immigration Programs
• DHS Waives More Enviro Laws To Speed Border Wall Buildup
• Lockheed Slams DOJ's 'Contrived' Nuclear Kickback Claims
• Puerto Rico Insurer Argues Against Arbitration In $150M Suit
• Monsanto Appeals $78.5M Loss In First Roundup Trial
• Calif. Fracker Denied Exemption From Offshore Permit Order
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. Not To Dismiss Keystone XL Challenge
• EPA Won't Revise Drilling Waste Regulations Despite Review
• Ariz. Utility Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Solar Rates
• Corning, Philips Say Don't Drop Lengthy Glass Pollution Suit
• Pa. Jury Convicts Ex-Biofuel Co. Execs Of $10M Tax Fraud
• US Pushes $8M Deal For Cleanup Of Michigan 'Moonscape'
• Ford Revs Up Electric Push With $500M Rivian Investment
• House Pushes Court To Block Trump's Border Wall Funding
• PG&E's $350M Worker Bonus Plan OK'd Over Objections
• Jury Trials, Though In Decline, Are Well Worth Preserving
• Wash. AG Can Enter Enviros' Suit Over US Navy Pollution
• 2 Insurance Brokers Aim To Duck Volcano Damage Class Suit
• Advocates Say Iowa's 2nd 'Ag-Gag' Law Unconstitutional
• 9th Circ. Revives Enviros' USDA Wolf Killing Policy Suit
• Atty Can't Sue VW For $1.5M In Unpaid Fees, MDL Judge Says
• DC Circ. Says EPA Was Right Not To Expand Ozone Region
• Groups Sue NCDOT, Feds To Block $600M Toll Bridge
• A Broader View Of The US Supreme Court Bar
• SC Misconstrued Trump's Drilling Order, Gov't Tells Court
• Calif. Chemical Reg Changes Could Affect Many Products
• Reinsurer Hannover Re Joins Rivals In Move Away From Coal
• DuPont, Chemours To Face Trimmed Cape Fear Dumping Suit
• 'Sustainable' Nestle Cocoa Made With Child Slavery, Suit Says
• Farmer Fights To Walk From Dicamba MDL On His Terms
• Calif. Tribe Can't Show Harm By Water Agencies, Judge Says
• Industry Seeks High Court Review Of Ore. Fuel Standard
• Enviros Threaten To Sue FWS Over Salamander Review Delay
• How Treaties Protect Investors When Clean Energy Regs Shift
• NJ Appeals Court Guts Atty Fees In Sandy Boardwalk Suit
• Exxon Says Investors In Climate Suit Should Be Denied Cert.
• Bosch Rips Drivers' BMW Emissions-Cheating Suit
• 14 AGs Back Maine City In 1st Circ. Fight With Pipeline Co.
• Justices Skip Challenge To McKinsey Filing In Coal Co. Ch. 11
• High Court Will Review Citgo's $100M Oil Spill Liability
• DOI Didn't Justify Lifting Coal Leasing Moratorium
• Flint Residents Can Sue Feds Over Water Debacle
• Bosch Rips VW Franchisees' 'Delay' Tactics In RICO Spat
• Fed. Circ. Says Court Wrongly Tossed $7.5M IP Verdict
• NJ Urges 3rd Circ. To Stop PennEast Pipeline Condemnations
• Enviros Say Trump Must Live With Keystone Rejection
• Ill. Gov Signs Bill To Streamline Wind Farm Zoning
• Energy Cos. Sue For Cleanup Costs At Calif. Superfund Site
• In Virtual Teams For Mass Torts, The 'Law Team' Is Critical
• Looking To Go Green? Here's How It Can Work For Your Firm
• 9th Circ. Gives EPA 90 Days To Respond In Pesticide Case
• NY Panel Greenlights Museum Of Natural History Expansion
• Tribe Tells Full DC Circ. Not To Rehear FERC Dam Dispute
• Wind Energy Co. Urges 5th Circ. To Affirm $70M Award
• PG&E Using Ch. 11 To Elude Rate-Gouging Claims, City Says
• Gov't Says Trump Had Power To Shrink National Monuments
• Tesla Investors Win Class Cert. In SolarCity Chancery Suit
• FERC Acts On Pipeline Taxes, Grid Fees, Hydro Projects
• NJ OKs $300M PSEG Nuclear Plant Ratepayer Subsidy
• Int'l Law Seen As Path To Fight Climate Change
• EPA Mercury Rule Revision Slammed In Comments
• The Big Picture: How #MeToo Is Changing The Legal Industry
• Jury Trials Are In Decline For Good Reason
• FERC Approves 2 LNG Projects But Remains Split On Climate
• Attorney Can't Skip Discovery For Pipeline Protest Docs
• Transco Asks High Court To Ignore Pipeline Access Case
• EPA Approved Roundup Based On Bogus Studies, Jury Told
• High Court Gets New Bid To Consider CWA Pollution Liability
• EPA Flips Groundwater Stance Ahead Of High Court Case
• Escape Hatch Remains For Judges Accused Of Misconduct
• National Park Service Accused Of Illegal Appointment
• EPA Rule Would Bar Reintroduction Of Asbestos
• Northwest Cattle Ranchers Sue Gov't Over Water Rule
• Colo. Law Expanding Oil, Gas Rules Gets Gov.'s Signature
• Enviros Fight BLM's Decision To Expand Utah Coal Mine
• FWS Delaying Species Protection Decisions, Enviro Says
• Federal Courts' #MeToo Response Is A Guide For State Courts
• Perkins Coie Taps Lead DC Atty As Next Managing Partner
• PG&E Fights Judge's Plan To Extend Probation
• Riding #MeToo Wave, State Courts Get Their Ships In Order
• Bayer Exec Denies Knowing Of Ghostwriting At Roundup Trial
• EEOC's Lipnic On Sexual Harassment In The Courthouse
• Oil Waste Recycler Ordered To Stop Creek Pollution
• Battle Lines Drawn In Water Rule Replacement Drama
• Utah County Bows Out Of National Monument Fight
• McKinsey Clears Deck For $15M Ch. 11 Disclosure Settlement
• High Court Skeptical Calif. Law Applies To Oil Rig Labor Row
• Top Dutch Court Won't Nix Awards In Chevron, Ecuador Fight
• Rio Tinto Invests $302M More In Contested Ariz. Copper Mine
• Feds Vow To Expand Habitat Protections For Orcas
• Automakers Blast Challenges To EPA's Emission Analysis
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Circuitous Path To The Law
• EPA Emissions Guidelines Are Proper, DC Circ. Hears
• Enviro Sues Army Corps Over Dam Discharges Into River
• DOI Head Under Investigation For Alleged Conflicts Of Interest
• Wall Of Secrecy Surrounds Sexual Harassment In State Courts
• Discipline Rare For State Judges In Sexual Misconduct Cases
• BLM Must Nix Inactive Calpine Geothermal Leases, Tribe Says
• High Court Punts On Dead Man's Pollution Conviction
• Forest Service Worked To Protect Lynx, 10th Circ. Says
• EPA Opens $220M Small Biz Contract For Mine Site Cleanup
• 5th Circ. Tells EPA To Strengthen Toxic Coal Wastewater Rule
• Farmer Can't Exit Dicamba MDL, Monsanto And BASF Say
• Judging A Book: Conrad Reviews 'The Jury Crisis'
• Kaplan Fox, Rosen Firm Vie To Lead Vale Dam Collapse Suit
• High Court Won't Review NY, Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidies
• Former VW CEO Charged With Fraud In 'Dieselgate' Scandal
• Insulation Co. Says W.Va. School Board Out To Seize Property
• Wash. Fed. Judge Defers To State Courts In Coal Export Row
• Ex-Mayer Brown Energy Tax Leader Joins Norton Rose
• Contract Nuance Keeps Arco In Mont. CERCLA Suit
• DC Circ. Upholds Fishery Bycatch Monitoring Rule
• Chevron Oil Spill Injury Suit Remanded To Utah Court
• Revamping Your Approach To Client Development
• La. Waste Co.'s Bribery Suit Gets 2nd Wind In 5th Circ.
• Monsanto Tested Roundup Using 'Dumb' Assumptions: Expert
• Trump Admin Moves To Rein In Agency Guidance Materials
• Trump Executive Orders Are No Panacea For Energy Projects
• Princess Cruise Ships May Be Denied Entry At US Ports
• DC Circ. Questions Feds' Tenn. Pipeline Review
• Maine Regulator OKs Transmission Line For Hydro Power
• Hong Kong Ramps Up Disclosure Rules For Green Funds
• 8th Circ. Upholds $11M CERCLA Judgment Over Building Sale
• Tribes Bring Suit Against Corps To Block Ariz. Copper Mine
• Senate Confirms Ex-Brownstein Hyatt Partner To Head DOI
• EPA's Nod To GE Hudson Dredging Hinders Cleanup, NY Says
• ConocoPhillips Allowed Into Alaska Reserve Drilling Suit
• Dems Press Hunton On Ties To 'Secretive' Air Industry Group
• Considerations When Using CEQA To Fight Land Use Projects
• Contamination Doesn't Always Justify An Injunction
• What Lawyers Must Know Before Acting As Escrow Agents
• Trump Moves To Speed Up Energy Projects
• FERC Fights For Oversight Of PG&E's $42B Power Deals
• Fla. County Asks DC Circ. To Revive $1.15B Rail Bond Suit
• EPA Rule Would Control If Cos. Can Keep Chemicals Secret
• Solar Power Co. Can't Disconnect TCPA Suit Over Robocalls
• Lawmakers Re-Up Bill To Ban New Leasing On Chaco Land
• Great Eastern Energy Wants Quick Sale Of Energy Credits
• Swift Energy Keeps Well Contamination Suit Alive
• McKinsey Foe Asks To Lead Probe Into Consulting Giant
• Legislation Would Prolong Life Of Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
• 10th Circ. Vaporizes Green Groups' Methane Rule Appeal
• Tribes Well-Equipped To Sue US For Climate-Related Harm
• Nev. Rancher's 'Delusional' Public Land Suit Thrown Out
• FERC Chair Throws Cold Water On Project Climate Reviews
• US, Peru End 1st Dispute Under Trade Pact's Logging Rules
• NY Should Learn From Prop 65 Chemical-Labeling Regs
• Roundup's Link To Cancer 'Not A Hard Call,' Jury Hears
• Trump Invites State Showdown With Exec Orders On Energy
• Blackfeet Tribe Urges DC Circuit To Cancel Montana Oil Lease
• Feds Say New Trump Keystone Permit Moots 9th Circ. Fight
• Suniva Ch. 11 Plan, DIP Lender Deal Confirmed In Del.
• SEC Sets Limits On Shareholder Climate Actions
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Vehicle Emission Challenge Is Premature
• Ex-Biofuel Boss Bilked Gov't Credit Programs, Pa. Jury Hears
• McNamee Should Sit Out FERC 'Grid Resilience' Ruling
• Freelance Attorneys Are An Asset To In-House Legal Teams
• The Tax Price Tag On Public-Private Partnerships
• Presidents Can't Create Ocean Monuments, Fishers Say
• Amended EU Class Action Proposal Is A Loss For Consumers
• Energy Cos. Seek OK Of €13.7M Award Against Italy
• How Rebuilding America's Infrastructure Is Going So Far
• Feds Ask To Pause $2.2B NC Road Suit For Enviro Review
• House Republicans Want More Info On FEMA's Data Overshare
• Cancer Risk Doubles With Regular Roundup Use, Jury Told
• Enviros Say Calif. Water Pipeline Approval Violates Fed. Law
• Suit Blaming GE For Fukushima Fallout Belongs In Japan
• No Duty Refund For Chemical Co. That 'Slept On Its Rights'
• BMW Ready For $1.1B Fine Tied To EU Cartel Probe
• Calif. Water Co. Wants OK To Keep Using Tribal Easement
• FERC Can't Justify $7B Pipeline Approval, DC Circ. Told
• SunEdison Trustee Looks To Recoup $17M From Logistics Co.
• Exxon Asks For Pause In Petroleum Storage Facility Suit
• Canada Backs High Court Challenge To CERCLA Ruling
• Bernstein Litowitz Seeks $12M In Atty Fees For VW Deal
• Time For More Interlocutory Review Of MDL Court Decisions
• Maine Town Tells 1st Circ. Its Oil Restrictions Are Legal
• Fiat Chrysler Inks $110M Deal With Investors In Emissions Suit
• US House Sues Trump Administration Over Border Wall
• PennEast Challengers Rehash Nixed Claims, DC Circ. Hears
• Calif. Demands Data Supporting Emissions Rule Rollback
• Canadian Justices Leave Chevron Canada Out Of $9.5B Fight
• Gov't, Tribal Groups Fight Oil Lease Renewals At DC Circ.
• Day Pitney Ducks NJ Malpractice Claim Over Enviro Deal
• 20 States Seek To Block Funding For Trump's Border Wall
• The Justices' Latest Take On Regulation Of Alaska's Parks
• EU Says German Carmakers Colluded On Emissions Tech
• DC Circ. Again Dumps EPA Limits On HFC Use
• AGs Protest Trump's 'Illegal, Juvenile' '2-For-1' Order
• 5th Circ. Remands Dusky Gopher Frog Habitat Case
• Judge Won't Stop Roundup Ads Allegedly Targeting Jury Pool
• Obama's Ore. Monument Expansion OK, Judge Says
• 19th Century Rule Can't Cover Fracking, Pa. Justices Told
• House Dems Launch Clean Energy Tax Policy Push
• NOAA Floats Rule Allowing Tribe's Gray Whale Hunt
• Fox Rothschild Snags Ex-GrayRobinson Enviro Atty In Miami
• Enviro Group Sues FWS For Docs On Its Pesticide Use
• Investor Sues Over 'Scam' Tenn. Pipeline Investment
• Senate Panel Clears DOI Nominee Despite Ethics Furor
• Workers, Harris County Sue KMCO After Deadly Fire
• Prop 65 Rental Property Rules Leave Questions Unanswered
• 'Big Tech' Questions Echo Early Days Of US Corporate Law
• Expert In Roundup Trial Says Regulators Ignored Own Rules
• Ex-Workers Took Trade Secrets To Ernst & Young, Suit Says
• Feds Reach $550K Deal With Wife Of W.Va. Mine Victim
• Tribal Members Scoff At Oil Cos.' Bid To Toss Pipeline Suit
• Judge Throws Wet Blanket On State Water Quality 'Variance'
• Texas AG Pushes For Fines After Deadly Chemical Plant Fire
• Senate Rules Axed To Speed Judicial, Administration Picks
• Feds Try To Dodge Border Emergency Declaration Challenges
• Colo. Lawmakers Tighten Reins On Oil, Gas Drilling
• Toyota To License 24K Electric Vehicle Patents Royalty-Free
• 5th Circ. Told EPA Ignored Risks To OK Gulf Driller Permit
• FERC Won't Reconsider NY Pipeline Authority Ruling
• Calif. Regulators Should Account For PFAS Uncertainty
• Entergy Launches 3rd Suit Seeking Nuclear Fuel Costs
• McKinsey Critic's Standing Key In SunEdison Ch. 11 Fight
• PG&E Must Trim Trees Before Paying Investors, Judge Says
• PPG Industries Must Pay $1.2M Penalty Over Disposal Site
• House Dems Use EPA Budget Hearing To Slam Rule Rollbacks
• Contractor Fights 'Cash Grab' Fee Request In FCA Suit
• Ruling Cements Staying Power Of Offshore Drilling Bans
• Valero Sues IRS For $122M In Alternative Fuel Tax Credits
• Senator Urges SEC To Toughen Shareholder Proposal Rules
• Fla. Residents' Arsenic Cleanup Claims Can Proceed
• Trucking Boss Gets 15 Months For Recycling Program Rip-Off
• Climate Change And Insurance: Learn From MTBE, Asbestos
• Disaster Aid Bill Fails To Advance In Senate
• Judge Nixes Suit Against Ariz. Agency Over Navajo Coal Plant
• DC Circ. Unsure If EPA Pollution Policy Shift Is Reviewable
• Permit Denial For Coal Export Facility Passes Policy Test
• Idaho Air Force Exercises Will Hurt Residents, Birds, Suit Says
• NC Tells Duke Energy To Excavate Coal Ash Ponds
• Oregon LNG Project Gets New Life After Earlier FERC Denial
• Town To Pay $100K In Atty Fees Over Fracking Waste Ban
• Syndicated Conservation Deals Appear Marked For Extinction
• EPA Must Curb Interstate Smog Pollution, DC Circ. Told
• DOI's Alaska Road Project Scuttled For Ignoring Enviro Harm
• Orrick Atty Accused Of Creating Phony Bills For SunEdison
• Ford, Bosch Must Face Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions Suit
• Fiat Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Engine Part
• Trump Can't Undo Obama Bans On Arctic, Atlantic Drilling