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Environmental - May, 2020

263 articles

• PG&E Objector Suggests Weil Atty's Son Raises Conflict
• 5th Circ. Agrees With EPA's Review Of Exxon Refinery Permit
• Insurers Cleared To Arbitrate Hurricane Harvey Coverage Row
• Corporate Bond Rush Brings A Big Wave Of Firsts
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Virus, Space And Google Deals
• Native American Tribes Sue Feds Over Keystone Pipeline
• SEC Says Volkswagen, Ex-CEO Can't Escape Emissions Suit
• Avoiding Inadvertent Privilege Waivers In E-Communications
• Homeowners Ask 7th Circ. To Revive Toxic Dust Suit Again
• RI Says 9th Circ. Agrees Climate Suit Belongs In State Court
• How Energy Co. Buyers Can Limit Environmental Liability Risk
• Keystone XL Ruling Paralyzes Infrastructure Permit Process
• Borrowers Denied Cert. In Green Home Loans Suit
• Feds Will Contribute $7.5M To Exit Landfill Cleanup Fight
• Energy Co. Says It Hasn't Seen $63M Award 5th Circ. Upheld
• CPUC Approves PG&E's $58B Ch. 11 Plan Despite Criticism
• Remanding Mass. Exxon Climate Case Clear Call, Judge Says
• Alsup Slams 'Criminal' PG&E's 'C-R-A-P-P-Y' Fire Mitigation
• MIT Expands Patent Fight Over Ford Engines
• Santa Barbara Broke Law By OK'ing Pot Project, Group Says
• 9th Circ. Bars Pipelines From Water Permit During Appeal
• Clean Energy Tax Credit Delays Give Builders Breathing Room
• IRS Proposes Storage Rules For Carbon Capture Tax Credit
• Ark. Residents Continue Fight Despite Finished Highway Work
• Don't Cancel Your Summer Associate Programs
• Cape Cod Resort Settles Groundwater Pollution Suit
• How Hollywood Can Inspire Courtroom Presentations
• Chemical Cos. Pay $2M Over Kansas Toxic Gas Incident
• Aquaculture, Fishing Cos. Stand To Net Big Gains From Aid
• Green Groups Take $10B LNG Project Fight To DC Circ.
• Early Securities Litigation Trends Stemming From Recent IPOs
• Tribal Power Co. Says Cryptocurrency Miner Owes $3.7M
• Power Plant Co. Can't Nix All Claims In $24M Asbestos Row
• Major Asset Managers Call For Climate Impact Framework
• Trade Court Keeps Solar Tariff Expansion Challenge Alive
• Calif. Leads Coalition Challenging Trump Fuel Economy Rule
• 5 Takeaways From The 9th Circ.'s Climate Suit Ruling
• PG&E's $58B Ch. 11 Confirmation Enters Final Stretch
• La-Roche Can't Shake Class Cert. In Environmental Suit
• Car Ruling Bolsters Dicamba Punitive Damages, Farm Says
• Southeast Texas Landowners Blame State For Flood Damage
• Trial By Webcam: Tips From A Firsthand Experience
• 5 Ways To Reduce Post-Pandemic Legal Malpractice Exposure
• Leaving The Tort System Behind Via Corporate Risk Transfer
• EPA, Paper Groups Look To End Wash. Water Standards Fight
• Cattle Industry Seeks To Block Part Of New EPA Water Rule
• NY Order Kicks Power Grid Modernization Into High Gear
• Solar Co. Asks Utah Judge To Toss $50M Tax Credit Judgment
• Honda Inks $1.9M Deal Over Lawn Tool Engine Emissions
• Army Corps Defeats Suit Over Fla. Harbor Expansion Plan
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Oakland's Coal Shipping Ban
• 6th Circ. Forces Mich. Officials To Face Flint Lead Claim
• Energy Co. Beats Suit Over Uranium Mine Near Grand Canyon
• Auto Group Defends New GHG Standards At DC Circ.
• A Guide To Evaluating And Advertising COVID-19 Products
• Credibility Concerns About Virtual Arbitration Are Unfounded
• State's Negligence Caused Mich. Dam Collapse, Class Says
• Justices Pass On Fight Over Timeliness Of Superfund Claims
• EU Tax Chief Wants Accelerated Talks On Carbon Border Tax
• Trump Presses Court To Reject Monument Cut Challenges
• 9th Circ. Says Climate Suits Belong In State Court
• Volkswagen Loses Landmark 'Dieselgate' Case In Germany
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Pipeline Contractor Must Face AIG's Claims Over $25M Leak
• Federal Judge Won't Revive Obama-Era Coal Lease Ban
• EU Suggests Shifting To Enviro Taxes For Economic Recovery
• Green Group Wants 7th Circ. To Revive Water Pollution Claim
• Cos. Say Stay Halliburton Superfund Suit For 9th Circ. Ruling
• Virus Exacerbates Long-Standing Water Difficulties For Navajo
• Human Rights Are Becoming A Compliance Issue
• 9th Circ. Says Sailors' Fukushima Suit Can't Proceed In US
• Feds, US Steel Reject Concerns Over Toxic Spill Settlement
• The Challenge Of Measuring Pipelines' GHG Footprints
• EPA Mercury Rule Revision Sparks Fresh Legal Challenge
• A Lawyer's Guide To Client Service Continuity Planning
• SEC Urged To Establish ESG Disclosure Policies
• Energy Cos. Owe US $10M For Sham Fees, Fed. Circ. Affirms
• CPUC Vote On PG&E Bankruptcy Delayed As Ratepayers Rail
• Trump Admin. Defends Border Wall Waivers At High Court
• Exide's Ch. 11 Financing OK'd Over Creditor Opposition
• FERC Divide Sharpens Over Gas Project Approvals
• Lawsuit Says New Calif. Water Contracts Ignored Environment
• Conservation Group Seeks To Protect Endangered Dolphins
• Vitol Has $52.2M Butane Tax Credit Bid Stayed During Appeal
• Superfund Ruling May Increase Landowners' Cleanup Liability
• Property Owners Want Calif., Railroad To Clean Up Arsenic
• Chicago Tells 7th Circ. Park With Obama Center Is 'Still A Park'
• Virtual Meetings Could Be Fertile Ground For Legal Discovery
• 11th Circ. Affirms Nix Of Suit Claiming Weedkiller In Cheerios
• Contractor Says Financing Co. Helped Clients Skip Payments
• Sioux Tribes, Dems Want Dakota Access Easement Revoked
• Green Groups Tell 9th Circ. Feds Flubbed Water Permit Policy
• Tribes Say Chemical Co. Twisting Facts In Permit Appeal
• DuPont Sued Over 'Forever Chemicals' In NC Drinking Water
• NY Had Power To Reject Pipeline Water Permit, 2nd Circ. Told
• Advocacy Groups Decry New Trump Deregulatory Move
• Ohio House OKs Tax Amnesty To Boost Pandemic Recovery
• EPA Chief Faces Heat Over Compliance Relief Amid COVID-19
• 5 Things To Know About $1B New England Power Line Fight
• California Ruling Could Shift Fire Suppression Costs
• The Role Of Remote Mediation After The Crisis Is Over
• What COVID-19 Means For The M&A Insurance Market
• Sierra Club Tells 9th Circ. Ruling Dooms Border Wall Funds
• Green Group Wants Feds To Update Grizzly Recovery Plan
• Verizon Shuffles Tower Sites To End Feud With NY Town
• 7 Steps To Romancing The Virtual Classroom
• ECB Floats New Climate Guidelines For EU Banks
• Gov't Says It's Following Plan To Protect Salmon
• BP, Shell Must Face Claims Emissions Caused Fatal Cancer
• Ohio Tax Amnesty Bill For Virus Recovery Clears House Panel
• NextEra Kansas Wind Farm Must Halt, Kickapoo Member Says
• Akin Gump Escapes Sanctions Bid In Hotel Developer Fight
• 3rd Circ. Questions Pa. Pols' Standing In Fracking Suit
• Global Economic Recovery Calls For Trade Policy Overhaul
• 9th Circ. Says Reno Immune To Recycle Co.'s Antitrust Claims
• DC Circ. Says EPA Must Explain Smog Emissions Inaction
• Key Return-To-Work Considerations For Law Firms
• ExxonMobil Can Collect On $25M Policy In Groundwater Suit
• COVID-19 Drives Battery Maker Exide Back Into Bankruptcy
• Donziger's Contempt Trial Reset For Fall
• Va., Md. And DC Threaten EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution
• Medical Monitoring Fair Game For PI Claims, 2nd Circ. Says
• PG&E Says Fire Victims Overwhelmingly OK Bankruptcy Plan
• Green Groups Lose Bids To Challenge ESA Rollbacks
• Fed. Circ. Says Bid To Add $4.5M To Judgment Came Too Late
• Exxon Misleads Consumers On Clean Energy Use, Suit Says
• Texas Chemical Storage Co. Wants Fire Suit In Fed. Court
• A Creative Solution For Teaching Local Practice In Law School
• EU Treaty Proposal Constricts Rights Of Energy Investors
• Industry Warns National Water Permit Ruling Harms Economy
• DOD Says Sierra Club Can't Use HQ To Set Foam Suit Venue
• EPA Biofuel Policy Fight Stalls Out At Supreme Court
• NY Again Rejects Water Permit For $926M Pipeline Project
• PG&E Judge Won't Disturb Fire Survivors' Ch. 11 Votes
• Texas Agency Relaxes Guidelines For Controversial Sterilizer
• Calif. Air Agency Says EPA Won't Provide Auto Emissions Info
• Coronavirus Throws Wrench Into Tribal Clean Energy Plans
• Making Law Firm Panels Work For The Cost-Conscious GC
• Calif. Landowners Get Reduction Of $1.8M Award Thrown Out
• Fishers, Gov't Tell Justices Tribes Have First Dibs On Water
• Ponzi Schemer Wants Out Of Prison Over Virus Risk
• Sierra Club Wants All Of NH Coal Plant's River Data
• Tribe Says Gov't Is Veering From Water Flow Agreements
• Oil Trader Files Suit To Fight Fine From Calif. Regulator
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• DTE Energy To Pay $1.8M, Fix Coal Plants To Settle EPA Suit
• W.Va. Resident's Claims Over Dow Plant's Emissions Slashed
• Voir Dire Tips For Preserving Defense-Friendly Jurors
• Pandemic Presents Teamwork Test For Law Firms
• Deepwater Horizon Cleanup Worker's Suit Against BP Tossed
• 10 Tips For Virtual Hearings Before Regulatory Agencies
• Hunton Andrews Adds Insurance Pro From Winston & Strawn
• Town Says Fracking Waste Well Violates Pa. Constitution
• Corps Can't Immediately Halt National Water Permit Ruling
• Forest Project Threatens Residents' Water, Ind. County Claims
• US Steel Ducks Suit Over Reporting Pa. Fire To Feds
• Perkins Coie Snags Longtime White & Case Energy Atty
• Chubb Off Hook For Sandy Damage To Beachfront Houses
• GAO Rejects Protest Over $10B DOE Nuke Site Cleanup Deal
• Bay Mills Tribe Demands Contested Case For Pipeline Rehab
• Feds Say States Should Play Bigger Mine Oversight Role
• Tribes Fight Bid To Squelch Suit Over Well Permits
• Army Corps Sued Over 'Harm' From Miss. River Construction
• State AGs Sue EPA Over COVID-19 Enforcement Policy
• Kirkland Class Action Pro Moves To Fox Rothschild
• FWS Warned Horseshoe Crab Harvester Threatening Birds
• Pa. Justices Won't Weigh If Hydraulic Fracking Is 'Temporary'
• EPA Coal Ash Proposals Offer Flexibility, But Also Uncertainty
• Flurry Of SEC Activity Shows Interest In ESG Terminology
• Petro Groups Attack Year-Round High-Ethanol Rule In DC Circ.
• PETA Looks To Duck TCPA Suit Over Beyond Meat Ads
• 8 Tips For Retaining An Expert During COVID-19 And Beyond
• Superfund Ruling No Help To Climate Suits, Chevron Says
• Cargill To Pay $318K To Settle NY Finger Lakes Pollution Suit
• DC Circ. Urged To Uphold Truck Trailer Air Emissions Rule
• Green Groups Say Arch's Colo. Mine Expansion Is Illegal
• Phillips 66 Gets $44M Insurance Arbitration Win Confirmed
• PG&E Fire Survivors' Atty Didn't Disclose Conflict, Judge Told
• Delaware River Overseer Can Regulate Fracking, Groups Say
• Pork Co. Says Harassment Ruling Negates Punitive Damages
• Transpo Workers Get Aid In House Dems' $3T Relief Bill
• Calif. Water Export Expansion Halted To Protect Trout
• What It's Like To Move From Army JAG To BigLaw
• Coal Workers' Attys Deny Leaking Co.'s $10M Settlement Offer
• Expect EPA Scrutiny Of COVID-19 Product Claims
• Groundwater Ruling Dooms US Steel Settlement, Court Told
• Nationwide Water Permit Ban Limited To New Pipelines
• Water Groups Warn Calif. Project Will Drain Critical Areas
• Colo. Says Climate Suit Remand Dictated By 4th Circ.
• Ore. Tells High Court Miners' Water Permit Challenge Moot
• 7th Circ. Rejects Tribe In Clean Water Rehearing Request
• EPA Cellulosic Ethanol Policy Fight Faces Dubious DC Circ.
• Frankfurt Energy Co. Loses Docs Fight In 2nd Circ.
• BLM Signs Off On Largest Ever US Solar Project
• How Law Firms Can Maximize COVID-19 Insurance Coverage
• Unvetted DOI Leaders Should Be Ousted, Groups Say
• Green Group Sues EPA Over HFC Rule Rollback
• Justices' Maui Test Bodes Well For Trump's Water Rule
• Sierra Club Says It Will Sue W.Va. Over Coal Cleanup Funds
• Green Group Wants 'Diesel Brothers' To Foot $1.5M Legal Bill
• Groups Say Wyoming Grazing Plan Threatens Grizzlies, Fish
• Adapting Defense Strategy To Twombly Plausibility Standard
• Dems Look To Stop Trump's New Water Rule
• Judge Seeks More Facts In Suit Over 'Toxic' Sugar Cane Burns
• FTC May Change Obscure Data Breach Rule In Telehealth Era
• Tax Credit Delay May Be Life Saver For Wind Projects
• Judge Scoffs At Donziger's Bid To DQ Entire SDNY Bench
• Virtual Caucuses Can Improve The Mediation Process
• OxyChem Faces Sanctions Bid Over NJ Cleanup Suit
• EPA Says Mich. Dairy Farm Still Mishandling Manure
• Ocean Coalition Denounces Trump Fishing Executive Order
• Wash. Says $1B Gold Mine Flouted Environmental Law
• Raytheon, Black & Decker Must Face Riverside's Pollution Suit
• Treasury Mulling New Deadlines For Energy Tax Projects
• Food Distributor To Upgrade Water Quality To End Suit
• Don't Use Nationwide Permit For Pipelines, Groups Urge
• Wash. Justices Say Insurer Must Defend In Tribal Rights Row
• Wind ​​​​​​​Developers Say Tribe's Relief Sought Must Be Limited
• What All Attorneys Can Learn From Female Rainmakers
• DC Circ. Struggles With EPA Denial Of NY's Ozone Petition
• US Steel Says Permit Meant It Didn't Need To Report Fire
• NLRB Official OKs Mail Election At Cleanup Co., Citing Virus
• 9th Circ. Ends Enviro Suit Over Okinawa Marine Base
• Calif. Landowner Says Consultants Made Pollution Worse
• 8th Circ. Says Peabody Shielded From Climate Change Claims
• 10th Circ. Uncertain Colo. Climate Suit Is Federal Matter
• BP Can't Get Indemnity From Deepwater Response Crews
• Fight Over Vehicle Emission Regs Complicates Compliance
• Ill. AG Targets Developer Over Smokestack Demolition
• An Early Look At Congressional Oversight Of The Pandemic
• Groups Claim Trump Admin. Allowed 'Toxic' Mining Leases
• Insurer Cleared From Covering $1M Oil Spill Cleanup
• Fla. Homes Sit On Land Contaminated By Mining, Suit Says
• Promoting Lawyer Well-Being Is More Essential Than Ever
• DC Circ. Skeptical That FERC's Storage Rule Crosses Line
• Fed. Circ. Judge Slams Gov't In SC Nuke Waste Funds Dispute
• Developers, Tribe Spar Over Feds' Role In Mineral Rights Row
• States, Tribe Say Coal Lease Ban Review Isn't Good Enough
• States Fight Feds' Weakening Of Migratory Bird Protections
• Food Co. Says Insurers Must Cover Chemical Release Claims
• Exxon Tells 10th Circ. To Ignore 4th Circ. Climate Suit Remand
• Remote Depositions Bring Ethics Considerations For Lawyers
• Ensuring Offshore Platform Safety During The Pandemic
• 'Political Influence' On FWS Threatens Weasel, Enviros Say
• Justices Asked To Review Test For Site Cleanup Time Limits
• Trump Admin. Defends Pulling $3.8B For Border Wall Build
• 9th Circ. Backs Forest Service's Livestock Grazing Permits
• Enviro Wants Plastic Pollution Case Back In Calif. State Court
• Colo. Oil And Gas Well Owners Can't Ditch Pollution Claims
• Early Pandemic-Related Shifts We're Seeing In Legal Finance
• Feds Not On Hook For NJ Site Cleanup Costs, 3rd Circ. Says
• The Death Of The LSAT
• High Court Asks 4th Circ. To Revisit Clean Water Act Case
• EU Insurers Give Backing To Lawmakers In Climate Fight
• Aussie Group's 20% Stake Values CMS-Led Energy Co. At £1B
• BLM Ordered To Rethink Approval Of Mont. Drilling Leases
• DC Circ. Slams Feds For 19 Years Of Stasis On Park Flyovers
• States Sue To Block New, Relaxed Federal Water Rule
• 4th Circ. Will Consider Merits Of Slaughterhouse Rule
• Exxon Says Feds Owe For WWII Pollution As Trial Ends
• How Pandemic May Alter Trump's Enviro Deregulation Plans
• Sham Corporation Seized Co., Lied To Shareholders, Suit Says
• Texas Pipeline's Water Permits Void, Sierra Club Says