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Environmental - June, 2021

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• Travelers Off The Hook For Homeowners' Meth Cleanup Costs
• Landmark Decision Recognizes Native Hawaiian Water Rights
• EPA Says It Will Tighten Chemical Review Process
• NJ Lawmakers Approve Corp. Tax Break Change Bill
• Wash. Court Finds Water Permits For Dairy Farms Inadequate
• USDA Calls Suit Over Disadvantaged Farmers Aid Too Broad
• Keystone Developer Says Nixed Pipeline Should End Suit
• Thermo Fisher's Bad Faith Claim Split From AIG Pollution Row
• Salesforce Prices $8B Offering To Fund Slack Acquisition
• NJ Greenlights 2.6MW Worth Of Offshore Wind Projects
• Texas Court Strikes Law That Yanked Houston's Water Rights
• Navy Will Upgrade Pearl Harbor Wastewater Plant In EPA Deal
• Ohio Justices Say VW Can't Evade Emissions Tampering Suit
• Groups Sue Over Danger Of Ramped-Up Nuke Warhead Plan
• State Courts' Stark Lack Of Diversity Demands Action
• Fla. Gov. Signs Bill Overturning Key West Cruise Ship Ban
• Court Says Pa. Board Erred Linking Quarry To State Cleanup
• Gov'ts Must Balance Green Energy, Investment Treaty Duties
• Pioneer Inks $5.8M Deal To End Suit Over Colo. Superfund Site
• Calif. Real Estate Legislation To Watch In 2021's 2nd Half
• Litigation Over Recyclable Claims Is Bad For Recycling
• SEC Commissioner Says Exec. Comp Should Be Tied To ESG
• Justices Ease Pipeline Fears In State Land Rights Fight
• Alaska Tribe Appeals Certificate For Open Pit Gold Mine
• No $33M Tax Credit For Butane Fuel Mix, 7th Circ. Rules
• NYC Ride-Hailing, Taxi Turf War Stalls Revel's EV Push
• EPA's Stance On Roundup Is Shaky, 11th Circ. Told
• Green Groups Say Pa. Food Plant Exceeds Wastewater Limits
• What Colorado Ozone Probes Mean For Oil And Gas Cos.
• Ill. Waste Biz Agrees To Pay $350K In EPA Settlement
• La. Parishes Fight Bid To Get Drilling Case To Fed. Court
• Latham Attorney DQ'd From Upcoming Fluor-Zurich Trial
• Foley Hoag Hires DC-Based Energy & Enviro Atty
• Feds Tell 1st Circ. Maine City's Oil Export Ban Not Preempted
• Consumers Want In On Monsanto Roundup Suit In Delaware
• Justices Back $1B Pipeline In State Land Rights Dispute
• 10th Circ. Revives New Mexico Solar Fee Dispute
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Pollution Fight Against Dynegy
• IG To Examine EPA Delays In Emission Standards Reviews
• Feds Say Tribe Members' Claims Over Highway Widening Fail
• Obstacles Abound For Biden's Climate Change Pledge
• Giuliani Suspension Highlights Ethical Pitfalls For All Lawyers
• Kazmarek Promotes 2 Attys, Snags Ex-Troutman Pepper Atty
• Agencies Get More Time To Weigh In On NEPA Overhaul
• Justices Won't Referee Fight Over Wash. Coal Export Denial
• Ariz. Apache Group's Atty Says US Repeats 'Tragic Injustice'
• 7th Circ. Rejects Antitrust Claims In Milwaukee Towing Suit
• Split 9th Circ. Resets VW Bondholder Emissions Fraud Row
• Commerce Ready To End Duties On More Chinese Solar Cells
• Gov't Pulls Prolonged Suit Against SC Nuke Site Contractor
• Idaho Hydroelectric Co. Hit With River Pollution Suit
• 5 Things To Watch In The SPAC Market After Last Year's Boom
• Cos. Need ESG Strategies That Address Climate Change
• Senate Dems Float Extending Tax Credit To Nuke Plants
• Judge Rejects Revisions To Flathead National Forest Plan
• House Votes To Undo Trump-Era Oil And Gas Methane Regs
• Up Close With Wyoming's Top Enviro Official
• NJ Attorneys Urged To Avoid Paying For Client Referrals
• Fieldwood Energy To Get OK For Ch. 11 Plan
• Justices Back Refiners In Biofuel Exemption Row
• Top Product Liability Cases Of 2021: Midyear Report
• GAO Says Federal Retirement Plan Needs Climate Analysis
• Biden Admin.'s Race-Based Farm Debt Relief Program Halted
• Green Groups Sue Fla. Over Piney Point Wastewater Disaster
• Biden, GOP Senators Strike $1.2T Infrastructure Deal
• Deputy Trade Picks Vow To Use Allies To Counter China
• 238 Deepwater Horizon Suits Tossed For Discovery Violations
• FERC Launches Long-Awaited Public Participation Office
• Feds Say Oil And Gas Lease Injunction Doesn't Stop Wyo. Suit
• FERC Defends Virginia Gas Pipeline Approval
• Army Corps Defends Climate Review Of Enbridge Pipeline
• Crackdown On Forced Labor In China Turns To Solar Sector
• Exxon Beats Insurers' Indemnity Bid Over Enviro Claims
• Tribe Kept Immunity In Clean Water Act Suit, 9th Circ. Says
• Fieldwood Energy Files Ch. 11 Cleanup Bond Deal
• Exxon Must Face Mass. AG's Climate Change Suit
• Solar Panel Co. Loses Bid For Coverage Of Shareholder Suit
• Army Corps Expands Review Of Enbridge Mich. Pipeline
• SEC Staff Hashing Out Potential ESG Disclosure Metrics
• Coal Biz Pushes Justices To Review EPA Air Regs Authority
• Cos. Must Consider Electric Vehicles' Unique Risk Profile
• Aviation Watch: Supersonic Jet Plans Face Strong Headwinds
• Dynegy Agrees To Remove Coal Ash At Former Ill. Plant
• EPA Wants Pause In Suits To Redo Navigable Waters Rule
• Watchdog Report Calls For Pipeline Safety Reg Analysis
• Toyota Gas Tank Deal Offers Free Repairs, $1.1M Atty Fees
• Calif. Judge Rips Monsanto's Atty In $87M Roundup Appeal
• Compliance Faced Rocky Start To 2021 As COVID Rolled On
• Feds Say Texas Counties' Bullet Train Suit In Wrong Court
• SEC Commish Still On The Fence About ESG Disclosure Plans
• FERC Hit With $234M Complaint Over Edenville Dam Bust
• DC Circ. Faults FERC Policy In Nixing Pipeline Approval
• Navigating Inadvertent Attorney-Client Privilege Waivers
• Challenges Facing California's Proposed Coastal Property Law
• Exxon Wants $57.5M Enviro Indemnity Jury Award Reinstated
• Texas Manufacturer Says Emissions Monitor Made Up Data
• Groups Want 9th Circ. To Revive 'Wilderness Rights' Suit
• Energy Transfer Calls $20M FERC Fine 'Outrageous'
• Fieldwood Energy Ch. 11 Plan Faces Well Cleanup Objections
• Judge Blasts 'Breathtaking' Atty Fee Bid In Roundup MDL
• Wash. Dam's Water Diversion Blocked In Bid To Protect Fish
• Pro-Border Wall Group Loses 2nd Circ. Asset Freeze Fight
• EPA's Draft Formaldehyde Assessment Can Stay Private
• US Steel Keeps Victory In Fire Reporting Suit At 3rd Circ.
• Hazy Future Of Trump-Era NEPA Rule Dooms Suit, Judge Says
• Chemical Co. Slapped With Class Action Over Plant Explosion
• Justices Won't Review $16.5M Superfund Dispute
• Attorneys Beware: Zoom Depositions Are Likely Inadmissible
• Tribes Seek 9th Circ. Redo In Wash. Fishing Rights Dispute
• Justices Told Border Wall Freeze Can't Undo Gov't's Losses
• Tribe Says Calif. Wind Farm Dispute Threatens Its Sovereignty
• ND Joins High Court Fight To Curb EPA Emissions Authority
• Iowa Groups Can't Force State To Control River Pollution
• Saint-Gobain Fights Whistleblower Deposition In PFOA Case
• How Attorneys Can Reach Claimants In Today's Comms Era
• Justices Should Acknowledge ESG's Importance To Investors
• Feds Drop Appeal Of $16.2M Exxon Cleanup Award
• Insurers Fight Steel Co.'s Coverage Bid On Pollution Claims
• Troutman Pepper Adds Former EPA Water Official
• Green Groups Seek To Undo Exelon Hydro Dam Relicensing
• Water Pipeline Co. Says It Belongs In Project Easement Fight
• Up Close With Pennsylvania's Top Environmental Official
• Wash. State Can Enforce CWA Permits Against Mining Co.
• Texas Panel Questions Concrete Plant Permit Requirements
• 9th Circ. Says EPA's Move On Alaska Mine Can Be Challenged
• Court Says Liberty Mutual Must Pay Full Asbestos Settlements
• FERC Extends Hand To States In Grid Project Push
• Senate Confirms Latham Partner To Serve As Interior's No. 2
• Biden Admin. Further Delays Lead And Copper Rule
• Citgo To Pay Nearly $20M Over Louisiana Oil Spill Damage
• Cos. Can Expect Tougher Climate Risk Disclosure Mandates
• Coke Recyclable Bottle Claims Misleading, Consumers Say
• NJ Fed. Court Should Ditch Litigation Funding Disclosure Plan
• Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Zachary Fayne
• House Passes Bill Backing SEC's ESG Disclosure Plans
• Senate Confirms Biden's EPA Water Office Nominee
• 5 Firms Guide $600M In IPOs For 2 Energy Transition SPACs
• Feds Ask For Toss Of Gila River Tribe's $225M Investment Suit
• Whole Foods Released From Toxic Baby Food Suit
• How To Assess Price Volatility Changes In SPAC Class Actions
• New FERC Gas Project Review Can't Stand, Enbridge Says
• Bipartisan Support Shows Bright Future For Carbon Capture
• Foes Of Obama Center Slam 'Orwellian' Environmental Review
• Law Firm Talent Must Reflect Shifting US Demographics
• Feds Say No To Vacating Guilty Plea In $42M Pollution Case
• Rising Star: Hunton Andrews Kurth's Kerry L. McGrath
• Ore. LNG Project Still A Threat Despite Pause, DC Circ. Told
• Thorny Issues Posed By WTO Vaccine Patent Waiver
• La. Judge Blocks Biden's Ban On New Oil And Gas Leases
• Haaland Asks Biden To Restore National Monument Borders
• Nigeria Says It Never Waived Immunity In $10B Award Fight
• Grid Operator Backs FERC Energy Storage Order At DC Circ.
• Wind Farm Seeks To Restore Defenses In Osage Trespass Suit
• Texas Manufacturer Fights Sierra Club Emissions Claims
• Investors Want SEC's 'Flawed' Shareholder Rules Scrapped
• Wash. Clean Fuel Standard Hinges On Regs, Likely Litigation
• SpaceX's Starlink Won't Harm Environment, DC Circ. Told
• Rising Star: Latham's Kegan Brown
• Federal Law Doesn't Preempt Pa. Gas Facility Permit Review
• Energy Partner Rejoins Wilkinson Barker In Denver
• Activists Reach Deal To Curtail Logging In Oregon Forest
• Morgan & Morgan Launches Toxic Tort, Enviro Group
• Monsanto To Pay Up To $45M To End Roundup Labeling Suits
• SEC Republicans Slam Plans To Tweak Trump-Era Rules
• Sioux Tribes, Army Corps Debate Fate Of Dakota Access Suit
• Biz Groups Back Monsanto In 11th Circ. Roundup Appeal
• ​​​​​​​Biden Admin. Asks Justices To Erase Border Wall Rulings
• Agriculture Dept. Defends Aid For Disadvantaged Farmers
• Minn. Court Backs State Approval Of Enbridge Oil Pipeline
• Dallas Securities Firm Sends Negligence Suit To Arbitration
• AGs Want SEC To Require Climate Change Risk Disclosures
• Red Lobster's Seafood Sustainability Is Fishy, Suit Says
• Justices Aren't Eager To Skip Ahead On Climate Litigation
• Law School Dean To Lead SEC's Corporation Finance Division
• NY Solar Project Order Creates Uncertainty For Developers
• EPA Wants Fresh Chance At Pesticide Species Review
• Rising Star: Beveridge & Diamond's Julius M. Redd
• Chancery Preps For Trial On Musk's $2.6B SolarCity Bailout
• Justices Stay Out Of California Cities' Climate Change Suits
• Judges Should Foster Diversity In MDL Leader Appointments
• Biden DOT Eyes Stiff Car Safety Rules And Worker Protections
• NY Bill Halting Cryptocurrency Mining Dies In Assembly
• SEC Maps Out Gensler's Regulatory Ambitions Over Next Year
• EPA Signals Overhaul Of Chemical And Pesticide Regulations
• SIFMA Offers Measured Approach To SEC Climate Disclosures
• Texas Justices To Hear Challenge To Permit Review Ruling
• Biden Admin. Puts Tighter Oil And Gas Regs On The Table
• Developer Drops $2B Kalama Methanol Refinery Project
• Metlakatla Tribe Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Fishing Rights Suit
• GOP Senators Lack Standing In Fracking Suit
• 3rd Circ. Blasts 'Unlawyerly' Conduct In Farmer's Enviro Suit
• Interior Dept. Floats NY, NJ Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• Uranium Mine Developer Tells DC Circ. To Nix Tribe's Appeal
• A Biz Strategy Model To Improve Lateral Atty Hiring Diversity
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's David Fotouhi
• EPA Proposes Collecting PFAS Manufacturing Data
• VW Rips Sales Reps' 9th Circ. Bid To Save Lost Income Suit
• USTR, AFL-CIO Head Bash WTO For Neglecting Worker Rights
• Jury Charge Error Means New Trial Against Windstorm Insurer
• Idaho Judge Pauses New Oil Leases In Sage-Grouse Fight
• The Future Of Climate Suits After Justices' Baltimore Ruling
• 5 Steps To Successful Mass Tort Management
• Biden Admin. Moves To Revoke Trump Royalty Valuation Rule
• Feds Tell 9th Circ. Limits On Ex-BLM Head Now Moot
• Green Groups Split Over EPA's Request To Review Glyphosate
• Paul Hastings Launches Climate-Focused Energy Team
• ECJ Urged To Nix Post-Dieselgate Emissions Rules Updates
• Monsanto's PCBs Caused Brain Damage, Teachers Tell Jury
• BP Unit Drops High Court Appeal Of $111M Superfund Case
• Uber, Academics Back SEC's Push For Climate Disclosures
• Poultry Processor Squawks At Wastewater Cutoff Threat
• DC Circ. Nixes Bid To Undo Denver Flight Paths Redrawing
• House Dems Move On Highway Bill As Biden-GOP Talks Stall
• Exxon Seeks Pause Of Conn. Climate Suit Remand
• Alaska Senators' Bill Would Open 3.7M Acres To Native Vets
• EPA Will Again Redefine Scope Of Clean Water Act
• TC Energy Drops Keystone XL Pipeline
• Republican AGs Want A Say In Kids' Climate Suit Deal Talks
• Ex-VW Execs To Pay €17.8M Over Roles In Emissions Scandal
• How Biden Tax Plans Would Boost Renewable Energy
• Creditor Opposes More Reed Smith Duties In Recycler's Ch. 11
• EPA Agrees To Ban Endocrine-Disrupting Pesticide Propazine
• Atty Rift Over $30M From Syngenta Deal Sent To Kansas Court
• Smaller Firms Need Employee Wellness Programs, Too
• Coke Hit With False Ad Suit Over 'Sustainable' Claim
• Michigan Loses Bid To Keep PFAS Suit Out Of MDL
• Interior Dept. Floats Offshore Wind In Gulf Of Mexico
• Colo. High Court Says County Can't Dodge Landfill Cleanup
• Insurer's Fraud Theory Stays In $8M High-Rise Flood Fight
• US Says States, Industry Can't Stop Oil And Gas Lease Pause
• Texas Utility Accused Of Spiking Prices In Winter Storm
• JPML Sends Herbicide Liability Litigation To Illinois
• FERC Tells DC Circ. Energy Storage Order Isn't Discriminatory
• Why AI Can't Replace Humans In Environmental Compliance
• Pipeline Co. Beats Insurer's $7M Diesel Cleanup Suit
• Utilities Aim To Ease FERC's Fears Over SE Power Market Plan
• Calif. Says Lead Biz Bid To Dodge $136M Cleanup Is Too Early
• BoE Launches Climate Stress Test For Insurers, Banks
• UK Gov't Outlines Pension Climate Reporting Rules
• Fed. Circ. Wary Of $5M Atty Fee Fight In Fracking Patent Case
• 9th Circ. Appeal Fizzles In Sharks' Transit Expansion Fight
• VW Asks 9th Circ. For Say Over Jones Day Docs In FOIA Suit
• Justices Pass On Prairie Chicken Conservation Fight
• DOT Presses Pipeline Cos. To Update Methane Control Plans
• IRS Seeks Tax Docs, Emails In $29M Easement Probe
• Tribe Sues To Stop New York Hydrogen Plant
• Biden Wants 'Speculative' Carbon Cost Metric Suit Tossed
• Monsanto Asks 11th Circ. To Create Roundup Label Precedent
• Costa Rica Prevails In Claim Over Nixed Gold Mine
• ​​​​​​​Contractor In $7B Nuclear Cleanup Settles False Claims Suit
• Ga. Judge Hints 3M May Dodge Chemical Pollution Suit
• SEC Signals New Direction On Proxy Advice Regulations
• Bee Advocates Urge 9th Circ. To Kill EPA Pesticide Approvals
• Attys For NJ Nab $2.5M Fee Award For MTBE MDL Deals
• Feds Will Reconsider Trump's Endangered Species Act Rules
• Commerce Advances New Duties On Malaysian Wind Towers
• Manatt Adds Ex-Bird Marella Litigator In Los Angeles
• US Offshore Wind Poised For Growth, But Challenges Remain
• Stop Networking, Start Relationship Marketing
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Insurer Argo Cuts Ties With Canadian Oil Pipeline Co.
• Biden's DOI Can't Get Suit Over DOI Coal Leasing Paused
• NRC Tells DC Circ. To Nix Tribe's Uranium Mine Permit Appeal
• SEC's Roisman Offers Ways To Cut ESG Disclosure Costs
• EPA Didn't Violate Species Act In COVID-19 Policy, Judge Says
• Ind. Cement Co. Hit With $729K Penalty Over Air Issues
• Citigroup Says Developer Can't Make It Clean Superfund Site
• CarbonLite Cleared For $220M In Ch. 11 Sale Transactions
• SD Gov. Undaunted After Judge Snuffs Fireworks Crusade
• Health, Green Groups Push FDA To Ban PFAS
• 9th Circ. Says Trump Didn't Back Up Nix Of Walrus Protections
• Mich. Says Canada Is Missing The Point In Pipeline Dispute
• Castex Energy Inks Deal With W&T To Offload Ch. 11 Costs
• Pa. Town Fears Imminent Harm From Sewer Tunneling Project
• Exxon Climate Case Sent Back To Connecticut State Court
• Biofuels Jostle To Get Renewable Credit For Powering EVs
• Balch & Bingham Opens Austin Office With Energy Pro
• Shook Hardy Expands To St. Louis With 10-Atty Enviro Team
• Kelley Drye Launches ESG Practice
• Asphalt Maker Strikes Settlement Over Alleged Calif. Pollution
• What Attorneys Should Know About Fee Deferral
• White Farmers Seek Cert. In Farm Aid Discrimination Suit
• Ex-Indian Affairs Vet Under Trump To Co-Chair Venable Unit
• Northrop Grumman Entity To Pay $350K Over Enviro Claims
• Feds Want Quick Win In NM Contamination Cleanup Suit
• Ex-Commissioners Press FERC To Expand Power Markets
• FERC OKs Gas Projects Despite Commissioners' Climate Split
• Justices' Guam Ruling May Give New Life To CERCLA Claims
• Predictions On Pandemic's Lasting Impact On Legal Education
• DC Circ. Told FERC Can't OK Changes To Contested LNG Plan
• 5 Steps Oil And Gas Cos. Can Take To Manage Cyber Risk
• Orrick Lands Ex-Kirkland Energy Tax Expert As Partner
• EPA Bid To Review Methylene Chloride No Good, Groups Say
• Calif. Wants EPA To Restore Power Over Vehicle Emissions
• EPA Slams Sanctions Bid In Mine Spill Suit
• Wyo. Federal Judge To Retire After Energy-Focused Career
• Cos. Should Review Insurance Policies For PFAS Coverage
• Swiss Insurers, Banks Told To Begin Disclosing Climate Risks
• Ecuador Gets Nearly $36M Trimmed From Oil Profits Award
• Pro-Border Wall Group Challenges Asset Freeze At 2nd Circ.
• Virgin Galactic Faces Investor Suit Over SPAC Disclosures
• PPG Says Deal With Penn. Regulators Bars More Civil Fines
• Interior Dept. Suspends Arctic Refuge Drilling Leases
• SEC Won't Recommend Enforcement Of New Proxy Rules
• Calif. Seeks To Join LA Environmental Justice Suit
• 8th Circ. Again Sides With Coal Co. In ND Clean Air Challenge
• Greens Oppose Feds' Bid To Moot Keystone Permit Appeal
• Biden's Clean Energy Goals Require Big Hydrogen Push
• Roundup Case Shows State Law Can Top Preemption Defense
• Lawyer Perfectionism Is A Disease We Can Control
• Mining Group Asks Justices To Define EPA's Emissions Clout
• Justices Won't Review Ill. Fracking Moratorium