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Environmental - February, 2022

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• Flint Water Engineers Were 'Puzzle Pieces' Of Crisis, Jury Told
• Hotel Owner Says Zurich Owes $8.5M For Storm Damage
• Hilton Head Golf Course Co. Brings Zoning Fight To 4th Circ.
• Calif. Judge Sends PacifiCorp Wildfire Suit To State Court
• 4 Ketanji Brown Jackson Decisions Impacting Transportation
• The Battle To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
• EPA Brings Peer Review Back To Science Advisory Board
• Florida Residents Drop Suit Targeting Sugarcane Burns
• Texas Leads 15-State Fight On Biden Vehicle Emissions Regs
• Ala. Justices Say Water Utility Failing Conservation Agreement
• Lithium Mine Says Tribe Missed Its Shot To Join Project Fight
• Calif. Rules Would Figure Fire Safety Into Insurance Pricing
• Infrastructure Grants Can Aid Mine-Waste Rare Earth Projects
• 2 More SPACs Pull IPOs Totaling $400M As Withdrawals Mount
• 3rd Circ. Preview: March Roars With Ch. 11, Poaching Spats
• Property Management Co. Seeks $2M For Hurricane Damage
• Superfund Group Wants Saul Ewing DQ'd From Cleanup Row
• Justices Appear Skeptical Of EPA Air Power Fight — For Now
• Party Leaders Vow Open Minds For New High Court Pick
• How Judge Jackson Beat Out Competition For High Court Nod
• Why Ketanji Brown Jackson Honored This Historic Judge
• Enviros, Tribe Push For Win Over Coal Mining Moratorium
• 1st Circ. Judge Selya Says Jackson Will Be 'Balanced'
• 4 Ketanji Brown Jackson Rulings On National Security
• EPA Rejects Challenges To Ban On Chlorpyrifos In Food
• Stericycle Takes $81M Hit On Bribery Deal With DOJ, SEC
• Biden's Supreme Court Pick Was Star Debater In Miami
• DOI Reaps $4.4B In NY, NJ Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• The Key To Turning Solid Briefs Into Winning Briefs
• Keurig To Pay $10M, Edit K-Cup Labels To End False Ad Row
• Meet The Attys Arguing Power Plant Emissions At High Court
• Coal Ash Liabilities Set Off Search For Historical Insurance
• High Court To Zero In On EPA Authority In Clean Air Act Fight
• Latham, Loeb & Loeb Steer Tech SPAC's Upsized $275M IPO
• 6 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Opinions To Read Now
• Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To High Court
• 4 Ways Ukraine Invasion Could Affect Global Energy Markets
• DuPont Spinoff Must Face Investors' Enviro Liabilities Suit
• EPA Contractor Can't Shift Blame For Mine Spill, NM Says
• Russia Sanctions Bring Compliance Headaches For US Banks
• FWS Sued For Delayed Review Of Pesticides' Species Impacts
• UK Finance Minister Wants To Cut Taxes, Resist Intervention
• Seed Co. Wants Payback After Ethanol Co. Ditched Neb. Site
• Gibson Dunn, Skadden Shape Fund's $8.1B Bet On Energy Co.
• 10th Circ. Axes Fight Over EPA Replacing Expired Fuel Credits
• GrayRobinson Snags Former Tampa Assistant City Attorney
• Proskauer, Baker Botts Shape Enviro SPAC's $200M IPO
• Praise, Doubts As Carnival's Pollution Probation Nears End
• Energy Cos. Can't Dodge Climate Claims In Hawaii State Court
• Ford Beats Truck Fuel Economy MDL For Good
• What To Know About The Growing PFAS Litigation
• Green Groups Fume Over $482M USPS Vehicle Deal
• FWS To Analyze Nevada Geothermal Project Threat To Toads
• Calif. Group Asks 9th Circ. To Upend Tribal Wind Farm Order
• Romania Says UNESCO Designation Won't Affect Gold Mine
• Carbon Cost Injunction Signals Hurdles For Biden Plans
• AIG Unit Must Cover Pollution Cleanup Costs, Metal Co. Says
• Plastics Producer To Pay $3.35M To Settle Emissions Claims
• Pillsbury Scoops Veteran Energy Litigator From McKool Smith
• Biden Admin. Will Reconsider Trump-Era OK Of Mining Road
• Feds Say Ex-Ohio House Speaker Can't Ditch Corruption Case
• Calif. Green Group Hits Shipping Co. With Water Pollution Suit
• Chevron Beats Claims Over Contaminated Louisiana Land
• Latham-Led Tech SPAC Upsizes IPO Target To $275M
• Bayer Entity To Pay $25M To End NH PCB Contamination Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Is OK To Reopen
• Florida Group Says Appraisal OK In $40M Irma Coverage Suit
• White House Plans To Boost US Critical Mineral Production
• Brazos Calls ERCOT Billing Unreasonable In Ch. 11 Trial
• Tesla Settles With EPA Over Toxic Air Pollutants At Calif. Plant
• Groups Say FERC's Utility Accounting Rules Need Changes
• NY Gov. Hochul Signs Conditional Cannabis Cultivation Bill
• Texas Justices Question Basis For State VW Emissions Suit
• Houston Tells Texas High Court To Ax Drainage Fee Suit
• DOI Seeks To End Decades-Long Solenex Lease Dispute
• Self-Evaluative Privilege May Protect Internal Investigations
• Bennett Jones Steers Waste-To-Energy Co.'s $270M Funding
• Wash. Tribes Can't Get Justices To Hear Fishing Rights Fight
• Texas Justices Won't Review Enviro Credit Suit
• Volkswagen Moves Closer To Floating Porsche IPO
• Justices Stay Out Of Dakota Access Pipeline Permit Fight
• High Court Won't Hear Navistar Class Settlement Opt Out Row
• Justices Reject Ex-Balch Atty, Coal Exec's Bribery Appeal
• Power Plant Pollution Report Comes As EPA Case Looms
• Bad River Tribe Seeks Quick Win In Enbridge Pipeline Suit
• EPA Climate Case At The Supreme Court: How We Got Here
• Solar Panel Fraudster Gets 6.5 Years, Must Repay $9.7M
• Increased ESG Emphasis Finds Its Way Into M&A Process
• White House Publishes Draft Climate Justice Screening Tool
• DOT Funding Guidance Highlights EV Charging Opportunities
• Walter Dellinger's Little-Known, Outsize Impact On Legal Aid
• Deloitte Accused Of Helping Southern Co. Deceive Investors
• Husch Blackwell Adds Enviro Lawyer To Phoenix Office
• USDA Says Food Groups' GMO Labeling Suit Must Fail
• FOIA Suit Questions Ex-Latham Atty's Conduct As DOI Deputy
• Texas Court Won't Salvage Exxon's Calif. 'Conspiracy' Probe
• NJ Enviro Dept. Must Face Bulk Of Oyster Seizure Suit
• Split FERC Makes Room For Climate In New Pipeline Policy
• Insurer Tells 9th Circ. It Wants In On Chevron Suit
• Gov't Oil Demands Justify Climate Suit Removal, 9th Circ. Told
• Biden Admin. Asks 8th Circ. To Uphold Carbon Cost Metric
• Why I'll Miss Arguing Before Justice Breyer
• Apache Fights Investor Suit Over Failed Drilling Project
• Timber Cos. Ask 9th Circ. To Undo Monument Expansion
• State Farm Hits Tesla With $1.2M Suit Over Car, Garage Fire
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Rethink Reviving Navajo Water Suit
• Texas Power Co. Sues For Coverage Of Winter Storm Uri Suits
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive Military Base Toxic Water Suit
• Healthy Living SPAC Takes 2nd Deal Deadline Extension
• Hogan Lovells Nabs 2 Attys From Linklaters For M&A Group
• US Banks Seek Flexibility In OCC Climate Risk Proposal
• Ex-DOI Boss Zinke Lied About Ties To Mont. Project, IG Says
• EPA Must Rethink Auto Limits After Court Loss, Group Says
• Justices Told Hunting Rights Suit Tossed For Wrong Reason
• GHG Metric Ruling Won't Thwart FERC Pipeline Review Shift
• La. Residents Want 5th Circ. Redo For Cleanup Suit
• Calif. Says Oakland Pollution Impacts Black, Latino Health
• Washington State Ban On Boat Sewage Dumping Upheld
• Judge Won't Reopen Alto Maipo Ch. 11 Claims Challenge
• Wash. Tribes Ask 9th Circ. To Ax Fishing Rights Opinion
• Insurer Doesn't Have To Front Phillips 66 Funds, Court Told
• Allen & Overy Adds Another Former Akin Gump Leader
• Monsanto, BASF Say $75M Dicamba Verdict Misplaced Blame
• Recent Rulings Show Lawyer Criticism Of Judges Is Perilous
• GOP Senators Tie Funding Bill's Fate To End Of Vax Mandates
• USMCA Panel Backs Canada In US Solar Panel Tariff Dispute
• Wis. Tribe Pushes To Kill Enbridge Pipeline
• White House Extends Zero-Carbon Plan To Manufacturing
• Firefighting Foam Distributor Says Insurer Must Pay MDL Bills
• Biden Climate Efforts Won't Be Stopped With GHG Cost Loss
• Sauk-Suiattle Says Seattle 'Bullying' Tribal Court In Dam Row
• EPA Can Revisit Large Farm Emissions Reporting Exemption
• Ind. Steel Mill Reaches Deal Over Lake Michigan Pollution
• Alabama Landfill Fight Tests EPA's Enviro Justice Promises
• Biden's Carbon Capture Directive Emphasizes Enviro Justice
• Ex-Staples Worker Urges 7th Circ. To Revive Retaliation Suit
• Unitholders Allege Mariner East Pipelines Co. Flouted Safety
• FERC Defends PURPA Eligibility Redo For Solar Projects
• Breyer's Role In Courthouse Design Sets A Judicial Template
• Oil Group Wants Speedy Appeal In Offshore Lease Ban Row
• Perdue's $2.2 Million CWA Settlement Wins Court OK
• Alberta Co. Says Biden Canceled Keystone XL To Boost Image
• Bankruptcy Court Won't Wait For YPF Third Circuit Appeal
• USDA Wants 9th Circ. To Affirm 'Organic' Hydroponics Label
• Winnemucca Tribe Wants In On Fight Over Nev. Lithium Mine
• Alto Maipo Lenders Object To Extra Ch. 11 Challenge Time
• Federal Probe Signals Scrutiny Of Crypto's Enviro Impacts
• Energy Co.'s $287.6M Dominican Republic Claim Denied Again
• Groups Sue Over Utah Rail Project's Climate Impacts
• EPA Stands By Its Cross-State Air Emissions Rule Redo
• NAFTA Panelist Slams Amici Exclusion In Mexico Mining Row
• How Texas Energy Work Has Changed 1 Year After Uri
• What Happened In Flint: Trial To Pull Back Curtain On Crisis
• 9 Firms Rep For $500M Haul In Blank Check IPOs
• Feds Zeroing In On Settlements In Border Wall Disputes
• Texas Justices Side With TCEQ In Wastewater Permit Row
• Biden Admin.'s Carbon Social Cost Metric Barred By Judge
• Philly Residents Denied Class Cert. In Waste Incinerator Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Dechert, Gibson Dunn
• Nat'l Park Damage Suit Is Time-Barred, Developer Says
• Tribe Says Its Legislators Can't Be Deposed In Pipeline Suit
• 10th Circ. Ruling Bolsters Climate Suit Remand, Conn. Says
• Federal Judge Restores Gray Wolf Protections
• Ore. Tribe Members Ask 9th Circ. To Rethink Highway Ruling
• Feds Pledge $5B For National EV Charging Network
• USPS Continues To Catch Heat For Gas-Powered Fleet Order
• Study Finds US Leads In Green Trade But Avoids Sanctions
• Insurer Wants Out Of NJ Wrongful Death Coverage Dispute
• 13 Youths Say Va. Flouting Public Trust Precept In Climate Suit
• ​​​​​​​US Tests USMCA's Environment Chapter In Poaching Spat
• How US Trade Obligations Apply To Biden's Infrastructure Law
• NY, NJ Lease Auctions Highlight US Push For Offshore Wind
• GM Taps Ex-Coke Director, Biden's Niece, To Lead ESG Policy
• Enviro Groups Accuse Plastics Co. Of Polluting Calif. Creek
• DOE Says Gas Bans Aren't Preempted By Energy Efficiency
• Biden EPA's First Year In Non-Rulemaking Policy Actions
• Groups Urge Biden Admin. To Halt New Gulf Oil Exploration
• Court Pauses Del. Climate Suit Remand While Big Oil Appeals
• Feds Hit ND Pipeline Co. With Trespass, Damages Claim
• Red Lobster Looks To Drown Customer's Greenwashing Suit
• ESG Risk Mitigation And Compliance Boosts Company Value
• No Nuke Waste Storage In Permian Basin, Texas Tells 5th Circ.
• NY Fund To Sell $238M Of Securities In 21 Shale Gas Cos.
• Clean Energy Backers Fight Power Market Plan At DC Circ.
• Feds Don't Have To Pay For Oil Spill Cleanup, 11th Circ. Says
• BigLaw Must Nix All-Or-Nothing Work Model To Retain Talent
• Davis Polk, Dechert Help Waste Collectors Unite In $2.2B Deal
• Va. Senate Rejects Trump EPA Chief For Cabinet Position
• Biden Water Jurisdiction Proposal Draws Controversy
• Tribe, Feds Say Criminal Charges Shouldn't Halt Pollution Suit
• 10th Circ. Again Says Climate Suit Belongs In Colo. Court
• House Told Big Oil 'Greenwashing' With Climate Pledges
• Seattle Hits Sauk-Suiattle With Another Suit In Salmon Dispute
• Koch Targets Canada Over Nixed Cap And Trade Program
• EPA Taps Oregon Law Prof As Environmental Justice Adviser
• Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Should Have 5 Key Qualities
• Barclay Damon Adds Veteran Energy Atty In NY
• Arizona's Immigration Agenda Suit Found Likely Untenable
• Haynes And Boone Hires Norton Rose Litigator In Houston
• Bid To DQ BB&K Is '11th Hour Litigation Tactic,' City Says
• Feds Stand Still While Whales Struck By Boats, Enviros Say
• FDIC Head Says Community Lending Rules A Top Priority
• WTW Report Highlights Risks Of Uneven Climate Transitions
• 9th Circ. Lifts Stay On Nevada Geothermal Plant Construction
• Calif. AG Asked To Investigate Water Official's Ties To Boeing
• Engineering Co. Can't Escape Flint Water Negligence Claim
• Infrastructure Law Is Not All Good News For Construction Cos.
• US Urges Court Not To Block Use Of Carbon Cost Metric
• CB&I, Investors Reach $44M Settlement Of Nuke Biz Claims
• Biden's DOI Returns Riverbed Ownership To ND Tribes
• Md. Lawmakers, Boaters Fight FERC License For Hydro Dam
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2022 Editorial Boards
• $65M New York 'Forever Chemical' Water Suit Gets Final OK
• Tesla Faces SEC Probe Over Musk Twitter Settlement
• Flint Residents' Attys Awarded $39.6M As Part Of Water Deal
• SoCalGas Fined $9.8M For Ratepayer-Funded Lobbying
• 9th Circ. Upholds 1 Calif. Tree Thinning Project, Axes Another
• Solar Safeguard Tariff Extension Won't Dim Project Work
• Orrick Adds 2 Energy Partners To LA, Seattle Offices
• Tribe, Enviros Say Biden Coal Policy Problematic
• High Court's Return To Wetlands Debate May Bring Clarity
• Tribes Ask 9th Circ. To Halt Nevada Lithium Mine Construction
• Group Says EPA Must Act On Nevada's Air Quality Plans
• EPA Aims For Certainty With Rule Supporting Mercury Regs
• Private Border Wall Challenger Moves To Drop Federal Case
• DOD, GSA Seek Input On Achieving Carbon-Free Power Goal
• 4th Circ. Again Scraps FWS Permit For $6B Pipeline
• Wastewater Plant Seeks Reversal In Oil Spill Cleanup Case
• Key Biden Fed Pick Pushes Back On GOP Climate Concerns
• Berkeley Defends Natural Gas Ban To 9th Circuit
• Kavanaugh Recusal Issue Further Tangles Knotty EPA Case
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Susman Godfrey
• Feds Sue Hawaii Health Dept. Over Fuel Storage Order
• 2022 Brings ESG Disclosure Challenges For Asset Managers
• NJ Gov. Names Lowenstein Sandler Atty As AG
• Ex-Ohio House Speaker Seeks Dismissal Of Corruption Case
• Feds Want Solar Co.'s Mass. Offshore Wind Suit To Blow Over
• Pa. Hits Pipeline Co. With Criminal Charges Over Explosion
• Georgia Public Utility Can't Ax Pollution Suit, 11th Circ. Told
• DOI, Tribe, SD Gov. Square Off In Rushmore Fireworks Fight
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive New Orleans Superfund Row
• DOI Says It Can Vacate Marathon Unit's Pipeline Right Of Way
• Bamboo-Based Bedding Maker Cariloha Primes $30M IPO
• EPA Asks Court To OK $4.1 Deal With Alcoa And Howmet
• Ex-Vermont SG Ben Battles Joins Pollock Cohen
• The Flaws In The Traditional Approach To Hiring A Law Firm
• Chemical Powerhouses Can't Shake NJ Pollution Complaints
• Aviation Ready To Rise In 2022, But Expect Some Turbulence
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin
• Cozen O'Connor Expands Into Boston With Construction Pro
• Canada Escapes Claim Over Plan To Phase Out Coal
• EPA Contractors Can't Dodge Mine Spill Suit, Judge Says
• EPA Methane Proposal Prompts Tug-Of-War Over Details
• DOD Will Fight Hawaii Order To Drain Leaking Fuel Tanks
• Enviros Say FERC Can't Save Review Of $45B LNG Project
• Montana Coal Mine Fined $1M For Safety, Dumping Violations
• Enviros Sue Feds For Revisions To Manatee Critical Habitat
• Cos. Must Prepare For Growing ESG Enforcement
• Clark Hill Enters Phoenix By Combining With 18-Atty Firm
• Fishermen Urge 1st Circ. To Revive Commerce Rule Challenge
• Lawmakers Urge Biden To Cut DOD Loopholes In Climate Plan
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
• Feds Seek To Ground Suit Over $50M Airport Expansion
• Simpson Thacher Expands Environmental Practice In DC