Environmental Archive » June, 2019

Environmental - June, 2019

242 articles

• Artisanal Miners' Roadblocks To Justice: Is A Path Clearing?
• High Court Census Ruling Could Escalate Rule Challenges
• Chemours Sues DuPont Over 'Lowball' Cleanup Tab
• Conservative Justices Cross Over To Create Unusual Lineups
• US Steel To Pay $2.7M In Deal Over Pa. Coal Plant Emissions
• The Sharpest Dissents Of The Supreme Court Term
• Keurig Must Face Claims It Mislabeled Pods As Recyclable
• EPA Chemical Risk Evaluations Draw Criticism From Enviros
• In High Court's Kisor Ruling, 2 Important Doctrines Survive
• Sotomayor, Breyer Vie For Chattiest High Court Justice
• National Fuel Wants Pipeline Appeal Sent to DC Circ.
• Top 10 Techniques For Crafting A Dazzling Brief
• Texas High Court Takes Up Gov't Arbitration Immunity Fight
• Chevron Tells 9th Circ. To Ignore Baltimore Climate Ruling
• Del. And Md. Can't Force EPA Action On Smog, DC Circ. Told
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The New 'Roberts Court' Finds Its Footing
• GM's Claim It Didn't Know Of Defect Faces Skeptical Judge
• Drivers Fail To Prove BMW Cars Cheated On Emissions
• Breaking Down The Vote: High Court Term In Review
• Texas Family Can't Escape Hurricane Relief Fraud Convictions
• Waste Co. Agrees To Ill. AG's Spill Cleanup Terms
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• Sterigenics Floats Plan To Reopen Ill. Plant And Cut Emissions
• WTO Faults US For Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
• FERC's Approval Of $7B Pipeline Was Sound, DC Circ. Hears
• Pratt & Whitney Says It's Not To Blame In $1B Toxins Suit
• Developer Wants In On Enviros' Utah Oil Shale Challenge
• Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies Despite 'Charisma,' 9th Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Denies Wash. Tribe's Bid For Fishing Rights
• Conservatives Satisfied With 'Zombified' Auer Doctrine
• Bayer Taps Skadden Atty To Advise On Roundup Litigation
• EPA Tells DC Circ. That Enviros Are 18 Years Late To CAA Row
• Enviros Fight Pa. County's Bid For Renovation Delay Costs
• Recent Tax Equity Rulings And The Renewable Energy Sector
• Ill. City Ends Pipeline Pollution Suit Against Utilities
• $7B Pipeline In Peril Under 4th Circ. Trail Ruling, Justices Told
• Mercedes, Bosch Denied Quick Appeal Of NJ Emissions Suit
• EPA's Air Office Head Steps Down Amid Investigations
• Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill To Approve Tribe's Water Deal
• High Court May Take On Preemption In Superfund Case
• A Chat With Ballard Spahr Diversity Chief Virginia Essandoh
• Justices Uphold Deference To Regulators, With Caveats
• LA Challenges FAA Flight Path Changes At 9th Circ.
• Allegheny County Joins Air Pollution Suit Against US Steel
• DOI, Tribes, Others Say Okla. Endangered Mussels Suit Fails
• CSX Opposes Cert. For Pa. Town Emptied By Derailment
• New Atlantic Fishing Policy Properly Weighed, Feds Insist
• Lockheed Nuclear Cleanup Kickback Suit Is Sound, DOJ Says
• 10th Circ. Won't Revisit Narrow BLM Drilling Permit Remand
• Judging A Book: McMahon Reviews 'Roosevelt For The Defense'
• Fuel Blend Guidance Can't Be Challenged, DC Circ. Says
• AXA's New Bond Proposal May Expand Sustainable Finance
• McKinsey Critic Denied Probe In SunEdison Ch. 11
• High Court Puts Local Limits On Energy Development At Risk
• Ex-Dorsey & Whitney Energy Partner Joins Greenberg Traurig
• Mine Owner Can't Escape $2M Tab For Cleanup At W.Va. Site
• Depositions Barred In $14B Maxus Bankruptcy Suit
• REIT's Choice Named Umpire To Break Logjam On $21M Claim
• Manhattan Residents Sue To Block City's 14th St. Busway Plan
• Enviros Insist On Standing At DC Circ. In FERC Pipeline Row
• High Court Declines To Hear Investor Loss Causation Dispute
• 10th Circ. Dumps Suit Over Fracking-Linked Quake Costs
• Danish Co. Ørsted Wins Bid For NJ's First Offshore Wind Farm
• Enviros, Tribe Seek 10th Circ. Rethink Of NM Fracking Case
• DOI's 'Begrudging' Lease Revival Won't Cut It, Oil Co. Says
• Trump Calls For Agencies To Limit Climate Change Reviews
• Texas Justices Won't Reopen $161M Strasburger & Price Suit
• Gas Co. Insurers Want $189M Harvey Damage Row Arbitrated
• King & Spalding Snags Troutman Sanders Enviro Atty
• Utah Mining Biz To Pay $9.3M For Alleged Fraud
• Army Corps Must Nix Wetland Build Permit, Enviros Say
• Trump Rebuke Of Injunctions Could Mean Headaches For Biz
• 9th Circ. Leery Of Feds' Border Wall Funding Justification
• FirstEnergy's $600M Ohio Subsidy Improper, Court Says
• DLA Piper, Munger Attys Defend BNSF Brief To 9th Circ.
• Ariz. County Says Copper Mine Would Disrupt Water Supply
• The 'Administrative State' Lives To Fight Another Day
• Auto Emissions Plan Hearing Sparks Regulator War Of Words
• 2 Cop To Polluting Ill. City's Sewage System With Wastewater
• NJ Senate OKs Bill Targeting Mob-Related Dirt Dumping
• State Board Can Drop Groundwater Watch, Ill. Justices Say
• NY Eyes Zero Emissions By 2050 In Sweeping Climate Bill
• An Analytical Approach To Defending Securities Class Claims
• 'Homeless' Company Says Former Exec Withheld Millions
• Dutch, Swedish Officials Back EU Unanimity For Green Taxes
• Calif. High Court Ignores U2 Guitarist's Axed Mansions Appeal
• 3 Takeaways From EPA's New Power Plant Rule
• White & Case Lands Ex-GE Tax Atty With Energy Sector Focus
• GE Must Do More To Clean Up Ill. Golf Course, Justices Told
• Offshore Rig Ruling Checks State Claims At Shore
• Canada Again Greenlights Trans Mountain Pipeline
• European Comm. Approves €431M German Emissions Plan
• Fla. Enviro Can't Ditch $4.4M 'Malice' Verdict Over Project
• PG&E Wants Bankruptcy Court To Stop Securities Suit
• House Backs Push To Block Trump's Border Wall Funding
• Mass. Agency Hit With $21M Verdict For Dredging Overruns
• EPA Finalizes Replacement Of Obama-Era Power Plant Rule
• UK Adds Climate, Cyber Scenarios To Insurance Stress Test
• Utilities Oppose FCC's Small-Cell Streamlining At 9th Circ.
• $1B Deal Reached Over Claims PG&E's Gear Caused Wildfires
• Calif. Green Energy Co. To Pay $7.7M To SEC For False Claims
• Monsanto Looks To Whack $2B Roundup Verdict
• Watchdog To Investigate DOI Over Monument Mineral Leases
• Interior Hit With FOIA Suit Over Sage-Grouse Docs
• Challengers Seek Partial Win Over Trump's '2-For-1' Order
• Samarco Escapes Investor Suit Over Deadly Dam Collapse
• Water District Withdraws 9th Circ. Appeal Over Tribe's Share
• 9th Circ. Giving Free Pass On Power Deals, Solar Co. Says
• Shippers Look To High Court For 'Safe Berth' Resolution
• A New Way To Target Food Co. Supply Chain Practices?
• Bernstein Litowitz Seeks $11M In Fees For $45M Waste Deal
• USTR Pledges Close Work With Congress To Pass NAFTA 2.0
• Enviros Urge Halt Of BLM's Revised Sage-Grouse Plans
• Chocolatier Presses Judge For $49M Sandy Coverage Claim
• Texas Justices Say No Lifting Of Stay In Anti-SLAPP Appeal
• German Car Cos. Ditch Buyers' Antitrust Conspiracy Claims
• Calif. Man Says Monsanto Can't Ditch $80M Roundup Award
• Shearman Threatened With Ethics Referral In SunEdison MDL
• Cattle Group Seeks To Block Enforcement Of Water Rule
• Recycling Co. Asks 9th Circ. To Make Reno Face Antitrust Suit
• VW Franchisees Seek Class Cert. In Bosch RICO Action
• 5 Ways Law Firms Can Improve Their Job Interviews
• Army, United Tech Unit Face $31M Cleanup Tab For Calif. Site
• TVA Asks Justices To Delay 6th Circ. Groundwater Review
• Supreme Court Backs Va. Uranium Mining Ban
• General Mills Gets Weedkiller In Cheerios Suit Dismissed
• Lone Star Laterals: Munck Wilson, Thompson Knight, SEC
• Saul Ewing Atty's Artistic Vision Thrives After Losing Eyesight
• Revolution Pipeline Builder Says Pa. DEP Order Oversteps
• Earth & Water Coaxes Former Hunton Pro Out Of Retirement
• Military Bases Lacking Climate Change Plans, GAO Says
• Spain Says Sovereign Immunity Applies In $144M Award Fight
• Idaho Ranch's Bid To Stop Fed Trail Project Goes Nowhere
• Sens. Seek To Shine Light On RFS Small Refiner Waivers
• DC Circ. Sinks Enviros' Challenge To EPA Clean Air Act Permit
• EU Backs Italy's $6B Green Energy Plan, Emissions Caps
• Colo.'s New Oil And Gas Law Shifts Rulemaking Landscape
• Leader In $500M Tax Scam Can Await Trial In Jail: 10th Circ.
• Litigation Funder Can't Recoup $5.8M From Deepwater Claims
• Feds Can't Sink Washington State Workers' Comp Law
• Mich. Prosecutors Drop Flint Charges, Restart Investigation
• States Seek Quick Win In Border Wall Funding Challenge
• Tribes, Enviros Push To Block Rosemont Copper Mine Work
• State Dept. Not Forced To Turn Over Climate Change Report
• Fla. High Court Nixes Challenge To $1B In FPL Solar Projects
• Dem Reps Tell Army Corps Of Engineers To Block Alaska Mine
• How To Streamline Virtual Law Team Mass Tort Defense
• Watchdog Probes EPA's Actions On Minn. Copper Mine
• Chamber Supports Driller In DOI Lease Cancellation Fight
• Saving Seaweed Via Maine Property Law
• Donziger Must Surrender Passport In Chevron Ecuador Fight
• Miami Orca Case Tossed, But Judge Decries Living Conditions
• Enviros Hit FWS With Suit Over Prairie Chicken Inaction
• FERC Dems Make Climate Change Case In House Hearing
• Cities Tell 9th Circ. FCC Overstepped With 5G Order
• Dutch Push EU-Wide Aviation Tax To Fight Pollution
• Wash. Tribe Threatens Navy With Water Pollution Suit
• Exxon Stripped Of Most Defenses In NY AG's Climate Case
• KMCO Asks Texas MDL Panel To Consolidate 9 Explosion Suits
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Fateful Phone Call
• LA Green Group Sues Paving Co. Over Water Discharges
• Law Firms Can Do Better With Their Mentoring Programs
• EPA Glyphosate Findings Key In Monsanto Verdict Challenges
• Enviros Sue Over Deepwater-Linked Safety Rule Rollback
• NLRB Overrules Prosecutor, OKs Union Interference Deal
• Obama Center Can Be Built On Park Land, Judge Rules
• Tribal Sustenance Fishing Bill Heads To Maine Governor
• W.Va. High Court Backs Gas Cos. In Landowner Drilling Row
• MoFo Tapped To Defend PG&E In Wildfire Investigations
• Feds, Wash. Tribes Reach $1.3M Pollution Deal With Steel Co.
• Fiat Chrysler, Engine Maker Say Truck Defect Suit Is 'Improper'
• BP Can't Keep Baltimore Climate Suit In Federal Court
• No Win, No Fees For Sierra Club After Power Plant Redesign
• EPA Ozone Rulings Were Proper, States Tell DC Circ.
• Enviros Sue Army Corps To Revise Harmful Lake Releases
• How To Comply With NYC's New Climate Mobilization Act
• Chemical Maker Can't Escape Ohio PFAS Suit, Court Hears
• Petro Group Fights EPA's High-Ethanol Fuel Rule In DC Circ.
• LA Developer Accuses Rival Of Using CEQA For Extortion
• High Court Superfund Case Could Limit Private Cleanup Suits
• FERC Rebuke Won't Be Last Word In PG&E Power Deals Fight
• Drivers Want Ford, Bosch Emissions Cases Consolidated
• Murray Energy Says W.Va. County Can't Regulate Coal Ops
• Russia Says Tribunal Can't Hear Ukraine's Maritime Dispute
• PennEast Has No Right To Seize Land For Pipeline, NJ Says
• Calif., NM Want Obama-Era Methane Release Limits Revived
• 'Rocket Docket' Justifies Its Name For 11th Straight Year
• Repsol Says Bankruptcy Court Can't Decide Maxus' $14B Suit
• Justices Won't Hear Teck's Appeal Of $8.6M CERCLA Liability
• Class Action Takeaways From 9th Circ.'s New Hyundai Ruling
• State Wage Law Doesn't Cover Offshore Rigs, High Court Says
• Supreme Court To Review BP Unit's Mont. Superfund Case
• FERC Has No Say Over PG&E Contracts In Ch. 11, Judge Says
• Automakers' Plea For Emissions Deal May Be Too Late
• Wyo. Tells 9th Circ. Yellowstone Grizzly Not Endangered
• EPA Guidance Aims To Limit State Pipeline Reviews
• Wash. Sues Over EPA's Move To Loosen State Water Regs
• Hughes Hubbard Adds Pros To Boost Latin America Practice
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-SunEdison Employees' ERISA Suit
• Managing ESG Consultants In Private Equity Transactions
• Deepwater Horizon Case Could Steer Arbitrator Bias Rules
• Contractor Hit With Suit Over Nuclear Cleanup Support Deal
• 9th Circ. Kills Keystone XL Challenge In Light Of New Permit
• Spain Waived Immunity In $144M Award Fight, Court Hears
• Feds, Copper Co. Slam Bids To Block Arizona Mine Project
• Alston & Bird Snags Morgan Lewis Enviro Pro For SF Office
• Enviros Sue To Bar Drilling Near Dinosaur National Monument
• Mont. Tells 9th Circ. Yellowstone Grizzly Delisting Was Sound
• 5 Key Issues In Acquiring Transportation Infrastructure Assets
• BLM Can't Justify Nix Of Oil And Gas Lease, DC Circ. Told
• Philly Agrees To Pay EPA $6.54M For Landfill Cleanup
• Measuring The Value Of A Law Firm's Social Media Efforts
• NJ Rebuffs $926M Pipeline Project, Citing Water Toxicity
• Full 9th Circ. Saves Hyundai, Kia Fuel Economy Deal
• BP, Tribe Reach Deal In Suit Over Damage From Copper Mine
• States Seek 10-Day Notice Before Trump Obligates Wall Funds
• Two La. Enviro Researchers Charged With Trade Secret Theft
• Fla. Suit Targets Farms' 'Toxic' Sugarcane Burns
• Key Democrats Outline NAFTA 2.0 Wish List
• How New State Laws Will Affect Power Plant Closure Costs
• CB&I Says No Class For Investors Over Nuke Biz Disclosures
• Standing In Kids Climate Case No Sure Bet, 9th Circ. Says
• Biofuel Co. Founders Push To Kill Ex-Partner's Ch. 11 Fee Bid
• Feds, Tribes Settle Wash. Port Pollution Suit
• Mass. AG Says Trade Group Can't Challenge Anti-Oil Spill Law
• Minn. Court Faults Enviro Review For Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline
• DC Circ. Puts FERC On Notice To Bulk Up Climate Reviews
• NPR Can Publish Mistakenly Unsealed Settlement Doc
• Magnetek Says Travelers Must Defend It In PCB Suits
• Asbestos Removal Biz Seeks $24M For Extra Demolition Work
• Congress Can't Pull Court Into Border Wall 'Turf War': Judge
• Monsanto Looks To Nix $80M Loss In 1st Fed. Roundup Trial
• Carnival Fined $20M In Cruise Waste Dumping Plea Deal
• NM Oil And Gas Leases Ignored Climate Impacts, Enviro Says
• Ford, Bosch Want Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions Suits Axed
• 9th Circ. Won't Force Mont. To Compel Solar Power Deals
• DAPL Benefits Justify Land Takings, Iowa Justices Say
• DOT Plan Would Lower Criminal Boom On Pipeline Protests
• High Court Wants SG's Take On Texas-NM Water Clash
• 4 Firms Steer Algonquin's $365M Bermuda Utility Buy
• Insurers Say $2.3M Superfund Claim Not Covered In Policy