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Environmental - July, 2024

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• EPA Looks To Dismiss States' Water Rule Challenge
• After Sackett, A Colorado Town Grapples With Its Wetlands
• EPA Floats Ban On Many Uses Of Carcinogen 1-BP
• Historical Association Backs Tribes In SunZia Power Line Row
• Metal Recycler Loses Contract Fight With Shredder Co.
• Separate Easement Contribution Docs Critical, IRS Atty Says
• Corteva Unit Ordered To Search 110K Boxes For PFAS Docs
• Navigating Antitrust Considerations In ESG Collaborations
• How To Grow Marketing, Biz Dev Teams In A Tight Market
• Willkie-Led Silver Hill Secures $1.13B For 4th Fund
• 5th Circ. Slams Injunction Against Texas In Buoy Fight
• Texas Border Buoy Trial Must Go On, Judge Says
• 2024 Product Liability Areas To Watch
• Colo. Justices Step Into Boulder Climate Change Case
• DC Circ. Must Block EPA Mercury Rule, Challengers Say
• Monsanto PCB Plaintiffs Say Expert Can Survive Appeals Loss
• High Court Ruling Dooms EPA Smog Plan, DC Circ. Told
• 10th Circ. Shields Feds From Fire Mismanagement Suit
• Exxon Loses Bid For Avangrid Docs In Mass. Climate Suit
• DC Circ. Tosses FERC's OK Of Northeast Pipeline Expansion
• No Damage Needed To Replace NJ Beach House, Panel Says
• GAO Denies Protest Over Invasive Species Control Contract
• DC Circ. Wants Chevron Ruling Addressed In GHG Case
• Camp Lejeune Judge Limits Settlement Details In Hearings
• Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Bradley Arant Adds Energy Atty In Atlanta From Boutique
• What Chevron's End Means For How Congress Does Business
• Chemical Groups Say Chevron Sinks EPA Ethylene Oxide Rule
• NIST Lays Out 200+ Ways To Tackle Generative AI Risks
• Gas Refinery Co. On Hook For Worker's $1.6M Injury Award
• County's Pipeline Sinkhole Suit Too Late, Contractor Says
• USPS Backs Oshkosh's Sealing Bid In New Vehicle Plan Case
• Feds Strike $7M Deal With Co. In Emissions-Cheating Suit
• EPA, Army Reveal Joint PFAS Sampling Project
• Magistrate Eyes Cuts To Norfolk Southern Investors' Suit
• Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step
• Utilities Seek 8th Circ. Freeze Of Power Plant Effluent Rule
• Clean Energy Tax Credit Sales Could Hit $25B, Report Says
• 6th Circ. Revives Challenge Of Clean Water Rule
• Farmworkers' Children, Corteva Settle Pesticide Injury Claims
• Puerto Rico Fiscal Board Sues To Stop Solar Panel Bill
• DC Circ. Vacates EPA's Biofuel Exemptions Denial
• EU Calls For Dispute Talks Over Taiwan's Wind Farm Policy
• EV Group Seeks To Defend Fuel Economy Rule In 6th Circ.
• Feds Invest $240M In Pacific Tribal Fish Hatchery Efforts
• Power Groups Join Bid To Stay EPA Plant Rule At High Court
• What Cos. Should Know About New Global Plastics Regs
• Washington Cases To Watch 2024: A Midyear Report
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Seattle, Monsanto Ink $160M Deal Over PCBs In Duwamish
• Monsanto Says Appellate Win Should Stave Off Next PCB Trial
• NC High Court Signals End To College Building Access Row
• Lawmakers Take Stab At Energy Permitting As Election Looms
• Solvay Wants Arkema To Cover Some Of NJ PFAS Deal
• California Disses Chamber's Climate Compliance Attack
• 1st Circ. Leery Of Fishing Industry Challenge To Wind Farm
• Justices Urged To Hear Red State Bid To End Climate Torts
• Alaska Sues To Block Federal Land Conservation Rule
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives Roadside Attraction Challenges
• Texas Can Pursue 'Invasion' Defense In River Barrier Row
• EPA OIG Says Texas, Calif. Pollution Sources Need Oversight
• IRS, Zaxby's Co-Founder To Settle $43M Easement Suit
• The Rise Of State And Local Environmental Leadership
• FERC Can't Give Pipeline More Time, Green Groups Say
• How Hinckley Allen Took On Rhode Island Beach-Access Law
• Exxon Loses Bid To Ditch Conn. Climate Change Fraud Suit
• Eggland's Best Accused Of Lying About Hens' 'Pleasant' Digs
• Pfizer's Fuel Cells Can't Be Taxed, Conn. Justices Rule
• Coal Ash Crusade An Ongoing Battle For The EPA
• Boulder Wants Suncor Back In Colorado Climate Suit
• Navajo Coal Co. Appeals FINRA Arbitration Order In $11M Fight
• 5 Tips For Solar Cos. Navigating Big Shifts In US Trade Policy
• Liberty Mutual Gets $2.4M Oil Contamination Row Trimmed
• IRS Sets Criteria For Carbon Capture Credit Life Cycle Report
• Firm Says Water District Advice Was 'Black And White' Good
• Unions, Energy Groups Back Enbridge 6th Circ. Rehearing Bid
• EPA Moving Toward New Regulations For 5 Chemicals
• Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Knives Out For Another Pro-Agency Landmark After Chevron
• EPA Must Ban PFAS In Pesticides, Environmental Groups Say
• EPA Tells 5th Circ. Louisiana Can't Stall Chemical Regulation
• Oshkosh Says USPS Followed NEPA With New Vehicle Plan
• Sidley, Cooley Craft Filter Maker's $1B Sale To IDEX Corp.
• Labor Dept. ESG Rule May Survive Chevron's Demise
• House Panel Weighs New Rail Safety Regs After East Palestine
• Red States Seek High Court Stay Of EPA Power Plant Rule
• Feds Get OK To Seek Title To ND Riverbed For Mineral Rights
• LA Sued Over Illegal Pollutant Discharges In San Pedro Bay
• Half-Truths Vs. Omissions: Slicing Justices' Macquarie Cake
• Feds Urge Final Toss Of Youths' Constitutional Climate Suit
• Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity
• 3 Areas Of Enforcement Risk Facing The EV Industry
• Stay Of Power Plant Mercury Rule Unwarranted, EPA Says
• Senate Dems Roll Out Bill To Codify Chevron Deference
• EPA Says High Court's Chevron Ruling Doesn't Doom Air Rule
• 'Surface Water' Stumps Mass. Justices In Loss For Insurers
• Chemours Loses 3rd Circ. Fight Over EPA Water Advisories
• No Injunction For Co.'s DQ From Habitat Restoration Deal
• Conn. PFAS Judge Needs More Info Before Deciding Toss Bid
• EPA Awards $4.3B In Grants For Climate Change Projects
• Michigan's Cases To Watch 2024: A Midyear Report
• San Fran Tells Justices EPA Water Regs Are Like Bad Soup
• Insurer Says Bank Must Pay Its $1.1M Drawdown Request
• How Cos. Should Handle Research Org.'s Carcinogen Evals
• DuPont, NC To Drop Docs Dispute In 'Forever Chemicals' Case
• NC State Resolves Cancer Patient's Fight To Test Building
• NY Appeals Court Revives Cayuga Lake PFAS Suit
• Keeping Up With Carbon Capture Policy In The US And EU
• Biofuel Groups Back EPA Fuel Regs In DC Circ. Fight
• Fried Frank, Skadden Steer $2B Sale Of Dover's ESG Biz
• Utility, Attys 'Colluded' On $178M Ore. Wildfire Deal, Court Told
• More Airwaves Needed For Power Grid Upgrades, FCC Told
• Pa. Justices Let Enviro Groups Join Cap-And-Trade Fray
• DC Circ. Upholds EPA's Revised Biogas Accounting Rules
• DC Circ. Sides With FERC In Wind Farm Hookup Cost Fight
• Signature Gatherers Must Comply With Mich. Election Law
• NJ Towns Not Liable For Water Contaminants, Panel Rules
• New State Climate Liability Laws: What Companies Must Know
• DC Circ. Won't Block EPA Power Plant Emissions Rule
• DuPont Loses 2nd Bid To Dodge EPA Air Pollution Lawsuit
• EU Investor-State Dispute Transparency Rules: Key Points
• Occidental Could Sell $3.6B CrownRock Stake To Ecopetrol
• 5th Circ. Remands ESG Rule Row Citing Chevron's End
• Tribes Move Step Closer To $5B Water Rights Settlement
• DOE Plans $861M Support For PR Solar, Storage Project
• 9th Circ. Signals Support For Alaska Salmon Fishery
• Enviro Groups Deploy Chevron Ruling In Pipeline Case
• State Of 2024 Energy Dealmaking: Midyear Report
• 6th Circ. Looks To Wash Hands Of Waters Of US Appeal
• Democrats Float Prison Environmental Health Bill
• Refiner, Distributor To Pay $1M Fine In EPA Biofuel Case
• Despite Calif. Delays, Climate Disclosure Rules Are Coming
• Consumers Hit CenterPoint With 2nd Class Action Over Beryl
• Judge With Lake Property Exits $217M Dam Repair Tax Suit
• King & Spalding Guides Quanta's $1.5B Cupertino Buy
• Rising Star: V&E's Corinne Snow
• Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Intra-EU Enforcement Trends
• EPA Disputes High Court Link To Texas Clean Air Act Case
• MTA Sued For Bus Service Cuts After Congestion Plan Nixed
• Lawmakers Say Bid To Toss Monument Suit Is A 'Red Herring'
• DOE Says Challenge Of $1.1B Diablo Canyon Award Must Fail
• NC Must Use Smithfield Foods Funds For Schools, Judge Says
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Jim Dolphin
• Monsanto Philly Roundup Victory Preserved After Trial
• New Mexico Adds Superfund Claims To PFAS Suit Against US
• Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism
• Colombia Ducks Damages In Eco Oro's $700M Mining Claim
• Calif. Tribe Awarded $8.2M Over Destruction Of Cultural Site
• DC Circ. Knocks La. Site FERC Order, Tosses LNG Export Row
• Enbridge Seeks 6th Circ. Rehearing In Venue Dispute
• Solar Co. Cites Macquarie In Fight Against Investor Suit
• Influencer's Forest Pics Not 'Work Activity,' 10th Circ. Rules
• Texas Says Maritime Expert Shouldn't Testify In Barrier Fight
• What Happens After Hawaii Kids' Historic Climate Deal
• Pollution Settlement Will Work To Restore Wash. River Habitat
• Pentagon, GSA Seek 'Record-Setting' Clean Energy Projects
• Puerto Rico Launches Climate Suit Against Fossil Fuel Cos.
• The 2024 Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• Rising Star: Napoli Shkolnik's Coral Odiot
• These Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Big Business May Come To Rue The Post-Administrative State
• Biggest Transportation Decisions: Midyear 2024 Review
• Tribes Fight Red States' Bid To Halt EPA Water Rule
• Green Groups, Industry Spar Over Feds' Offshore Leasing Plan
• Farm, Fuel Groups Challenge Feds' Land Conservation Rule
• CenterPoint To Face Class Action Over Beryl Power Outages
• La., Miss. Utility Regulators Launch FERC Grid Policy Fight
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Some HVAC Patent Claims In Google Fight
• 9th Circ. Won't Review Toss Of Youths' Climate Case
• 4th Circ. Rejects Couple's $5.1M Easement Deduction
• NHTSA Fuel Economy Suits Consolidated In 6th Circ.
• Ariz. Rancher Says Monument Order A 'Regulatory Regime'
• Lululemon's Sustainability Ads Are 'Greenwashing,' Suit Says
• Okla. Tribes Agree To Share Hunting, Fishing Rights
• Auto Defect Suits Taxing Mich. Court Resources, Judge Says
• Carl Sagan Co. Drops TM Fight Over Astronomer's Name
• After Chevron: A Sea Change For Maritime Sector
• Neoprene Maker Tells 5th Circ. Louisiana Can Stall EPA Rule
• 6th Circ. Unsure If Philips Glass Pollution Suit Time-Barred
• Military Families Fight Gov't Bid To Slash Fuel Leak Payout
• Waste Site Ruling Must Be Undone, Nuke Group Tells Justices
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates
• Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Lana Rowenko
• US Wins $15B Keystone Cancellation Case
• Tips For Implementing EU Sustainability Reporting Guidance
• Law360 Names 2024's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Rising Star: Beveridge & Diamond's Megan Morgan
• Loper Bright Is Shaking Up Dozens Of Regulatory Fights
• 5 Firms Steer Chinese EV Co.'s $1B SPAC Merger
• DC Circ. Upholds FCC Approval Of SpaceX Satellite Plan
• Tire Cos. Can't Pause Fish-Harming Chemical Suit
• Lawmakers Unveil $1B Water Infrastructure Bill For Ariz. Tribe
• Tribes, Enviro Orgs. Say Mining Exec's Retirement Moots Suit
• American Airlines Pilot Pushes For $16M Win After ERISA Trial
• After Chevron: Creating New Hurdles For ESG Rulemaking
• Feds Ignoring Idle Offshore Oil Well Risks, Green Group Says
• Biggest Colorado Decisions Of 2024: A Midyear Report
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Electronics Co.'s COVID $100M Loss Appeal
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes & Gray, Cravath, Latham
• FTC Eyes $23B ConocoPhillips Deal Amid Mass Consolidation
• 8th Circ. OKs Toxic Gas Injury Win, But Cuts Award By $30M
• Calif. Tribe Seeks $8.2M For Cultural Site Destruction
• $1M Fine 'Substantial' In Wash. Dam Settlement, Judge Says
• Oil Giants Defeat City Of Baltimore's Climate Change Claims
• Judge Grants Tesoro Injunction In Pipeline Fight With Feds
• Marathon Oil To Pay $241.5M Over North Dakota Emissions
• California Adds A Novel Twist To State Suits Against Big Oil
• Criminal Enforcement Considerations For Gov't Contractors
• States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions
• Calif. Customers Sue Toyota Over Hydrogen Fuel Scarcity
• Coca-Cola Faces Revised Suit Over PFAS In Juice Products
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Paramount Global, Carlyle
• EPA Grants Petition On Plastic Container PFAS
• How Attorneys Can Reduce Bad Behavior At Deposition
• Biden Floats $2B To Drive US Auto Industry's EV Pivot
• Roundup Cancer Case Revived By Oregon Appellate Panel
• Energy Cos., States Seek Review Of Calif. Emissions Decision
• ​GOP Bombards Agencies With Demands After Chevron's End
• Utah Goes 'Too Far' In Seeking Order Clarity, Tribe Says
• 3rd Circ. Questions Authority Of Fish Management Councils
• Mont. High Court Weighs Youths' Right To Sue In Climate Case
• FERC Rule Is A Big Step Forward For Transmission Planning
• Rural Broadband Org. Calls For Speedier Permitting Process
• Mich. County Fights To Keep $217M Edenville Dam Repair Tax
• NC Utility's PFAS Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Kirkland, Skadden Steer $1.8B Honeywell Natural Gas Biz Deal
• Insurer, Property Cos. Settle Lead Poisoning Coverage Suit
• DC Circ. Won't Block EPA Methane Rule
• Solving Puzzles Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• DOI Pledges $120M For Tribal Climate Resiliency Efforts
• Fuel Groups Ask Justices To Revisit Calif. Clean Air Act Waiver
• 'Plain English, Graphics, Pictures': Enviro Policy Post-Chevron
• DC Circ. Sends EPA Chemical Test Order Back For Review
• Bill Would Approve Largest Tribal Water Rights Settlement
• Texas Refinery Says EPA Needs To Rule On CAA Exception
• Experts Lose EPA Scientific Panel 'Echo Chamber' Lawsuit
• North Carolina PFAS Plaintiffs Want Cost Study To Stay Public
• After Chevron: Environmental Law May Face Hurdles
• CNA Seeks Toss Of Lockheed's Contamination Coverage Suit
• House Dems Seek Info From DOI Over Alleged Shale Cartel
• Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice
• Maryland, SC Tell 4th Circ. PFAS Suits Belong In State Courts
• DOD Likely To Need More Time To Nix PFAS Firefighting Foam
• Fla. Agrees To Stronger CWA Protections For Piney Point Site
• Gas Cos. To Pay $1M For Emissions Leaks At Colo. Plant
• Tire Cos. Say Fishing Groups' Claims Fall Flat In ESA Row
• 3rd Circ. Backs Pa. In Transco's Pipeline Permit Review Fight
• Biotech Co. Alleges Arbitrator Conflict In Patent Award Fight
• Maple Leaf Must Go The Way Of Chevron, Solar Cos. Say
• FDIC Downgrades Green-Focused Bank On CRA Exam
• Mining Co. Looks To Annul Romania's Arbitration Fees
• Ga. County Won't 'Sit On Its Hindquarters' In Battery Fire Fight
• BLM Faces Challenges To Alaska Oil Reserve Protections
• Electrifying Transportation With Public-Private Partnerships
• Kirkland-Led Devon To Buy Grayson's Williston Biz For $5B
• Navigating The New Rise Of Greenwashing Litigation
• In Memoriam: The Modern Administrative State
• Landowners Defend Wyo. Antitrust Claims Against Anadarko
• Judge Says Michigan Not Immune From Enbridge's Line 5 Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Touch $9.7M College Hurricane Coverage Win
• How Reshaped Circuit Courts Are Faring At The High Court
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• High Court Flexes Muscle To Limit Administrative State
• 5 Moments That Shaped The Supreme Court's Jan. 6 Decision
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
• Trade Groups Sue Denver Over Gas Stove Ban
• 2024 Global M&A, Mega-Deal Values Outpacing 2023
• Judge Rips High-Rise's 'Remarkable' $8.5M Coverage Pursuit
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• Farmworkers Union Wins Partial Block Of DOL Wage Rules
• Unilateral Climate Policies Threaten Trade, WTO Deputy Says
• How High Court Approached Time Limit On Reg Challenges
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Ponzi Scheme, Merck Vaccine Heat Up July
• Expect The Unexpected: Contracts For Underground Projects
• How To Clean Up Your Generative AI-Produced Legal Drafts
• Enviva Execs Individually Escape ESG Investor Action
• Ind. Panel OKs Coverage For Taiwanese Chemical Co. Owners
• Sandy Cleanup Workers Agree To End Prevailing Wage Suit
• Appliance Co. Must Face Stove Pollutant Risk Claims
• Monsanto Ducks Roundup Case As Philly Plaintiff Withdraws
• Canadian IPO Market Remained Largely 'Deserted' In First Half
• GM Inks EPA Emissions Settlement, Removes Carbon Credits
• Solar Biz Says Duty Circumvention Probe Ignored Contractors
• Feds Must Act On Right Whale Protections, Green Groups Say
• After Chevron Deference: What Lawyers Need To Know
• Boxing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Tribal Nations Want In On Red States' Water Rule Dispute
• What NYC's Green Fast Track Means For Affordable Housing
• Travelers Says No Coverage For Energy Co.'s Enviro Dispute
• Northrop Must Face 3K Homeowner Class Over Contamination
• Judge Says Feds Exceeded Question Limit In Pollution Suit
• DLA Piper Hires Former Goodwin Corporate Partner In DC
• Enbridge, Tribes Spar Over Payout In Pipeline Trespass Row
• Justices Revive FERC Solar Fight, Citing Chevron Ruling
• Flint Needs State Help After Years Of Pipe Delays, Judge Says
• Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron
• The Commercial Real Estate Q&A's You Can't Miss
• Data Analysis Shows Swift Influx In EPA Brownfield Grants
• Alaska Village Hits Army Corps With Gold Mine Permit Suit
• 3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making Law After Chevron
• After Chevron
• Interior Dept. OKs Atlantic Shores South Wind Project
• High Court's 1-2 Punch Sets Up Long-Standing Regs For KO
• Red States Get Biden Admin's LNG Export Pause Halted
• Washington State, Tribes Can Wade Into Water Regs Dispute
• W.Va. Homeowner's Depreciation Suit Survives Dismissal
• Gas Co. Not Covered For Pollution MDL, NY Court Rules
• Metals Recycler Strikes $170M Go-Public SPAC Merger
• EPA To Clean Up Middle Of Gowanus Canal Superfund Site
• EPA Inks Deal To Take Action On States' Haze Plans
• After Chevron: Expect Few Changes In ITC Rulemaking
• Reform NEPA To Speed Mining Permits, Clean Energy Shift
• Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News: 2024 Midyear Report
• Atty Well-Being Efforts Ignore Root Causes Of The Problem
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Enbridge Tells Michigan Judge To Speed Up Pipeline Ruling
• EV Charging Co. Strikes $3.75M Deal With Investors
• Calif. Long-Tail Ruling Continues Policyholder-Friendly Trend
• Supreme Court Widens Window To Challenge Federal Regs