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Environmental - April, 2022

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• 3 Ways EPA, States Are Teaming Up To Tackle Climate Change
• Groups Want 9th Circ. To Give Alaska Land Swap A 2nd Look
• Florida Real Estate Roundup: PEBB, Merrick Manor, Catalfumo
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Destroyers, Rifles, Polish Tanks
• EPA Lifts High-Ethanol Gasoline Ban At Biden's Behest
• Ute Tribe Loses 10th Circ. Bid To Overturn Water Theft Ruling
• Mass. Cop, Brother Bilked State Energy Program, Feds Say
• Enviro Assessment Rule May Help Lower Buyers' PFAS Risks
• SEC Climate Plan Caters To Profit-Driven Funds, Profs Say
• Foley & Mansfield Adds Litigation Partner In New Orleans
• Enforcement Doesn't Bar All CWA Citizen Suits, 1st Circ. Says
• Associates, Look Beyond Money In Assessing Lateral Offers
• Calif. Launches Plastics Pollution Probe, Subpoenas Exxon
• 9th Circ. Affirms No Coverage For Oil Waste Dumping Suits
• Safety Measures At Crux Of Chancery Pipeline Suit Settlement
• Daikin Wants Ga. Justices To Decide Liability Of PFAS Makers
• Interior Announces $95M For Wetland Habitat Conservation
• GOP States Urge Justices To Block Biden Carbon Cost Metric
• Grid Operator OKs Plan To Speed Up Power Project Hookups
• Why Baltimore Climate Suit Is Important To Watch
• 10 Considerations After SEC's Climate Disclosure Proposal
• Ga. Utility Must Adhere To Water Overflow Permit Restrictions
• Dealers Ask Justices To Take On German Car Antitrust MDL
• Groups Say Mass. Water Agency Failed To Stop Pollution
• Feds Push Back On Bid For $1.9M Fees In GMO Salmon Suit
• EPA Rejects Challenges To GHG Endangerment Finding
• Preventing Impermissible Client Solicitation After ABA Opinion
• SEC Hits Brazil Co. With Fraud Suit Over Deadly Dam Collapse
• Gordon & Rees Adds 11th Hawkins Parnell Atty In Dallas
• Florida Gov. Vetoes Bill Scaling Back Solar Net Metering
• USPS Accused Of Buying 'Gas-Guzzling' Mail Trucks
• Musk Faces A Few More Hurdles Before Acquiring Twitter
• Trio Of Calif. Suits Fight Federal Logging Project Decisions
• DOD Finance Chief Says It Will Need More Ukraine, Fuel Funds
• Energy Groups Ask Court To Revive $500M Power Line Project
• Texas Energy Regulator's Reach Questioned In Permit Fight
• Interior Expands Offshore Wind Plans To Oregon, Mid-Atlantic
• FWS Promises More Species Reviews In Settlement
• Nestle Again Asks Judge To Toss Child Slave Labor Suit
• SEC's Climate Rules Promote Compliance, Not Real Change
• Court Won't Change Atty Malpractice Ruling In BP Spill Suit
• Lessons On Avoiding E-Discovery Violations And Sanctions
• Fla. Gov. Calls For Property Insurance Legislative Session
• Kirkland-Led TPG Clinches Climate Fund With $7.3B In Tow
• Gov't Fights Tribe's Sanctions Bid In Lithium Mine Suit
• Flint Official Says State Ignored Water Concerns
• Wash. Dam Operator Asks Court To Approve Enviro Accord
• Justices' Jurisdiction Review Could Prove 'Seismic' To Cos.
• Dems Urge ConocoPhillips To Come Clean On Gas Leak
• Ranchers Fear Retaliation From Meat Industry, Senator Says
• Court Urged To Reject BLM's Bid To Scrap Gas Lease Fight
• FERC Aims To Supercharge Projects With New Grid Policy
• Key Post-Disaster Social Media Strategies For Cos.
• Unions Say Shuttering Wis. Pipeline Would Devastate Region
• Insurer Implications As 3 Climate Suits Return To State Courts
• DOT Says River Highway Plan Didn't Need Species Consult
• Biden Admin. Shrinks Available Arctic Drilling Area
• Arkansas Says EPA Objected Too Late To Pollution Permit
• Collaborative Tech Will Dictate Future Law Firm Success
• Lockheed Need Not Produce 1M Docs In Contamination Suit
• Climate Split Persists Over FERC Pipeline Policy Shift
• 6th Circ. Frees Two Cos. In $49M Mich. Superfund Cost Suit
• 9th Circ. Urged To Let Geothermal Project Move Forward
• Recent Rulings Affirm Need For Up-To-Date Phase I ESAs
• Apache Investors Defend Suit Over Failed Drilling Project
• Black Farmers' Discovery Bid Nixed In Loan Relief Suit
• Md. Backs FERC In Hydro Dam Relicensing Fight
• High Court Won't Revive Nixed Parts Of Kansas 'Ag Gag' Law
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• How To Effectively Prepare A Witness For Remote Testimony
• Justices Stay Out Of Pollution Suit Targeting World Bank Arm
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Arbitration Award For Co.'s Hurricane Losses
• Squire Patton Boggs Org. Builds On Legal Aid In Puerto Rico
• New DOI Appointees To Target Infrastructure Law's Goals
• NJ Judge Certifies Class In 'Forever Chemical' Suit
• Pipeline Can Stay On Wis. Tribal Land Until 2043, Court Hears
• Cleary, Orrick Can't Kill Malpractice Suit Over $2B Energy Buy
• Activists Say Ariz. Highway Project Threatens Climate
• FRA Urges Rail Industry To Meet 2050 Zero-Emissions Target
• What Stood Out In Workers' Comp Arguments At High Court
• UC Berkeley Case Highlights Need To Narrow CEQA's Reach
• Schnitzer Steel To Pay $3.25M Over Refrigerant Emissions
• Gorton's Deceptively Advertises Frozen Fish, Suit Claims
• Prepare For Ransomware Attacks, FBI Tells Agriculture Sector
• Texas Justices Won't Revisit Coal Mine Permit Ruling
• Biden Orders Forest Protection To Fight Climate Change
• As Cyber Risks Surge, Remember Attorneys' Ethical Duties
• Houston Suburb Accused Of Unlawful Sewage Discharges
• White House Seeks To Boost Rooftop, Community Solar
• Environmental Coverage Disputes Continue Evolution In 2022
• Hunton Andrews Kurth Forms Environmental Justice Group
• White Farmers Fight Black Farmers' Bid For Fact Discovery
• Crypto Miner Raises $505M For Climate-Friendly Computing
• FERC Moves Forward With Overhaul Of Grid Planning Policies
• Ionis Pharmaceuticals Sued In Del. For Director Pay Docs
• Financial Cos. Not Ready For SEC's Climate Plan, Report Says
• EV Execs Want Supply Chain Investment, End To Oil Subsidies
• House Dems Call For Closer Look At Climate Impact Of Crypto
• DLA Piper Lands Ex-EPA Chief Of Staff In DC
• Montana Resort Wants Separate Suit Over River Pollution
• Icahn Blasts McDonald's, Wall Street Cos. For ESG 'Cover-Up'
• ESG Regs Abroad Offer Road Map For US Multinational Cos.
• Environmental Justice Efforts Require Measurable Goals
• EPA Takes First Step Toward New Regs For Gas Power Plants
• Law Scholars, AGs Back Remanding Del. Climate Change Suit
• Toshiba Unit Accused Of Botching $500M Hydro Plant Job
• Rule 702 Proposal Would Bring Clarity To Expert Admissibility
• Rethinking E-Discovery Readiness Amid Rise Of Collab Tools
• Shipping Co. Blasts Amplify's SoCal Oil Spill Claims
• Texas AG Says Protecting Milkweed Shouldn't Imperil Border
• BIA Restores Calif. Tribes' Land-Leasing Authority
• 9th Circ. Orders EPA To Revisit Petition To Ban Flea Killer
• Supply Chain Info Will Strengthen SEC's Climate Rule
• Calif. Panel Affirms Insurers' Win In $102M ConAgra Row
• Stericycle To Pay $84M In US And Brazilian Bribery Deal
• Water Org. Seeks Delay In Alto Maipo Ch. 11 Deal Assumption
• Minn. Justices To Review PolyMet Water Permit Process
• Interior Touts Growth In Renewable Energy On Public Land
• Latham Adds 2 Ex-White & Case Energy Partners
• Embracing ESG: Uber Counsel Talks Safety Standards
• Prospectively Appointing Jackson To High Court Is Unlawful
• Ex-Flint Official Gave Bad Info To Congress, Jury Hears
• Insurer Says Winery Can't Dip Into $10M Excess Policy Yet
• Lithium Mine Fights Tribe's Bid To Sanction BLM
• Vt. Residents' Attys Nab $6.6M In Fees For Saint-Gobain Deal
• Mastercard Staff Could See Pay Swings Based On ESG Goals
• Clifford Chance Adds Ex-Sive Paget Tax And Energy Partner
• White House Official Says Biden Still Bullish On Climate Policy
• What FERC Flip-Flop Says About Politics And Energy Projects
• DOI, Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Affirm Ore. Monument Expansion
• 9th Circ. Remands Local Climate Suits For 2nd Time
• Green Financing Co., Borrowers Settle Home Loan Claims
• NRC Urges 5th Circ. To Nix Texas Nuke Waste Project Appeal
• Biden Admin. Finalizes Rule Strengthening NEPA Reviews
• 9th Circ. Backs Feds' Authority Over Alaskan Refuge Hunting
• Judge Mulls Cutting Ariz.'s Suit Over Feds' Immigration Policy
• Ex-Calif. District Boss Charged In $25M Water Theft
• Insurers Upped Fossil Fuel Investments In 2019, Report Says
• Huge Calif. Warehouse Project Saved With Far-Reaching Deal
• 10th Circuit Protects Jumping Mouse's Southwest Habitat
• Oregon Residents Sue PacifiCorp Over Slater Fire Damage
• Justices Won't Disturb Maine's Win In Tribal River Rights Fight
• Gordon & Rees Adds Another Hawkins Parnell Litigator
• Justices Won't Review Wipeout Of Spire Pipeline Permit
• One Year In, SEC's Gensler Has Delivered A Rulemaking Storm
• Biden Administration's Oil And Gas Lease Sales Draw Fire
• Peirce Says SEC's 'Hostility' Shows In SPAC Merger Snub
• Feds Say Wash. Dam Settlement May Block 'Meaningful' Relief
• Residents Want To Revive BP Spill Fraud Claims Against Attys
• Ocean Shipping Policy Developments To Watch
• La. Insurers Face Over $750K In Fines For Hurricane Wrongs
• Time To Fix Legal Industry's Environmental Pro Bono Problem
• Firm Loses Bid To DQ Atty In Flint Water Crisis Litigation
• DOD Watchdog Says Arctic Bases Aren't Climate-Ready
• Northrop, Chemtronics To Pay $18M In Cleanup Deal
• 4 Ways Lawyers Keep Busy When Public Markets Are Shut
• Ruling Highlights Nexus Of Water Rights, Bankruptcy Law
• D&O Insurance Can Shelter Against ESG Risks, Experts Say
• Monsanto Judge Pondering $45M Roundup False Ad Deal
• 3 Lingering Questions About Musk's Twitter Takeover Bid
• 7th Circ. Told Land Swap For $500M Power Line Wasn't Final
• Canada Settles Challenge Of GFL's Closed Deal For Rival
• 5th Circ. Won't Disturb Decision To Revive Climate Metric
• Navy Skipped Out On $11M Cleaning Bill, Contractor Says
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Nunes' $435M CNN Defamation Suit
• Builders, Conservatives Urge High Court To Narrow CWA
• DOI Issues Direction For 1st Round Of Abandoned Well Grants
• 3 Contract Considerations For Renewable Fuels Trade
• Remembering An Underappreciated Legal Skill — Listening
• Supply Chain Implications Of SEC's Climate Proposal
• EPA Blew Deadlines For Haze Plans In 34 States, Suit Says
• FDA Wins Challenge To Perchlorate In Food Packaging
• Hamptonites Can't Halt Offshore Wind Project, Judge Says
• Trade Court Remands Solar Duty Review, Questioning Data
• DOI Insists It Has Authority To Cancel Solenex Oil Lease
• Fishers Say Offshore Monument, Fishing Ban Can't Stand
• Calif.'s Renewable Natural Gas Standard: Tips For Suppliers
• M&A Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• Law360's 2022 Environmental Editorial Advisory Board
• 4th Circ. Ruling Cements Climate Suit Remands, Courts Told
• Attorneys Can Promote Trade, Security Amid Global Conflict
• Stoel Rives Boosts Environmental Group With BB&K Atty
• EPA Has Blown Deadlines To Review 3 Chemicals, Suit Says
• US Hits Boeing With $32M Suit Over Rocket Site Cleanup
• SC Justices Revive Fertilizer Co.'s Cleanup Coverage Claim
• How Cos. Can Respond To ESG Focus In SEC Exam Priorities
• Groups Say EPA Dawdling On Oil And Gas Emissions Rule
• 5th Circ. Revives La. Pollution Case Against DuPont
• Gibson Dunn-Led LNG Firm Prices $384M IPO At Top Of Range
• Waste Co.'s 401(k) Issues Cost Workers Millions, Suit Says
• Burger King Sued Over Chemicals In Whopper Packaging
• Ex-DC Solar CFO Gets 6 Years, To Pay $624M For Ponzi Scam
• Northrop Grumman Agrees To $35M Cleanup Deal With Navy
• Judge Rejects Mont. Mine Approval After Green Groups' Suit
• ​​​​​​​Wash. Has New Logic To End High Court Workers' Comp. Case
• Biden To Allow High-Ethanol Gas In Price Cut Effort
• NJ Justices Clear Pipeline Co. To Fight Permit Appeal
• SEC Chief Doubles Down On Climate Plan Amid GOP Uproar
• EPA Has New Plan For Assessing Pesticide Risks To Species
• Stossel's Facebook Defamation Suit Meets Skeptical Judge
• BLM Wants Gas Lease Challenge Nixed After Enviro Accord
• Red States Press DC Circ. To Decide Calif. Vehicle Authority
• Colo. AG Asks State High Court To Undo River Wading Ruling
• Key Takeaways From SEC's 2022 Exam Priorities
• Calif.'s Renewable Natural Gas Standard: How It Works
• Norton Rose Fulbright Adds DC Renewable Energy Tax Atty
• Texas Panel Revives Condo's Hail Damage Coverage Suit
• 6th Circ. Revives Challenge To Removal Of 1836 Dam
• Carnival's Contrition Questioned As Pollution Probation Ends
• Northrop Grumman, US Ink $64.5M Deal With Water Districts
• Biden Budget Includes $2.8B For Nat'l Parks, Tribal Schools
• High Court Urged To Narrow Clean Water Act's Jurisdiction
• Feds Call Workers' Comp Law Discriminatory At High Court
• FERC Says It Properly Relicensed Exelon's Hydro Dam
• Oat Milk Co. Wants Out Of Investors' 'Greenwashing' Suit
• Electric-Truck Maker Nikola Wants Investors' Fraud Suit Axed
• PG&E Agrees To Pay Millions To Settle Calif. Fire Claims
• US Tells 11th Circ. To Toss Suit Over Toxic Marine Base Water
• RI Inks $15.3M Deals To End Pollution Claims Against Oil Cos.
• The Future Of Legal Ops: Reining In Outside Counsel Costs
• SEC Draft Climate Disclosure Rule May Speed Cos.' GHG Cuts
• Years-Old W.Va. Park Damage Claims May Not Be Time-Barred
• AIG Unit Urges 2nd Circ. To Back $7.2M Coverage Win
• Ind. Towns To Make $100M Sewer Upgrades To End CWA Suit
• Walmart, Kohl's To Pay $5.5M Over Bogus Bamboo Textiles
• Energy Cos. Losing Battle To Keep Climate Suits Federal
• Mich. Pot Shop's License Award Suit 'Goes Up In Smoke'
• DOI Drops 50-Year-Old Native American Water Code Ban
• State Insurance Chiefs OK Enhanced Climate Survey
• Oregon Wants Federal Gov't To Stop Stored Water Releases
• DC Circ. Doubts Jurisdiction In Chevron Offshore Oil Rig Fight
• When Congress Seeks Cos.' Nonpublic Info From Regulators
• Feds Say Irrigation District Can't Join In Water Ceremony Suit
• Credit Bill Rule Doesn't Apply To Superfund Claims
• 'One Of The Family': Why Trial Attys Love Their Local Counsel
• IPO Outlook Slightly Brightens After A Dismal Start To 2022
• Enforcement Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Top Banks To Share Emissions Claims Of Airlines They Fund
• FERC's 'Troubling' $6B Gas Pipeline Review Puzzles DC Circ.
• Ex-Monsanto Scientist Gets 2 Years For Economic Espionage
• Is A Backlash Against ESG Investing Taking Shape?
• Alaska Challenges Interior's Arctic Wildlife Refuge Expansion
• Tribes, Enviro Groups Seek To Block Mine Project In Nev. Suit
• In Early Mediation, Negotiate With Empathy, Not Threats
• Trump Water Rule Wrongly Stricken, 9th Circ. Told
• NRA Can't Defend Trump-Era Hunting Rule, Judge Rules
• Gov't On Solid Ground In Moving Against Offshore Wind Suit
• Survey Says New ESG Risks Add To Pressures On Law Depts.
• 10th Circ. Told Review Of Fracking Permits Ignored Big Picture
• 4th Circ. Again Remands Baltimore Climate Claims
• Chubb, Travelers Investors To Vote On Climate Disclosures
• Addressing Problematic Drinking In The Legal Profession
• Energy Co. Wants Out Of $15.8M Winter Storm Charges Row
• Bankrupt Chilean Dam Project May Seek Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• Michigan Wants Judge To Toss Enbridge Pipeline Suit
• Fennemore Craig Absorbs Gresham Attys And 2 SoCal Offices
• What To Know About SDNY Nominee Jennifer Rearden
• Cleanup Co. Pays $1.4M To End Wages Claim With NY DOL
• Chamber Sees Higher Energy Costs If Nationwide Permit Axed
• NextEra Unit Gets $35M Sentence For Wind Farm Eagle Deaths
• Justices Reinstate Trump Water Rule During Appeal
• Ex-Flint Mayor Says Water Report Omitted Safety Concerns
• Debate Intensifies Over SEC's Climate Disclosure Authority
• DOI Cheers Virginia Tribe's Recovery Of Ancestral Land
• Investor Sues To Stop Chevron's $3B Biodiesel Acquisition
• Ill. Groups Seek To Preserve Suit Over $50M Airport Project
• Tribe Seeks Sanctions In Nevada Lithium Mine Suit
• EPA Can't Wash Away Water Pollution Enforcement Suit
• Limetree Bay Ch. 11 Plan Moves Forward On Thin Ice
• 1st Circ. Sees Slippery Slope In Ken's Foods' Coverage Loss
• EPA Proposes Ban On Most Common Type Of Asbestos
• Transforming Law Firms' Diversity Intent Into Real Progress
• SEC's Climate Disclosure Proposal May Overburden Cos.
• DOJ Was Wrong To Seek Scapegoats In BP, Boeing Cases
• Walmart Hit With $30M Suit Over Abandoned Disinfectant
• CIT Finds Commerce Overlooked Info Amid Wind Tower Probe
• Groups End Fight Against Idaho Pipeline After Permit Pullback
• 9th Circ. Says Foreign Emissions From Montana Coal Count
• High Court Passes On $4M Water Pollution Suit
• Hexcel Faces Pollution Suit Over NJ Manufacturing Site
• Power Co. Seeks Canadian Ruling On Texas Electric Price Suit
• Electric Group: Nixing Pipeline Permit Could Slow Renewables
• Limetree Bay Says Ch. 11 Plan Deal Resolves Dismissal Try
• Ex-Gov. Can Appeal Order Forcing His Testimony In Flint Trial
• Calif. Mileage Limits Won't Solve Housing, Climate Problems
• Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Steer LNG Firm's $360M IPO Launch
• REIT Fights Insurer's Limits For Flood Damage At Hospital
• Shell, Others To Pay Calif. $8.1M For WWII Pollution Cleanup
• Real Estate Rumors: Waterfall, Durst, Matt Development
• Justices Must Apply Law Evenly In Shadow Docket Rulings
• Manchin Says SEC Climate Proposal Targets Fossil Fuel Cos.
• Centerra Gold Reaches Deal To Hand Mine To Kyrgyz Gov't
• Block On $500M Power Line Cannot Stand, 7th Circ. Told
• Refrigerant Industry Challenges HFC Cap-And-Trade Rule
• DOI To Invest $420M In Rural Water Construction Projects
• Class Status In Question For Arkema Chemical Fire Plaintiffs
• Texas Beats Salamander-Based Challenge To Highway Project
• Judge Ejects Drivers From Dodge Ram Truck Emissions Suit
• Gov't Urges 10th Circ. To Toss API's Royalty Rule Suit
• EPA Will Skip Perchlorate Regulations For Drinking Water
• DOT Finalizes Tighter Fuel Economy Standards
• US Investors Stand To Benefit From Brazil's New Forex Law
• Tips For Negotiating Litigation Funding Agreements
• Disclosure Software Co. Workiva Nabs ParsePort For $100M
• How To Overcome Trial Lawyers' Courtroom Experience Gap
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Cohen Milstein's Theodore Leopold
• Biden's Crypto Plan Snubs States In Coordination Push