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Environmental - October, 2021

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• US, EU Strike Deal On Metal Tariffs With Eye Toward New Talks
• Fed. Agency Failed To Protect Endangered Ferrets, Suit Says
• EPA To Reconsider Ozone Standards Lowered In 2015
• DOJ Reloads Key Weapon In Fight Against Corporate Crime
• BLM Will Expand Climate Reviews Of Oil And Gas Lease Sales
• 7 Nations Back Ojibwe Tribe In 8th Circ. Pipeline Fight
• Fiat Chrysler Engineer Escapes Wire Fraud Charges
• FCA, Engine Maker Say Truck Emissions Class Cert. Bid Fails
• EPA Floats Regulatory Agenda For Lead Exposure Plan
• Responding To Migratory Bird Law Uncertainty Under Biden
• Justices Will Review DC Circ. Power Plant GHG Rule Decision
• Canadian Mining Co. Lied To Drive Up Stock Price, Class Says
• UK To Write Mandatory Climate Disclosures Into Law
• Climate Change Is Major Chunk Of $1.85T Biden Budget Plan
• DC Circ. Mulls Fate Of $10B Oregon Pipeline Project
• Brazil's Vale Says SEC May Sue Over Dam Safety Disclosures
• Oil Execs Face Hill Heat Over Alleged Climate Deceptions
• How Biden Officials Plan To Turn Tide On Enviro Justice
• White Stallion's $35M Coal Mine Sale Comes With Strings
• Deputy AG Unveils New Tacks For White Collar Enforcement
• Cleary-Led Chipmaker's $2.6B IPO Leads Trio Of Offerings
• NJ Rate Watchdog Fights $800M PSEG Nuclear Plant Subsidy
• Wyo. Defends 10th Circ.'s Decades-Old Tribal Hunting Ruling
• Chinese Solar Co. Challenges Feds' Export Credit Ruling
• Biden Floats $1.85T Tax, Spending Plan To Break Impasse
• Shell Suit Over Nigerian Oil Spill Gutted By Evidence Woes
• UK To Target Finance Firms On Climate Compliance
• Wash. Tribe Can't Fish Skagit River, Court Rules
• Ga. Court Upholds $525M Rate Hike For Coal Ash Cleanup
• EPA Asks Court To Sign Off On $5.7M Deal With Land O'Lakes
• Texas Justices Dig Into Regulator's Coal Mine Permit Decision
• German Co. Tells CIT Climate Change Taxes Aren't Subsidies
• Ruling Casts Doubt On Ga. Wastewater Treatment Permitting
• Starlink Opponents, FCC Outline Fight Before Oral Arguments
• NY Lawmakers Weigh Bitcoin Mining's Environmental Impact
• NY Cites Climate Law In Rejecting Power Plant Retrofits
• Lawyers Can And Should Commit To Climate Action
• Green Group Threatens Suit Over Pa. Methane Smog Plan
• Conservation Group Aims To Stop Ill. Airport Expansion
• Nixon Peabody Aided Solar Co.'s $1B Ponzi Scam, Suit Says
• 9th Circ. Sends Vivint Solar Back To Arb. In 2nd Reversal
• 3M Inks $12M Deal To Put To Rest Water Pollution Claims
• Judge Recommends Dismissing 28 Claimants In BP Spill Suit
• Ojibwe Tribe Tells 8th Circ. Its Court Should Hear Pipeline Suit
• Wind Farm Says JPMorgan Can't Rush Force Majeure Fight
• 9th Circ. Snuffs Dealers' German Car Co. Antitrust MDL
• Albright Ships Solar Power IP Suit From Texas To SDNY
• EPA To Designate PFAS As Hazardous In New Rule
• Business Groups Urge Stay On Vacating Trump Water Rule
• Columbia Riverkeeper Sues Wash. Plastics Co. Over Dumping
• Investigate Trump Enviro Rollback's Harm To Communities
• Judge Tosses Investors' Suit Against Chinese Electric Car Co.
• Calif. Judge Again Rejects 'Concerning' Solar Co. TCPA Deal
• Feds Propose Rescinding Trump-Era Species Habitat Rules
• Donziger Must Go To Jail During Appeal, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Navistar Will Pay $52M To Settle EPA Truck Engine Claims
• Tribes Say Massacre Site Nationally Significant In Mine Fight
• White Stallion Energy Gets OK For $35M Coal Mines Sale
• Parsing Boeing Decision In Light Of ESG, Caremark Trends
• 5 Policy Changes To Prevent Another Surfside Tragedy
• Confronting Origination Credit: Why GCs Need To Speak Up
• PJM Blasts $2.5B Power Line Developer's FERC Fight
• What Evolution Of Public Nuisance Claims Means For Cos.
• Cryptocurrency's Rise Brings More Scrutiny To Miners
• Former LA Port Operator Pushes For Contamination Coverage
• Cooley-Led Shoe Brand Allbirds Kicks Off IPO Plans
• EPA Sets Toxicity Guideline For Newer 'Forever Chemicals'
• Harris County Says TCEQ's Concrete Plant Rules Are Too Lax
• Biden Administration Proceeds With Alaska Oil Lease Sales
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Efforts To Get Florida Dam Torn Down
• Gibson Dunn-Led Pipeline Co. Prices $229M IPO Below Range
• Trump-Era Clean Water Rule Hit With Death Blow
• NY Appeals Court Tosses Pair Of Landfill Class Actions
• Countries Agree To End Export Financing For Coal
• Okla. Court Extends McGirt Ruling To Quapaw Reservation
• U.S. Treasury Council Backs SEC's Climate Disclosure Plans
• Clean Energy Borrowers Ask Full 9th Circ. To Review Cert. Bid
• Oklahoma, Utilities Tell DC Circuit To Back Coal Ash Rules
• Blank-Check Co. Iconic Sports Leads 3 IPOs Totaling $761M
• Alba Botanica Maker Sued Over 'Reef-Friendly' Claims
• FERC Says Redo Of Utility Power Deal Rules Was Warranted
• AXA Fund Launches $582M Green Bond Deal
• Don't Miss It: Debevoise, Davis Polk Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Truce Reached In Fight Over Oregon Hydropower Operations
• Texas High Court Ends Hail Coverage Row After Settlement
• Calif. Firm Procopio Cory Adds Enviro Partner In San Diego
• Campos Mello Advogados Adds 5 New Partners In Brazil
• 7th Circ. Pauses Federal Suit Over Wis. Transmission Line
• DOL Proposal Signals Relaxed Rules For ESG Investing
• 3 Standout Campaigns From 2021's Proxy Season
• Commissioners Clash Over FERC Power Market Plan Inaction
• 9th Circ. Mulls VW Intervening In Fight For Jones Day Report
• Morgan Lewis Adds Former Greenberg Traurig Partner
• High Court Urged To Reverse 'Impossible' Review Standard
• What SEC's Growing Whistleblower Incentives Mean For Cos.
• Biden Climate Migration Report Foresees Related Conflict
• Calif. Proposes 3,200-Foot Community 'Buffer' For Oil Drilling
• Hawaii Judge Won't Reconsider Maui's Water Permit Order
• NM Rep. Floats Bill To Block Mining In Pecos Watershed
• Feds Say White Stallion Sale Undermines Enviro Obligations
• Enviro Groups Want Mont. Court To Axe Gas Plant's Air Permit
• More Prop 65 Regulation Of PFAS Means More Risks For Cos.
• DLA Piper Guides Stantec's $500M Deal For Cardno Assets
• Green Groups Want Maine Dams Shuttered In Salmon Dispute
• Trump-Era NEPA Overhaul Must Still Be Nixed, 4th Circ. Hears
• Bayer Will Have To Face Investor Suit Over Roundup Litigation
• Maui Challenges $1M Atty Fees In Water Pollution Suit
• Biden Admin. Pauses Mineral Leasing In NE Minn.
• No Delaying Key Deposition In $100M AECOM Fraud Suit
• Groups Tell 9th Circ. Feds Can Be Forced To Restore Nature
• SEC's Lee Pushes For 'Global Solution' To Climate Disclosure
• Gulf Oil Says Climate Suit Is Too Speculative To Stand
• Donziger Flight Risk Is Only Increasing, 2nd Circ. Told
• FERC Commissioners Explain Split On Clean Energy Subsidy
• ESG Disclosure Mandate Faces Hurdles Regardless Of Path
• Time For Biden EPA To Resolve 'Waters Of US' Debate
• How To Overcome Risks Of Virtual Expert Testimony
• Wind Farm Can't Take $71M Winter Storm Suit To State Court
• Financial Planning Tips For Retiring Law Firm Partners
• Feds May Need Power To Take State Lands For New Grid
• Court Told To Nix 'Afterthought' Bid To Halt $500M Power Line
• ND's DAPL Protest Suit Survives Feds' Bid To Gut Claims
• Future Of Issue Exhaustion In Agency Rulemaking Challenges
• EPA Settles Bee Die-Off Pesticide Suit With NRDC
• V&E Steers Bitcoin Miner's Upsized $127M IPO
• 5th Circ. Tosses 3 Deepwater Horizon Spill Injury Suits
• 3M To Pay $99M To End Tennessee River PFAS Claims
• Gensler Says SEC Has Draft Universal Proxy Proposal In Hand
• Noem Says Feds Can't Justify Rushmore Fireworks Denial
• Officials Warn Of Ransomware Crew Targeting Agriculture
• NJ Panel Won't Let Indicted Developer Ditch $1.7M Enviro Fine
• Judge Asks Exxon Why Nixed NY Suit Also Dooms Texas Row
• VW Says Texas Seeks Penalties Under Invalid Emissions Rule
• Army Corps Can't Let Costco Fill Wetlands, Wash. Group Says
• FERC Nominee Touts Necessity Of Stricter Climate Reviews
• EU States Plan Energy Tax Cuts To Counter Surging Prices
• Preparing Remote Deposition Defenses For Corporate Entities
• How To Mitigate Antitrust Risk In ESG Efforts
• FERC Got PURPA Eligibility Wrong, DC Circ. Told
• DOL's Proposed Rule Doesn't Make ESG Investment Risk-Free
• Ameren Says 8th Circ. Air Permit Ruling Will Sow Uncertainty
• Real Estate Pros Look To Nix Clients' Easement Tax Fraud Suit
• Md. Judge Refuses Sanctions In Superfund Cleanup Case
• Bus Co. Agrees To $1.9M Deal To End Illegal Idling Claims
• Texas Justices Asked To Cut Houston From Water Project
• Feds Seek $13.8M In Clean Coal Project Contract Breach Suit
• Draft Plan Illuminates EPA's Enviro Justice, Climate Priorities
• Ill. Copper Plant Hit With $72M Pollution Verdict
• 5th Circ. Revives Pollution Claims Against DuPont
• Amplify's Class Action Woes Grow Following Pipeline Spill
• Biden Admin. Starts Governmentwide Effort To Combat PFAS
• Cities' Lead Pipe Overhauls Need More Than Federal Cash
• Why Law Schools Should Require Justice Reform Curriculum
• Attorneys, Fight For Enviro Justice With Both Law And Protest
• US, Wind Farm Cos. Ask for Win in Okla. 'Mining' Suit
• Group Cuts Some Claims From Bison Hunt Suit At 9th. Circ.
• DOJ Wants AECOM Worker Deposed On Time For Katrina Suit
• Texas Justices To Hear Houston Drainage Fee Dispute
• Biden Officials Say Tracking Is Key To Enviro Justice Efforts
• Sacramento County Is Hit With $42.9M Sewage Discharge Suit
• DOL Plan Could Make ESG Retirement Investing Hip — Again
• High Court Won't Pause Ruling Axing Spire Pipeline Permit
• Proposed Mass. Enviro Regs Prompt Compliance Questions
• Solar Developer Fights Insurer On Pollution Policy Trigger
• How Canceling The Border Wall Affects Gov't Contractors
• DuPont, Others Must Face NJ Water Co.'s Pollution Suit
• FERC Commissioner Splits Ramp Up Confirmation Pressure
• 5 Key Environmental Issues Facing Georgia
• EPA Unveils Plan To Address Native Water Challenges
• Biden Officials Say Environmental Justice Is Top Priority
• Fed. Circ. Backs $5M Atty Fees In Fracking Patent Case
• FAR Council Ponders Rule To Mitigate Contract Climate Effect
• Corteva Unit To Pay $3.35M For Texas Pollution Complaint
• Citigroup Dodges Part Of Illinois Superfund Cleanup Suit
• Tribal Partnerships Could Supercharge Grid Development
• 4 Antitrust Risk Areas To Watch For Government Contractors
• Gov't Says Bison Hunt Suit Targets The Wrong Agencies
• 9th Circ. Chromium Ruling May Expand Water System Liability
• Biden Admin. Doesn't Have To Roll Back Owl Protections
• US Solar Cos. Warn Of China Blowback If Anonymity Dashed
• McDermott Continues Energy Hiring With Baker McKenzie Atty
• Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Trump DOJ Civil, Enviro Leader
• Biden Admin. Plans 'Ambitious' Wind Farms On US Coastline
• Lyondell Strikes $53.4M Deal To Settle Texas Clean Air Suit
• Calif. County's Ban On Oil, Gas Wells Struck Down
• Pipeline Cos. To Pay $8.7M To End Ill. Oil Spill Suit
• EPA Will Broaden Asbestos Risk Review Under Settlement
• Crypto Miner, Winery Launch Plans For 2 IPOs Totaling $175M
• EPA Takes First Step Toward Ethylene Oxide Reporting
• Girardi Scandal Provides Important Ethics Lessons
• ITC Lifts Restrictions On LG Attys In Solar Safeguard Review
• CEQ Leader Touts NEPA Reviews As Key To Climate Agenda
• FERC Split Opens Door For Southeast Power Market Plan
• Eco-Friendly Home Marketplace GoodLeap Valued At $12B
• Texas Residents Say SpaceX Can't Kick Them Off The Beach
• EPA Wants DC Circ. To End Suit Over Okla. Coal Ash Rules
• Marine Highway Program Puts Species At Risk, Group Says
• Zinc Biz Wants Out Of $25M Cleanup Fight
• Donziger Launches 2nd Circ. Appeal With Vladeck On Team
• Bidder For Miami Marina Project Sues Over Stalled Award
• US Says Wind Farm Developers' Lies Deserve Sanctions
• Oglala Sioux Tribe Won't Help Army Corps' DAPL Review
• Ohio Urges High Court To Reject VW's Emissions Suit Appeal
• Supreme Court Won't Revisit Equitable Mootness Doctrine
• Embracing ESG: Jabil GC Talks Compliance Preparation
• Groups Say Feds Blew Deadline On Giraffe Protection Petition
• DC Circ. Should Strike Gulf Of Mexico Leases, Groups Say
• Clean Energy Backers Aim To Keep Shine On Ga. Solar Boom
• Green Group Urges Justices To Skip Spire Pipeline Fight
• High Court Vacates Another Border Wall Funding Suit
• EPA To Rely On Civil Rights Act Power To Reach Justice Goals
• 9th Circ. Backs Class Rejection for PACE Borrowers
• NY Judge Dumps Challenge To Renewable Project Siting Regs
• EPA Begins Process To Restrict Use Of HFCs
• Holland & Knight Atty Calls New Calif. Housing Law Racist
• 3 Ways CLOs Can Drive ESG Efforts
• Commerce Readies Steep Duties On Indian Wind Towers
• VW, Audi Parent Cos. Tell Texas Justices Claims Rightly Axed
• NJ-NY Ferry Co. Sinks Bulk Of FCA Suit For Now
• Calif. Oil Spill Must Prompt New Drilling Review, Group Says
• Allen Matkins Adds Environmental Litigator As Partner
• Green Groups Blast Exxon's 'Tortured' Appeal Of $14M Award
• Alaska Sues US Gov't In River Ownership Row
• Biden To Restore Bears Ears, Two Other National Monuments
• Energy Cos. Spar At FERC Over $1B Transmission Project
• Fed Official Says Big Banks May Need Climate Risk Guidance
• Microsoft, Amazon Urge Climate Mitigation At Wash. Summit
• Suit Says Danimer Overstated Green Plastic's Biodegradability
• How Law Firms Can Rethink Offices In A Post-Pandemic World
• Rice Fiberboard Maker Can Tap $30.1M Bankruptcy Loan
• Ousted EPA Advisory Board Member Claims Anti-Industry Bias
• Next Fed Supervision Vice Chair Must Restore Bank Oversight
• Chinese Turtle Smuggler Gets 7 Years For Laundering
• Wash. Supreme Court Denies Review Of Youth Climate Suit
• USDA Says White Farmers' Title VI Discrimination Claims Fail
• Federal Agencies Launch Plans To Reach Biden Climate Goals
• 5th Circ. Ruling Aids Policyholder Deductible Calculations
• Feds Say La.'s Bid To Move Lease Suit Already Rejected Once
• Shippers Face Risk Even From Voluntary GHG Reductions
• Projects Would Face Stiffer Scrutiny Under Biden NEPA Rule
• 6th Circ. Rules Fed. Law Preempts Ohio Nuke-Exposure Suit
• ​​​​​​​Wash. Fights 9th Circ. Rehearing Bid For Hunting Rights Suit
• JPMorgan Says Texas Winter Storm Was No Force Majeure
• 9th Circ. OKs EPA Weighing Costs In Water Permit Exceptions
• New Slew Of Calif. Laws Crack Down On Plastics, Chemicals
• EU Floats State Aid Rules For 'Green' Digital Industries
• Ingevity, BASF Spar Over What Comes After BASF's $85M Win
• White House Proposes Strengthening NEPA Reviews
• Monsanto Snags Its 1st Jury Win In A Roundup Trial
• Conservation Group Calls Rushmore Fireworks Suit A No-Go
• $86M Deal To End Calif. Superfund Suit Is Finalized
• Pa. Justices Will Weigh If 'Bad Faith' Factors In Fee Fight
• Canada Leans On Treaty In Fight Over Enbridge Pipeline
• Ill. Lakeside Residents Lose Cert. Bid In Oil Spill Suit
• FERC Urged To Undo Rollback Of Clean Energy Subsidy Order
• ITC Bashes Suit Over LG Atty Access In Solar Case
• Amplify Faces Putative Class Action For 'Catastrophic' Spill
• DC Circ.'s Exploratory Data Ruling Is A Win For Transparency
• Shipper Strikes $5M Deal To End 2008 Oil Spill Suit
• 2nd Circ. Pauses Climate Suit Remand For Exxon Appeal
• Trump DOJ's Civil, Enviro Leader Faces DC Ethics Complaint
• Pa. AG Charges Energy Transfer Over Spills As Pipeline Built
• States Urge Biden To Consider Climate In Coal Lease Review
• Charleston, Kimberly-Clark Flushable Wipes Deal Goes Ahead
• Holland & Hart Snags Colo. Energy Atty From Hogan Lovells
• Firm That Turns Rice Straw Into Fiberboard Falls Into Ch. 11
• High Court Urged To Take Up Monsanto Roundup Appeal
• Calif. Oil Spill Will Ramp Up Regulatory Heat On Feds
• Spire Pipeline Urges High Court To Delay Permit Wipeout
• Navajo Nation Says 9th Circ. Shouldn't Redo River Policy Suit
• Green Group Uses Trade Deal To Challenge Whale Protections
• Texas City Sued Over Deadly Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection
• 4 Georgia Cases To Watch This Fall
• When Antitrust's Consumer Welfare Standard And ESG Collide
• Embracing ESG: Baker Hughes CLO Talks Sustainability Team
• Trucking Co. Not Covered In Contamination Suit, CNA Says
• Justices Won't Review Pa. Coal Mining Takings Ruling
• Justices Take Dim View Of Mississippi Water Theft Claims
• High Court Won't Pause Obama Center Construction
• Justices Nix 2nd Ruling On Border Wall Funding Redirection
• West Texas Gas Reaches $5M Clean Air Settlement
• Supreme Court's Return Could Deliver Conservative Windfall
• House OKs Short-Term Patch Amid Stalled Infrastructure Vote
• Texas Justices Won't Rehear $100M Coal Cleanup Case
• Pro Say: A Supreme Court Term Packed With Landmark Cases
• NY AG Sues Syracuse Landlord Over Lead Paint Exposures
• New PFAS Reporting Rule Could Be Tough For Businesses
• Pa. Utility Withdraws 'Zombie' Permit, Cancels Gas Plant
• Feds Strike $1.25M Settlement With Mine In Ill. Superfund Suit
• Up Next At High Court: State Water Rights, CIA Black Sites
• What Mainstreaming Of Litigation Finance Means For Industry
• US, Vietnam Reach Deal To End Timber Trade Probe
• Great Lakes States Team Up For Electric Car Charging Grid
• 3M Defeats Investors' Claim It Hid Chemical Liability Risk
• Fla. Firm Wins $1M Lien After Client Reneges On Settlement
• EPA Again Bans Startup, Shutdown Air Quality Exemptions
• Enviro Review Standard Tweaks May Clarify Cleanup Liability
• Donziger Gets 6 Months For Contempt In Chevron Case
• Kavanaugh Tests Positive For COVID, Has No Symptoms