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Environmental - May, 2019

276 articles

• Kids' Groundbreaking Case Could Alter Climate Suits' Odds
• Exxon Investors Push To Merge Suits Over Climate Change
• Princess Cruise Pollution 'Victims' Want Say In Criminal Case
• DC Circ. Remands Transmission Project Permit Spat
• Texas Justices Won't Revisit Lloyd's $100M Deepwater Battle
• Calif. Regulators Sign Off On PG&E Wildfire Plan
• Out-Of-Towners Can Testify In Gas Well Row, Pa. Justices Say
• DC Circ. Nixes Enviros' Challenge To EPA Air Monitoring Rule
• Aquila Capital Renewables Fund Nets $172M In London IPO
• EPA Approves High-Ethanol Fuel Use But Court Fight Looms
• LA County Sues Monsanto, Pfizer Unit Over PCB Pollution
• $13.2M Solar Award Against Italy Under Scrutiny In Sweden
• 9th Circ. Revives Lead Ammo Suit Against Forest Service
• Tribe Says BLM, BIA Botched Okla. Drilling Approvals
• Calif. Panel Suggests Wildfire Rule Change After PG&E Ch. 11
• Japan's Whaling Plans Risk Int'l Trade Pushback
• Enviro Says Texas Barge Facility Should Be Shut Down
• US, Enviros Defend Offshore Monument Designation
• Motherhood & Making Partner: The View From 2 BigLaw Moms
• Starr Can't Pass Buck On $2.8M Barge Salvage: 2nd Circ.
• Pork Co. Urges 4th Circ. To Overturn Hog Nuisance Verdict
• 5 Attorneys On Being The Only Woman In The Room
• Millennials Are Pushing Back Against Law Firm Sexism
• House Dems Mull Estate Tax Changes To Pay For 'Extenders'
• Obama-Era Clean Water Act Change Violates APA, Judge Says
• Judge Rejects Call For Ratepayer Committee In PG&E Ch. 11
• Feds Appeal Invalidation Of Trump Offshore Drilling Order
• Navistar, Truck Buyers Settle Engine Defect Suit For $135M
• 3 Law Firm Business Tactics To Support A Niche Practice
• Gov't Partially Appeals Order On Yellowstone Grizzly Delisting
• Feds' Move To Exclude Fish From Plan Complied With NEPA
• In The March Toward Parity, Law Firms Fall Behind
• Can You Spot The Gender Disparity? A Guide To Implicit Bias
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Earth & Water Law Group Opens 1st Office In Florida
• Ohio Seeks To Kill Local Lake Erie Protection Law
• DC Circ. Won't Ref EPA Small Refiner Decisions Fight
• High Court Won't Review VW's $10B Diesel Vehicle Deal
• Ill. Passes Bill That Would Crack Down On Coal Ash Cleanups
• High Court Passes On Pa. Pipeline Access Case
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Glass Ceiling Slow To Break For Female Attys In 2018
• What 12 Gender Bias Complaints Say About BigLaw
• Calif. Judge Partially Blocks Trump's Border Wall
• Renewable Energy Co. Execs Settle Investor Suit For $2M
• Ill. Appellate Court Revives Chicago Lead Pipe Suit
• Enviros, Tribe Says Alaska Drilling Approval Not Thought Out
• Gibbons Enviro Atty Returns To Giordano Halleran In NJ
• Porsche Wants Out Of VW Emissions RICO Suit
• Mo. Farmers' Pipeline Fight Moved To Federal Court
• Ex-NY Water Official Pleads Guilty In Sewage Discharge Case
• Real-Life Lessons For Lawyers From 'Game Of Thrones'
• California Is Filling The Gaps In The Clean Water Act
• Pipeline Permit Denial Puts NY In Uncharted Legal Waters
• Tribes Keep Narrow Winning Edge In Justices' Treaty Ruling
• 5 Tips To Help Your Summer Associates Succeed
• 'Roundup Cocktail' Argument A Potent Threat After $2B Award
• House Says Constitution Doesn't Bar Border Wall Funding Suit
• Dems Want Probe Into Mineral Lease Work In Monument Area
• Fishers Say US Improperly Barred Them From Tuna Study
• Enviros Say FWS Protection Delays Putting 8 Species At Risk
• Donziger Held In Contempt In $9.5B Chevron Ecuador Fight
• Enviros Say EPA Must Rethink Startup Emissions Standard
• NY Tribe Members Say High Court Backs Their Fishing Rights
• Sierra Club Sues DOI Again Over Industry Communications
• Germany Fines Bosch €90M Over Emissions Scandal
• Challenges To Trump's '2 For 1' Order Face Difficult Road
• Keys To Communicating A Law Firm's Mission
• High Court Remains Supportive Of Tribal Treaty Rights
• Kenneth Feinberg Tapped To Mediate Monsanto Roundup MDL
• Split Texas Panel Gives OK To TCEQ Injection Well Approval
• CIT Affirms Lower Duties For Taiwan Solar Panels
• Pa. Residents Displaced By CSX Derailment Seek Class Cert.
• PG&E To Pay $100M To Wildfire Victims, Ch. 11 Plan Delayed
• Power Plant Pollution Changes On Horizon, EPA Says
• Feds Poised To Shrink GHGs' Role In Final Energy Rules
• Colo. Quarry Operator Says Federal Regs Preempt Local Rules
• Puerto Rico Insurer Underpaid For Hurricane Claims, Suit Says
• Federal Agencies Dig In For Prolonged PFAS Fight
• Trump Ties Infrastructure Bill To NAFTA 2.0 To Press Dems
• Calif. Bills Would See Huge Changes For Single-Use Products
• Prepare For Climate Change, UK Watchdog Urges Insurers
• Second Atty Sanctioned For Monsanto MDL Opening Remark
• Corporate Guilt Seen As Unfair Weapon Against Individuals
• BioTech Firm Wants Redo In $7.5M IP Fight At Fed Circ.
• Teck Says Justices Need To Reexamine CERCLA Liability
• EPA Chief Orders Review Of Cost-Benefit Analysis Methods
• Pa. Justices Won't Weigh Fracking Wastewater's Toxicity
• 9th Circ. Asks Mont. High Court: Are Dino Fossils Minerals?
• How Lawyers Can Help Save The Planet
• Clifford Chance Reps Al Gore-Founded Firm On $1B Fund
• Neighbors Sue To Stop $1B Ark. Highway Expansion Project
• Texas Passes Felony Penalties For Pipeline Damage
• SoCalGas Failures Caused Aliso Canyon Leak, Study Says
• Fed. Circ. Won't Lift Import Ban Meant To Protect Porpoise
• High Court Won't Review Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Claim
• US Gives No Right To Wilderness, DOJ Says In Climate Suit
• City Climate Suits Preempted By CAA, US Tells 9th Circ.
• Justices Say Tribe's Hunting Right Outlasted Wyo. Statehood
• Enviros Challenge DOI Approvals For Utah Oil Shale Project
• Gov't Must Provide Info In Challenge To 2-For-1 Rule Order
• Trump's Border Wall Faces Skeptical Calif. Judge
• 7th Circ. Weighs Helicopter, Gun Use In Wis. Recreation Area
• Ute Tribe Seeks OK Of Tribal Water Theft Ruling
• BMW Blasts EU's Emissions Tech Cartel Case
• Don't Reduce Arbitration To 'Sham' Proceeding, 5th Circ. Told
• Czech Republic Wins 4 Cases Over Solar Energy Incentives
• DC Circ. Won't Block EPA Small Refiner RFS Waiver Action
• Constitutional Group Backs Trump In Wall Funding Fight
• EPA Can't Justify Emissions Policy Change, DC Circ. Told
• The Law Firms Making Millions Off The PG&E Cases
• Greenpeace To Get €2.7M Over Russia's Seizure Of Its Ship
• Key Takeaways From Roundup Verdicts So Far
• A Chat With Gilead Sciences Legal Ops Leader Gary Tully
• 9th Circ. Panel Rips EPA's Weedkiller Approval Process
• Fed. Circ. Says Solar Importer Gets Tariffs, But Also A Refund
• Full 6th Circ. Won't Rehear Flint Contaminated Water Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Rail Co.'s $10M Cleanup Coverage Row
• NJ's 'Environmental Justice' Effort Targets Vulnerable Towns
• Enviros Push Pa. To Create Limit For PFAS In Drinking Water
• Trump Pick Jeffrey Rosen OK'd To Replace Rosenstein At DOJ
• FERC Backs Energy Storage Rule Despite State Concerns
• Hot Dog Maker To Pay $140K In Clean Air Act Settlement
• Dems Unveil Infrastructure Plan With Broadband Focus
• Tribes And Enviros Seek Halt On Copper Mine Construction
• NY Denies Water Permit For $926M Williams Cos. Pipeline
• $2B Roundup Verdict Likely Won't Hold Up, Legal Pros Say
• DOI Head Defends Delay Of Offshore Drilling Plans
• Calif. Officially Names PG&E As Cause Of Deadly Camp Fire
• 6th Circ. OKs Mining Permit Over Joint Landowner's Objection
• Calif., Enviros Sue Water District To Block Dam Project
• Kentucky Rep. Slams House Bid To Block Border Wall Funds
• DHS Waives More Enviro Laws For Calif., Ariz. Wall Sections
• CNX Demands Lloyd's Pay For $40M Ohio Gas Well Eruption
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Completing The Journey Home
• Advanced Disposal Hit With Suit Over $4.9B Planned Merger
• Arco Says High Court Must Review Mont. Superfund Site Case
• Oil And Gas Groups Say Walrus ESA Suit Should Fail
• Homeowners' Expert Blames Dams For Harvey Flooding
• Opaque Trade Groups May Need To Name Names In Court
• Pa. High Court Won't Hear Fracking Ordinance Challenge
• NJ Latest To Sue Cos. Over Firefighting Foam Chemicals
• EU Jet Fuel Tax Would Cut Carbon Output 11%, Study Draft Says
• San Francisco Mulling Multibillion-Dollar Bid For PG&E Assets
• States, Navajo Battle Feds Over Gold King Case Management
• EPA Lawyer Threatened With Contempt In Exxon Climate Case
• Enviros Target Controversial Ore. Ranchers' Grazing Permit
• Hawaii High Court Overturns Biomass Plant Approval
• EPA Applies Eased Oil, Gas Construction Regs To Ute Land
• Identity Politics: How Firms Seal The Deal After A Merger
• DC Circ. Not Sure Info Can Be Property In FCA Suit
• US Steel Again Fined Over Emissions At Pa. Plant
• The Dangers Of BigLaw's Merger-Happy Growth Strategy
• The Firms That Lost The Most Attorneys In 2018
• EPA Floats New Pesticide Risk Metric For Endangered Species
• EPA Shreds Suit Challenging Ozone Rulings In DC Circ.
• Cities' Climate Suits Can't Proceed, Oil Cos. Tell 9th Circ.
• Shell, Exxon Venture Will Pay $187K To End Clean Air Suit
• Monsanto Hit With $2B Verdict In 3rd Roundup Trial
• Judging A Book: Wood Reviews 'The Making Of A Justice'
• High Court Won't Take Challenge To Ore. Fuel Standards
• Megafirms Drive Thirst For Tie-Ups As Firms Scale Up
• These Law Firms Keep Their Partnership Ranks Lean
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• VW Slams Emissions Opt-Out Claims As 'Wildly Excessive'
• Hunton-Repped Utility Group Folds Amid House Investigation
• Whistleblowers Spar With Tetra Tech In Navy Cleanup Suit
• Enviros Slam BLM Oil And Gas Plan For 720K Acres In Calif.
• SF Moves To Kill Taxicabs' Suit Over New Airport Pickup Regs
• Timing Of SEC's VW Emissions Suit 'Totally Mystifies' Judge
• PG&E Oversight Battle Looms For FERC, Bankruptcy Court
• NY Will Say Goodbye To Coal-Fired Power By 2020
• Texas Justices OK State's Fight Over Galveston Oyster Lease
• Lewis Brisbois Boosts DC Presence With 4 New Enviro Pros
• Getting Out Of Legal Project Management Debt
• DC Circ. Fails To Clear The Air On FERC's Climate Duties
• HMRC Updates Email For Comments On Plastic Packaging Tax
• SEC Fraud Suit Roils VW Bid To Shake Emissions Scandal
• Maui Tells High Court To Reverse CWA Ruling Amid Deal Talks
• Fla. DEP Won't Fight Decision To Allow Everglades Oil Well
• Solar Co. Shouldn't Be Part Of Award Judgment, Court Told
• Trump To Challenge Nationwide Injunctions At Supreme Court
• Missing Rules Tee Up Litigation Debacle In NJ Pollution Blitz
• Solar Power Provider Sent Unwanted Text Ads, Suit Claims
• Group Wants Pause During Lake Erie Law Intervention Appeal
• Sumec Not Hurt By Retroactive Duties On Chinese Solar Cells
• Trump Admin. Fights House Injunction Bid On Wall Spending
• 4 Ways State AGs Are Targeting Energy Sector
• Babst Calland Picks Up Enviro Pro From Haynes And Boone
• DC Circ. Nixes Case Over FERC's Rollback Of GHG Analysis
• 6 Ways To Keep Your Jury From Zoning Out
• 'Punish' Monsanto With $1B Roundup Verdict, Calif. Jury Told
• BLM Violated NEPA In Granting Fracking Permits: 10th Circ.
• Tribes Get Partial Win On Dakota Access Record Request
• EPA Landfill Rule Decision Firms Up States' Right To Sue
• Calif. Enviro Authorities Move To Ban Unsafe Pesticide
• Imerys Slams Insurers' Bid To Lift Stay In Del. Ch. 11
• NY's Bid To Reduce Midwest Ozone Is Unneeded, EPA Says
• Ariz. Utility Says It's Immune From Solar Rate Antitrust Claim
• Pa. Woman's Sentence For Disrupting Sunoco Pipeline Upheld
• W.Va. Board Of Ed. Can't Halt Manufacturing Site, Judge Says
• Ex-House GCs Back House's Suit Over Border Wall Funding
• Alsup Says PG&E Board Must Tour Wildfire Devastation
• Biomass Facility Developer To Settle FCA Claims For $2.6M
• EU Says €39M Award Against Spain Cannot Be Confirmed
• LaFleur Says Climate Split Is Harming FERC's Work
• Porsche To Pay $599M Over Emissions Cheating
• DC Circ. Urged To Keep Mont. Oil Lease Challenge Alive
• Feds Say 7th Circ. Should Dump Tribe's CWA Mine Permit Row
• Help For Puerto Rico A Hurdle For Senate Aid Bill
• Ore. Blocks LNG Project Over Water Quality Worries
• NJ Tells DC Circ. PennEast Pipeline Needs Closer Look
• 5 Myths In Legal Crisis Communications
• Monsanto Can't Bring EPA's Latest Report Into Roundup Trial
• EPA Ordered To Implement Landfill Emissions Rule
• Wash., Tribes Look To Block Bid To Upend CERCLA Ruling
• Ford, NJ Town To Pay $21M For Landfill Cleanup
• Bracewell Welcomes Back Projects Partner In Dubai
• Utilities Say EPA Right Not To Set Startup Emissions Standard
• Texas Homeowners Say Gov't Must Pay For Harvey Flooding
• Advocates Defend Bid To Block Use Of DOD Funds For Wall
• Ill. Sterilization Plant Can't Fight Closure In Federal Court
• Judge Seeborg Won't Hear PG&E Investor Suit Over Wildfires
• Solar Co. Fired Black Workers Who Protested Slurs, Suit Says
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Berger's H. Laddie Montague Jr.
• GM's 'Clean' Diesel Systems Are Dirty, Silverado Buyers Say
• Enviro, Profs Back $3M Hog Stench Victory In 4th Circ.
• An Overview Of The Debate Over Litigation Finance Disclosure
• Nuclear Power In The Age Of Decommissioning
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Texas Justices OK Electric Companies' Pollution Exemptions
• Ill. Appeals Court Upholds State's Renewable Energy Plan
• Fiat's $307M Emissions Cheat Deal OK'd, Plus $66M To Attys
• Enviros Say Energy Cos. Made $440M By Skirting CAA
• Pa. Residents Say CSX Derailment Hurt More Than Physically
• FERC Approves $926M Pipeline Project Amid Climate Split
• Ex-Solar Co. CEO Cops To Stealing $3M In Federal Funding
• Frankfurt Co. Can't Seek Docs In Merger Fight, Court Hears
• TSA Needs To Improve Pipeline Cybersecurity, GAO Says
• VW Rips Pre-Scandal Car Sellers Who Say They're Victims
• Tribal Rancher Says DOI Delinquent On Road Work
• Exxon Hit Again With Climate-Related Investor Suit
• Recently Confirmed Judge Up For 3rd Circ. Promotion
• Wind Farm Investor Deserves $126M, Not $1, Del. Justices Say
• FERC Won't Budge On PG&E Power Deal Oversight
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Challenge To $200M ND Water Project
• NAIC Head Talks Tech Benefits, Climate Risks For Insurers
• Preparing For PFAS Scrutiny: Part 2
• 'Unnecessary' Housing Project A Wildfire Risk, Enviros Say
• New England Senators Float Ban On Atlantic Offshore Drilling
• ExxonMobil Will Pay $6.6M Over SC Fertilizer Plant Waste
• Endangered Beetle's Status Change Cheered By Oil Industry
• Fossil Fuel Tax Breaks Would Get Killed Under Senate Bill
• Solar Co. Can't Touch Factory During Arbitration Award Fight
• Lloyd's Insurer Sinks Coverage Fight Over La. Oil Spill
• DOI Rolls Back Post-Deepwater Blowout Safety Regs
• DOJ Probes Southern Co. Over Failed 'Clean Coal' Project
• US Steel Faces New Legal Threat Over Pa. Coke Plant Fire
• Wilson Sonsini Steers Tesla's $2.3B Notes, Stock Offering
• Dems Pit DOI Solicitor, Watchdog Noms Against Each Other
• EPA Says Challenge To Small Refiner RFS Waiver Is Invalid
• Preparing For PFAS Scrutiny: Part 1
• House Vote On Paris Climate Pact Tees Up Election Fight
• PG&E Seeks Court OK For $105M Wildfire Victims Fund
• How To Identify And Deal With Narcissists In Law
• LGE Beats Solar Tech Co.'s Trade Secret Theft Claims
• DC Circ. Mulls If 'Going Forward' Implied EPA Policy Change
• Pa. Jury Convicts Former Biofuel Exec Over $50M Fraud
• What's Holding Up High Court's Separation-Of-Powers Case?
• US Sues Gas Station Co. For Lax Underground Tank Safety
• GAO Probing Effects Of Climate Change On DOD Contracting
• Enviros Seek $315K In Atty Fees In Methane Flaring Fight
• Lawmakers Seek Action On Expired Energy Tax Extenders
• US Urges High Court To Skip Mont. Superfund Site Cost Case
• Waste Companies' Suit Says Baltimore Air Law Stinks
• Tide May Be Turning For Prop 65 Free Speech Defense