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Environmental - November, 2024

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• Law Firm's Ads Irrelevant To Toxic Tort Case, Plaintiffs Say
• Texas Tells 5th Circ. EPA Botched Ozone Compliance Orders
• GOP-Led States Accuse BlackRock Of Driving Up Coal Prices
• Illinois Top Court Will Decide Fate Of $7B Power Line Permit
• EPA Mercury Rule Is Fatally Flawed, DC Circ. Told
• EPA Asks DC Circ. To Keep Emissions Rules In Place
• Service Providers Must Mitigate 'Secondary Target' Risks
• Trump Nominees Receive Bomb Threats, Feds Say
• Utah, Farm Groups Can't Reopen Bears Ears Monument Case
• Tossing Uri Consumers' Claims Stifles 'Growth,' Justice Says
• NY Groups, Truckers Say Congestion Pricing Unconstitutional
• Claims Court Won't Let US Slip Landowners' Flooding Suit
• Delta's Preemption Stance Flops In Seattle Jet Pollution Suit
• EPA Asks Justices Not To Block Coal Ash Rule
• Mohawk Sues PFAS Manufacturers For Fraud
• FTC Actions In Oil Cases Go Against Its Own Rulemaking
• How Global Data Center Regs May Influence US Policies
• NC Governor Says $227M Hurricane Relief Bill 'Plays Politics'
• Maine Launches Climate Fraud Suit Against Oil Giants
• EPA Overstepped With Methane Control Rule, DC Circ. Told
• Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Illinois Landowners Blast FERC Moves On $7B Power Line
• Chemical Co. Demands Defense Coverage In PFAS Foam MDL
• River Group Sues Pa. Silver Refiner Over Water Pollution
• Swinomish Tribe Wants In On Tidegate Opinion Fight
• FHWA Says Rule Doesn't 'Compel' States To Lower Emissions
• GATX Rips Norfolk Southern's Bid To Shift Derailment Liability
• Monsanto Attacks 'Frankenstein' Ruling In $185M PCB Verdict
• Calif. Gov. Promises EV Tax Credit If Trump Axes Federal
• Post-Election Implications For The EPA's Methane Rules
• $65M Deal In Texas Drilling Suit Gets Final OK
• Housing Project Will Pollute Public Water, Conn. City Says
• Kirkland, Milbank Shape $3.5B Blackstone-EQT Corp. JV
• Kennedys Gets Green Light For Net-Zero Goal
• Solar Co. Ex-CEO Attys Say DQ Request 'Untethered To Facts'
• Justices Pass On Ex-Atty's Puerto Rico Bribery Appeal
• Trump Makes Picks For FDA, CDC And Surgeon General
• Pam Bondi's 'Greatest Hits' As Florida Attorney General
• EPA Targets Stationary Combustion Turbine NOx Emissions
• Chemical Co.'s PFAS Coverage Suit In SC Gets Tossed
• New Congress Could Undo Rules On Drinking Water, Methane
• Hunting Groups Sue Colo. Wildlife Regulators Over Editorial
• Manhattan Project Waste Suit Sent Back To Mich. State Court
• Bulgaria Looks To Nix $61M Renewable Energy Award Suit
• Feds Slam Utah High Court Case Over Fed. Land Ownership
• Port Operators Can't Join Suit Over Delaware River Project
• Mich. Justices Want To Know If 3M Water Challenge Is Moot
• Insurer Owes $4.5M For Water Damage, Wash. HOA Says
• PFAS Foam MDL Attys Score $95.8M For Tyco, BASF Deals
• Bondi Vowed Trump Payback. Ex-Colleagues Aren't Worried.
• LA Power Dept. Inks $60M Settlement Over Valley Gas Leak
• EPA, Pa. Nab $5.3M In Penalties Against Oil, Gas Producers
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer
• Ex-Invenergy Atty Joins McDermott's Energy Team In DC
• Greens Sue Army Corps Over San Jacinto River Barge Project
• FirstEnergy Investors Slam Ex-Execs' Info 'Bogeyman' Story
• FERC Heeds States' Worries With Grid Planning Policy Rewrite
• DOD Needs To Do More To Fix Military Housing, OIG Says
• Judge Suggests 1st Circ. Should Hear Lobster Tracking Case
• Fuel Economy Regs Are Unlawful Path To EVs, 6th Circ. Told
• DC Circ. Judges Disagree On Standing In Drilling Permit Suit
• EPA Beats Calif. Suit Over Pesticide-Coated Seed Exemption
• Trump Selects Ex-Fla. AG Pam Bondi As New AG Pick
• EPA Announces National Strategy To Tackle Plastic Pollution
• EPA Floats New Draft Framework On Cumulative Impacts
• Sherwin-Williams Wants Pause In NJ Pollution Suit
• California Tribe Looks To Increase Trinity River Water Flows
• Phillips 66 Charged With Dumping Wastewater In LA County
• Justices Urged To Uphold Alaska Beachfront Boundary Ruling
• Feds Outline Next Steps For Colo. River Basin Agreement
• Pa. Enviro Hearing Board Can Sanction Atty, Court Affirms
• Newell Brands Wants Baby Bottle Microplastics Suit Tossed
• House Appropriations Deputy Staff Director Moves To H&K
• 2 Energy Transition-Focused SPACs Raise $210M Combined
• PE Posting Near-Record Megadeal Numbers, Report Shows
• 3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less
• SEC Chair Gensler To Step Down When Trump Takes Office
• House Dems Tell Gorsuch To Recuse Over NEPA Case Conflict
• Gaetz Ends AG Bid, Citing 'Distraction' To Trump Transition
• 8 Tech Tips For Stress-Free Remote Depositions
• Musk, Ramaswamy Say High Court Rulings OK Federal Cuts
• 9th Circ. Judge Asks How Loper Bright Impacts EPA Fine Case
• Arizona Governor Settles Tribal Water Rights Claims
• GM Can't Get Full 6th Circ. Redo Of Duramax Emissions Case
• Tribe Fights Ore. Irrigation District At 9th Circ. Over Water Use
• Va. Gov. Can't Exit Carbon Trading Program, Judge Says
• FERC Says There's No Need To Ref Mich. Grid Upgrade Fight
• Split Ohio Supreme Court OKs Power Co.'s Herbicide Use
• 11th Circ. Told Everglades Project Will Reduce Water Supplies
• Texas Offers Up Land To Help Trump's Mass Deportation Plan
• FERC Made Climate Case For Tennessee Pipeline, DC Circ. Told
• 3 Law Firms Can't Dodge TCPA Suit Over Camp Lejeune Claims
• What Trump Presidency May Mean For Climate Reporting
• Expect Surging Oil And Gas Industry Under New Trump Admin
• Bill Aimed At Creating Ga.'s First National Park Moves Ahead
• Monsanto's Bid To Pause PCB Trial Again Shot Down
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive Fla. Cancer Cluster Suit
• Wash. Tribe Looks To Ax Wildlife Refuge Protection Suit
• Trump DOT Pick Puts Highway, Road Rebuilds Back In Focus
• Neb. AG Expands Electric Trucks Fight To Volvo, Daimler
• Feds Defend BLM Authority In States' Methane Rule Challenge
• Fish & Wildlife Settles Claims It Polluted Property
• After Biden-Era Rebuild, EPA Staff Brace For Trump Term 2
• Condo Says Insurer Underpaid By $19M After Hurricane Ian
• SEC Action Indicates Continued Focus On ESG Disclosures
• LA Waterkeeper Sues Union Pacific Over Pollution Controls
• Ga. Panel Says 190-Year-Old Marshland Grant Is Valid
• Utah Counties, Feds Ask Justices To Restore Rail Oil Project
• Unjust PJM Power Auction Rules Must Be Redone, FERC Told
• 4 Ways Attorneys Can Emotionally Prepare For Trial
• The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule
• Treasury Finalizes Partnership Tax Credit 'Direct Pay' Regs
• Trump Taps Fox Host Sean Duffy For Transportation Secretary
• 3M Can't Add DuPont, Others To PFAS Water RICO Fight
• Enviros Sue Feds Over CSX Railroad Rebuild In River Gorge
• Trump DOE Pick Signals Funding Flux For Clean Energy Cos.
• EPA Has No Choice But To Rethink Smog Rule, DC Circ. Told
• 8th Circ. Set For Arguments In Oil Lease Termination Row
• Key Plaintiff Litigation Strategies For Silicosis Lawsuits
• Snyder Aide Expands Suit Over Flint Water Crisis Prosecution
• Presidential Campaign Errors Provide Lessons For Trial Attys
• Pa. DEP Seeks OK For $1.3M CERCLA Deal At Chemical Site
• Pa. AG-Elect Likely To Target AI, Robocalls And Opioids
• DC Circ.'s White House NEPA Upheaval Sends Shockwaves
• Evian Wins Ax Of False Ad Suit As NY Judge Reverses Self
• EPA Watchdog Flags Drinking Water Cybersecurity Risks
• Judge Doubts Wildfire Trial Plan Would Hurt Some Plaintiffs
• GAO Says EPA Must Act On Waste Sites' Climate Risks
• FERC Ignored Calif. Hydro Permitting Mischief, DC Circ. Told
• Wis. Agency Issues Permits To Reroute Enbridge Pipeline
• FERC Can't Justify Pipeline Project Extension, DC Circ. Told
• Detroit 'Rain Tax' Stormwater Fees Upheld By Appellate Court
• Ga. Attys Named Co-Class Counsel In BioLab Fire Suit
• What's Still Up In The Air After Ruling On Calif. Climate Laws
• Oil Terminal Co. Offers $2M To End Falsified-Inspection Claims
• HOA's Insurer Says Pool Chemical Injury Suits Aren't Covered
• Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 4 Oil Giants Invest $500M To Boost Global Energy Access
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, MoFo, Gibson Dunn
• Cos. Should Inventory Issues To Prep For New Congress
• NC AG Wins Early Halt Of Alleged Helene Price-Gouging
• Sterilization Co. Cosmed Hits Ch. 11 Amid Cancer Claims
• Trump Picks ND Gov. To Lead Interior Dept.
• Florida AG Says FEMA Failed Trump Supporters After Storms
• Trade Groups Back Red States In EPA Water Rule Dispute
• Biden Admin Backs Controversial Alaskan Land Swap, Road
• Split 5th Circ. Affirms SEC's Kroger Proxy Decision
• NY Gov. Brings Back Manhattan Congestion Pricing Plan
• EPA Expands List of Solvent Risks, Targets Tire Chem Rules
• Boeing Could Sell Navigation Unit For $6B, And More Rumors
• Conservation Easement Cases Weave Web Of Uncertainty
• Ovintiv Buys Montney Assets For $2.4B, Sells Others For $2B
• Gaetz's Slim Legal Resume Raises Concerns Over AG Role
• Fake Bear, Real Fraud: Calif. Arrests 4 In Insurance Scheme
• Trump Fossil Fuel Focus Won't End Interest In Clean Energy
• EPA's New Lead Pipe Rule Leaves Key Questions Unanswered
• Trump Picks RFK Jr. To Lead Health & Human Services
• What To Expect From State AGs As Federal Control Changes
• So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?
• Conn. PFAS Judge Vexed By 'Messy' Pollution Source Query
• A 3M PFAS Win Could Be Hollow, Mich. Justice Suggests
• Md. Electricity 'Greenwashing' Law Is A Muzzle, Judge Told
• Indigenous Groups Can Join Colombia's Fight With Glencore
• EPA Tells DC Circ. That Mercury Rule Is Sound
• Judge To Confirm Ambri Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan
• LNG Co. Says Full DC Circ. Must Revive Texas Project
• NC Wetlands Developer Wants 4th Circ. To Revive Projects
• In SF Water Case, Justices Signal How Loper May Be Applied
• Trump Rollback Of Biden Enviro Policies: What To Expect
• Mass. AG Ready To Reprise Office's Role As Trump Foil
• Trump Taps DOJ Critic Matt Gaetz For Attorney General
• EPA Effluent Rule Is Fatally Flawed, 8th Circ. Told
• Trump Taps Elon Musk To Head New 'Gov't Efficiency' Dept.
• Ga. Judge Tosses Feral Horses Island Enviro Suit
• Trump Pick To Lead EPA Is Loyal, Would Learn On The Job
• Split DC Circ. Says White House Can't Issue NEPA Regs
• Mich. High Court Snapshot: 3M's PFAS Fight, Detroit Fire Fees
• Kentucky Plunges Into 2nd Challenge To Waters Of US Rule
• Wash. Labor Dept. Wants Out Of Union's Farm Wage Claims
• Feds Want Pasadena Claims Tossed In Caltech Pollution Suit
• EPA Finalizes Waste Emissions Charge For Oil, Gas Facilities
• Trump's 'Pro-Business' Agenda Could Be A Boon For M&A
• Nuke Discharge Law Doesn't Usurp Feds, NY Says
• Why K-Cup Claims Landed Keurig In Hot Water With SEC
• Skadden Adds Former Solar Company General Counsel In DC
• Supreme Court Won't Revive Youth Climate Suit
• Shell Gets Dutch Climate Emissions Ruling Overturned
• Legislation Most Likely To Pass In Lame Duck Session
• LA Waterkeeper Claims BNSF Polluted Waters For Years
• Trump's Election Swings The Energy Policy Pendulum Again
• Invesco To Pay SEC $17.5M Over Misleading ESG Statements
• Water Utility Hits PVC Pipe Makers With Price-Fixing Suit
• Monsanto Judge Pushes Sanction 'Distraction' To After Trial
• Atlanta's 'Cop City' Nears Completion, Outrunning The Courts
• Ga. Judge Sets 2nd Trial Plan For Solar Farm Damages Fight
• NYC Water Worker Alleges Retaliation For Off-Duty Pot Use
• NH Defends Feds' White Mountain Logging Projects
• NC Forest Service Workers Defend OT Wage Suit Win
• ND Wants To Back Feds In Dakota Access Pipeline Row
• Kentucky Utility Asks High Court To Stay EPA Coal Ash Rule
• Special Master Recommends $7.8M For Flint Plaintiffs' Attys
• Landowners Ink $6.5M Deal To Cap Inactive Gas Wells
• White & Case Adds Life Sciences IP Atty From A&O Shearman
• Experienced Dealmakers Lead 3 SPACs Raising $365M Total
• NC Furniture-Maker Demands Hurricane Helene Coverage
• Gov't Union Continues Organizing Push For DOJ Attys
• Judge Will Give Solar Co. $3M Interim Lifeline In Ch. 11
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals
• Plastics Industry Can't Stop Calif. AG's Pollution Subpoena
• W.Va. Coal Mine Held In Contempt Again Over Pollution
• NM Tribe Settles Land Claim Dispute With Feds
• 7th Circ. Sends Refuge Power Line Fight Back To Wis. Judge
• Apache Say 'Stakes Are Clear' In Oak Flat Land Dispute
• Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers
• Attys For Solar Co. Ex-CEO Should Be DQ'd, Plaintiffs Say
• Ex-Cop, Brother Admit Energy Contract Kickback Scheme
• Calif. Gov. Lays Groundwork To Fight Trump Policies In Court
• Shook Hardy Adds Former Assistant Illinois AG
• Louisiana Says EPA Usurped State Power In Pollution Row
• Dissecting New Circuit Split Over SEC's Proxy Adviser Rule
• Ex-GE Affiliate Cleared In Bellwether Chemical Leak Verdict
• Paul Hastings Lands Morgan Lewis Enviro Litigator In Dallas
• Trump's Win Likely To Spur Deals For Capital Markets Attys
• DOI Signs Bison Conservation Pact With Canada And Mexico
• Alaska Asks 9th Circ. To Roll Back Ringed Seal Protections
• Customers Look To Preserve Lead Class Action Against AT&T
• Calif. Truckers Seek Scrub Of State's New Emissions Rule
• NC Agencies Say Forest Service Workers' OT Is Straight Time
• Solar Companies Reach $6M Deal In Employee Poaching Suit
• The Unfolding Potential of Green Hydrogen In Brazil
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata
• Poultry Cos. Can't Nab Quick Appeal Of Pollution Verdict Plan
• Gray Reed Co-Founder James McGraw Dies At 74
• Ariz. Judge Blocks Lithium Exploration Drilling Project
• Tax Court To Rethink $1.9M Deduction Denial Post-Chevron
• Mining Developer Wants In On Nevada Lithium Project Row
• Calif. DA Recalled In Latest Blow To Progressive Prosecutors
• Trump Win Puts Emissions Regs On Chopping Block
• Trump Win Assures Halt To Biden's Enviro Priorities
• Trump Has Official Immunity. What About His Aides?
• How Trump Can Quash His Criminal Cases
• An Early Look At Trump's Supreme Court Shortlist
• GOP's Senate Win Hands Future Of The Judiciary To Trump
• The Firms With An Inside Track To A New Trump Admin
• Nat'l Park Service Makes Tribal Consultation A Top Priority
• Feds Push For Win In Tongass National Forest Road Rule Row
• Mich. Judge Won't Delay Benton Harbor Lead Pollution Suit
• Groups Lose Early Bid To Undo Calif. Climate Disclosure Laws
• States Say EPA 'Wants To Drive The Car' In CWA Row
• EPA's Superfund 'Blank Check' Dooms PFAS Rule, Groups Say
• Conagra Settles False Ad Suit Over 'Sustainable' Fish
• FERC Skimped On Pipeline Review, Environmental Groups Say
• Holland & Knight Gains Latham Project Finance Atty In DC
• On The Ground: How Attorneys Safeguarded The Election
• Couple Avoids Prison For $500K Emission-Tampering Scheme
• NC Commission Signs Off On Duke Energy Resource Plan
• Post-Chevron, DC Circ. Wrestles With At-Sea Monitoring Rule
• Monsanto Can't Keep Expert PCB Estimates From Seattle Jury
• FERC, NJ Conservation Orgs Battle Over Pipeline Rehearing
• Hurricane Zeta MDL Judge Orders Mediation Amid DQ Battle
• Shell Slips Negligence Claim In Pa. Nuisance Lawsuit
• DC Circ. Won't Block Coal Ash Rule During Challenge
• Class Cert. Sought In Ga. Man's 'Forever Chemicals' Suit
• Michigan County Fights To Keep Radioactive Waste Out
• Texas Border Buoy Trial Delayed After En Banc Ruling
• A Shift In Control Of Congress May Doom These Enviro Regs
• UAE Grocery Giant Lulu Seeks $1.7B IPO As Demand Grows
• Election Could Bring Change In Weather For Offshore Wind
• Texas Rips Feds' 5th Circ. Bid To Revive Highway GHG Rule
• Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being
• US IPO Activity Hits Standstill As Election Takes Center Stage
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Apache's Mining Regs Dispute
• DC Circ. Urged To Uphold Veto Of Fla. Dredge Program
• Texas Justice Says Amici Should Get Say In Religion Case
• DC Circ. Questions Enviro Groups On Renewable Fuels Rules
• FEMA Finalizes Rule Allowing Monthly NFIP Bill Payments
• DOI Invests $82M For Clean Drinking Water Projects For Tribes
• Enviro Groups, Tribes Sue Over Nev. Lithium Mine Approval
• Mich. AG Hits Paper Company With PFAS Discharge Suit
• Wash. Man Gets 4 Years For Killing And Selling Eagles
• Oil Group, Enviro Orgs Clash Over Offshore Drilling Plan
• FERC In Position To Ride Out Any Election Day Upheaval
• 2024 Election Could Be Crossroads For Clean Energy Funding
• Garden State Father-Son Attys Must Face Enviro Group's Suit
• Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes
• NY Judge Tosses AG Suit Over Pepsi, Frito-Lay Plastic Waste
• Tree Removal Co. Swindled Helene Victims, NC AG Says
• Stericycle Has All Approvals For $7.2B WM Sale
• MVP: Latham's Stacey VanBelleghem
• Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer