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Environmental - December, 2024

214 articles

• NY Judge Won't Halt State's Congestion Pricing Model
• Chemical Exec Facing Felony Charges For Flint River Oil Spill
• House Report Says Gaetz Paid For Sex, Accepted Gifts
• Colo. Panel Upholds Antero's $215M Wastewater Contract Win
• A Look Back At 2024's Major Securities Litigation Moments
• Top Government Contracts Of 2024: Year In Review
• The Biggest Climate Change Rulings Of 2024: Year In Review
• Top Product Liability Cases Of 2024
• DC Circ. Says Toxic Subtances Rule Threatens Trade Secrets
• Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Litigants Cite EPA's Chemical Ban
• Feds, Osage Nation Score Damages Win In Wind Farm Suit
• FTA Proposes Buy America Waiver For Electric Minibuses
• EPA Releases Recommendations For PFAS In Bodies Of Water
• EPA Administrator Stepping Down At End Of December
• How White Collar Enforcement May Shift In Trump's 2nd Term
• COP29 Offers Pathway To A Global Carbon Market
• Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Monsanto PCB Trial Groups Can Grow, Wash. Judge Says
• Texas Firm Beats Arnold & Itkin DQ Bid In Hurricane Zeta MDL
• CFTC Urges 7th Circ. To Uphold $231M Crypto 'Ponzi' Penalty
• Judge Says Some Paraquat Plaintiffs Being Left In Dark
• Groups Say CARB Fuel Program Will Spur Environmental Harms
• US Co.'s Claim Over Canada Coal Phaseout Nixed
• FERC Chair Plays Coy On Impact Of LNG Export Study
• Mining Co. Wants Out Of Investor Suit Over Turkey Landslide
• $1.1B Diablo Canyon Award Challenge Meets Skeptical Judge
• Feds Could Pay $1.1M To Settle WWII Refinery Waste Fight
• $1.2B Sought From Phillips 66 After $605M Trade Secrets Win
• 2024 Has Been A Momentous Year For ESG
• Advancing Storage-Integrated Power Generation In Turkey
• Graphite Cos. Seek Up To 920% Tariffs On Chinese Products
• Michigan's Biggest Decisions Of 2024
• Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team
• Bain Capital Wants Out Of Bias Claims From Attorney
• Chemours, DuPont Say New Info Undermines Class Cert.
• The Story Of 2024's Biggest Bank Regs, And Their Fate In 2025
• 1 Year After Rule 702 Changes, Courts Have Made Progress
• Feds Get Judge's OK On $150M Lower Passaic Pollution Deal
• Emissions Cheating Biz Gets Truck Tuning Co. CEO 10 Months
• Monsanto Protests DNA Damage Argument In PCB Closings
• States, Green Groups Drop Suits Over USPS Vehicle Plan
• EPA Greenlights California's Race To 100% ZEVs By 2035
• Texas Says Border Wall Panel Sales May Violate Injunction
• Energy Co. Orsted Sells 50% Solar Farm Stake In $572M Deal
• Connecticut AG Gets Remand Of 'Forever Chemicals' Suit
• The Biggest 1st Circ. Rulings Of 2024
• An Underutilized Tool To Dismiss Meritless Claims In Texas
• Mont. High Court Cements Right To 'Stable Climate System'
• Del. Justices Won't Revive Investors' $2.4B EV SPAC Deal Suit
• Red States Can Back Feds In Dakota Access Pipeline Row
• Insurer Can't Duck Coverage Of Fire Suit, Texas Jury Finds
• Senate GOP Enviro Leader Questions EPA On Grant Funding
• Monsanto Beats Appeal In NJ Pollution Suit Defense Bid
• Renewable Energy Investor Asks Court To OK €42M Award
• Revised LNG Export Study Flags Gas Price And Climate Worries
• 5th Circ. Tosses EPA Rule After Agency Loses Docs
• 3M Fights Michigan's Mootness Claims In PFAS Rule Suit
• Oil Cos. Seek Coverage For Water Byproduct Pollution
• Seattle, Solar Group Sue To Block Natural Gas Ballot Initiative
• When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US
• Senate Dem's Bill Would Mandate New FCC Outage Reports
• PG&E Secures $15B Energy Dept. Loan To Upgrade Grid
• IRS Corrects Proposed Admin Requirements For Direct Pay
• Possible 6th Circ. Picks Now That Biden's Nominee Is Done
• Executive Orders That Could Affect Financial Services In 2025
• Circuit-By-Circuit Guide To 2024's Most Memorable Moments
• 11th Circ. Says Citrus Grower's Coverage Row Was Ripe
• Feds, Ute Tribe Wrestle Over 19th Century Laws In Land Fight
• Minn. Panel Revives $1.5M Fire Loss Row Against State Farm
• Vegetable Co. Seeks $5M Policy Limit For Facility Fire
• High Court Faces Dueling Views Over EPA Rule Fights
• DC Circ. Skeptical That EPA Moved Too Early On Particulates
• Conn. Utility Says PFAS Class Claims Belong With Regulators
• Sempra Policies Too Old For $1.8B Leak Coverage, Court Told
• US Lends $9.6B To Build EV Battery Plants In The South
• Honeywell Pollution Suit Belongs In Ga. Court, 11th Circ. Told
• High Court Bar's Future: Latham's Roman Martinez
• Pipeline Co. To Pay $450,000 To Settle ND Pollution Claims
• IRS Corrects Regs On Direct Pay Of Partnership Tax Credit
• Anglo American-Backed Engine Tech Co. Files Ch. 11
• Justices Preserve Calif. Vehicle Emissions Autonomy
• Feds Suggest Protections For Salamander, Mussels Habitat
• Texas Panel Prods Harrison County About Tank Leakage
• NHTSA Publishes Whistleblower Program Final Rule
• NJ Town Fights DuPont Bid To Pause $1B Pollution Suit
• 5th Circ. Revives Challenge To Dallas Flood Project
• SEC's Corporation Finance Director Gerding To Step Down
• New Evidence Allows Doctor's Questioning In Zeta DQ Bid
• 10th Circ. Leans Against Spiking Colo. Air Plan
• EPA Mandates More Worker Safety For Carbon Tetrachloride
• Bipartisan Bills Target US Dependence On Chinese Minerals
• NYC Hospital System Wants Out Of REIT's $50M Campus Suit
• NC Gov., Lawmakers Take Parting Shots In Clash Over Power
• Sexual Abuse, Price-Gouging Bills Clear Michigan Senate
• Wis. Tribe Challenges Enbridge Pipeline Reroute Permits
• Green Projects Face States' Foreign Land Ownership Limits
• Justices To Decide If Industry Can Test Calif. Auto Waiver
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Davis Polk, Wachtell
• What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
• Sierra Club-EPA Row Has 6th Circ. Debating Smog Data
• Mich. Judge Hesitant To Rule On $217M Dam Repair Tax
• Wash. Judge Weighs Stay Of Gas Reg Suit Amid New Cases
• DOI Plan Would Protect NM Land From New Mining Claims
• US Expands Tariffs On Chinese Tungsten, Polysilicon Imports
• How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of Eye Contact At Trial
• NC Republicans Override Veto Of Bill Curbing Dems' Power
• Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Texas Sues 3M And DuPont Over Forever Chemicals
• Justices Won't Block EPA Coal Ash Rule During Court Case
• Wash. Port Asks Justices To Review 9th Circ. CWA Ruling
• Mixed 5th Circ. Backs $14M Exxon Texas Air Pollution Fine
• Metal Recycler Accused Of Polluting Connecticut Streams
• Hawaii Climate Insurance Case Is Good News For Energy Cos.
• EPA Gives States, Tribes Clearer Path To Water Permit Power
• Cos. Must Brace For New PFAS Regulations And Litigation
• Feds, Illinois Sue East St. Louis For Sewage Pollution
• Nippon Offers $5K Bonuses To Ease US Steel Deal Concerns
• Dutch Duo Beats Insurer's Claims Of Poor Greenhouse Design
• DC Circ. Lets Pipeline Safety Rule Remain Amid Agency Fix
• 6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
• 3M Gets Georgia Man's $850M PFAS Remediation Bid Denied
• Developer, Feds Ask Justices To Pass On Offshore Wind Case
• Liberty Mutual Accused Of Stalling On $21M Loss Claims
• Feds Tell Justices To Stay Out Of Climate Change Tort Fights
• 9th Circ. Upholds $850K Penalty In EPA Fine Suit
• Feds Propose Enviro Protections For Monarch Butterfly
• Kid Climate Activists Ask Justices To Save Twice-Nixed Case
• Utah Counties' Narrow NEPA Test Meets High Court Critics
• 6th Circ. Wary Of Axing Fishing Pact Over Tribe's Objections
• Split 9th Circ. Won't Revive Tesla Worker's Whistleblower Suit
• Wash. HOA Can't Get Early Win Bid In Water Damage Row
• Implications Of NY Climate Case For Generating Facilities
• Davis Polk Leads Aerospace-Focused PE Firm To $2.2B Fund
• Insurer QBE Settles Suit Over Failed $18M Wind Support Deal
• Google, TPG To Help Steer $20B Clean Energy Investment
• NY Appealing Judge's Dismissal Of Plastic Pollution Suit
• Stellantis, CATL Invest Up To €4.1B For Battery Plant In Spain
• Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
• 9th Circ. Tosses Regal Cinemas' COVID Coverage Suit
• Meet The Attys Arguing Over Trademark Liability At High Court
• EV Carmaker Lucid Wants To Shed More Of Inflated Biz Suit
• DC Circ. Unsure Of Wading Into FERC Grid Plan Fight
• Xcel Can't Hide Evidence In Marshall Fire Suit, Attys Say
• EPA Finalizes Bans On Two Carcinogenic Chemicals
• Teaching Your Witness To Beat The Freeze/Appease Response
• NJ Says Sherwin-Williams' Bid To Stay Pollution Suit Too Late
• Metal Co. Says Liberty Mutual Owes $1.1M For Hail Damage
• Beveridge & Diamond Picks Up Longtime DOJ Enviro Litigator
• Judge Axes $33M Suit Challenging Feds' Wildfire Response
• Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
• Up Next: Environmental Reviews, Wire Fraud & TM Awards
• US Ukrainian Group Wants FCC SpaceX Approvals Halted
• DC Circ. Mulls If EPA Can Set Rules Based On Predicted Tech
• Feds Want Full DC Circ. To Reverse Panel's NEPA Regs Ruling
• Shell, Equinor Creating UK Oil Giant As Sea Basin Matures
• How Litigation, Supply Chains Buffeted Offshore Wind In 2024
• What Bisphenol S Prop 65 Listing Will Mean For Industry
• Insurer Escapes Defending Developer's Ga. Tree Removal
• 1st Circ. Affirms Mass. Wind Energy Permits
• Canada's Chinese Import Surtaxes Expected To Raise $334M
• Offit Kurman Adds Lanak & Hanna Environmental Atty In LA
• Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
• Frontier Pays $3.5M To End Calif. AG's Illegal Dumping Probe
• SolarEdge's CEO, CFO Can't Escape Securities Lawsuit
• Gov't Efficiency Push Is A 'New Day,' House Speaker Says
• Wash. Gov.'s Executive Order Backs Tribal Salmon Initiative
• Utah Defends Effort To Wrest Land From Feds At High Court
• Ex-CEO Of Solar Biz ISun Says Ch. 11 Plan Doesn't Add Up
• NC Town Sues Duke Energy Over Climate Change 'Deception'
• Permitting, Offtake Among Offshore Wind Challenges In 2024
• Jones Day Reps CNX On $505M Deal For Natural Gas Biz
• Judge Backs Army Corps' Denial Of Bidder On $5M Project
• DC Circ. Won't Revisit Ruling On Bush-Era Mining Regulation
• Feds Invest $849M For Water Infrastructure Improvements
• Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Battery Recycling Firm To Go Public Via $250M SPAC Merger
• Some Religious Gathering Limits Are OK, Texas Justices Told
• Trump Picks Ex-Congressman For IRS Commissioner
• No Coverage For P&G Environmental Claims, Insurers Say
• Gorsuch Exits Utah NEPA Suit Amid Flak Over Billionaire Ties
• P&C Insurers Post $4.1B Underwriting Gain In Big Reversal
• Ex-Worker Says Contractor Fired Him Over Religious Needs
• Hoopa Valley Tribe Wants In On Trinity River Water Row
• Farmers Insurance Off Hook In Homeowner's Fire Loss Appeal
• EPA Finalizes Changes To Chemical Review Process
• Del. Justices Skeptical $2.4B SPAC Deal Misled Investors
• Treasury Finalizes Broad Energy Investment Tax Credit Regs
• Ethylene Oxide Suits Sent Back To Ill. State Court
• DuPont Asks Court For Pause In $1 Billion Pollution Suit
• Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
• Investor Attys Seek $6.6M Cut Of $20M Metal Price-Fixing Deal
• Feds, Nuke Storage Co. Ask Justices To Nix Bar On Waste Site
• Ex-Braves Blast Tax Court's 'Disregard' In Easement Fight
• ND Calls Tribes' Bid For Riverbed Mineral Rights 'Irrational'
• ​​​​​​​Trump-Era Rule On Genetically Engineered Crops Tossed
• 5th Circ. Judge Doubts Deepwater Horizon Claims Can Survive
• Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
• MTA, NY Officials Rip Bid To Block Revised Congestion Pricing
• Judge Says ND Can Intervene In Dakota Access Pipeline Row
• Willkie Adds Litigation Heavyweight, Energy Expert In DC
• The Fashion Industry Should Prep Now For State PFAS Bans
• Trump Pledges To Block $14.9B US Steel-Nippon Deal
• DC Circ. Asked To Spike 'Dangerous' NEPA Regulatons Ruling
• Newsom Wants $25M For Expected Legal Fights With Trump
• Insurer Says Telecom Co. Can't Ax Marshall Fire Coverage Suit
• EPA Pitches Partial Ban On Food Crop Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
• Green Group Urges Justices To Save Wash. Port CWA Ruling
• Mining Cos. Ask Justices To Sink Peruvians' Pollution Claims
• California Supreme Court's Year In Review
• Solar Cos. Ask High Court To Review Vermont-Imposed Fine
• DC Circ. Decision Opens Door To NEPA Regulation Litigation
• PE Firms Swap Calisen Stake At Reported $5B Value
• 3 Firms Guide UAE Food Delivery App's Landmark $2B IPO
• US Pitches $7.5B Loan To Stellantis-Samsung Battery Venture