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Environmental - June, 2022

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• We're Not All Textualists Now, Kagan Warns In Climate Dissent
• Green Groups Say Bird Species Needs Habitat Protection
• Health Care Giants Commit to Biden Admin Carbon Pledge
• Court's Ruling Leaves Narrow Path For EPA's Climate Rules
• Iowa High Court Expands Pig Farms' Pollution Immunity
• EPA Urged To Reject Central Calif. Carbon Capture Projects
• 10th Circ. Affirms Univ.'s Weather Tech Trade Secrets Win
• DC Circ. Keeps GOP's Calif. Vehicle Authority Appeal Paused
• Ex-Mich. Gov. Pleads 5th In Flint Trial Appearance
• What High Court Got Wrong In Wash. Nuclear Workers Ruling
• Monsanto Can't Keep LA's Pollution Suit In Federal Court
• Judge Says Shell Should Face RI Climate Change Suit
• VW, Audi Say Texas Can't Pick Judges To Mull Emissions Case
• Ethics Considerations For Attorneys Joining Nonprofit Boards
• High Court Pares Down EPA's Clean Air Act Power
• Ex-Mich. Gov. Claims No Memory On Aspects Of Flint Crisis
• APCIA Joins New Mexico Insurance Chief In Boosting Fire Bill
• Spanish Renewable Energy Biz Eyes $209M IPO In Soft Market
• Sears Lease Fight Hits High Court, Gulf Coast Plan Approved
• 2nd Circ. Says NY Developers Can't Sue Town For Defamation
• VW Gets Green Light For $80M Porsche Emissions Cheat Deal
• Tribes Say BLM Didn't Consult Them Over Nev. Lithium Mine
• Ex-Philly Nonprofit Bookkeeper Gets Prison For $2.6M Theft
• What Maine's Recent PFAS Crackdown Means For Companies
• DOE Downplays Climate Impacts Of $39B Alaska LNG Project
• 16 States Ask 1st Circ. To Redo Rhode Island Climate Case
• Trust, But Verify: Building A Global Carbon Credit Market
• Faegre Drinker Takes On Veteran Enviro Attorney In NY
• Groups Say Western Oil & Gas Leasing Must Evaluate GHGs
• Investment Adviser ESG Lessons From BNY Mellon Case
• Flint Jury To Hear From Ex-Gov. After Court Quashes Charges
• Feds Back Shoshone Tribe's Hunting Rights At 9th Circ.
• Enviros Urge Full Speed Ahead For Minn. Mine Challenge
• Water Rights Holders File $68M Ch. 11 Suit Against Alto Maipo
• Enviro Groups Say Texas Refuses To Follow Air Permit Rules
• 4 Firms Steer Canadian Miner's $169M Dual-Listed IPO
• Judge Sinks Ore. Logging Operation Over Threat To Seabird
• Texas Infrastructure Act And Renewables Projects: 1 Year In
• DC Judge Lets Utah Into Energy Lease Challenge
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's Approval Of $468M Gas Pipeline
• EPA Can't Justify Lax Airline Greenhouse Gas Rule, Court Told
• Daikin Can't Take Bid To End PFAS Claims To Ga. Justices
• Clean Energy Co. Intersect Gets $750M Boost From 3 Firms
• EPA's New PFAS Listings Raise Enforcement, Litigation Risks
• Window Co. Settles Lead Paint Violation Allegations With EPA
• Chancery Urged To Consider Firms' Bid To Lead Ionis Suit
• Ga. Judge Won't Rethink Pond Pollution Coverage Ruling
• Biofuel Group Fights Blending Pass For Refiners At DC Circ.
• Biden Admin. Beats Suit Over Paused Owl Habitat Rollback
• La. Enviro Agency Can't Join Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Mineral Processor Says Enviro Consultant Botched Reports
• PacifiCorp Can't Keep Fire Claims In Federal Court
• Biden Orders Agencies To Rein In Illegal Fishing Practices
• NY Wind Project Inks Whale Protection Deal With Advocates
• Sustainability Group Sees 'Clear' US Progress On Climate Risk
• Thinking Strategically About The Weekend's Impact On Jurors
• DOT Standards For EV Chargers Address Key Public Concerns
• 9th Circ. Keeps Calif. Climate Change Cases In State Courts
• Toshiba Defends $500M Hydro Plant Work In Bid To Duck Suit
• Texas Improperly Planned $5.6B Highway Project, Groups Say
• High Court Won't Hear $87M Monsanto Roundup Appeal
• Mining Project On Sacred Apache Land Lawful, 9th Circ. Says
• Bank Groups Worry ESG Proposals Are 'Anything But Neutral'
• Feds, Tribal Commission Catch Win In Alaska Fishing Dispute
• Pa. Coal Co. Settles Sierra Club's Water Warming Lawsuit
• WTO Official Stresses Close Trade Ties Amid Global Crises
• Modernized Energy Charter Treaty Would Nix Intra-EU Claims
• DOI Aims To Ease Offshore Wind-Fishing Industry Tensions
• 9th Circ. Stays Wash. Water Quality Order Against EPA
• 2 Firms Guide ESG-Focused Blank-Check Firm's $200M IPO
• EPA Pitches Reporting Rules For Chemicals
• DC Circ. Allows Groups To Defend EPA Turbine Standards
• Now's The Time To Address Archaic Law School Curricula
• AIG Settles Fight With Colonial Pipeline Over $67M Gas Leak
• Texas Justices Abate VW, Audi Emissions Suits
• The Case For Company-Directed Offensive ESG Litigation
• Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
• Enviros, Tribe To Sue Army Corps Over Fish-Farm Approval
• EPA's Coronavirus Policies Left Superfund Cleanup Gaps
• White House, East Coast States Work To Boost Offshore Wind
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tianqi, Toshiba, Kohl's
• Ga. Mine Sues Army Corps For Yanking Water Findings
• Drivers Ask 6th Circ. To Revive Ford Truck Fuel Economy MDL
• State Natural Resource Damages Suits: What Cos. Must Know
• Biden Admin. Restores Flexibility To ESA Habitat Definition
• Group Tells 11th Circ. Cumberland Island Dock Permit Flawed
• Developer Asks Judge To Rethink Pollution Exclusion Ruling
• Lessons From Lawyer Fee-Sharing Agreements Gone Wrong
• EPA Delays Greenhouse Gas Regs As Court Ruling Looms
• Maxus Must Prove YPF Caused Harm In $14B Ch. 11 Suit
• Crow Tribe Citizens Sue DOI Again Over Lost Water Rights
• SEC's Regulatory Priorities Draw Rebuke From Peirce
• 3 Takeaways From EPA's Guidance On PFAS In Drinking Water
• Recycling Co. To Settle PFAS Suit By Funding Water Cleanup
• Insurer Owed LA Port Operator Defense From City, Judge Says
• BlackRock Asks SEC To Rethink Climate Risk Reporting Plan
• Oil Cos. Want 1st Circ. To Rehear Rhode Island Climate Case
• Shoshone Tribe Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Hunting Rights Suit
• LeClairRyan Bankruptcy Highlights Pass-Through Tax Issue
• Construction Co. Sanctioned Over Lost Docs In Mine Spill Suit
• Circuits' Remand Of State Climate Suits May Mean Big Liability
• Calif. Winery Gets Split Ruling On Smoke Damage Coverage
• DOI Asks 9th Circ. To Revisit Coal Mine Emissions Ruling
• Texas Nuke Waste Storage Foes Have No Case, DC Circ. Told
• Boeing Says Feds Want To Break Rocket Site Cleanup Deal
• Brookfield Raises $15B For Inaugural Energy Transition Fund
• Gorton's Wants Off The Hook For 'Invented' Frozen Fish Suit
• Donziger's Contempt Conviction Upheld By Split 2nd Circ.
• Cypress Environmental Gets OK For Debt-Swap Ch. 11 Plan
• Ga. Nuclear Plant's Spiking Costs Spark Court Fight
• ND Can't Intervene In Remaining Riverbed Ownership Claims
• Fond Du Lac Tribe Says PolyMet Can't End Mine Suit
• Judge Approves $45M Roundup False Ad Deal
• Oil Cos. Urge 3rd Circ. To Keep Climate Change Suit Federal
• 8 Steps To Creating A Legal Ops Technology Road Map
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Justices Won't Take On German Car Antitrust MDL
• High Court Says Wash. Nuclear Workers Law Discriminatory
• High Court Won't Review $25M Monsanto Roundup Verdict
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• Will BigLaw Regret Its Hiring Spree As The Economy Softens?
• SEC Climate Plan Debate Rages On As Comment Period Ends
• Bayer Notches 4th Trial Win Over Roundup Weedkiller
• DC Circ. Sides With FERC In California Water Permit Spat
• 9th Circ. Tells EPA To Reevaluate Glyphosate's Cancer Risk
• GOP Tells EPA Crypto Mining Can Be Good For Environment
• New Mexico Tells 10th Circ. It Can Fight Texas Nuke Storage
• Texas Justices To Decide Fate Of Brownsville Flooding Suit
• Miner Hopes To Strike IPO Gold With $174M Dual Listing
• Tribes Ask High Court To Keep Clean Water Act Protections
• DC Circ. Dumps Power Plants From NE Fuel Storage Plan
• An Early Step Toward Regulation Of Carbon Offset Market
• Dem Bills Would Up Tribes' Say On Public Land, Sacred Sites
• Red States Press 5th Circ. To Block Carbon Metric Rule
• Hurricane Season Hits Increasingly Tough Insurance Market
• Chevron Deference Still Feels Heat After High Court Reprieve
• Green Groups Challenge Removal Of Large Tree Protections
• Mich., Wis. Biz Group Backs Bad River Tribe In Line 5 Suit
• FERC Unveils Plan To Get Clean Energy On The Grid Faster
• Ford Accused Of Dumping Toxins, Hiding Scope Of Pollution
• New Mexico, Navajo Net $63M In Colo. Mine Spill Settlements
• Landowners Lose Well Pollution Suit For Refusing To Testify
• The Importance Of Data And Data Analysis In Litigation
• Ark. Warehouse Says Insurer Must Cover Storm Damage
• VW Inks $80M Deal To Settle Porsche Emissions Cheat Suit
• Amtrak's Insurers Aim To Cap Tunnel Rebuilding Coverage
• 8th Circ. Weighs If Red States Can Fight Carbon Cost Metric
• Ill. Justices Maintain Private Owners Can Limit River Access
• Lockheed Settles Suit Over Pa. Superfund Site Cleanup Costs
• Green Group Threatens Suit To Protect Coral
• Scientists Say EPA Can Use Chemical Regs To Rein In GHG
• Salvage Co. Ends Cross-Claim Against Golden Ray Shipowner
• Reps. Back Subpoena Power For Indian School Panel
• Enviro Groups Say Drilling Permits Hurt Endangered Species
• EPA Cuts Acceptable PFAS Levels In New Water Health Rules
• House Passes 'Unprecedented' Wildlife Protection Act
• EU Hydrogen Plans: Infrastructure And Regulatory Challenges
• Court Stands By Feds' Review Of Alaskan Mining Road
• Earthjustice Announces 2 Litigation Vice Presidents
• Regulators Will Weigh In On Settling Pa. Town's Sewer Suit
• Plans To Reduce Spring Pollution Lack Bite, Fla. Panel Hears
• Oklahoma Seeks Early Win In Coal Mining Fight With Feds
• Power Cos. Push DC Circ. To Nix FERC Market Cap Rule
• Feds Seek Early Win In Cherokee Suit Seeking Audit Of Trust
• Clean Energy Cos. Back Calif.'s Power Over Vehicle Emissions
• How Cos. Can Track Infrastructure Act Projects — And Funds
• After Blocking Of Drilling Lease Ban, Biden Admin. Seeks Win
• Elephants Lack Right To Fight Captivity, NY Top Court Rules
• Alaska Asks 9th Circ. To Restrict Emergency Tribal Hunting
• Mo. Utility Nabs $42M Deal For Storm Gas Shortages
• Steps Companies Can Take To Mitigate Privilege Labeling Risk
• Shell Says Gulf Oil Lease Wipeout Undermines US Interests
• Feds Ask DC Circuit To Revive Obama-Era Logging Rules
• Maxus Says Few Facts Are In Question In $14B Ch. 11 Suit
• Miss. Court Wrongly Found Intent By Feed Co., 5th Circ. Told
• Senate Dems Look To Electrify DOD's Nontactical Vehicle Fleet
• Trade Body Advances Claims Panning US' Whale Preservation
• Texas Judge Won't Toss Vineyards' Suit Against Bayer, BASF
• EPA Tells High Court Wetlands Project Needed Water Permit
• Kershaw Cook Aims To Avoid Firm's Fees For Camp Fire Suits
• W.Va. Enviro Dept. Says Opposing Attys Are Suing Own Client
• 2 Firms Seek $1.8M For Pipeline Suit Settlement In Chancery
• Sierra Club Sues To Block Utah Coal Mine Expansion
• US Taking Long View On Reshaping WTO As Summit Opens
• DOT Floats EV Charging Rule As Regulatory Gaps Linger
• Tales From The Crypto Bill: From Cyber Risks To Sandboxes
• Bayer Notches 3rd Roundup Trial Win With Missouri Verdict
• Enviro Ruling Looms Over 6th Circ. Curbed ICE Ops Debate
• Sanctions Bid Against DOI In Lithium Mine Case Gets Tossed
• Texas Justices Send Houston Fee Fight Back For Repleading
• North Dakota Judge Tosses MHA Nation's Drilling Suit
• Pork Producers Tell Justices Calif. Animal Care Law Must Fall
• Despite Carbon Cost Win, Biden Climate Plans Still At Risk
• What Litigation Funding Disclosure In Delaware May Look Like
• TCEQ Doesn't Have To Restart Injection Well Permit Review
• Connell Foley Brings On 5 Attys To NY, NJ Offices
• DC Circ. Backs FERC OK Of Hydro Project Safety Upgrade
• Tribe Seeks Early Win In Texas Oil Terminal Challenge
• Perkins Coie Guides Boise Cascade's $512M Acquisition
• Westlake Chemical Units Agree To $111M Air Pollution Deal
• PG&E Pleads Not Guilty To Manslaughter Over 2020 Calif. Fire
• Calif. Judge Faults Parts Of Kern County Oil Permitting Rules
• GM, Bosch Can't Duck Trimmed Chevy Cruze Emissions Suit
• Citing NY State Climate Law, Judge Denies Power Plant Permit
• Salvage Co. Blames Shipowner For Pollution From Ga. Wreck
• Biden Enviro Justice Goals Driving Big Enforcement Changes
• NJ Sanitizer Maker Cops To Fraud For Fake COVID-19 Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ant Group, SpaceX, Goldman
• Kroger Targeted Over HFCs Before Shareholder Meeting
• Green Groups Cite Climate In Challenge To Biofuel Refineries
• Willkie Guides Fund's $650M Hydrogen Platform Investment
• Pa. Board Sanctions Atty For Delays In Well Pollution Suit
• 5th Circ. Is Told Louisiana Enviro Regulator Belongs In Suit
• Yakama Tribe And Wash. City Square Off In Superfund Suit
• FCC Agrees To Tackle Offshore Communication Needs
• Mine Contractor Can't Skirt Property Value Suit Over Spill
• City Tells 9th Circ. Polluter's Insurer Must Cover Cleanup Deal
• Judge Won't Revive BP Spill Fraud Claims Against Attys
• Claims Court Axes Calif. Regions' $350M Drought Loss Bid
• Making The Hydrogen Revolution A Reality
• Activists Sue EPA To Ensure Clean Air Act Compliance
• Green Groups Sue Over Endangered Protections For Snake
• Demolisher To Pay $1.25M For NC Superfund Site Cleanup
• Frustration, Hot Job Market Drive Some Senior Exits At SEC
• Exxon, Suncor Ask Justices To Review Climate Suit Remand
• AIG Unit Sued For Not Covering Sugar Burn Emissions Suit
• Akin Gump Adds Renewable Projects Pro From Norton Rose
• Carmakers Tell DC Circ. They Back Calif. GHG Standards
• FirstEnergy Investors Seek Class Status For Fraud Claims
• Biden Stakes Out More Assertive Path For Solar Development
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Climate Solutions Partner In Boston
• Senators Propose Long-Awaited Crypto Regulatory Overhaul
• Chevron, Others To Fund $41.6M Cleanup Of Del. Landfill
• USDA's View Of Organic Labels Is Rotten, 9th Circ. Told
• Louisiana, API Urge DC Circ. To Revive Offshore Lease Sale
• States Push DC Circ. On Trump Lead Water Deadlines
• Coke, Pepsi, Others Must Face Calif. Plastic Pollution Lawsuit
• SEC's ESG Fund Plan Called 'Very Weird,' Too Prescriptive
• Montana Tribes Drop Keystone Pipeline Challenge
• Key Legal And Regulatory Trends In Oil And Gas Transactions
• Pa. Enviro Consultants Can't Join Case Over Mariner Pipeline
• Feds, Developer Say Lithium Mine Challenge Falls Flat
• Energy Transfer Faces Investor Suit Over Proposed FERC Fine
• Feds Assert New Power To Move Species Based On Climate
• How In-House Legal Leaders Can Drive Corporate Growth
• Calif. Bill On Protective Orders Threatens Privacy Norms
• Rising Star: Shook Hardy's Brent Dwerlkotte
• 9th Circ. Rounds Out Calif. Offshore Fracking Opponents' Win
• Biden Carves Out 2-Year Exemption From Solar Tariff Probe
• NY Lawmakers Approve Pair Of Crypto Bills On Final Day
• CFTC Commish Warns Of 'Mission Creep' In Climate Query
• The Biggest Changes In EPA's New Water Rule
• 7th Circ. Probes Errors In Biofuel Fraudster Forfeiture Rulings
• Migrant Workers Sue Farm Over Exposure To Pesticides
• EPA Defends HFC Cap-And-Trade Rule At DC Circ.
• How Cumulative Assessments In Enviro Justice Are Adapting
• Texas Justices Revive Houston Drainage Fee Dispute
• Attorneys Should Tread Carefully On Job Counteroffers
• Insurer Questions Jury's $9.3M Hurricane Damage Verdict
• Policy, Not Lawsuits, Is The Best Way To Fight Climate Change
• Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Jennifer Roy
• St. Croix Studio Must Arbitrate Hurricane Maria Damage Suit
• Fiat To Pay $300M In Criminal Emissions Test Fraud Case
• Fed. Circ. Revives Hurricane Harvey Takings Claims
• Fiat Chrysler, Cummins Want Faulty Fuel Pump Suit Slashed
• DC Circ. Won't Vacate Boiler Efficiency Regulations
• EPA Wants More Water Permit Power For States, Tribes
• Wildlife Agency Deal Revises Fla. Manatee Habitat Protection
• Big Easy Residents Want Justices' Take On Superfund Row
• SEC Climate Plan Chills Free Speech, Law Professor Says
• Conn. Contractor Gets Probation In 3-College Bribery Scheme
• Justices' Jurisdiction Ruling Could Increase Business Liability
• The Future Of Legal Ops: Time To Get Serious About Data
• USPS May Buy More Electric Vehicles Amid Route Overhaul
• NY Firm Phillips Lytle Expands With 6 New Attys
• Earthjustice Taps Nonprofit Atty To Run New Houston Office
• Not All 'Forever Chemicals' Are Unsafe, McDonald's Argues
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Goldman, FTX, Saudi Aramco
• Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Meaghan Colligan
• Mine Contractors' Liability Defense In Spill Suit May Proceed
• 10th Circ. Won't Rehear Navajo Farmers' Gold King Mine Suit
• Feds Seek Win In Oregon Endangered Salmon Fight
• Bumblebees Are 'Fish' Under Calif. Enviro Law, Panel Says
• Population Changes Key In Driving Hurricane Loss, Panel Told
• Del. Chancery Pauses Nikola Corp. Class Action
• DOJ's Cautious Return To Supplemental Enviro Projects
• EPA Opposes Effort To Restart Water Rule Challenge
• 3rd Circ. Won't Void Dueling Atty Fees In Lakeside Land Row
• Rising Star: Grant & Eisenhofer's Kyle J. McGee
• Insurers Want Out Of Covering Grading Co.'s Pollution Row
• Electronics Biz To Pay $8M For NJ, Mass. PCB Contamination