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Environmental - December, 2023

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• SEC Fines Energy Co. $5M For Faking Inflated Revenue
• Judge Keeps RICO Claims In Mass. Town Water Pollution Suit
• Treasury Pitches Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules, Asks Input
• Michigan Justices Won't Hear State's Dam Collapse Appeal
• The Most-Read Legal Industry Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023
• IRS Launches Prefiling Tool For Monetizing Energy Credits
• Engine Co. Cuts $1.7B Deal In Dodge Ram Emissions Suit
• Oil Co. Asks Justices To Stay Wage Case Pending Cert. Bid
• Top Government Contracts Of 2023: A Year In Review
• Top Under-The-Radar Government Contracts Cases Of 2023
• Venable Trade Guru On US Steel-Nippon's Tough Road Ahead
• Insurer Must Face Fla. Restaurant's Hurricane Ian Suit
• Considerations for In-House Counsel Before Testing For PFAS
• Camp Lejeune Victims Must Reveal Personal Info, Judge Says
• 5 Most Notable Class Action Standing Cases Of 2023
• Feds, Osage Nation See Win In Wind Farm 'Mining' Row
• Sherwin-Williams Says NJ Fumbled Pollution Claim Evidence
• Feds Urge Justices To Affirm 2nd Circ. In SEC Disclosure Suit
• Attorneys' Busiest Times Can Be Business Opportunities
• The Biggest Environmental Law Cases Of 2023
• Top New Jersey Cases Of 2023
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Ropes & Gray
• Exxon, Chevron Top 2023's 10 Largest M&A Deals
• Top North Carolina Cases Of 2023
• Top Ohio Cases From 2023
• The Biggest Texas Supreme Court Rulings Of 2023
• Top Product Liability Cases Of 2023
• Texas, Mo. Say Feds Overstate Footnote In Border Wall Case
• ​​​​​​​Ex-CEO Blasts Fruit Co.'s Ch. 11 Plan Disclosures
• Landfill Workers Say Co. Fired Them For Safety Complaints
• Water Gremlin Can Sell US, Italy Assets For $24.1M
• Biden Admin Tells 10th Circ. To Uphold Monument Rulings
• 9th Circ. Won't Block Willow Project In Alaska During Appeal
• Exxon Warned Against More Delays In Mass. AG's Climate Suit
• In The World Of Legal Ethics, 10 Trends To Note From 2023
• EPA Kicks Off $600M Enviro Justice Local Grant Program
• Sport Fishers Say Tribes' Pact Threatens Great Lakes
• Analyzing 1 Year Of Comments On FTC's Green Guides
• Reps. Urge High Court To Take On Ore. Monument Challenges
• The Key Laws Retailers Should Pay Attention To In 2024
• High Court To Hear Arguments On EPA Smog Plan
• The Biggest Environmental Regulatory Actions Of 2023
• EPA Says Enforcement Improving With Boosted Resources
• Ga., Park Service Want Out Of Suit Over Island's Feral Horses
• DC Circ. Won't Keep Climate Fraud Suit In Federal Court
• Wash. Justices' Ruling Dooms Monsanto's Appeal, Plaintiffs Say
• FERC Will Rethink Wall Street Utility Ownership Rules
• Senators Urge EPA To Rescind Clean Power Plan 2.0
• Europe Extends Tariff Relief As Steel Talks Drag On
• Lejeune Litigants Can't Get Draft Cancer Study, Judge Decides
• Insurer Settles Oklahoma Mobile Home Flood Defense Suit
• US Steel Faces Bipartisan Backlash Over $14.9B Nippon Deal
• Sackett Warrants Win For La. Landowner, 5th Circ. Says
• Animal Rights Are About Saving Nature, And Our Own Future
• Lumber Co. Structurlam Gets OK For Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• FERC Approved Unneeded La. LNG Pipeline, DC Circ. Told
• Solar Cos. Call For Full Court's Review In Safeguard Case
• How Attorneys Can Be More Efficient This Holiday Season
• Tennessee Alleges BlackRock's ESG Goals Mislead Investors
• 'Pay-As-You-Trespass' Remedy Can't Stand, Tribe Argues
• Colo. Wolf Release Can Start Amid Rancher Challenge
• Conn. Utility, Customers Square Off Over PFAS Claims Venue
• SC Judge Won't Reconsider Foam Co. Dismissal Ruling
• Kentucky Urges 6th Circ. To Revive WOTUS Suit
• DOJ Resists Calls For Full 5th Circ. To Hear Texas Barrier Row
• Latham-Led Gas Producer Enters US Market Via Direct Listing
• Alaska LNG Enviro Review Still Lacking, DC Circ. Told
• Jury Awards $857M In Yet Another Wash. Monsanto PCB Loss
• Oil Co. Defends Appeal In Fraud Suit Against Pittsburgh Firm
• Manchin Seeks Opinion On IRS Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Regs
• Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Still Murky After A Choppy 2023
• Cleary Guides OCI On Back-To-Back Deals Worth $7.2B
• Feds Defend Chevron Deference In Second High Court Case
• PacifiCorp Reaches $250M Timber Deal Over 2020 Ore. Fires
• Nikola Founder Gets 4 Years After Proclaiming Innocence
• Feds Lean On High Court Immigration Win In Border Wall Row
• Nippon Wins US Steel Bidding Battle With $14.9B Deal
• Children's Book Writing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Parties Want To Revisit Ore. Dam Review In 5 Years
• EPA Plans To Reduce Slaughterhouse Water Pollution
• Texas Justices Won't Review Oil Co.'s Cleanup Cost Dispute
• Calif. Issues Emergency Silicosis Rules Amid Surge In Cases
• Texas Justices Snub Energy Exec's Libel Fight With Beto
• Fruit Grower Gets 2 Weeks Cash While It Alters Ch. 11 Budget
• EPA Poised To Study Safety Of Chemical In Ohio Derailment
• Feds Defend Arctic Seal Habitat Against Alaska Challenge
• Court OKs $7.7M Puerto Rico Contaminated Water Cleanup
• Condo Group Says Insurer Owes $3M For Roof Repairs
• Shopping Centers Seek $57M For Hurricane Maria Damage
• Biggest Energy-Related Court Decisions Of 2023
• Parsing 2023's Energy Markets Enforcement
• A Review Of 2023's Most Notable Securities Litigation
• Treasury Adds More Options For Clean Jet Fuel Tax Credit
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Freshfields, Debevoise
• Freeport LNG To Pay EPA Fine Over 2022 Gas Plant Explosion
• Corp. Accountability At Stake In Macquarie Suit, Justices Told
• Power Plants Owed Nothing To Uri Consumers, Panel Rules
• Enviro Groups Sue BNSF Railway Over Grizzly Bear Deaths
• Delta Faces Headwinds Over 'Catch-22' Greenwashing Suit
• Judge Says There's No Sign Of Bad Faith In Wind Farm Delay
• Colo. Judge Sets Aside Merits For Wolf-Release Ruling
• Farmworkers, Green Orgs Look To Sink Glyphosate Approval
• Athena Tech SPAC, Air Water Ventures Terminate $300M Deal
• Feds Can't Dodge ND's $38M Pipeline Protest Claims
• Ga. And Ala. Propose Deal To End Long-Running 'Water War'
• 5th Circ. Told Tesla Direct Sales Dispute Is A Political Issue
• Feds Ask 3rd Circ. To Protect NJ Wetlands Cleanup Settlement
• NY, Power Groups Back FERC In Grid Upgrade Rewards Fight
• Treasury Floats Regs For Clean Energy Manufacturing Credit
• Creditors Fear Fruit Grower's Admin Costs Won't Be Covered
• 'Brownfields' Definition Key To Energy Community Tax Credits
• ESG Investing Caught In Culture War Crosshairs In 2023
• No. 3 Justice Department Official To Step Down
• Deals Rumor Mill: Macy's, KKR, General Atlantic
• Sandbrook Capital Clinches $1.5B Climate Infrastructure Fund
• Crowell & Moring Adds Enviro Atty From Amazon In DC
• Claims Court Discredits Substance Of Contract Protest
• Lithium Mine Suit Ends After Tribes Skip Filing Amended Suit
• Paul Weiss, Linklaters Guide Carrier On $775M Fridge Biz Sale
• Inside CFTC's Latest Push To Regulate Carbon Markets
• Debevoise Reps Ara Partners On $3B Decarbonization Fund
• Biofuel Co. Secures €3.4M Award In Dutch Biogas Plant Fight
• BP Reclaims £32M From Ex-CEO Who Misled Board
• BP Taps Ex-Skadden Atty For New GC As Long-Time Head Departs
• Insurer Warns Of 2024 Geopolitical Challenges For Companies
• NJ Chemist's Bias, Retaliation Case Falls Short At 3rd Circuit
• Charity Can't Revive FCA Claim Over Climate Risk Disclosure
• How Clients May Use AI To Monitor Attorneys
• 3 Law Firm Practice Areas That Gained Popularity In 2023
• Climate Tech Co. Dimensional Grabs $20M In Series A
• Vale Denies Liability In BHP's £36B Dam Disaster Case
• Trina Says 9th Circ. Can Review Remand Order In $100M Suit
• Colo. Cattle Groups Sue State, Feds To Delay Wolf Releases
• Recycling Machines Crush Customs In Duty Row
• Consulting Firms Can't Escape Houston Cancer MDL Case
• Feds Want 11 Years For Nikola Founder's Stock Fraud
• Food Recycler Darling Wins In $29M M&A Tax Benefit Tiff
• Alaska Judge Joins Challenges Of Tongass Forest Protections
• Firefighter Wants Full 6th Circ. To Rehear Class PFAS Suit
• NM Nuke Storage Site Backs Fed Authority At 5th Circ.
• 23 States Tell Justices US Can't Sink Rio Grande Deal
• Fishing Groups Seek 1st Circ.'s Take On Vineyard Wind Farm
• Hurricane MDL Raises Questions About Certificate Rules
• Texas Says 5th Circ. Got Nuke Waste Storage Ruling Right
• Energy Sector Takeaways From Biden's AI Executive Order
• Insurer Says Oil Co. Not Covered For Contamination Suits
• Policy Excludes Princeton's Cleanup Costs, Insurer Says
• Mich. AG Turns To Shakespeare To Block Enbridge Appeal
• Texas Justices Take Up Post-Uri Power Scarcity Pricing Order
• Feds, States, Tribe Back Consent Decree With Gas Cos.
• EPA Says HFC Phasedown Challenge Wrongly Filed In Georgia
• Biden Would Veto Rulemaking Bill Citing 'Unnecessary Delays'
• Lessons From This Year's Landmark Green Energy IP Clash
• Judge Suggests Axing Case Over NC OSHA 'Incentive' Policy
• Pa. Energy Pro Returns Home To Steptoe & Johnson
• ESG Around The World: Singapore
• Kids Target EPA In New Constitutional Climate Suit
• Fla. Judge Scraps NPS' Removal Of Limits On Water Park Site
• Shell Slams Climate Group's Retooled Discovery Bid
• The Pop Culture Docket: Judge D'Emic On Moby Grape
• Latham Reps Occidental On $12B CrownRock Oil Deal
• Justices Won't Review Duke Energy's NC Lake Easement
• Justices Won't Revive EPA Air Finding Fight
• Trade Court Says Fish Import Case Belongs In District Court
• EPA Awards $7M For Remediation Job Training Programs
• Nikola Investors Fight Call For Del. SPAC Fraud Suit Toss
• Sierra Club Handed Loss In NH Coal Plant Permit Dispute
• Profs Warn Against Feds' Admin. Law Argument At 9th Circ.
• Enviro Orgs. To Drop Suit Over Axed Lithium Exploration
• Bankrupt Fruit Grower Cancels Auction With No Proper Bid
• SEC Defends Fraud Allegations Against Texas Oil CEO
• FTC Wants More Info On Chevron's $53B Hess Deal
• LyondellBasell, INEOS Cut $700M Deal For Ethylene Oxide Biz
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Performing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• No Shortage Of Action For Energy Deal-Makers In 2023
• Carrier Inks $5B Deal To Sell Security Biz To Honeywell
• Missouri's 'Games' Can't Save Anti-ESG Rules, SIFMA Says
• Biden Executive Order Reforms Tribal Funding Access
• Crystal Clean To Pay $1.2M To Settle Feds', States' Waste Suit
• NM Court Reins In Order On Challenged Oil, Gas Co. Permits
• Mich., Feds Settle With Scrap Metal Recycler On CAA Claims
• Judge Says Stay Of Bankrupt Union's Appeal Not Her Call
• 6th Circ. Judge Casts Skeptical Eye On Buy-Local Power Rule
• Kidde-Fenwal Cleared For Ch. 11 Sale Over Objections
• Pfizer Unit Agrees To Construct Floodplain At Superfund Site
• Green Tech And IP From Obama Through Biden: What's Next?
• Nantucket Org Urges 1st Circ. To Reject Wind Farm Defense
• EPA Says Florida Water Quality Criteria Outdated, Incomplete
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panera Bread, Neiman Marcus, Hahn & Co.
• PacifiCorp To Pay $300M Over 2020 Southwest Oregon Fires
• Del. Justices Ponder If Atty's Letter Was A Claim For Damages
• SEC's Climate Proposal Leads Rules Lined Up For 2024 Votes
• NC Panel Won't Disturb Smithfield Farm's Hog Waste Permit
• Climate Cases Belong In Federal Court, Oil Cos. Tell 4th Circ.
• Feds Can't Justify Gas Pipeline Safety Rules, DC Circ. Hears
• What US-Canada Critical Minerals Collab Means For Cos.
• Exxon Settles Novel Suit Over Tank Farm Climate Risk
• Breaking Down High Court's New Code Of Conduct
• States Seek To Void CWA's Expanded Permit Powers Rule
• Camp Lejeune Plaintiffs Say Law Allows For Jury Trials
• 9th Circ. Won't Reconsider Upholding EPA Pesticide Approval
• High Court's Chevron Review May Be A Crypto Game-Changer
• Wood Pellet Co. Leaders Face Investor Suit Over ESG Claims
• Groups Renew Fight To Block Willow Construction At 9th Circ.
• SEC Chair Warns Businesses Against AI Washing: 'Don't Do It'
• ​​​​​​​Chevron-Backed Renewable Oil JV Secures $16M DIP Loan
• Roberts Declines To Freeze Virginia Pipeline Construction
• Chicagoans Seek OK Of $12.25M Deal Over Toxic Demolition
• States Ask Justices To Ignore US Objections To Water Deal
• Monsanto Gets Roundup Carcinogen Suit Dismissed
• Texas Landlord, AIG Unit Settle Hail Damage Coverage Row
• Export-Import Bank Slammed As Major Fossil Fuel Financier
• Groups Want To Halt Fla. Development Over Species Concerns
• How New Expert Rules Are Already Changing Court Decisions
• Atlanta, Residents Spar Over Standing In 'Cop City' Row
• IRA Monetization Energizes Clean Power Tax Credit Market
• Full DC Circ. Won't Rethink Axed Utah Oil Rail Project
• Utah Groups File Suit Over Plan For World's Longest Gondola
• Legal Profession Gender Parity Requires Equal Parental Leave
• K&L Gates Adds DOJ Enviro, White Collar Attys In DC
• FTC Seeks More Info On $60B Pioneer, Exxon Deal
• Business Takeaways From Biden's Global Labor Rights Memo
• Recycling Co. Strategic Materials Hits Ch. 11 With $433M Debt
• Justices Weigh Limits Of Possible Ruling Against SEC Courts
• CFTC Offers Advice For Tackling Carbon Credit Fraud
• FirstEnergy Lands Stay In Investor Suit Over Bribery Scandal
• EPA's Ozone Plan Analysis Was Unfair, Texas Tells 5th Circ.
• Judge Grounds Airport's Bid To Keep PFAS Suit In Fed. Court
• Feds Say 5th Circ. Must Pause NM Nuke Storage Site Fight
• Rivian Investors Seek Class Cert. In Suit Against EV Maker
• Chevron-Backed Joint Venture Hits Ch. 11 With $29.7M In Debt
• Feds Must Rethink Army Water Plans In Ariz., 9th Circ. Says
• Gensler Says Coordination Possible With EU On Climate Regs
• ConocoPhillips Cleared To Work On Arctic Project This Winter
• Mont. Asks State High Court To Block Youth Climate Ruling
• Special Master Orders Travelers Atty To Sit For PFAS Depo
• Activist Wants EGain Sale, Slams CEO's 'Arrogant' Leadership
• Superfund Site Reopenings Carry Insured Risk, Opportunity
• State Says Goat Theft Decision Won't Break NC Jurisprudence
• EPA Coal Ash Moves Are New Rules, DC Circ. Told
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• WTO Climate Tools Carry Warning For EU Approach On Steel
• EPA Finalizes Stricter Methane Rules For Oil And Gas Sector
• DC Circ. Wary Of Attack On Shrimp Boat Rule's Drafting
• La. Judge Won't Nix Arbitration Order In $11M Hurricane Row
• Split 5th Circ. Says Texas Must Move Rio Grande Barrier
• Justices Call O'Connor 'American Hero,' 'Perfect Trailblazer'
• Former Clerks Say Justice O'Connor Still Worth Emulating
• Records Deletion Justifies Forest Service Redo, Enviros Say
• House Committee Pitches Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Bill
• 3rd Circ. Lets Rule Stand In Case Where FERC Deadlocked
• Mich. Commission OKs Enbridge's Line 5 Pipeline Tunnel
• Mich. Couple Can't Shake Town's Illegal Animal Farm Suit
• Legal Lessons From Past World Cups To Keep In Mind For '26
• New Regs Will Strengthen Voluntary Carbon Offset Market
• 4 Decisions For Which Justice O'Connor Will Be Remembered
• Justice O'Connor Shattered Barriers, Built Bridges
• Feds Unveil 'Foreign Entity' Guidance For EV Tax Credit
• Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman On Supreme Court, Dies
• Writing Thriller Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer