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Environmental - October, 2019

271 articles

• Insurers Say REIT's Atty Fees Must Be Resolved In Arbitration
• Dakota Access Pipeline Review Was Flawed, Tribes Say
• 'Enron' Haunts Exxon Climate Trial In AG Expert's Testimony
• Law360's The Term: Polluting The Pacific & Traffic Stops
• Utility Groups Challenge FERC Storage Rule At DC Circ.
• 5th Circ. Blocks Texas Residents' Suit Over Landfill Odors
• Don't Nix BASF Antitrust Counterclaims, Judge Recommends
• Calif. Court Affirms $13M Asbestos Verdict Against Tyson Unit
• Ill. Silicone Maker To Probe Possible Contamination After Fire
• Conflicted Board Saddled Chemical Co. With Bad Debt: Suit
• Former House Reps And GCs Push For Border Wall Appeal
• 5 Trends Influencing RFPs For Law Firms
• DOJ Blocks Attorneys From Favored Settlement Tool
• How DOJ Suit Could Affect Calif. Cap-And-Trade Plan
• Private Equity Wants To Buy Your Asbestos Liabilities
• Enviros Say BLM Allowing Too Much Drilling In Calif.
• PG&E Judge Mulls Limited Atty Gag In Tubbs Fire Case
• Dems Push EPA Watchdog Pick To Scrutinize Agency Leaders
• Cardno Says Deal Reached To End Suit Over $15M Award
• 3rd Circ. Doubts Mercedes Emissions Case Fully Mulled In NJ
• DHS Waives More Enviro Rules To Build Border Wall In Texas
• Minn. Feedlot Ruling Reflects Less Deference To Agencies
• Industry Tells 3rd Circ. To Revisit 'Untenable' Pipeline Decision
• VW Asks For Redo Of Bondholder's Emissions Fraud Ruling
• An Internal Investigation Playbook For Energy Cos.: Part 3
• Fla. Condo Group, Insurer Settle $25M Sinkhole Loss Suit
• No Room For Energy Groups In Keystone XL Suit, Enviros Say
• FDA Must Reconsider Perchlorate Rule, Enviro Groups Say
• Rex Tillerson Denies Exxon Climate Change Fraud In NY Trial
• SoCalGas Says No 'Permanent Nuisance' At Aliso Canyon
• EPA Urges DC Circ. To Uphold Adviser Policy Ruling
• Laid-Off Nuke Site Worker Seeks Another $1M After Jury Win
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Being There For Families In Trouble
• NY, NJ, Conn. Sue EPA Over Out-Of-State Ozone Pollution
• Top 5 Environmental Concerns For The Cannabis Industry
• An Internal Investigation Playbook For Energy Cos.: Part 2
• Judge Restores Gillnet Ban To Help Protect Right Whales
• Murray Energy Becomes Latest Coal Miner To File Bankruptcy
• Duke's Appeal In NC Coal Ash Cleanup Faces Another Setback
• PG&E Agrees To Extend Wildfire Proof Of Claims Deadline
• Justices Urged Not To Weigh In On FERC Dam Dispute Ruling
• Bosch On The Hook For VW Dealers' Lost Profits, Court Told
• DOT Hazmat Train Rule Lacks Info Safeguards, DC Circ. Told
• Best Practices For US-Canada Virtual Mass Tort Teams
• An Internal Investigation Playbook For Energy Cos.: Part 1
• GM, Toyota Side With Trump Admin In Emissions Rule Fight
• Tetra Tech's Recusal Bid 'Inappropriate,' Calif. Judge Says
• Romanucci Atty Will Lead Sterigenics Emissions Suits In Ill.
• 3 Takeaways From Mass. AG's Exxon Climate Suit
• Judge Will Rethink Recusal Over Ex-Clerk Working On Case
• NY AG 'Stunned' By Threat To Cut Short Exxon Climate Case
• Youths Sue Canada Over Climate Change Threats
• DC Circ. Wonders If EPA Exemption Spike Warrants Lawsuit
• PG&E Says Equipment Failed Just Before Wildfire Started
• Dems Challenge Fed Agencies On 'Roadless Rule' Data
• Interior Dept. Defangs Controversial FOIA Rule
• $74M SunEdison Investor Settlement Gets Judge's Approval
• 'Unprofessional Behavior' Sinks Age Bias Suit, 5th Circ. Says
• Oil Well Owners Seek Clearance For Alta Mesa Fracking Suits
• SD Settles With Activists To End Riot Boosting Law Challenge
• States Are Wrong To Block Local Gov'ts From Opioid Suits
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Hiscox Displays New Jersey Flood Risk With New Reality App
• DC Circ. Tosses Challenges To EPA's GHG Emission Analysis
• EPA Compliance Delays On Landfill Emissions Irk Judge
• Exxon Exec Denies Scheme To Hide Costs Of Climate Change
• Schlumberger, Dow Get Water Contamination Suit Tossed
• EPA Planned To Repeal Water Rule All Along, Enviros Say
• EU Enforcer: Competition Helps Beat Back Climate Change
• House Dems Ask DC Circ. To Revive Border Wall Suit
• EPA Wants Mining Co.'s Counterclaim Axed In Gold King MDL
• Cancer Patients Fight Monsanto Bid For First Shot At Doctors
• Mass. AG Hits Exxon With Long-Awaited Climate Suit
• Liquid Pipeline Rule Emphasizes New Safety Requirements
• Insurer Must Pay $50M Award In Pollution Case, 7th Circ. Told
• High Court Asked To Kill Bribery Case By La. Landfill Co.
• Glencore, AIG Face Suit Over Toxic Gas Release In Canada
• Willis Denied Quick Win In $31M Hurricane Coverage Row
• Exxon Misled On Climate Change Costs, Investors Say
• Tribe Says Trump's Wall Would Make Border Problems Worse
• Farella Braun Snags Downey Brand Enviro Atty In SF
• O'Melveny Launches State Regulatory Defense Group
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Can Survive Trump's Legal Attack
• Enviros Say Va. Dominion Permit Nix Won't Spark New Fights
• EPA Must Act On Oil & Gas Ozone Emissions, Groups Say
• Trump Touts Exit From Paris Accord At Pa. Shale Conference
• PennEast Says 3rd Circ. Ruling Will Disrupt Gas Industry
• Biofuel Groups Take EPA's Refinery Exemption Fight To Court
• Where Law Firm Partners Go When Changing Jobs
• Shale Conference 'Game Show' Highlights Vital Oil, Gas Cases
• DOJ Sues Calif. Over Cap-And-Trade Deal With Québec
• Supreme Court Won't Keep Climate Suits From State Courts
• DC Circ. Skeptical Oceans Are Off-Limits For Monuments
• Cattle Industry Says EPA CWA Rollback Is Not Enough
• Calif. Developer, Akin Gump Filed 'Baseless' Suit, Rival Says
• US Sugar's Drought Suit Doesn't Hold Water, Army Corps Says
• EPA Gets Challenge To Mich. Mine's Water Permit Thrown Out
• 3 Ways To Leverage Vulnerability For Lawyer Well-Being
• Veterans Say $3.6B Wall Transfer Endangers Service Members
• NY AG Seeks Up To $1.6B From Exxon In Climate Change Trial
• Judge's Recusal Delay Sinks Cert. In Tainted Water Suit
• Robbins Geller, Motley Rice To Lead 3M Co. Investor Suit
• What Employers Can Do To Combat Climate Change
• PG&E Judge Calls Dearth Of Wildfire Claims 'Heartbreaking'
• Only Yellowstone Grizzlies Matter For Ban Lift, 9th Circ. Hears
• DC Circ. Skeptical Over EPA Rules For Power Plant Startups
• Houston Mayor Hit With Suit Alleging Misuse Of Drainage Fee
• Chevron Says Ecuadorian Atty Can't Quash Subpoenas
• Maui Mayor Won't Drop High Court Groundwater Suit
• Volkswagen Dealers Defend Cert. Bid In RICO Lost Profits Suit
• House Says Illegal Crossings Are Not National Emergency
• Weil Gotshal Seeks $2M For Work On PG&E Case
• FERC Unlikely To Act Soon On Pipeline Policy, Chairman Says
• Aviation Watch: Air Travel In The Age Of Climate Change
• EPA Fights Judge's Ruling On Mont. CWA Exception
• NY-Led Group Says Proposed Rule Doesn't Kill Methane Case
• Baltimore Asks High Court To OK State Court Climate Suit
• Washington Tribe Hit With Suit Over Proposed Crab Fishery
• Landmark Exxon Climate Change Case Heads To Trial
• Brennan Center, Cato Back Advocates In Border Wall Fight
• DuPont Wants Fresh Shot At Defense In Ohio Cancer Cases
• Feds Can't Dodge Tort Claims In Gold King Mine MDL
• New Data Shows BigLaw's True Profitability
• PG&E Bondholders, Wildfire Victims File Rival Ch. 11 Plan
• In Most Court Battles, States Win And Trump Loses
• Creditors Slam $11B PG&E Proposal Over Calif. Wildfires
• Enviros Urge Judge To Block $32M Hawaii Sports Complex
• Bryan Cave Atty Overbilled, Cos. In Waste Dumping Suit Say
• BLM Sage-Grouse Plans, Drilling Approvals Put On Ice
• EPA Denies NY's Request To Control Ozone From Other States
• FERC Greenlights Grid Operators' Energy Storage Plans
• DOI Says Developer Ire Misplaced In Mining Water Fight
• Decarbonization Offers New Shipping Finance Opportunities
• Insurer Must Face Trial Over Duty To Defend Environmentalist
• Limited Classes Certified In 2015 Exxon Refinery Fire Case
• Energy Trade Groups Look To Enter Keystone XL Pipeline Suit
• Enviro Group Says Hemp Co. Didn't Properly Label Products
• Why Trump's Orders On Agency Guidance Are Significant
• EPA Sued Over Paint-Stripper Ban's Commercial Exemption
• Exide Loses Bid To Halt California Penalties Via Ch. 11
• NM Judge Splits Gold King Mine MDL Into Three Parts
• Judge Rejects Recusal Bid Over Ex-Clerk Working On Case
• Tax Frequent Flyers To Cut Emissions, UK Committee Says
• Landowners Tell High Court To Keep Claims Against Arco
• NY Judge Clears Way For Exxon Climate Change Trial
• Formosa Plastics To Pay $50M To Settle Clean Water Act Suit
• Chicago Mayor, Enviros Slam EPA-US Steel Pollution Deal
• Feds Say Tort Claims Must Go In Gold King Mine MDL
• Judge Chafes At 'Goofy' DC Circ. Ruling In Dominion Case
• German Automakers Say Dealers 'Ignore' Antitrust Dismissal
• Wash. Tribal Leaders Want Columbia River Dams Removed
• Insurer Can't Ditch $1M Herbicide Suit, Texas Justices Hear
• Top EPA Enforcement Official Joins Vinson & Elkins
• French Finance Minister Urges EU Tax On Shipping, Aviation
• Justices Won't Hear SC's Nuclear Facility Closure Suit
• Courts Keep Rejecting Litigation Funding Discovery Campaign
• Justices Won't Review Gas Pipeline Rate Challenge
• Army Corps Aquaculture Permit Deemed Unlawful In Wash.
• 9th Circ. Reinstates Suit Over 2 Yosemite Campers' Deaths
• 4th Circ. Pauses Review Of FWS Permit For $5B Pipeline
• How Emotionally Intelligent AI Could Assist With E-Discovery
• FWS, Forest Service Must Face Suit Over Mont. Mine Approval
• Feds Fight To Keep Judge Whose Ex-Clerk Works On Case
• US Foods, Disney Object To $135M Deal In Truck Engine Row
• CNX Will Restore About 140 Abandoned Wells In Pa.
• Mountain Valley Pipeline Pays $2M To End Va. Pollution Suit
• Chesapeake Tries To Shake Off Okla. Quake Damage Suit
• EB-5 Scheme Fundraiser To Pay $527K In SEC Deal
• Is 'The Government Said I Could' A Civil Liability Defense?
• Council Backs Tribe's Bid To Expand Endangered Reservation
• Bottle Co. Manager Dodges Prison For Recycling Scam
• Feds, Manufacturing Cos. Concur On $125M Mass. Cleanup
• Trump Orders Could Gum Up The Works At Enviro Agencies
• What Do Trump's Orders Mean For Agency Guidance?
• 9th Circ. Tells DOE To Publish Obama-Era Energy-Saver Rules
• Feds Defend Authority To Move Money To Fund Border Wall
• Army Corps Seeks Win In Tribes' Dakota Access Suit
• DOJ Pans Ex-Bumble Bee CEO's Bid To Nix Witness' New Info
• EPA Wants Faster Action On Lead-Contaminated Water
• Preventable Risks Your Law Firm May Be Overlooking
• Pa. Ruling Leaves Room For Oil And Gas Reg Challenges
• Alaska Justices Appear Open To Reviving Youths' Climate Suit
• EPA Head's CBS News Interview Sparks Sierra Club Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Send NY Pipeline Appeal To DC Circ.
• PG&E Judge Clears Way For Rival Ch. 11 Plans
• EPA's Auto GHG Moves Show Challenge Is Ripe, Enviros Say
• EPA Sued For Lifting Restrictions On Pebble Mine Project
• Coal Plant Sued Over Dumping Hot Water Into Allegheny River
• Tribe Immunity Doesn't Shield Wetlands Dumping, Judge Says
• FERC Says DC Circ. Need Not Revisit Pipeline Appeal Delays
• Enviros Lose Bid To Sink NY Nuke Plant Subsidies
• It's Time For Ameren To Pay For Pollution, Gov't Says
• PwC Says Tobacco Co. Can't Rerun $800M Suit Over Audits
• Trump Reins In Regulators' Enforcement Powers
• 4 Trends To Watch In Toxic Tort Litigation
• Pa. Zoo Must Face Nuisance Claim Over 'Aesthetic Injury'
• Insurance Cases Illuminate Business Interruption Disputes
• 6 Ethics Tips For Attorneys Making Lateral Transfers
• Bulb Efficiency Rollback May Lead To Regulatory Patchwork
• Enviros Sue Feds Over Colo. Oil & Gas Lease Plan Analysis
• Feeling The Pain From A Divided Supreme Court Ruling
• Alsup Slams Calif. City's 'Half-Baked' PG&E Probation Plan
• Acciona Invests €99M In Wind Energy Co., Teeing Up Takeover
• Baker Botts' Large Enviro Platform Lures 9 Katten Attys
• States Want To Back EPA Oversight Of Power Plant Emissions
• Chevron, BP Ask Justices To Halt Yet Another Climate Suit
• EPA Asks 1st Circ. To Uphold Policy Restricting Advisers
• 1st Circ. Questions Fukushima Victims' Need To Sue GE
• FERC Proposal Would Shake Up Renewable Energy Pricing
• Wildfire Victims Say PG&E's Ch. 11 Plan Won't Cut It
• Yellowstone Grizzlies Don't Need Protected Status, Feds Say
• Montana Wants In On New Keystone XL Pipeline Suit
• EPA Emissions Policy Change Faces Skeptical DC Circ.
• ​​​​​​1st Circ. Clears Way For Climate Change Suit's Remand To RI
• Ecuador Wants $448M Oil Profits Award Axed
• Tribal History Center Suit Mostly Moot, 10th Circ. Says
• Monsanto's Final Roundup Trial Of 2019 Called Off Indefinitely
• Enviros Want DC Review Of 'Once In, Always In' Panel Ruling
• High Court Won't Review Pipeline Land Grab Challenge
• Justices Won't Hear Firms' Fee Dispute In $10B VW Settlement
• Calif. Utility Loses Bid For High Court Review Of Liability Law
• 15 Minutes With FMC's General Counsel
• 4 High Court Cases Enviro Attys Should Watch This Term
• House Wants Voice In 9th Circ. Border Wall Funding Fight
• EPA Pledges Biofuel Requirements Boost As Refiners Fume
• Photogs Sue NYC Parks Dept. Over 1970s Images Of City Life
• Insurer Tells 7th Circ. It's Not Liable For $50M Pollution Award
• Texas Says Salamander Claim Can't Hold Up Highway Project
• Calif. Funds Wildfire Liabilities Without Punishing Ratepayers
• After Knick Ruling, Calif. Suit Is Testing Federal Court Waters
• High Court To Review 4th Circ.'s Atlantic Coast Pipeline Ruling
• San Francisco Rips EPA Claims Of Clean Water Act Violations
• 9th Circ. Says Gov't Not Out Of Yuba River Fish Suit Yet
• Alaska Tells FERC $45B Pipeline Project Won't Do Harm
• Sidley Snags Bracewell Renewable Energy, Projects Duo
• Pa. Township Erred With Gas Drilling 'Overlay,' Panel Told
• Record Asbestos Fine Was Wrongly Tossed, Pa. County Says
• Enviro Groups Double Down In Bid To Keep Border Wall Suit
• Enviros Say High Court Wage Ruling Supports Sea Monument
• EPA Misses The Irony In Its Calif. Emissions Waiver Rollback
• Pa. To Join Cap-And-Trade Program To Curb Emissions
• Consider The Power Of Tactical Empathy
• New EU Tax Commissioner Pledges Carbon Border Tax
• Carnival Pressed For Concrete Progress In Pollution Case
• Gov. Can't Break Up, Shake BLM Sage-Grouse Suit
• Protests Pose Threat To Natural Gas Golden Age, Panel Says
• PG&E Case Attys Blast Fee Application Protocol
• Perenco Seeks OK Of $411M Award Against Ecuador
• Former NY Water Plant Head Skirts Prison For Sewage Spills
• The Problem — And Opportunity — Of Implicit Bias In The Bar
• $40M Puerto Rico Insurance Spat Belongs In Mass., Co. Says
• The Latest Carbon Market Developments: Part 2
• Chevron, BP Ask High Court To Block Baltimore Climate Suit
• DC Circ. Delays $1B Pipeline Fight After 3rd Circ. Ruling
• Tubbs Fire Victims Litigating Through Press, PG&E Complains
• DC Circ. Throws Out EPA's Ozone Pollution Rule
• Ex-Nuke Site Worker Gets $1.5M After Rehire Was Denied
• Colo. Grower Ran Cannabis & Cattle Ponzi Scheme, SEC Says
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Wins Bid To Ax Fishing Method Evidence
• 5 Questions For The DOJ's Jeffrey Bossert Clark
• Owner On Hook For Enviro Clearance In NJ Real Estate Deal
• PG&E Says It Has Enacted Enhanced Wildfire Protection
• DOI Didn't Offer Enough Logging In Ore., Judge Says
• Soo Line Railroad Wins $10.8M In Superfund Repayment Suit
• Show Me Emission Controls At Missouri Plants, Judge Says
• Judging A Book: Thapar Reviews Gorsuch's 'A Republic'
• The Latest Carbon Market Developments: Part 1
• Defendants' Chances On Daubert May Vary By Circuit
• EPA Forced To Face Flint Residents' $4.5B Water Crisis Claims
• Challenges To Trump's Monument Cuts Proceed — For Now
• Trump Taps FERC General Counsel To Fill Commission Seat