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Environmental - December, 2020

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• Hottest Trials Law360 Guest Topics Of 2020
• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2020
• How 2020 Changed The Way Companies Go Public
• Home Improvement Finance Firm Can Tap $18M Ch. 11 Loans
• German VW, Audi Entities Ditch Texas Clean Air Suit
• 10th Circ. Biofuel Ruling Endangers Refiners, Justices Told
• EPA Finalizes Plan To Maintain Current Ozone Standards
• Nuclear Cleanup Co. Eats Costs After GAO Reviews $13B Deal
• EPA Can't Use Loophole To Avoid Collecting Asbestos Data
• Attys Will Get $4.7M In $19M Daimler Emissions Stock Deal
• A Law Firm's Guide To Producing A Podcast
• Trump Assails $900B COVID-19 Relief Bill In Twitter Video
• Feds Look To Toss Suit Over Leopard Trophy Permits
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Alaska Drilling Project Approval Suit
• EPA Finalizes Rule For Action On Lead-Contaminated Water
• Northrop Agrees To Pay $104M For Long Island Site Cleanup
• Navistar Can't Duck EPA's Clean Air Act Claims
• What To Expect From Florida's New Water Permitting Powers
• Sierra Club Urges 10th Circ. To Save Obama-Era Methane Rule
• Actions Cos. Can Take Now To Address Microplastics Risk
• What Gov't Contracting Might Look Like Under Biden
• Biden Needs Congress' Help On Green Transportation Plans
• BLM Tells 9th Circ. Fracking Rule Decision Must Stand
• Northeast States, DC Join Cap-And-Invest Transportation Plan
• Embattled Home Finance Biz Renovate America Hits Ch. 11
• 5 Important E-Discovery Trends And Developments In 2020
• Congress Backs $900B COVID-19 Relief, Gov't Spending Bill
• New Virus Relief Bill Extends Clean Energy Tax Break Timeline
• 16 New Blank-Check Co. IPO Filings Bolster 2021 Pipeline
• 10th Circ. Denies Rehearing For New Mexico Water Rights Suit
• Energy Savings Contractor Settles With Gov't For $11M
• Ga. Tax Pros Plead Guilty To $1.2B Easement Donation Abuse
• EPA Must Face Challenge To Water Permit Limitations
• House Wish List Hints At Financial Services Priorities
• EPA Groundwater Guidance Fails To Answer Key Questions
• The Biggest Environmental Law Decisions Of 2020
• EC Solicits Candidates To Arbitrate Int'l Trade Disputes
• NJ Water Supplier Wants DuPont, Chemours To Fund Cleanup
• NJ Lawmakers OK $14B Corp. Tax Incentive Revamp Package
• Osage Nation Wants Wind Farm Cos.' Damage Defenses Nixed
• Trump Admin. Cuts Arctic Lands Planned For Oil Auction
• Lawmakers, White House Strike $900B Deal For Virus Relief
• Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
• 1st Circ. Says Excess Insurer Must Cover Fuel Spill Cleanup
• CDPQ Injects $1B In Sidley-Repped Renewables Biz Invenergy
• LA Residents Say City Hid Dangerous Gas Leak For Years
• Feds Reach Deal With BASF, Olin Corp. For Ala. Site Cleanup
• Fla. Reefs Fail As Feds Delay Fishing Regs, Suit Says
• Trump Admin. Faltered On Oil And Gas Leasing, 9th Circ. Told
• FWS Guidance On Incidental Bird Killings May Be Short-Lived
• The Biggest Transportation Rulings Of 2020
• What To Expect From Biden's Financial Regulation Transition
• Biggest Environmental Rules Of 2020
• Biggest Texas Cases Of 2020
• Donziger Says His Confinement Unprecedented In U.S. History
• Mining Co. Aims To Duck Claims For 2015 Gold King Spill
• Feds, 3 Tribes Slam NM's Bid To Rehear Water Rights Suit
• Monsanto, BASF Plan Appeal Of $75M Dicamba Ruling
• Texas County Wins $5.6M For Hurricane Harvey Cleanup
• Biden Taps NM Rep. As 1st Native American Interior Secretary
• Northern Dynasty To Fight Rejection Of Pebble Mine Permit
• Sunoco Gets Mariner East Reroute Order Paused In Pa.
• FERC Won't Force Calif. Grid Changes Following Blackouts
• Meet The North Carolina Regulator Tapped To Lead EPA
• Home Depot To Pay $20.75M Fine Over Lead Paint Practices
• HK Regulators Push For Stronger Climate Disclosures By 2025
• Minn. Failing To Protect Threatened Lynx, Group Says
• PETA Wins Fee Sanction Against 'Tiger King' Park Operator
• San Francisco Fishers' Suit Blames City For Massive Pier Fire
• NY, Calif. Sue Over EPA Farmworker Protections Rollback
• NY Must Uproot Old Laws To Make Real Climate Progress
• Oxy Owes $2M Royalties For NM Gas Leases, Judge Rules
• Insurers Fight Referral Of $1B Oil Spill Liability Suit To ECJ
• Clean Energy Projects Dodge Pandemic's Wrath In 2020
• Top EU Court Broadens Definition Of 'Defeat Devices'
• Donziger Sued By Lawyer Who Withdrew From Criminal Case
• Exxon Says Mass. AG's Climate Standard Impossible To Meet
• Lawmakers, Industry Groups Clash Over Trump Water Rule
• Groups Seek Block On Arctic Refuge Oil, Gas Leasing
• Baltimore Urges Justices Not To Expand Climate Suit Appeal
• Biden's Energy Picks Put Climate Front And Center
• Green Groups Ask 9th Circ. Not To Restore XL Pipeline Permit
• Split SEC Approves Leaner Payment Disclosure Rules
• Rosen Law Firm To Lead Consolidated Nikola Investor Suits
• NJ Leaders Strike Deal On Tax Incentive Reform Legislation
• How Climate, Finance And Trade Will Intersect In 2021
• EPA Inks $3.6M Deal To Recoup Del. State Park Cleanup Costs
• Electronics Maker To Pay $3.5M In Water Contamination Case
• Tips For Identifying A Culturally Competent Mediator
• Insurers Told To Prioritize Recovery, Climate Change In 2021
• Top UK Court Clears The Way For Heathrow Expansion
• Cryptocurrency Miner Wants Out Of Tribal Power Co.'s Suit
• DHS Urges DC Circ. To Rebuff Tribes' Bid To Stop Border Wall
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit $32M Superfund Gold Mine Case
• Groups Fight Oil Well, Pipeline On Calif. Monument Land
• Feds Put Pa. Road Project Over People, NAACP Claims
• A Look At Spoliation Risk In The 11th Circ., By The Numbers
• 2020 Uptick In PFAS Regs And Suits Heralds More Next Year
• The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2020: Part 2
• Claims Court Awards Landowners $7M For Mo. River Flooding
• Del. Justices Affirm Chemours-DuPont Arbitration Ruling
• White House Must Release Records On Enviro Reg Overhaul
• NH Residents Seek Class Cert. In PFAS Leak Suit
• French, Dutch Agencies Call For Rules To End 'Greenwashing'
• NC Justices Partly Reverse Duke Energy's $780M Rates Fight
• Conservation Groups Sue To Block Utah Oil Lease
• Texas Officials Reach Deal For Shingle Waste Cleanup
• Kinder Morgan Settles Tainted Drinking Water Case
• DC Circ. Urged Not To Pause Methane Monitoring Rollback
• FERC Can't Justify $300M Plant Payments, DC Circ. Told
• Preparing For Criminal Enviro Enforcement Under Biden
• Feds Say Tribe Can't Sue Over Water Releases After Ceremony
• Gov't Tells DC Circ. To Toss Wind Farm Lease Suit
• The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2020: Part 1
• High Court Sides With New Mexico In Water Battle With Texas
• Britain Finalizes Post-Brexit Emissions Trading Scheme
• DOD Not Measuring Effects Of $67M Climate Change Grants
• SEC's Peirce Blasts Regs That 'Undercut' Personal Liberty
• Corpus Christi Must Face Builder's Suit, Texas Justices Say
• Shell, Others On Hook For $50M In WWII Fuel Cleanup
• Giuliani's Atty To Rep Bannon After Quinn Emanuel Bails
• Trump Admin. Says Justices Should Take $1B PennEast Case
• Feds Say Tribal Fee Fight Doesn't Warrant Justices' Attention
• Texas Oil Regulator Can't Enforce COVID-19 Enviro Rules
• DOI Sued For Records On Pesticide Deregulation
• Enbridge Easement Revocation Spurs Fresh Pipeline Review
• NJ Lien Holders Can't Recoup Taxes Over Enviro Restriction
• EPA Asks Justices Not To Review 10th Circ. Biofuel Ruling
• Builder Complied With Enviro Mandates, Court Rules
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton
• EU Regulator Sets Corporate Climate Reporting Priorities
• Zurich Sanctioned Again In Fluor Pollution Coverage Suit
• Telecom Co. Wins Bid To Install Wireless Tech In NJ City
• BLM Land Leases Didn't Lead To Oil Drilling, GAO Report Says
• NY Fund's Climate Move Unlikely To Sway ERISA Plans
• DOJ Defends $100M Hurricane Relief Suit Against AECOM
• Energy Transfer Unit Fights Pipeline Shutdown After Blast
• Energy Industry Group Wants Offshore Reg Suit Dumped
• COVID-19 Spurs Associates To Think Bigger — Like Partners
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
• EPA Finalizes New Clean Air Act Cost-Benefit Rule
• FWS Accused Of Delaying Owl Protection Review
• Mining Proposal Raises Questions About Permitting Council
• This Year's Top 8th Circ. Bankruptcy Decisions
• Exxon Asks Justices To Stop Colo. Climate Suit Remand
• Objector Challenges Bernstein Litowitz's $11M Fee At 7th Circ.
• DOI Must Not Dodge Calif. Tribal Gambling Suit, Groups Say
• CFTC OKs Electronic Trading Rules, Revises Bankruptcy Code
• EPA's Groundwater Guidance Leaves Permitting Murkiness
• Brownstein Hyatt Adds Ski Exec To Natural Resources Group
• Level Solar's $30M Ch. 11 Suit Says Salesforce Axed Account
• Groups, States Urge 9th Circ. To Yank Bee-Killing Pesticide
• 9th Circ. Cites Impact On Polar Bears In Nixing Drilling Project
• EPA Gets Heat From All At DC Circ. Over Biofuel Exemptions
• EPA Can't Justify Methane Regs Rollback, DC Circ. Hears
• Early Biden Actions Signal Support For Environmental Justice
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Bracewell
• GCs Are Uniquely Qualified To Lead Diversity Initiatives
• Green Groups Fight Feds' Attempts To Resurrect Keystone XL
• Judge Won't Block Border Wall For Now, Eyes Biden's Vow
• EPA Says Stricter Particulate Matter Controls Not Needed
• Ex-FERC Commissioner McNamee Rejoins McGuireWoods
• Alaska Pebble Mine Proponent Accused Of Stock Fraud
• 1st Circ. May Let EPA Consider Exxon Permit In Climate Case
• 3 Ways Defendants Can Nip Civil RICO Claims In The Bud
• Judge Consolidates Suits Against Firms Over BP Settlement
• Contractor Can't Trim $3M LA Oil Spill Verdict, Judge Says
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Beveridge & Diamond
• What The Biden Administration Can Expect From State AGs
• Judges On Race: Reducing Implicit Bias In Courtrooms
• Nissan Joins GM's U-Turn In Trump's Calif. Emissions Fight
• Developers, Feds Prevail In California Condor Habitat Suit
• NY, Mass. Emission Deal Clears Way For Power Plant's Ch. 11
• Nigeria Denied Early Win In $10B Award Enforcement Suit
• Feds Sue SoCal Edison Over $100M In Calif. Wildfire Costs
• Mass. Strikes $302K Pollution Settlement With Chemical Plant
• First Nations Want Energy Export Project Permit Withheld
• Financial Lobby Calls For 'Mandatory' Climate Disclosures
• US Seeks To Sink Challenge To Clean Water Act Rule
• Challenges For The Autonomous Trucking Industry: Part 2
• Where Trump's Environmental Rollbacks Stand: Part 2
• Hunton Andrews Adds Insurance Partner From Perkins Coie
• Miner Tied To W.Va. Gov. To Pay $300K For Selenium Pollution
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Baron & Budd
• DOJ Can't Block Sierra Club's 'Side Deal' In Coal Plant Suit
• Del. Court Confirms $1B Nev. Solar Plant's Ch. 11 Plan
• Farm Workers Say They Were Cropdusted With Pesticides
• UK Arbitrator Disclosure Ruling Falls Flat, Some Experts Say
• Ill. Justices Say Illegal Dump Fight Not A Constitutional Issue
• 3 Takeaways From Smithfield's Hog Farm Stench Settlement
• Texas Justices Told New Well Damages Timing Test Is Needed
• 9th Circ. Reverses Order Blocking Redwood Highway Project
• Morgan Lewis Expands Enviro Team With Texas Partner
• Baker Botts Adds Ex-TCEQ Deputy Director In Austin
• UK Watchdog To Study Electric Vehicle Charging Sector
• Challenges For The Autonomous Trucking Industry: Part 1
• US Pushes Ahead With Arctic Refuge Drilling Lease Sale
• Where Trump's Environmental Rollbacks Stand: Part 1
• Minn. Agency Erred In Approving Pipeline, Tribes Say
• Navigating Atty Relationship Conflicts That May Imperil Cases
• SCANA Inks $137.5M Deal To Exit SEC's Nuke Plant Fraud Suit
• Engineering Co. WSP Grows Consulting Biz With $1.1B Deal
• 3M, DuPont Hit With PFAS Suit Over Contaminated OC Water
• 3 Blank-Check Companies Tap Public Markets For $700M Total
• Bernstein Litowitz Attys Fight Sanctions Bid In Stericycle Case
• DuPont Rips Chemours' 'Strange' Bid To Void Chancery Ruling
• Green Groups Urge Whale Protection As Feds Draft New Rules
• Indonesian Biodiesel Tariffs Get Green Light From CIT Judge
• Nigerians Lose Appeal To Extend Cutoff For Shell Spill Claim
• How Mediators Can Help Parties Overcome Emotional Barriers
• Ore. Sens. Unveil Bill Aimed At Wildfire Resilient Power Grid
• Auto Industry Says It Will Work With Biden To Curb Emissions
• White House Says Enviro Review Rules Suit Brought Too Early
• Bosch Can't Escape Ford Truck Emissions RICO Case
• Claims Court Tosses $190M Nuclear Cleanup Deal Challenge
• Kumeyaay Tribes Press DC Circ. To Halt Trump's Border Wall
• EPA Says 'Forever Chemicals' Can Be Considered In Permits
• Ore. Landowners Aren't Owed For Rail-To-Trail Project
• What 2020 Election Results Mean For The Insurance Industry
• Butane Fuel Mix Qualifies For $33M Tax Credit, 7th Circ. Told
• Nigerians Fight To Revive Claims Over Shell Oil Spill
• Judging A Book: Wardlaw Reviews 'Hamilton And The Law'