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Environmental - March, 2020

285 articles

• German Car Cos. Dodge 'No Arms Race' Conspiracy Claims
• Enviros Say Calif. Water District Violated Dam Design Order
• Del. River Agency Tells FERC That Pipeline Needs Its Approval
• Emissions Rule Rollback Critics Gear Up For Court Battles
• Tribe Hits 3M And USA With $21M Suit Over Polluted Water
• Monsanto Must Face Baltimore Water Contamination Claims
• Ohio Justices Agree To Mull VW's Emissions Preemption Fight
• Law Firm Pay Cuts, Layoffs Will Likely Multiply
• Feds Defend $3.6B Emissions Violation Order At 8th Circ.
• Essential Oils, Musical Instruments Face New Import Rules
• Renewable-Plus-Storage Projects: Bridging Regulatory Gaps
• Balch & Bingham Adds Real Estate Permitting Atty
• 3 Steps To Building Effective Teams While On Lockdown
• PG&E Not Liable For Fire-Prevention Blackouts
• Trump Admin. Weakens Obama-Era Vehicle Emissions Rules
• 9th Circ. To Mull Fraud Standard In VW Bondholder Row
• Driller Risks Persist As More Oil & Gas Wells Shut Down
• Enviros Cite 1st Circ. In Bid To Vacate EPA Adviser Policy
• Tribe, Feds Agree To Pause Suit For New Water Flow Plan
• Monsanto Wants To Erase $265M Dicamba Verdict
• Hockey Team's Enviro Suit Is A Parking Ploy, FTA Says
• Fla. Judge Smacks Down $1B Miami Highway Extension Plan
• Texas Justices Say Gov't Securities Dispute Law Has Limits
• Interior Looks To Ground Enviros' Bird Killing Policy Suit
• Del. Court Says DuPont Can Arbitrate Chemours Suit
• Law Firm Mergers Dry Up Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
• Client Advocacy Tips For Remote Hearings During COVID-19
• How To Conduct Depositions Remotely
• 'Codfather' Accomplice Can't Flip Conviction In 1st Circ.
• Justices Won't Let Citgo Off Hook For $133M Oil Spill
• The Attys And Legal Logic Behind Stay-At-Home Orders
• Enviros Challenge Rio Grande Valley LNG Export Terminals
• Greens See Red, Attys Urge Care With New EPA Virus Policy
• Enviros' Favored Settlement Tool May Be In DOJ's Sights
• Mont. Forest Project Must Address Impact On Wolverines
• Monsanto Must Face San Diego Port's PCB Nuisance Claim
• California Loses Bid To Revive Obama-Era Fracking Regs
• Baltimore Air Quality Ordinance Trumped By State Law
• A Guide To Zealously Representing Clients During COVID-19
• Enviros Can't Challenge Drilling Ban Reversal, 9th Circ. Told
• Enviros End Suit Over Miami Nuke Plant Pollution
• Bosch Must Face Mercedes And Daimler Emissions Fraud Suit
• Power Plant Says Permit Didn't Spell Out River Temp Test Site
• Chris Christie Adds Ex-NJ Enviro Chief To Lobbying Firm
• What COVID-19 Means For Renewable Projects And Financing
• 7 Ways Attys Can Create The Right Home Office Environment
• Mine Workers' Asbestos Suit Against Insurer Can Go Forward
• Energy Services Group Buys Solar Farm Builder In $37M Deal
• Dakota Access Permits Axed Due To 'Gaps' In Corps' Review
• PG&E Granted Approval For Updated Ch. 11 Disclosures
• Feds Say Virus Fears Didn't Taint $511M Fraud Conviction
• EPA Won't Ask 10th Circ. To Revisit Renewable Fuel Ruling
• Texas Court Tosses Enviro Suit Over Barge Facility
• Chevron Urges Courts To Ignore 4th Circ.'s Climate Ruling
• DOI Blocked From Taking Land For Keetoowah Gambling
• Aviation Waste Problem Is A Green Economy Opportunity
• Courts Can't Grant Kids' Climate Demands, Feds Tell 9th Circ.
• Enviros Ask Justices To Hear Suit Blocked By Tribal Immunity
• 10 E-Discovery Challenges Caused By COVID-19
• Mitsubishi, Chubu Pay €4.1B For Dutch Renewable Energy Co.
• PETA Wins Bid To Force Private Fla. Zoo To Relocate Tigers
• Tribe Asks DC Circ. To Revisit Preservation Rule Challenge
• COVID-19 Will Fray Energy Industry's Financial Lifelines
• Enviros Say DOI, Alaska Native Road Deal Broke Federal Law
• Emergency Environmental Exemptions During The Pandemic
• Food Tech Co. Nature's Fynd Rakes In $80M From Investors
• Calif. Tells 9th Circ. EPA Opinion Can't Nix $25M Bayer Verdict
• Public Interest Groups Call For Federal Rulemaking Freeze
• Lessons From A $265 Million Dicamba Damages Award
• BigLaw Leaders Must Prepare For COVID-19 Economic Fallout
• Industries Eye COVID-19 Bill As Vehicle For Pet Tax Breaks
• Nigerians Told To Regroup After Setbacks In Oil Spill Fight
• LA Businessman Says Jury's Conviction Was Virus-Driven
• Industry Tells High Court Wash. Coal Export Denial Dangerous
• PG&E's Fate May Rest With One Of Its Sharpest Critics
• CB&I Investors Get Class Cert. Over Nuke Biz Filings
• Pipeline Advocates Back PennEast In Supreme Court Appeal
• Federal Gov't Memos Can't Override State COVID-19 Closures
• Shipping Co. Fined $1.65M For Dumping Oily Water Overboard
• Energy Co. Denied In Bid For $33M Alternative Fuel Tax Credit
• 3 Ways Leaders Can Improve Remote Work For Lawyers
• Tips For Online Mediation In The Age Of Social Distancing
• Mangrove Developer's Permit Dispute Too Soon To Call
• Exxon Climate Suit Paused So EPA Can Act On Permit
• 1st Circ. Revives EPA Expert 'Purge' Challenge
• EPA Defends Lifting Restrictions On Alaska Mine Process
• PG&E Will Plead Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter In Calif. Fire
• High Court Asked To Review Helicopter, Gun Use In Rec Area
• Ohio EPA Workers Can't Use Janus To Renege On Union Fees
• PG&E Agrees To Forgo Dividends For 3 Yrs Post-Bankruptcy
• Wash. Bid To Dismiss Tribe's Treaty Suit Gets Green Light
• Chemical Co. Urges Justices To Take Up Tribal Waste Suit
• 8th Circ. Revives Design Defect Claim In Explosion Case
• Farming, Food Groups Sue EPA Over Glyphosate Approval
• NY Asks DC Circ. To Revive Upwind Air Pollution Petition
• Wyo. Wants In On Fight Over Western Drilling Leases
• Kinder Morgan Can Build $2.15B Pipeline Despite Bird Harm
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Perkins, Kirkland
• $10B Ore. LNG Project Gets FERC Nod Despite Demand Slump
• Grid Operator Provides Guidance On Energy Subsidies Order
• Farmers Tell High Court Tribes Don't Have Dibs On Water
• More Calif. Residents Sue SoCal Edison Over Woolsey Fire
• Halliburton Must Contribute To Superfund Site Bills, Cos. Say
• Enviro Attorneys Pivot To Clients' Coronavirus Concerns
• Pa. Lawmaker Wants Pipeline Halted Because Of COVID-19
• Coronavirus Won't Stop Flow Of FERC Orders, Chairman Says
• Rethinking Flood Insurance In The Age Of Climate Change
• How Cos., Asset Managers Can Plan For Physical Climate Risk
• Asbestos Removal Co. Says Insurer Cost It $6.1M
• Chancery Won't Dissolve Entity Behind $1B Solar Project
• Plains To Face Most Of Property Owners' Oil Spill Claims
• Feds Can't Escape Alaskan Tribal Land Cleanup Fight
• Fla. County To Pay For Wetlands Easement, But Code Stands
• CBD Biz Sues Hemp Grower, Distributor Over Pesticide Use
• 10th Circ. Strikes Down Habitat Map For Endangered Jaguar
• DOI Had Authority To Reverse Minn. Mine Permit Decision
• Dakota Access Pipeline Ruling To Come By Next Week
• NJ Climate Plan's Key Land Changes For Developers
• Wastewater Plant's 'Fingerprints' All Over Oil Spill, Feds Say
• A Work-From-Home Tech Checklist For Law Firms
• Virus Impact Delays Waste Management's $4.9B Bid For Rival
• Pennon Sells Recycling Biz Viridor To KKR In £4.2B Deal
• Exxon, PBF Energy To Pay $4.4M To End Rest Break Case
• Bridgestone Says It Has No Ties To Ohio Superfund Site
• Calif. Man Tells 9th Circ. To Restore $75M Roundup Damages
• Trump Admin. Can't Undo Lightbulb Standards, 2nd Circ. Told
• EPA Says Landowners Can't Fight Repeal Of Water Rule
• DC Circ. Backs Info Safeguards In DOT Hazmat Train Rule
• Exxon Climate Suit Headed Back To Mass. State Court
• Reforms That Could Fix FERC's Pipeline Certificate Reviews
• Commercial Recycling Co. Closes On $29M In Funding
• 7 Keys To Keeping Your Firm Inclusive In The Coronavirus Era
• LA Court Closed For 3 Days Amid Coronavirus Concerns
• Class Cert. Extended In Monsanto, BASF Dicamba MDL
• Late Cross-Claims Barred In Calif. Cleanup Suit, Court Told
• Gov't Sued Over Army's San Pedro River Water Pumping
• PG&E Wins Approval To Raise $20B In Ch. 11 Exit Funding
• Advocates Urge NM High Court To Kill Private Water Rule
• Bracewell Adds Renewables Partner From Sidley
• Coast Guard Looks To End Energy Co.'s Suit Over Oil Cleanup
• Former Press Officers Slam Interior's Bird Policy Statements
• LA Businessman Convicted In $511M Biofuels Tax Fraud Case
• Feds Snub Virus-Based Mistrial Bid In $511M Fuel Fraud Case
• Directors And Officers' Increasing Climate Change Liability
• 6th Circ. Won't Revisit Ch. 11 Power Deals Ruling
• NY's Renewable Project Siting Bill Clears Way To Green Future
• Coast Guard Sinks Suit Over Enbridge's Great Lakes Pipeline
• Feds Defend Past Studies Supporting Fla. Lake Releases
• 10 Ways To Continue Biz Development During Coronavirus
• Farming Co. Settles Insurance Suit Over Hail Damage
• Coronavirus Creates Angst For Clean Energy Developers
• Brazilian Watchdog Opens Bayer, Monsanto Probe
• Wash. County's New Power Rate For Crypto Miners OK'd
• Alaska Barge Owner Must Pay $4.2M For Negligent Sinking
• SEC's Renewed Scrutiny Of Fund Names May Target 'ESG'
• Dominion Will Pay $1.4M Over Power Plant Discharges
• Navajo Co., Montana Reach Mining Deal To Waive Immunity
• CIT Won't Award Fees In Retroactive Solar Duty Tussle
• Clean Water Act Doesn't Cover SF Bay Site, EPA Tells Court
• DHS Waives Preservation Laws To Speed Border Wall Build
• Plains To Pay $60M To Settle With Calif., Feds Over Oil Spill
• A Look At EPA's Plan To Regulate PFAS In Drinking Water
• DC Circ. Kicks Power Plant Startup Rule Back To EPA
• 7 Ethics Considerations For Lawyers Using Lead Generators
• NY Judge Says Donziger Bias Argument Is Too Little, Too Late
• Sierra Club Says BP Ind. Refinery Exceeding Emissions Limit
• Coronavirus: The Latest Court Closures And Restrictions
• Farmers, Monsanto Urge Dicamba Class Cert. Extension
• Divided Minn. High Court Upholds County Frac Sand Ban
• Feds' Review Of Alaska Logging Project Ruled Too Vague
• Kids Get Legal Backup In Bid For Review Of Climate Case
• Judge Deals Blow To Feds' Cap-And-Trade Suit Against Calif.
• A Smart Carbon Tax: Silver Bullet For The Energy Transition?
• Lloyd's Off The Hook At 2nd Circ. For Olin Pollution Deal
• Senate Confirms FERC's Top Lawyer As GOP Commissioner
• Reform Home Rule To Protect Cities From State Interference
• US Enviro Group Sues In Mexico To Protect Hammerheads
• BASF Wants No More Delays On Dicamba Class Cert. Battle
• Menominee Tribe Asks 7th Circ. To Rethink Mine Decision
• Oil Price Drop May Deliver Knockout To Shaky Energy Cos.
• New Pipelines Are Needed To Close Law School Diversity Gap
• Enviros Say Simpler Project Reviews Will Hollow Out NEPA
• NJ Appeals Court Unsure Of Utility Customers' Sandy Claims
• Trump's Pick For No. 2 At EPA Quizzed On Climate, Fuels
• How Companies Can Conspire To Save The Planet
• $1B Fukushima Suit Belongs In Japan, 9th Circ. Told
• Trump Admin. Asks 9th Circ. To Let It Divert $3.6B For Wall
• EPA Tells DC Circ. To Ignore Late Input On Emissions Policy
• Washington Water Quality Suit Is Just A Retread, EPA Says
• Alaska Natives Want Land Swap With Feds Upheld
• DC Circ. Says Maryland's FAA Flight Paths Suit Too Late
• Enviros Say Plan To Reopen Roads Threatens Idaho Bears
• Judge Scolds White House For Enviro Rule Records Delay
• Goldman Sachs To Invest Up To $275M In Solar Energy JV
• Tribes Can Join Wash. Suit Over EPA Water Regs
• RI, Calif. Say 4th Circ. Backs State Court Climate Suits
• How To Search For A Transformational Law Firm COO
• PG&E Strikes $1B Wildfire Settlement With FEMA
• Feds Face Suit Over Endangered Caribbean Lizard Protections
• Alantra, Enagás Join Forces For $170M Clean Energy Fund
• Honolulu Sues Fossil Fuel Cos. Over Climate Change Impacts
• EPA Speeds Way For New Coronavirus Disinfectants
• 4 Ethics Tips For Lawyers As Coronavirus Spreads
• VW Jury Sets $100K Punitive Damages In 'Clean Diesel' Trial
• Wis. Property Owners Sue SPX Again Over Chemical Cleanup
• 'Diesel Brothers' Must Pay $850K In Defeat Device Suit
• Fire Victims Question Effect Of New PG&E Ch. 11 Exit Loan
• NY Should Reject Bill That Would Permanently Ban Fracking
• FDA Defends Approval Of Genetically Engineered Salmon
• Suncor To Pay $9M For Colo. Refinery Emissions Violations
• 4th Circ. Nudges Climate Torts Toward High Court Review
• Canada Supreme Court Won't Hear Trans Mountain Challenge
• Virginia Moves To Phase Out CO2 From Power Plants By 2045
• Perkins Coie Snags Environmental Litigator From Cooley
• AIG Unit Must Pay Co-Insurer $10M In Wildfire Defense Row
• Utah Says Trump Had Right To Shrink National Monuments
• Revamped South Dakota Anti-Riot Bill Headed to Gov.'s Desk
• Morgan Lewis Hired In Sprawling PFAS Class Action
• Sierra Club Sues Over Georgia Power Coal Ash Rate Hike
• Ore. Session Ends Early Over GOP Walkout On Cap And Trade
• A Possible Limit On High Court 2005 Agency Deference Ruling
• NPS Slams Enviros' Attempt To Consolidate Bison Suits
• We Can Fight Climate Change With The Army We Have
• It Can Be Risky For Litigators To Advise On Litigation Funding
• 4th Circ. Keeps Baltimore Climate Suit In State Court
• VW's Dirty Laundry Aired In Calif. Punitive Damages Trial
• PG&E Wants Nod For $454M In Worker Incentive Packages
• Rule Illegally Hooks Fishers For Program Costs, Lawsuit Says
• PFAS Regulation, Litigation May Be Shaped By Media Claims
• Calif. City's Coal Storage Ban Called Unconstitutional
• Mont. Gov. Says Enviros Trying To Avoid Judge In Bison Suit
• Army Corps' Wetland Build Permit Doesn't Break Enviro Laws
• Enviro Wants Mine Held Liable For Colo. Pollution Discharges
• Stop Asking Bar Applicants About Mental Illness
• 5th Circ. Won't Revisit Coverage Denial For Rock Cleanup
• Bush Appointee Thomas Griffith Retiring From DC Circ. In Fall
• Judge Rips Gov't's Efforts To Scrap Obama-Era Methane Rule
• VW Tailpipe Pollution Raised Public Health Risks, Jury Hears
• Mich. Judge Adds Residents To Flint Lead Water Case
• Caddo's Last Claims In Land Row With Wichita Tribe Nixed
• Tribe Can Roll On With BNSF Oil Shipping Suit, 9th Circ. Says
• Training Flights Got Enough Vetting, Air Force Tells Court
• 11th Circ. Upholds $2M Award In Fla. Advocates' Solar Spat
• High Court Must Reject Unconstitutional La. Abortion Law
• Interior Boss Wages War Of Words Over Bird Killing Policy
• High Court Must Save Appalachian Trail's Protective Network
• Calif. Utility Commission Push Is Good News For Microgrids
• What The Coronavirus Means For Arbitration And Mediation
• Sens. Urge EPA To Appeal 10th Circ. Refinery Waiver Ruling
• Calif. Superfund Cleanup Claim Not Time-Barred, 9th Circ. Told
• 19 States Sue To Block New $3.8B Border Wall Fund Diversion
• EPA Broadens Rule Favoring Reliance On Public Science Data
• Fight Over Releases Stalls Level Solar's Ch. 11 Hearing
• VW Slams Drivers' Move To 'Intimidate' Court With Mistrial Bid
• Insurers Defeat Cleanup Group's Bid For Superfund Coverage
• Sierra Club, Nonprofit Can Link Border Wall Funding Suits
• Greenberg, Pillsbury Steer $3.3B Electric Truck Co. Merger
• Tribes Seek Block On Keystone XL Pipeline Construction
• Fla. Utility Regulator OKs Largest Community Solar Program
• No Dirt, No Organic Food Label, Groups Say In USDA Suit
• Texas Pipeline Owner Sues Over $7M In Spill Costs
• What Congress Misses About Universal Injunctions
• 10th Circ. Forces Forest Service To Rethink Colo. Coal Plan
• 5th Circ. Orders Rethink Of $77M Deepwater Horizon Award
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Lessons From 'Italian Summer Camp'
• VW Must Face Punitive Damages 'Clean Diesel' Trial
• Kids Ask Full 9th Circ. To Give Them A Shot At Climate Trial
• Senate Panel Squabbles Over GOP's FERC Nominee
• 2 Firms Steer Canada Waste Co.'s $2.2B IPO, Equity Offering
• Volkswagen Awaits Calif. Jury's 'Clean Diesel' Verdict
• Challenges To DOI Oil And Gas Leases Axed As Moot
• Defense Blasts Prosecutor Statement In Arkema Criminal Trial
• Wis. Regulators Wrong To OK $700M Gas Plant, Enviros Say
• FERC Appeal Delays Prompt State Clean Energy Order Fight
• Exxon Mobil's $77M Fight Over Pollution Cleanup Begins
• SEC Seeks Input On How To Wipe Out Misleading Fund Names
• Prepare Your Law Firm Tech For Coronavirus Impact
• Pa. Panel Won't Junk Challenge To Fracking Waste Site
• Feds Say Records Suit Shouldn't Stall Environmental Rule
• EPA Watchdog Urged To Probe Comments On Auto Standards
• Atty Tips To Avoid 'Scope Creep' And Malpractice Claims
• How Environmental NGOs Are Targeting Plastic Pollution
• Wis. Food Processor To Pay $725K To End Odor Suit
• Lawyers Urge VW Owners To Turn Down €830M Settlement
• Justices Will Decide Cooling Water Intake Rule FOIA Fight