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Environmental - May, 2022

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• Gov't, Construction Firms End Private Border Wall Case
• Gas Groups, Mont. Urge Judge To Save Nationwide Permit
• EPA Says $154M Available For Tribal Water Infrastructure Work
• Saul Ewing Must Conduct Ethics Screen In Superfund Suit
• HHS Establishes New Office Of Environmental Justice
• Biz Groups Say Calif. Climate Suit Ruling Must Be Undone
• Truck Engine Makers Sue Calif. Over New Emissions Rules
• $3.5B Pipeline Developers Want Fresh 4th Circ. Panel
• Paper Cos. Fight Bid To Restart 6th Circ. Superfund Row
• First Impressions From SEC's Fund Disclosure Proposals
• Rising Star: Beveridge & Diamond's Stacey Sublett Halliday
• Law360 Names 2022's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Texas High Court To Weigh In On Cotton Crop Pesticide Fight
• 5th Circ. Says Jury Must Decide Oil Spill Cleanup Costs Fight
• Judge Invalidates Rule Denying Protection To Wolverines
• SEC Probing Musk's Disclosure Of Twitter Stock Purchases
• Feds Defend Approval Of $30M Hydropower Project
• Justices Should Give Feds' Roundup Amicus Little Weight
• Judge Approves $230M Calif. Oil Spill Deal
• Limetree Bay Reaches Ch. 11 Deal On OSHA Penalties
• Trump EPA Chief Made Drivers Misuse Lights, Sirens: Report
• Fla. Regulator Wants Access To VW Emissions Software
• Insurer Loses Bid To Arbitrate Texas School's Coverage Row
• EPA Revamps Its Legal Guidance On Environmental Justice
• ABA Isn't Giving Up On Diversity Efforts By Ending CLE Rule
• Biden Admin. Tightens Oversight Of CO2 Pipelines
• Sports-Focused SPAC Leads 2 IPO Filings Totaling $350M
• Travelers Unit Settles With Oil Co. Over Denied Spill Coverage
• Alaska Appealing Land Use Suit Against Gov't
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Toshiba, Oyo
• 3 Patent Office Updates You Don't Want To Miss
• Icahn Loses Proxy Fight With McDonald's Over Animal Welfare
• Lewis Brisbois Fights Uphill For 'Ultrahazardous' Fire Claim
• Interior Dept. Greenlights PacifiCorp Power Line Project
• Justices Won't Review Biden Carbon Costs Dispute
• Liberty Unit Says COVID Doesn't Trigger Pollution Coverage
• Penny Stock Trader Can't Duck SEC Suit Over Registration
• Conn. Says Precedent Is Building For Climate Suit Remand
• UN Plastics Resolution Means A New Chapter In Enviro Policy
• Groups Tell 9th Circ. EPA-Approved Herbicide Kills
• Calif. Cannabis Cos. Must Brace For Enviro Law Compliance
• Insurer Needn't Cover Developer's Pollution Suit, Judge Says
• Monsanto Knew Of PCBs' Dangers, Jury Hears In Latest Trial
• Experts Urge House Lawmakers To Reform NFIP In Hearing
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive FLSA Suit Against Gov't Contractors
• Claims Court Won't Let Protest Halt $17.8M Treasury Contract
• Oil Co. Says Slovakia Owes $2.1B In Drilling Dispute
• Property Insurance Bills Head To DeSantis' Office
• SEC Proposals Target 'Greenwashing' By Advisers, Funds
• Wind Farm Fight Not In Tribe's Best Interest, 9th Circ. Told
• Mass. AG Sues 3M, Other Chemical Cos. Over PFAS Pollution
• Lateral Candidate Screening Steps To Prevent Bad Behavior
• Red States Say Calif. Climate Decisions Could Cause 'Chaos'
• Groups Sue To Stop Army Corps' Texas Dredging Project
• Biden's Nominee For EPA Air Office Faces Tough Senate Road
• EPA Acts To Block Alaska's Controversial Pebble Mine
• Latham Guides TotalEnergies In $2.4B Renewables Buy
• EPA Hits Puerto Rico Biz Over Wastewater Discharges
• Volvo Raises $536.7M In Second Green Bond Offering
• Ariz. Judge Axes Tribes', Enviros' Suits Over Copper Mining
• Neumann's Post-WeWork Venture, Flowcarbon, Raises $70M
• Justices Urged Not To Review $87M Monsanto Roundup Loss
• USDA Accused Of Ignoring Pesticides' Effect On Species
• 2nd Circ. Backs Stock Suit Over SEC Probe Into Tobacco Co.
• A Look At The Legal Profession Since Murder Of George Floyd
• Ford Inks $19.2M Deal To End States' False Ad Claims
• Md. Inaction Can't Spur Dam Relicensing, DC Circ. Told
• K&L Gates Adds 4 Energy Partners, Opens Kansas City Office
• Cos. Should Comment Now On New Offshore Wind Areas
• State Officials Blast FERC For Power Market Subsidy Rule
• Exxon Must Face Climate Suit, Mass. Top Court Rules
• 1st Circ. Keeps Rhode Island Climate Suit In State Court
• SoCal Oil Spill Claim Attys Jockey To See Who's Up First
• China Labor Crackdown Could Be Solar Power Pain Point
• Rhode Island, PPL Deal Clears Way For $5.3B Utility Buy
• Enviro Groups Want EPA To Fast-Track Parks Pollution Plans
• SEC's ESG Task Force Nets First Fine In BNY Mellon Case
• Monsanto Urges High Court To Take Up $25M Roundup Verdict
• US Opens New Trade Forum As Questions Swirl Over Scope
• Red States Slam Biden High Court Defense Of Carbon Costs
• NY Ruling Correctly Deems Legal Finance Docs Irrelevant
• Colo. Coal Plant To Pay $1M In Ash Pollution Settlement
• Wash. Judge OKs Dam Deal Over Feds' Request For Delay
• Gov't Seeks Quick Win Over Tribes' Lithium Mine Suit
• Kirkland-Led SPAC Files $200M IPO To Hunt For ESG Targets
• Hawaii Local Gov'ts Say Climate Suit Can't Go To Fed. Court
• EPA Wants Arkansas' Pollution Permits Suit Tossed
• Enviro Groups Denied Do-Over On US Steel Pollution Claims
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Trump Plan To OK 35 Colorado Gas Wells Dries Up For Review
• 4 Takeaways As DOL Mulls Climate Risk For Retirees
• Texas Judges, Not Agency, Can Decide Surface Water Fights
• Upstate NY Landfill Smell Lawsuit Tossed
• 6th Circ. Says Gov't Contractor Can't Dodge $3B Coal Ash Suit
• GAO Says Feds Can Do More To Curtail Methane Pollution
• Commerce Dept. Wants Export Controls On 4 Marine Toxins
• CIT Greenlights Slashed Tariffs On Chinese Solar Cells
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Simpson Guide Week's Hot Deals
• New Suit Targets FAA's OK Of Ga. Rocket Launch Site
• Westlake Chemical Partly Dodges Explosion Suit
• The SEC's Climate Disclosure Plan Fails Individual Investors
• 5th Circ. Seeks Texas Justices' Input In Hail Coverage Row
• Alston & Bird Adds Steptoe & Johnson Enviro Atty In LA
• Chubb Investors Split On Approving 2 Climate Proposals
• Del. Judge Dumps Suit Targeting DuPont Spinoff's Enviro Bills
• FERC Commissioners Clash Over Summer Grid Warnings
• Feds Ink $27.7M Deal For Waste Cleanup At Ohio Landfill
• Ship Engineer Admits To Dumping Oil Waste In New Orleans
• Calif. Squares Up In DC Circ. To Defend CAA Waiver
• UK Says Veolia's Deal For Suez Hurt Competition
• Flint Engineers Lose 'Arguably Frivolous' Mistrial Bid
• ​​​​​​​Insurer's Hurricane Payment Delay Was Bad Faith, HOA Says
• W.Va. Coal Co. In Contempt For Inadequate Compliance Plans
• Silica Exclusion Applies To Dust Damage, 8th Circ. Says
• Clyde & Co. Hires Miami Maritime Partner From Lewis Brisbois
• Phase I Site Assessments After EPA U-Turn On 2021 Standard
• Overcommunicate With Your Summer Associates This Year
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Volkswagen, Lionheart SPAC
• Attys Try Again To Beat BP Spill Relief Malpractice Claims
• 7th Circ. Throws Out $11M Fee Award For Bernstein Litowitz
• Navajo Farmers Seek 10th Circ. Redo In Gold King Mine Suit
• Water Contamination Suit Against Northrop Tossed, For Now
• US Steel, EPA, County Ink Clean Air Act Deal For Pa. Mill
• Carnival CCO Who Steered Pollution Overhaul Resigns
• SEC, FTC Heads Say Market Growth Justifies Bigger Budgets
• States, Green Groups Look To Restart Water Rule Challenge
• Feds To Revisit Alaskan Mining Road Plans After Remand Win
• Commerce Tariff Memo Helps Dispel Clouds For US Solar Cos.
• Groups Want FTC To Investigate Electric Utility Corruption
• Limetree Bay's Ch. 11 Plan Is Confirmed After Refinery Sale
• Energy Cos. Press 9th Circ. To Rethink Climate Suit Remand
• Wis. Court Backs Approval Of $700M Gas Plant
• Nev. Case Highlights Settlement Authority Dilemmas For Cos.
• PolyMet Seeks To End Tribe's Suit Over Mine Land Swap
• Calif. Irrigation District Loses Bid To Join River Ceremony Suit
• Gov't Can Dodge SeaWorld Orca Data Suit, DC Circ. Says
• EPA Chief Says Budget Boost Crucial For Agency To Keep Up
• Utilities Say Market Challengers Missed Window In DC Circ.
• Lobster Union Says Feds' Whale Rule Rests On Faulty Data
• 4th Circuit Won't Rethink Baltimore Climate Suit Remand
• How FERC Proposal Will Guide Clean Grid Development
• FWS Must Reevaluate Protections For Bistate Sage Grouse
• Enviro Groups Sue Over Biofuel Plant Expansion
• Norton Rose Adds Atty To Expand Enviro Group In DC, LA
• HVAC Co. Says Insurer Can't Recover Asbestos Defense Costs
• Court Declines To Lift Blockade On Water Laws Targeting Pot
• NRC Can't Duck Texas Nuke Waste Fight, 5th Circ. Told
• Walrus, Sea Otters, Manatees To Get New Population Reports
• Groups Say Jersey City Turnpike Extension Hurts Climate
• Wash. Dam Suit Not Barred By Federal Power Act, Tribe Says
• Plains Agrees To Pay $230M For 2015 Calif. Oil Spill
• Tribe, Green Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Block Geothermal Plant
• Soil Scientist Says Lead From Battery Site Didn't Travel Far
• DOL Urged Not To Collect Climate Risk Data From Pensions
• Red States Challenge Approval Of Calif. Emissions Waiver
• Chilean Hydropower Project Gets Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed
• Pipeline Inspection Co. Gets Nod On Amended $5M DIP Loan
• Feds Score Win In Challenge To Calif. Tribe's Casino Plans
• GOP Senators Urge White House To Halt Conservation Plan
• Judge Tosses Greenpeace Claims In Walmart Recycling Suit
• Porsche Exec Sketches Possible IPO, Says It's Not Final
• WTO Members Race To Reel In Fisheries Deal Before Summit
• GOP States Back 4th Circ. Redo On Baltimore Climate Ruling
• The Fastest Federal Trial Courts: A Look At Virginia, Florida
• Investors Push Insurers For More Climate Disclosure
• Lead Near Battery Site Was Triple Similar Area, Expert Says
• CIT Pans Commerce Ignoring Solar Cell Importers On Subsidy
• 9th Circ. Backs Block Of Ariz. Mining Project Waste Site
• NYC Bus Cos. Illegally Idling Outside Schools, AG Says
• Judge Axes DOE Contract Workers' Vaccine Mandate Fight
• Exxon Fights Santa Barbara's Rejection Of Oil Trucking Plan
• Texas School District Slams Low Payout For Hurricane Loss
• Puerto Rican Insurer Sued For $38M In Quake Damage
• 9th Circ. Probes Berkeley's Power To Ban Natural Gas
• What To Expect From Biden Admin.'s NEPA Updates
• Orrick Adds Willkie Partner To Growing Energy Team
• Slaughter And May Seeks To Reduce Emissions 90% By 2040
• EPA Proposes Tightening Rules Around Confidential Biz Info
• Tips For Evaluating Machine Learning For Contracts Review
• Biden Admin. Scraps Alaska, Gulf Offshore Lease Sales
• Ex-Pa. Environmental Dept. Atty Rejoins McNees In Harrisburg
• Gordon & Rees Hires Expert Mesothelioma Litigator In LA
• DC Circ. Doubts Standing In Fight Over Race Car Emissions
• Calif. Agency Kicks Off Trial Seeking $136M For Lead Cleanup
• Industry Backs Enbridge Bid To Trim Wis. Tribe's Line 5 Suit
• Feds Settle GMO Salmon Suit Fees Issue With Enviro Groups
• White House Enviro Leader Vows Permitting Progress
• Ex-Hawkins Parnell Atty Joins Lewis Brisbois' Toxic Tort Team
• Cypress Environmental Adds Cash Pool To Ch. 11 Plan
• Feds Defend Beetle Species Delisting As Based On Science
• Feds Ask Justices To Let $25M Monsanto Roundup Verdict Be
• FERC's Phillips Says Pipeline Policy Can't Shirk Climate Effect
• Blanket Gag Orders, Secret Deals Could End With Calif. Bill
• 5th Circ. Mulls Texas Arbitration Act In Atty Fee Dispute
• Maine Justices Question $1B Energy Project Approvals
• 5th Circ. Panel Told To Keep Insurance Row In Arbitration
• DOE Wants Input On $2.5B Transmission Funding Plan
• 9th Circ. Says National Park Service Can Ban SF Bay Fishing
• 5th Circ. Wary Of Block Of Biden's Oil And Gas Lease Ban
• Manatees Starve, But EPA Ignores Pollution, Suit Says
• Pollution Claims Against Ga. Co. Not Covered, Insurer Says
• Week In Bankruptcy: Mass Torts Stumble, New Ch. 11 Crop
• First Volleys Arrive In 3rd Circ. Challenge To FERC Grid Balk
• FERC Must Act Fast To Finalize Pipeline Moves, Attys Say
• Jimmy Carter Fights 9th Circ.'s Reading Of Law He Signed
• How To Efficiently Deploy Your Professional Growth Strategy
• Georgia-Pacific Says 6th Circ. Flubbed $49M Superfund Row
• Energy Co. Claims Ex-GC Stole Trade Secrets
• Biden Admin Tells Justices Carbon Costs Case Is Premature
• Enbridge Asks To Trim Wis. Tribe's Pipeline Suit
• 'Eight Corners Rule' Kills Harvey Coverage Case, Insurer Says
• Chemical Co. Says Insurers Owe $7.8M For Ship Accident
• Grid Hurdles Can't Be Overlooked In US Offshore Wind Push
• Feds, Developers Prep Deal Over W.Va. National Park Damage
• SEC Allows More Time For Climate Risk Plan Comments
• Ariz. Tribes, Enviros Say Copper Mine Suit Must Go On
• A 6-Step Framework For Legal Industry Professional Growth
• End Of Clean Air Act Affirmative Defense Could Hurt Cos.
• DC Circ. Cool To Challenge Of Smog Regs For Texas Cities
• EPA Defends Aviation GHG Standard At DC Circ.
• Explosives Co. Can't Escape Farmers' Montana Wildfire Suit
• EPA Must Revisit Permit For First-Ever Aquaculture Facility
• Former Chief Of Staff To John Kerry Rejoins Covington
• Cypress Environmental Hits Ch. 11 With $60M Debt Swap
• Why Contempt May Be Apt Punishment For High Court Leaker
• SEC Committee Mulls 'TurboTax-Like' Fix For Climate Reports
• Governments' Climate Laws Could Spur $340B In ISDS Claims
• Pa. Town Can Pursue Case Over Sewer Tunneling Project
• 4th Circ. Urged To Rethink Remand Of Baltimore Climate Suit
• Law Profs Back Rehearing Bid Over Alaska Land Swap
• Maine Justices To Consider Future Of $1B Power Line
• Oil Tanker Cos. Face $3M In Fines For Lying About Discharges
• To Meet ESG Goals, Cos. Must Scrutinize Carbon Offsets
• Donziger Says NY 'Injustices' Should Halt His DC Disbarment
• How Huntsman Won A $93.8M Verdict Against Its Gas Supplier
• Car Dealer Wants 4th Circ. To Revive Hurricane Coverage Suit
• Colonial Pipeline Hit With $1M Fine Over Control Room Issues
• Greenberg Traurig Boosts Energy Team With Ex-Mintz Attys
• Gordon Rees Adds Litigation Partner In New Orleans
• McDonald's Calls Icahn's Animal Welfare Demands Unfeasible
• EPA Says Army Corps Shouldn't Reissue Minn. Mine Permit
• British Oil Co. Signals Arb. With Slovenia Over Fracking Ban
• Group Asks Court To Keep Resorts' Pollution Suit Together
• Seattle Tells 9th Circ. To Keep Tribe's Dam Suit In Fed. Court
• DOJ Restores Settlement Projects For Environmental Justice
• EPA Floats New Asbestos Reporting Rule
• Feds Can't Justify Oil And Gas Royalty Rule, 10th Circ. Told
• Mo. Senate Throws Lifeline To $2.3B Power Line Project
• Wind Co. Blasts Sanctions Bid In Panama Grid Access Row
• Limetree Bay Plan Challenged Over Insurance Treatment
• Improving Defense Case Stories In An Age Of Misinformation
• Clients' Diversity Mandates For Law Firms Are Necessary
• Red States Tell High Court Biden Can't Legislate Carbon Costs
• Despite Climate Goals, US Likely To Fill Europe's LNG Needs
• Nationwide Unit Says Underlying Suits Constitute Single Claim
• Ariz. Tribes Say Copper Mine Co. Can't Escape Permit Suit
• Tribal Water Projects Get $10.6M In Infrastructure Law Funds
• Yakama Nation Seeks Early Win In Wash. Superfund Suit
• Windfall Taxes Hurt Energy Investment, UK's Johnson Says
• EV Maker Envirotech Plans To Raise Up To $50M In Offering
• Utah, Power Cos. Defend EPA Haze Plan Decision At 10th Circ.
• 3 Financial Market Areas That Need Better Disclosure Regimes
• Greens, EPA Alumni Urge Senate To Confirm Blocked Leaders
• Utility Says Solar Tariff Probe Will Delay Coal Closures
• Social Cost Fight In Carbon Metric Case Is Early, 5th Circ. Told
• Policyholder Gains In Virus Coverage State Trial Court Suits
• Oil And Gas Attorney Duo Rejoins Norton Rose Fulbright
• Day Care Says Handler Lowballed Hurricane Damage Costs
• 10th Circ. Says Farmers' Mine Blowout Suit Is Time-Barred
• EPA Will Assess PVC Toxicity Under New Settlement
• 9th Circ. Won't Put Feds On Clock In Bison Hunting Suit
• Earth & Water Law Adds Atty From Transportation Committee
• Insurer Says Exclusion Bars Noxious Fumes Suit Coverage
• Senators Press Biden To Speed Up Solar Panel Tariff Probe
• Alto Maipo Ducks Jurisdiction Battle With Del. Ch. 11 Truce
• Idaho Tribes Say DOI Wrongly OK'd Superfund Land Transfer
• EV Chargers In Retail Lots Face Zoning, Contract Hurdles
• Charter Fishers Blast Gulf Of Mexico GPS Rule In 5th Circ.
• Group Sues Biden Admin. For Species Act Rollback Info
• 3rd Circ. Casts Skeptical Eye On Firm DQ Bid In Maxus Case
• 5 Questions That Can Help Law Firms Win RFPs
• Insurers Up Scrutiny Of Companies' ESG Strategies
• U.S., North Dakota Sue Pipeline Cos. Over River Oil Spills
• Upper Skagit Urges 9th Circ. To Back Its Fishing Rights Win
• Insurer Gets Default Win In Illegal Landfill Coverage Dispute
• Yakama Still Can't Back Up CERCLA Claims, Wash. City Says
• Calif. AG's Exxon Probe Ups Ante On Plastics Pollution Suits
• Bitcoin Miners Aren't Polluters, Industry Group Tells EPA
• FERC Vetoes Midwest Grid Upgrade Plan For New Power Lines
• 4 Legal Challenges SEC's Climate Proposal Will Likely Face
• 4 Firms Drive Chinese EV Maker's $1.25B SPAC Merger
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• BP Unit Owes More In Smelting Site Cleanup, 9th Circ. Told
• A Guide To Nonverbal Cues As In-Person Jury Trials Resume
• How Law Firms Can Employ More Veterans