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Environmental - January, 2020

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• Climate Suit Backers Say 9th Circ. Ruling Is Irrelevant
• Oregon Ranchers Fail To Undermine Tribal Water Enforcement
• Texas Plant Should Stay Closed After Explosion, County Says
• Calif. Roundup Trial Paused At 11th Hour For Global Deal Talks
• SunEdison Was Out Of Cash Before Stock Offering, Court Told
• Key FERC Developments To Watch In 2020
• Enviros Tell EPA To Act On Aircraft Greenhouse Gas Rules
• Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
• 4 Considerations When Moving To A New Law Firm
• Kohler To Pay $20M To End Claims Of Emissions Violations
• Trump Admin Moves To Codify Relaxed Policy On Killing Birds
• Long-Eared Bat Ruling A Boon For At-Risk Species
• 9th Circ. Ruling Puts Climate Suits In Fed Court, Chevron Says
• Transpo Funding Fix Still Elusive In House Dems' $760B Plan
• Enviros Sue To Block Air Cargo Facility In San Bernardino
• Energy Software Co. Beats Fraud Suit Over Stock-Swap Deal
• Texas Explosion Suit Shifts To State Court For Possible MDL
• 5th Circ. Upholds Equinor Unit's $400K Fine Over Royalty Info
• House Panel Greenlights Environmental And Tribal Bills
• NY Bar Committee Advises Broad Approach To Cannabis Law
• 6 Tesla Directors Settle SolarCity Merger Suit In Del. For $60M
• Trump Navigable Waters Rule Bound For Court Challenges
• Contractors' Defamation Suit Over Pollution Tip Filed Too Late
• Split FERC Says 3rd. Circ. Wrong On $1B Pipeline's Land Grab
• A Modest Plan To Streamline Civil Cases In LA Superior Court
• PG&E Wins OK For Tubbs Fire Deal As Utility Eyes Ch. 11 Exit
• Navy, Wash. State Agree To Underwater Hull Cleaning Halt
• DC Judge Says Gov't Has Dirty Hands In Tribal Land Fight
• SD Gov. Revamps 'Riot Boosting' Law After Court Setback
• Abraham Fruchter Seeks $12M In Fees For TerraForm Deal
• Expanded Tribal Solar Project Requires Additional Enviro Review
• BP-Backed Refinery Pays $2.6M To Settle Pollution Allegations
• US Flubbed Protections For Northern Long-Eared Bats
• What Courts Are Saying About Litigation Finance Disclosure
• States Enter Fight Against Chemical Safety Rule Rollbacks
• Ameren Wants 8th Circ. To Unwind $3.6B Emissions Order
• Terminal Operator Nabs $3M Jury Award Over LA Oil Spill
• Trump's NEPA Reform Is No 'Nixon In China' Moment
• House Dems Outline $760B Infrastructure Investment Targets
• Enviros Accuse Hawaii Of Flouting Aquarium Fishing Rules
• Walmart Keeps $800K BP Payout For 'Startup' Damage
• Ex-Balch Partner, Coal Exec Ask 11th Circ. To Ax Convictions
• Drivers Rip VW Bid To DQ Former FBI Chief In Bellwether Trial
• Air Force Ducks State Claims In Idaho Hazardous Waste Suit
• Gov't Says Nonprofit Members Tied To Cap-And-Trade Deal
• V&E, Orrick Guide $100M Solar Project JV
• Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice
• 7th Circ. Begrudgingly Denies Tribal Effort To Revive Mine Suit
• How Judges' Politics May Influence Corporate Fines
• Gov't Ignored FOIA On Grand Canyon Project, Enviros Say
• FERC Says 6th Circ. Got Ch. 11 Power Deal Ruling Wrong
• Enviro Preps To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution Plan
• Enviros Slam Honolulu Bid To Nix $32M Sports Complex Suit
• TC Energy Renews Bid To Dump Tribes' Keystone XL Suit
• Calif. Judge Allows Latest EPA Report In Next Roundup Trial
• 10th Circ. Tosses Small-Refinery Renewable Fuel Exemptions
• Biz Groups Back VW In Ohio Supreme Court Emissions Fight
• Calif. Tribe Sues Water Districts Over Groundwater Charge
• Cook Group Forms As Minority, Women-Owned Defense Firm
• Setting Boundaries: An Essential Skill For Lawyers
• Justices Will Hear Texas-NM Pecos River Evaporation Dispute
• Trump's NEPA Reform Is Crucial For Energy Development
• Oops! DOJ Enviro Head Fesses Up After License Lapse
• Go Green Or Be Dropped, UK Pensions Fund Tells Cos.
• 3 Takeaways From The New, Narrower Clean Water Act Rule
• NJ Transit Wants State High Court To Skip $400M Sandy Suit
• Insurer Wants Award On $44M Gas Pollution Settlements Axed
• Churn Of Commissioners May Hobble FERC's Work
• Suits Filed Within Hours Of Deadly Explosion At Houston Plant
• Enviro Law Pair Launch Female-Owned NYC Firm
• Chubb Unit Likens Bad-Faith Claims To 'Shearing A Pig'
• NY State, Mohawk Tribe Ink Enviro Deal For River Site
• DC Solar Owners Cop To $1B Ponzi Scheme
• Roundup Deal Talks Stop St. Louis Trial Before It Starts
• ABA Rules For Departing Attys Set Unprecedented Limits
• Thin Texas Nexus Kills $2.5B Wind Farm Contractor's Suit
• Justices Eyeing More Challenges To Agency Deference
• Sheppard Mullin Nabs Wind, Solar Energy Whiz In LA
• 4 Takeaways From Roundup Jury Selection In St. Louis
• States Tells Justices $7B Pipeline Can't Cross Trail
• Enviro Claims FERC Approved Unneeded $286M Pipeline
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
• Why Justices Declined Review Of Scientist's Defamation Case
• EPA Narrows Federal Oversight Of Water Pollution
• FERC Commissioner McNamee Won't Seek New Term
• DC Circ. Won't Reconsider EPA Pollution Policy Ruling
• VW Can Ask 9th Circ. To Weigh Bondholder Fraud Suit
• Judge Confused By 11th Circ.'s Mandate In Biofuel Bankruptcy
• 5th Circ. Asked To Revisit OK Of Wind Investors' $63M Award
• Energy Cos. Tell 1st Circ. Climate Case Belongs In Fed. Court
• Keystone Pipeline Gets Crucial Federal Permit In Montana
• More Navajo Landowners Can't Join NM Anti-Fracking Suit
• Nissan Ex-CEO Illustrates Do's And Don'ts Of Image Repair
• Ex-Nuke Site Worker Adds $300K To $1.5M Retaliation Suit Win
• 3 Concerns If Your Witness Becomes Flippant At Deposition
• Energy Storage As A Transmission Asset In Regional Markets
• Former Eversheds Litigator Shaping IRS Enforcement Efforts
• FERC Faces Heat Over State Clean Energy Subsidies Order
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Western Enviro Law Center
• Class Counsel Gets $36.5M In Navistar Engine Settlement
• Pa. Justices Preserve Rule Of Capture For Fracking
• 4th Roundup Trial Kicks Off On Monsanto's Home Turf
• Chemical Co. To Take Tribal Waste Permit Case To High Court
• Army Corps Withdraws Contentious Water Supply Rule
• Federal Suit Over Fish Protection Plan Not Ripe, Calif. Says
• Law Preserves FERC Role In PG&E Bankruptcy, 9th Circ. Told
• 5th Circ. Says Insurer Needn't Cover Crushed Rock Cleanup
• Migrants Fleeing Enviro Danger Can't Be Deported, UN Says
• Enviro Groups Say Gov't Dragging Feet On Turtle Status
• Calif. Water Utility Sues Feds For $1.3M Water Treatment Cost
• 5th Circ. Tosses La. Suit Asking Army To Maintain Waterway
• Home Depot Can't Kill Roundup Cancer Warning Suit For Now
• Wyo., Mont. Urge Justices To Nix Wash. Coal Export Denial
• Citibank Fined $18M Over Uninsured Flood-Prone Homes
• Davis Polk-Led Foil Maker Reynolds Primes $1.3B IPO
• High Court Won't Block Flint Lead Water Suit
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
• 'Clean Diesel' Bellwether Jurors Will Learn VW Admitted Fraud
• Kids' Climate Suit Misses The Mark But Fallout Will Be Limited
• Climate Law Brings Challenges For NYC Co-Ops And Condos
• Energy Co. To Ask 5th Circ. For Arbitration In Trade Secret Suit
• Calif. Jumps Into Fight With Feds Over Fracking Impact
• US Chamber Wants To 'Neuter' Judges, Sens. Tell 1st Circ.
• US Steel Hit With More Fines Over Pa. Facility Emissions
• Ohio Tax Talk: Taking Advantage Of Sustainability Incentives
• Paving Co. Will Upgrade Facilities To End Water Pollution Suit
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Manko Gold
• No Standing For Kids In Climate Case, 9th Circ. Says
• Exxon Says Mass. AG Timed Climate Suit With NY Trial
• 2 States Accuse EPA Of Inaction Over Upwind Pollution
• Wash. Top Court Limits Scope Of State GHG Emissions Cap
• Sunoco Slapped With $2M Fine In Latest Pa. Pipeline Sanction
• Garland, EPA Atty Clash Over Impact Of Past Pollution Ruling
• Justices Told $7B Pipeline Can't Cross Appalachian Trail
• NY State Flexes Muscles With Energy Service Co. Restrictions
• GM Truck Emissions-Cheating Cases Consolidated In Mich.
• Judge Frees Navy From Firefighting Foam Medical Monitoring
• How Associate Life Has Evolved Over The Past Decade
• Harvard Students Threaten To Boycott Paul Weiss Over Exxon
• K&L Gates Snags Experienced Enviro Atty In Seattle
• Senate Sends North America Trade Deal To Trump
• 5th Circ. Says BP Must Pay Walmart $15M For Oil Spill Losses
• 5th Circ. Tells FWS It Must Rethink Denial Of Warbler Delisting
• Tribe Seeks Confirmation It Signed 1855 Hunting Rights Treaty
• VW Aims To DQ Ex-FBI Chief From 'Clean Diesel' Bellwether
• Skepticism Greets Bid To Hold Lender Liable In India Damage
• Electric Co-Ops Ditch Plans For $2.8B Coal Plant In Kansas
• Maine's Tribes Push To Restore Authority Over Lands
• PG&E Asks Court To Reject Challenge To $24B Settlements
• Enviros Say 'Cancer Alley' Plastics Plant Needed Closer Look
• Mayors Tell 10th Circ. Climate Case Belongs In State Court
• DuPont, 3M Sued Over Michigan 'Forever Chemicals' Pollution
• Former Head Of Ill. EPA Joins Thompson Coburn
• International Paper, Occidental Face Suit Over La. Plume
• Full 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Tribal Waste Permit Row
• Green Groups Say Calif. Drilling Approvals Are Flawed
• Dems Urge Trump To Release Puerto Rico Emergency Aid
• BlackRock Joins Finance Industry's Retreat From Coal
• USMCA Trade Deal Slated For Final Passage This Week
• White House NEPA Overhaul Likely To Face Legal Challenges
• Minn. Appeals Court Tosses Permits For Copper Mine
• Solar Panel Importer Can't Shake China Duties
• 6 VW Execs Charged With Fraud In 'Dieselgate' Saga
• 4 Hurdles Trump's Infrastructure Review Overhaul Will Face
• Insurer Says Debris Not Covered In Harvey Flooding Suit
• FERC Pipeline Appeal Delays Defy Due Process, DC Circ. Told
• Liquefied Natural Gas: A Power Solution For Isolated Markets
• Judging A Book: Dyk Reviews 'Democracy And Equality'
• LA Forum Challenges Law Fast-Tracking Clippers Arena Plan
• Brookfield Renewable Makes $3.9B Play For TerraForm Power
• Dutch Insurer Aegon To Cut Investment In Coal Industry
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2019
• NY AG Won't Appeal Exxon's Win In Landmark Climate Trial
• Calif. Judge Won't Hold Multiplaintiff Roundup Cancer Trials
• FERC On Legal Limb With State Clean Energy Subsidy Order
• Enviro Fights To Block Massive Calif. Real Estate Project
• 3rd Circ. Sends Mercedes Emissions Case Back To NJ
• House OKs Bill Regulating 'Forever Chemicals' PFAS
• 1st Circ. Looks To Maine Courts In City's Oil Export Ban Fight
• Gov't Review OK'd For ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Exploration
• Okla. City Sues Feds Over Tribal Water Pipeline Deal
• Tribes, Enviros Look To Reverse Trump's Monument Cuts
• Policy Push Yields Mixed Results For Biofuels Sector
• 7 Insider Tips For Working With In-House Counsel
• Pa. Judge Says Lawmakers Must OK Firefighting Foam Suits
• Steelworkers Sue EPA Over Chemical Safety Rule Rollbacks
• Trump Climate Change Review Rollback A Boon For Pipelines
• Dem. Hammers Trump For Not Consulting Tribe Over Wall
• Exide's Bid To Avoid Higher Ch. 11 Trustee Fees Nixed In Del.
• Crystal Geyser Admits To Dumping Arsenic-Laden Wastewater
• 5th Circ. Lifts Bar On $3.6B In Defense Funds For Border Wall
• USMCA Trade Deal Could Get Senate Vote Next Week
• The EPA's Most Significant Actions Of 2019
• Young Sidley Vet Confirmed As Trump's 'Regulatory Czar'
• 50 Years Later, Interpretive Challenges Remain For RICO
• Enviros Say Fla. Road Plans Threaten Endangered Panthers
• 7 Ethics Tips For Lawyers' Pretrial Social Media Use
• States Should Not Follow ABA On Attorney Conduct Rules
• White House Would Cut Climate Change From Project Reviews
• Wynn Resorts, Shuttle Bus Cos. Are Illegally Idling, Suit Says
• RI Tribe's $30M Bridge Project Suit Off To DC After All
• Sierra Club Asks High Court To Ignore Feds' FOIA Loss Appeal
• Fla. Judge Frustrated With Pace Of Carnival Compliance Effort
• UK Co. Liable For $18M Tax On Boat Income, Tax Court Says
• Ala. Oil Spill Suit Deemed 'Unripe Avocado' Is Tossed
• 11th Circ. Pushed To Rethink Bad Faith Bankruptcy Ruling
• Enviros Sue Feds Over Habitat Designations For Turtle
• House Dems Tout Plans For Net-Zero GHG Emissions By 2050
• Navajo Co., Montana Agree To More Talks On Coal Mine
• Insurer Urges 7th Circ. To Shield It From $50M Pollution Award
• Saxena White Scores Lead In Chemours Stock-Drop Suit
• Industry Wants In On Enviro Suit Over Oil And Gas Lease Plan
• Calif. City Hits Back In $31M Cleanup Case
• Calif. Wants 3rd Circ. To Review Immunity On Driller's Claims
• States, Enviros Bash Trump's Effort To End ESA Fight
• Conservation Easement Promoter Slams DOJ Lawsuit Delay
• How Courts And Litigants Can Benefit From Special Masters
• Barclays Under Pressure To Cut Fossil Fuel Lending
• SCANA Investors Reach $192M Deal In Nuke Plant Suit
• Calif. Justices Dubious Of Insurers' Stance In Cleanup Battle
• California Sues Billionaire Over Beach Access
• Feds Say Enviro Issues Can't Back Border Wall Funding Case
• 5th Circ. Enforces $63M Award Over Soured Wind Energy JV
• Pa. Enviro Board Slashes Fee Award In Pipeline Challenge
• Calif. Says DOJ's Aim Is Off In Cap-And-Trade Lawsuit
• PETA Wants Clarity From 1st Circ. On Animal Harassment
• Uber Policy Calls For Refresher On ABA Confidentiality Rules
• 4th Circ. Nixes Va. Permit For $7B Pipeline's Compressor
• Fed. Circ. Restores Border Authority Over Ambiguous Imports
• Okla. Energy Cos. Say Feds Can't Amend Wind Farm Suit
• 6 States Back Washington In 9th Circ. Coal Facility Row
• North American Trade Deal Vote Hinges On Impeachment Trial
• Ore. Miners Ask High Court To Clarify Clean Water Act Permits
• Pa. Residents Ask To Revive Suit Over CSX Train Wreck
• EPA Takes Step To Reduce Truck NOx Emissions
• 4 Simple Rules For Witness Note Taking
• Former NFL Standout Seeks To Recoup Tax Scheme Penalties
• Disney, US Foods Can't Stop $135M Navistar Engine Deal
• $350M Deal Staves Off Trial In Solar Co. Stock-Drop Suit
• Winery Sues Insurer For $12M Coverage From Wildfires
• Pa. Hammers Pipeline Co. With $30M Fine For 2018 Explosion
• Bryan Cave Doubles Paris Presence With 21-Atty Hire
• BP Spill Settlement Fraudster Can't Vacate 17-Year Sentence
• 2 Overlooked Advantages Of Hourly Fees
• California Must Face Bankrupt Venoco Claim Over Oil Assets
• NY Fed. Court Eyes Jurisdiction In Saint-Gobain PFOA Case
• 9th Circ. Revives Fishers' Challenge To SF Herring Ban
• States Back RI In Fight To Keep Climate Suit In State Court
• Del. Judge Sends Demolition Cos.' Merger Suit Toward Trial
• Energy Services Co. Says Ex-Worker's IP Theft Cost It $15M
• Mass. Says Federal Court No Place For Exxon Climate Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Enforce Wall Construction Block Amid Appeals
• How Utilities Are Driving Energy Storage Growth
• Wash. Urges 9th Circ. To Dump Coal Export Appeal
• RI Tells 1st Circ. Climate Suit Belongs In State Court
• 9th Circ. Law Backs PG&E In $500M Bond Fight, Judge Says
• Duke Energy Cuts $1.5B From NC Coal Ash Cleanup Plan Cost
• California Cases To Watch In 2020
• Florida Legislation To Watch In 2020
• Pa. Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2020
• European Tax Policy To Watch In 2020
• Consumer Protection Cases To Watch In 2020
• Environmental Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2020
• Transportation Cases To Watch In 2020
• Texas Regulations To Watch In 2020
• Environmental Cases To Watch In 2020
• Policy Trends For Construction Attys To Watch In 2020
• California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2020
• Energy Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2020
• Texas Cases To Watch In 2020
• Insurance Cases To Watch In 2020
• Energy Cases To Watch In 2020
• Battery Cos. Must Prepare For Recycling Regs In Canada
• 5 Things To Watch In Litigation Finance This Year