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Environmental - May, 2021

286 articles

• Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
• US Fails To Shake $10M Yakama Nation Forest Resources Suit
• DC Circ. Ends Challenge To Energy Dept. Grid Security Rule
• 11th Circ. Upholds Convictions Of Ex-Balch Partner, Coal Exec
• Gov't, Alaska Say Fishing Won't Harm Protected Orcas
• Flint Plaintiffs' Attys Argue For Final OK Of $641M Settlement
• Green Groups Challenge Proposed Pa. Gas Plant's Air Permit
• Gov't Must Resolve Uncertainty Over 'Twilight' Cell Towers
• Siting Authority Is Missing Link In Biden Power Line Initiative
• Corps Can't Have 'Tunnel Vision' On La. Wetlands, Suit Says
• Latham Atty's 2010 Notes Fair Game In Fluor-Zurich Trial
• New Calif. AG Says Enviro Justice Will Be At Forefront
• 5 Tips To Help Your 2021 Summer Associates Succeed
• Ascent Resources Taps Enyo Law For $122M Slovenia Fight
• Calif. Offshore Wind Push Won't Be Smooth Sailing
• Bayer May End Glyphosate Retail US Sales
• Texas Panel Clears Attys Of Barratry In Horizon Oil Spill Suit
• Tribes, Green Groups Push For Win In Enbridge Pipeline Fight
• EPA Moves To Bolster State And Tribal CWA Veto Authority
• Challenge To Finished $87M Ark. Road Now Moot, Judge Says
• Oil Co. Asks Texas Justices To Revisit Apache Arbitration Row
• What EPA's Environmental Justice Push Means For Cos.
• BP Unit To Pay $16M, Future Costs For Mont. Cleanup
• 7th Circ. Says Wis. Regulators Have Toxic Dust Handled
• Firms Should Use Surveys To Make Smart Legal Tech Choices
• EPA Ends 'Secret Science' Rule In Wake Of Court Ruling
• What Biden's Climate Finance Order Means For Energy Cos.
• Suit Presses EPA To Enforce Air Pollution Standards
• Landmark Shell Ruling Could Spur Wave Of New Climate Suits
• PG&E To Pay Calif. Public Entities $43.36M In Fire Damages
• US Pushes To Address Forced Labor In WTO Fisheries Deal
• FERC Defends Okla. Dam License Decision To DC Circ.
• Hotelier Loses $8M Hurricane Irma Insurance Fraud Trial
• Homeowners Ask 7th Circ. To Revive Pollution Case
• SG Tells Justices Bankruptcy Moots Wash. Coal Permit Fight
• Viasat Threatens To Sue FCC Over SpaceX's Starlink Plan
• DC Circ. Rejects Activist's Appeal Over Species Review
• ESG Trend Fuels Climate Activists' Victory At Exxon Meeting
• Judge Won't OK $2B Deal For Future Roundup Claims
• Dutch Court Tells Shell To Dramatically Cut Carbon Emissions
• Wash. Gov. Excludes Tribal Site Protection From Climate Act
• EPA Contractor Can't Duck Gold King Spill Suit, Navajo Say
• Fight Over Panasonic Solar Panel Warranties Dropped
• Divided Senate Confirms Biden Pick For DOJ Civil Rights Post
• Justices' Guam Ruling Adds New Wrinkle To Superfund Deals
• Biden Administration Advances Calif. Offshore Wind Plans
• What Private Cos. Can Learn From Biden Cybersecurity Order
• Bannon Charges Tossed After Pardon Over Gov't Objections
• Exxon Says It Can't Be Charged $15.9M For Using Its Own Gas
• Senate Bill Would Devote $375M To Electric Vehicle Transition
• There Is No 'Junk Science' Epidemic In Consumer Litigation
• Don't Forget Due Diligence In Race For Lateral Associate Hires
• Oklahoma City To Pay $1.3M For Tribal Water Pipe Easements
• EPA, Navistar Reach Deal In Diesel Emissions Suit Before Trial
• 3rd Circ. Denies Calif.'s Immunity In Venoco Proceedings
• Energy Expert Returns To Latham After Stint At Gas Co.
• EPA Slammed By Watchdog For Politicized Herbicide Review
• SEC's Lee Rebukes 'Myths' Related To ESG Disclosures
• German Automakers Tell 9th Circ. Antitrust Suit Rightly Nixed
• SD Gov. Urges Action In July 4 Fireworks Suit Before Holiday
• Engineering Co. Tells DC Circ. Nigeria Can't Slip $10B Award
• Green Group Drops Suit After DOI Reverses On Drilling Safety
• BMW Expects EU To Trim $1B Emissions Cartel Fine
• Pipeline Wants Tenn. Airport Counsel DQ'd In Easement Fight
• Environmentalists Push To Dump Trump Water Rule
• Addressing Environmental Justice As Part Of ESG Initiatives
• Akerman Taps Ex-Husch Blackwell Insurance Litigator
• Justices Wipe Out Climate Suit Venue Rulings From 3 Circuits
• 4th Circ. Halts Block On SC Horseshoe Crab Harvests
• 'Greenwashing' Is Investors' Main ESG Worry, Study Says
• Justices Revive Guam's $160M Landfill Suit
• Clean Harbors, Aerotek Escape Worker's Severed-Thumb Suit
• 4 Ways Biden Is Making Headway On Chemical Oversight
• Texas Justices Say Atty Media Statements Not Protected
• DC Judge Won't Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
• NY Property Exec Pleads Guilty For Asbestos Releases
• Sea Turtle Threat Enough To Block Army Corps' Ga. Dredging
• HIV Drug IP Waiver Success Should Guide COVID Vax Rollout
• ND Justices Say Lease Lets Oil Producers Deduct Costs
• Lessons In Civility From The Alex Oh Sanctions Controversy
• UK Waste Co. Biffa To Buy Part Of Viridor For $178M
• Crypto's Enviro Costs Present Challenges For Companies
• 11th Circ. Panel Skeptical Terminix Can Ditch $2.5M Award
• Calif. Gov. Inks Bill To Speed Enviro Reviews For Housing
• Biden Admin. Tears Into Red States Over Oil Lease Pause
• Nearly All Calif. Uber, Lyft Vehicles Must Be Electric By 2030
• Industry Tells 9th Circ. No Cancer Warning For Glyphosate
• Tribe Can Intervene In S.D.'s Mount Rushmore Fireworks Suit
• Biz Trying To 'Recreate History' In Cleanup Suit, Court Told
• FERC's Pipeline Flip-Flops Show Climate Discord
• Biden Instructs Agencies To Evaluate, Mitigate Climate Risks
• PG&E Creditors' Challenge To Ch. 11 Interest Rate Ruling Fails
• 4th Circ. Cuts Down Developers' Coverage Bid In Logging Row
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over $42M Empire Wind Lease
• EPA Sued For Delay In Evaluating PVC As Hazardous Waste
• Texas Chemical Co. Says Ex-Staffer, Rival Stole Trade Secrets
• Feds Set Duties On Indian Wind Towers, But Spares Malaysia
• EPA Asks 9th Circ. To Remand Part Of Weedkiller Review
• Native Landowning Org. Asks To Join Alaska Mining Road Suit
• Biz Record Admissibility Rule Must Adapt To An ESI World
• Feds Still Can't Dodge Chevron Unit's Mine Cleanup Suit
• Latham, Weil Serve Up Vegan Giant Oatly's $1.4B IPO
• Pandemic-Era Jury Trial Innovations May Be Here To Stay
• Paper Mill Co-Owned By Robert Kraft Sued Over Air Pollution
• Exchange Hosts First UK Carbon Trading Auction After Brexit
• OCC's Hsu Sees Climate, Fintech, Bank Risk Among Priorities
• Judge Raises Litigation Risks, Doubts In $2B Roundup Deal
• Sioux, DOI Say Mt. Rushmore Fireworks Shouldn't Launch
• House GOP Pitches $400B Plan For 'Core' Infrastructure
• Energy Chief Urges Better 'Cyber Hygiene' In Budget Hearing
• States, Groups Fight Coal-Leasing Plan Reinstated By Trump
• Pa. Justices Question Zoning Analysis In Fracking Well Fight
• W.Va. Mine Suit Puts Spotlight On Coal Cleanup Funding
• Prepare Now For New PFAS Regulations In Calif.
• FERC Turns Up Enforcement Heat On Energy Infrastructure
• Goldberg Segalla Adds Atty To Toxic Tort Group In Philly
• USDA Says Apache Religious Rights Can't Block Copper Mine
• NY Pipeline Cancellation Ends FERC Fight, 2nd Circ. Told
• Inside The Dispute Over $2B Deal For Future Roundup Claims
• Syngenta Sues Insurers In Bid For Herbicide Claim Coverage
• FirstEnergy Execs Say Bribery Suit Doesn't Allege Crimes
• Objectors Target Atty Fees In $17.5M Firefighting Foam Deal
• Counties' Suit Against VW Could Complicate Emissions Regs
• 9th Circ. Reverses DOI Win On Endangered Species Notice
• Groups Say EPA Must Reexamine Legacy Asbestos Risks
• Judging A Book: Rodriguez Reviews 'When Machines Can Be Judge'
• VW Says Drivers' Porsche Emissions Cheat Suit An Overreach
• Groups Say Poor Planning Caused Fla. Wastewater Dump
• Green Group Wants 10th Circ. To Revisit 5G Cell Tower Ruling
• Cyberattack Shows Pipeline Need, Dakota Access Says
• Progressives Say Trump Changes Hindered Regulatory Portal
• High Court Inches Toward Resolving Climate Suits
• Groups Say Feds Must Act On W.Va. Coal Mine Fund Shortfall
• Investor Attempts To Hold Cos. Accountable Are Working
• Tribe Fights To Intervene In Mt. Rushmore Fireworks Row
• EPA Rescinds Trump-Era Rule On Public Guidance
• Utility Again Beats Ky. Power Plant Pollution Suit
• DC Circ. Refuses To Unlink Species Claim In Soot Rule Suits
• Owner Of Flint Lube Maker Gets 1 Year For Waste Dumping
• Justices Say 4th Circ. Review In Climate Suit Was Too Narrow
• 9th Circ. Won't Wipe Out $25M Roundup Verdict
• 'Inconsistent' CWA Claim Axed From NM's Gold King Mine Suit
• 9th Circ. Says EPA Must Revisit Lead-Related Standards
• EPA Wants Do-Over On Methylene Chloride Risk Evaluation
• Calif. Climate Efforts Offer Starting Point For Biden Admin.
• Congressional Docs Don't Tip Scales In Minn. Mine Lease Row
• Boeing, Dow Fight High Court Review Of Superfund Cleanup
• Donziger Expects To Be Convicted Of Criminal Contempt
• 5th Circ. Opening Is Rare Red-State Seat For Biden
• Timberland Investment JV Pays $386M For 199K Acres In Chile
• Lockheed Martin Can't Escape Fla. Contamination Suit
• 5 Steps For Law Firms Rethinking Flexible Work Post-COVID
• 'Public Benefit' Corporate Model Is Making Inroads
• Husch Blackwell Adds 3 Ex-K&L Gates Attys As Partners
• Regulator Urges Irish Insurers To Do More On Climate Change
• Donziger Might Have Avoided Charges By Appeals, Atty Says
• Gensler Says Climate Disclosure Rules Among 'Top Priorities'
• Whistleblower Will Be Deposed In Saint-Gobain PFOA Case
• Senate Panel Splits On Contentious DOJ Civil Rights Nominee
• Judge Orders Feds, Young Climate Activists To Mediation
• Biden Admin. Kills 'Unnecessary' Trump Cost-Benefit Rule
• Groups Tell 11th Circ. To Flip Roundup Cancer Link Ruling
• 1st Circ. OKs $1B Maine Power Line Over Greens' Objection
• EPA Watchdog Says Enforcement Decline Increases Risks
• St. Croix Refinery Stops Operations After Latest Accident
• DC Circ. Won't Stay Dakota Access Pipeline Permit Ruling
• 4th Circ. Snuffs Suit Over Maryland Purple Line Water Permit
• COVID IP Waiver Doesn't Resolve Vaccine Production Barriers
• Feds Say Court Can't Rescue Southern Coal From $3.2M Fine
• Senior Trump DOJ Enviro Litigator Lands At Winston & Strawn
• Gibson Dunn Partner Questioned On 7-Figure Donziger Bills
• Pascua Yaqui Leads Tribes Seeking Trump-Era CWA Reversal
• Judge Halts Crab Harvest In SC Wildlife Refuge
• PureCycle Allegedly Misled Investors Ahead Of SPAC Tie-Up
• House Committee Approves Tax Haven Disclosure Bill
• Facing Setbacks, Mich. Mine Developer Will Revamp Plans
• Green Groups OK'd To Join Biden's Wyo. Oil Lease Fight
• BMW Germany Can't Duck Emissions Suit, But Bosch Can
• Watchdog Says EPA Issues Jeopardize Pollution Enforcement
• Biden Pick For EPA Water Chief Sounds Collaborative Tone
• Judge's Rebuke Of Mass. AG Has Lessons For All Attorneys
• Hartford Wants Out From Ill. Toxic Emissions Suit Coverage
• Scholars, Religious Orgs Back Ore. Tribal Highway Challenge
• Gibson Dunn Atty Rebuts Donziger Privacy Concerns At Trial
• Judge Says Attys Can Get Fees In Vt. PFOA Settlement Fight
• Texas River Authority Gets Venue Win In Harvey Flooding Suit
• Latham-Led Vegan Co. Oatly Launches Plans For $1.4B IPO
• Activists Ask 9th Circ. For Enviro Review Of DHS Programs
• Sioux Tribes Urge DC Circ. Not To Stay Pipeline Permit Ruling
• WTO Members Inch Closer To Fisheries Subsidies Deal
• Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Steer Amazon's $18.5B Debt Sale
• 26 More Flint Water Victims Object To $641M Settlement
• Calif. Cities Fight US Supreme Court Review Of Climate Suit
• Current Pipelines And Regs Can Support Shift To Hydrogen
• Feds Look To Dodge $16M Exxon Cleanup Costs At 5th Circ.
• Groups Sue To Block Trump OK Of 35 Colo. Gas Wells
• Biden Admin. Approves 1st Major US Offshore Wind Project
• Font Considerations To Give Your Legal Briefs An Edge
• Donziger Calls Contempt Charge Overreach As Trial Begins
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Ranchers' Suit Over Tribe Water Rights
• DOJ, SEC Probing Geothermal Co. Bribery Claims
• Biden's Conservation Goals Leave Much To The Imagination
• 6th Circ. Revives Part of Tenn. Worker's Harassment Suit
• NJ AG Launches Slew Of Pollution Suits
• Aqua Pennsylvania Hits Slew Of Chem Cos. With PFAS Suit
• How Biden's First 100 Days Will Affect Gov't Contractors
• Biden Admin. Settles Minn. Mining Suit, Will Reassess Permits
• Gov't Can Seek $43M From Taylor Energy For Oil Spill Cleanup
• Calif. Appeals Court Won't Halt Desalination Plant Project
• Make Profitability Management Part Of Your Law Firm Culture
• Indoor Air Pollution Fix Will Require New Laws, New Tech
• YPF Can Appeal White & Case DQ Denial To 3rd Circ.
• Seattle's $3.9M Superfund Cleanup Settlement Gets Final OK
• Congressional Scrutiny Adds Momentum For SPAC Oversight
• Atty Guilty Of Contempt For Leaking Supreme Court Ruling
• Texas Gov. Backs Exxon Against 'Meddling California Officials'
• Enbridge Will Defy Mich. Pipeline Shutdown Order, CEO Says
• Mining Cos. Settle Toxic Spill Claims With Utah For $5.5M
• Group Says Stalled Plan On Penn. Sewage Needs Action
• Interior Pulls Trump-Era Arctic Drilling Rule
• Texas Justices Give 2nd Shot To Oil Well Contamination Suit
• Tribes Can't Stop Ore. Irrigation Plan Over Drought Concerns
• Industry Groups Say Feds Flubbed Oil & Gas Survey Analysis
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• From Ecuador To SDNY, Donziger's Path To A Criminal Trial
• 'We Build The Wall' Head Hit With New Indictment Over Taxes
• Insurer Defeats Trucking Co.'s Bid For Pollution Coverage
• Judge Eyes Standing In Clash Over FAA's Flight Paths Project
• St. Croix Refinery Will Restore Air Monitors After Violation
• Biden Admin. Proposes Revoking Trump Migratory Bird Rule
• 9th Circ. Says National Forest Cattle Grazing Permits Lawful
• Corpus Christi Tap Water Contamination MDL Cases Resolved
• Ill. Waste Co. Says Ex-Worker Must Arbitrate Retaliation Claim
• Navajo Nation, NM Urge Sanctioning EPA For Ruining Proof
• The Biden Administration Is Sharpening The TSCA's Sword
• Tribes Drop Keystone XL Fight In Light Of Biden Veto
• Federal Highway Guidance No Power Line Project Panacea
• Rethinking Investment Treaties As Latin America Goes Green
• Orcas Threatened By Alaska Commercial Fishing, Group Says
• 4 Trends In Discoverability Of Litigation Funding Documents
• Bayer Loses Bid To Lift EU Pesticide Ban Over Harm To Bees
• FTA Defends Calif. Transit Expansion Near NHL Stadium
• 11th Circ. Urged To Reverse Roundup Failure-To-Warn Ruling
• Materials Co. Strikes $2.3M Deal To End NY Enviro Allegations
• Coalition Launches 2nd Fight Against Power Line Project
• Explosives Co. Must Face Injury Claims Over Toxic Release
• FERC Clarifies Ban On Pipeline Work During Project Appeals
• Utilities Say Mont. Can't Dictate Power Plant Arbitration Venue
• Keystone Nationwide Permit Appeal Moot, Biden Admin. Says
• B. Braun Sued Over Alleged Cancer Cases Linked To Pa. Plant
• US Wrongly Backing Army Water Pumping, Advocates Say
• Maxus Trust Slams YPF Bid To Appeal White & Case DQ Denial
• Keep Junk Science Away From Juries
• Gibson Dunn Says Donziger Is Abusing Subpoenas
• 4 Ways EPA Enforcement Will Focus On Environmental Justice
• DC Circ. Rejects Nuke Group's Waste Policy Challenge
• Faegre Drinker Adds Ex-EPA Deputy Administrator In Denver
• Kirkland Hires ESG Partner From Latham & Watkins
• FERC Defends Grid Connection Cost Rule Reversal
• FERC Sees Red Flags In Southeast Power Market Proposal
• Construction Co. Hit With $2.1M Clean Water Act Penalty
• Tai Sees North American Trade Deal As Base For New Policies
• NY Bill Would Halt Crypto Mining For Environmental Review
• 13 State AGs Want Biden's Carbon Cost Metric Blocked
• Biden Infrastructure Plan Will Be Challenging To Implement
• Girardi's 'Real Housewife' Targeted By Lawyers, Critics
• Pre-Scandal VW Car Owners Prod 9th Circ. On Damages Fight
• Mining Co. Beats Feds' Toxic Spill Claims, For Now
• 7 Lessons For Young Lawyers Starting Their Careers
• Wyo. Fights For Lease Sales To Resume During Court Battle
• Biden Admin. Won't Back Dakota Access Pipeline Shutdown
• Corteva Wants Pesticide Use Allowed During EPA Review
• New DOI Appointments Include Native American Law Vets
• Power Co. Hit With $15.8M Suit Over Texas Winter Storm Bill
• Fla. Farm Bill Ripped As Sly Attack On Sugar Industry Suits
• Ore. Ranchers Want DC Circ. Rehearing On Tribe Water Rights
• Ex-EPA Head Joins Heritage Foundation Think Tank
• Interior Dept. Greenlights $550M Calif. Solar Project
• More Suits Allege Herbicide Paraquat Causes Parkinson's
• Sierra Club, Power Plant Debate Water Temps In Pa. River Suit
• Biden Admin.'s Climate Strategy Should Include Insurance Innovations
• Conservationists Fight Revamped Nationwide Pipeline Permit
• EPA Kicks Off Effort To Reduce Hydrofluorocarbon Use
• Ga. Biomass Power Plant Faces 23 Nuisance, Noise Lawsuits
• US Backs Tenn. Over Miss. In $615M Water Fight
• SEC's Peirce On Crypto Ambitions, GameStop's Lessons