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Environmental - June, 2025

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• Feds Defend Authority To End NY Congestion Pricing Deal
• Miami-Dade Fights Effort To Block 'Alligator Alcatraz'
• Hong Kong's IPO Surge Creates More Competition For US
• Bill Leaves Renewable Cos. In Dark On Farmland Reporting
• Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
• Justices Decline To Hear Ex-Tesla Worker's Whistleblower Suit
• High Court Rejects Challenge To NM Nuke Storage Site
• Justices Say Another Biofuel Waiver Case Fits In DC Circ.
• High Court Won't Review Kentucky's Smog Plan Challenge
• Justices Seek SG's View In $1.2M Roundup Verdict
• Justices Pass On Exxon Mobil $14M Clean Air Act Dispute
• Supreme Court Won't Take On CWA Suit Over Wash. Port Regs
• Justices Take On Enbridge Pipeline Remand Fight
• Hershey Says Wrapper PFAS Suit 'Built On A House Of Cards'
• Insurer Fights Cosmetic Co. Over Coverage For Pollution Row
• Hawaii Groups Look To Block Monument Fishing Permits
• Groups Sue To Protect Everglades From 'Alligator Alcatraz'
• Texas Justices Give Uri MDL Plaintiffs Chance To Replead
• Philly District Inks DPA With Feds Over Asbestos In Schools
• Insurer Asks Court To Sort Out Paying Of $4.1M Settlement
• 3 DOL Policy Shifts On Benefits Attys' Radar
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Last-Minute Settlements Head Off Trials
• Bayer Investors' $38M Settlement Over Monsanto Deal OK'd
• Calif. FAIR Plan Fire Policy Is Unlawful, Court Rules
• EPA Illegally Ended Environmental Justice Grants, Groups Say
• Suit Blaming Big Oil For Heat Wave Death Moved To Fed Court
• Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System
• 3 Juror Psychology Principles For Expert Witness Testimony
• In NRC Ruling, Justices Affirm Hearing Process Still Matters
• Solar Co. Meyer Burger Can Tap $10M DIP To Fund Ch. 11 Sale
• FERC Chair Aims To Stay Beyond His Term's End
• Gordon Rees Adds Glazier Yee Toxic Tort Ace In LA, St. Louis
• EPA Seeks To Appeal Flint Water Crisis Immunity Ruling
• Akerman Adds Steptoe Energy Transactional Atty In DC
• Lime Revs Up IPO, Crypto's Prospects Rise, And More Rumors
• Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Texas Clinic Says Insurer Owes $2M For Hurricane Damage
• Fed. Circ. Backs EPA's Firing Of 'Disruptive' Whistleblower
• Michigan Builders Sue State Over Energy Code Mandates
• How Energy Cos. Can Prepare For Potential Tax Credit Cuts
• Insurer Seeks Exit From $1.7M Oil Pipeline Explosion Verdict
• Hodgson Russ Adds Ex-GC Of NY Enviro Agency
• FCC To Consult Tribes On Wireless Cos.' NEPA Petition
• Hanford Contractor To Pay $6.5M To Settle Fraud Allegations
• Paper Products Co. Settles Mich. AG's PFAS Lawsuit
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths
• Wash. Judge Blocks Trump Admin's EV Charging Funds Freeze
• State AGs Sue Trump Admin To Stop Billions In Grant Cuts
• 5th Circ. Says EPA Ignored Cos. To Push Efficiency Testing Rule
• NC Senate Backs $700M Boost For Hurricane Helene Recovery
• Ohio Derailment Deal Admin Wants Explanation For Ouster
• Green Group Sues Forest Service Over NH Logging Project
• Alaska Must Challenge Tribe's Gaming Hall In Home State
• Pollution Exclusion Applies Without Exception, AIG Unit Says
• Honeywell, DuPont Say Firefighters' PFAS Suit Falls Short
• Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing
• GOP Plan For Merging Agencies Faces Reckoning, And Alarm
• Trump Admin Rescinds Clinton-Era 'Roadless' Logging Rule
• Monsanto Settles With Families After 11th Seattle PCB Trial
• Permit Delays Out Of Hand, Telecom Biz Tells Interior Dept.
• Green Groups Urge DOI To Force Companies To Plug Wells
• NY Tribe Says Feds Ignore Public Health In Sanitation Fight
• Apache Nonprofit Asks Justices For Rehearing In Mining Row
• NJ Justices Greenlight Renewed Bid For Roundup Mass Tort
• Kennedys Expands With Litigators In Philly, Midwest
• Coal Processing Co. Admits To Bypassing Pollution Controls
• 9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard
• Science Research Funding Cuts Blocked By Mass. Judge
• San Antonio Pushes To Repair Park Amid Tribal Dispute
• EPA Told To Explain Its Crop-Based Fuel Standards
• 2nd Circ. Backs Chubb's Win In $49M Sandy Coverage Fight
• Ga. County Seeks Extension Of Feds' Sewer Update Deadline
• Mich. Says Feds Can't Block AG's Climate Tort Suit
• Attys Face Sanctions For 'Sweeping' Copying Of Firm's Motion
• Future Of Enviro Crimes Under Trump's Federal Regs Order
• Microplastics Focus May Force Change In Biz Practices
• FERC Pauses Regulations To 'Speed Up' Natural Gas Projects
• Mich. AG, Enviro Groups Fight Feds' Coal Plant Order
• DC Circ. Rejects Chicago Suburbs' Rail Merger Challenge
• Trump Taps Atty Dropped By Biden For Eastern Ky. Fed. Court
• Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Pearson Warshaw, Fegan Scott To Steer PVC Antitrust Class
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Paul Weiss, Covington
• Justices Say Fuel Groups Can Fight Emissions Waiver
• Feds Want Nuke Trust Earnings To Offset DOE Breach Awards
• Consumers Drop Gore-Tex 'Greenwashing' Class Suit
• Sotera Investors Urge 6th Circ. To Reopen Toxic Gas Suit
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech
• State Farm Rate Hike Portends Intensifying Insurance Crisis
• Judge Says A Ruling Unfreezing Wind Projects May Be Pyrrhic
• California Cities Say Enviro Group Destroyed Testing Data
• Nippon, US Steel Officially Close Deal, Backed By 5 Law Firms
• Supreme Court Says Biofuel Waiver Fights Belong In DC Circ.
• High Court Says Texas Can't Challenge Nuclear Waste Site
• Sunoco Pipeline Leak Class Claims Return To Philly Court
• States Say Trump Admin Can't Freeze EV Charging Funds
• La. Law Will Make Tesla Sales Less Onerous, Justices Told
• EPA Ordered To Rethink Enviro Justice Grant Terminations
• AIG Unit, Air Co. Seek Quick Wins In Herbicide Damage Row
• AT&T Beats Investor Suit Over Lead-Lined Cables, For Now
• Ill. Increases Sports Betting, Tobacco Tax And Taxes Airbnbs
• Safety Co. Demands Sanctions Over No-Show Witnesses
• Texas Targets Del. Primacy With Trio Of New Corporate Laws
• Firms Fight To Rep End Users In PVC Pipe Antitrust Row
• How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication
• Delta Nearing Settlement In Jet Fuel Dumping Class Action
• Feds Waive Laws Again To Expedite Border Wall Construction
• BLM Says Enviro Groups' Lease Suit Lacks Real Controversy
• SC Pizzeria Says Insurer Owes For Building Fire
• When Legal Advocacy Crosses The Line Into Incivility
• Monsanto Fights Plaintiffs' Billion-Dollar Ask In PCB Tort Trial
• NY Seeks To Move Feds' Climate Superfund Suit Upstate
• Monsanto Ends Roundup Cancer Case With Midtrial Settlement
• NY Looks To End Long Island Tribal Fishing Rights Row
• Texas Justices Say Park Repairs Trump Native Religion Claims
• Ky. Judge Trims Firefighters' Claims In CSX Derailment Suit
• Shell Loses Bid To Halt Suit Over Oil Terminal's Pollution Plan
• 6th Circ. Denies Mich. Gov.'s Rehearing Bid In Pipeline Suit
• NRC Commissioner Says Trump Illegally Fired Him
• High Court Will Hear Chevron, Exxon Pollution Liability Case
• GAO Says DOE Hasn't Held Funds Under Trump Wind Pause
• Wealth Taxes, End Of Profit Shifting Worth $2.6T, Group Says
• 3 Corporate Deposition Prep Tips To Counter 'Reptile' Tactics
• High Court Turns Down Influencer's Jury Right Appeal
• Ga. Landowners Sue Carpet, Chemical Makers Over PFAS
• 9th Circ. Allows ConocoPhillips Project To Proceed, For Now
• State Dept. Layoffs Still Violate Injunction, Judge Says
• Feds Say Enviro Group Doesn't Belong In Texas Mussel Suit
• SEC Scrubs Biden-Era Agenda To Give Atkins A 'Clean Slate'
• Trump Ends Protections, Funding For Columbia River Basin
• Michigan AG Sues Auto Suppliers Over Toxic Pollution
• Enviro Orgs. Challenge Trump's Mercury Rule Pass For Coal Plants
• DC Circ. Sides With FERC In Substation Cost Dispute
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Cooley, Latham Lead Drone Operator Airo's $60M IPO
• Volunteering At Schools Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Calif. Insurance Chief Probes State Farm's Wildfire Coverage
• Roundup Plaintiffs' Rip Of Expert Was Off Base, Jury Hears
• Green Groups Call Utility's Rate Freeze 'Smoke And Mirrors'
• Judge Won't Ax DC Water Fee Suit Against Feds
• Suit Over Biden Mining Rule Paused As Trump Plans Changes
• 3rd Circ. Will Reconsider Shipbuilder's Ch. 11 Reopening Bid
• Review Ordered For Alaska Gold Mine As Permits Kept Alive
• Calif. Sues Trump Over 'Wildly Partisan' EV Waiver Repeal
• Nutrien Says Ex-Employee Helped NC Rival Steal Office, Staff
• Admin Of $600M Norfolk Southern Derailment Deal Removed
• Philly Suburb Retirees Sue Ch. 9 Receiver Over Asset Sale
• DOE Grant Recipients Facing Termination Have Legal Options
• Attacks On Judicial Independence Tend To Manifest In 3 Ways
• Statistics Tools Chart A Path For AI Use In Expert Testimony
• Ex-Interior Secretary Salazar On 'Coming Home' To WilmerHale
• 4th Circ. Urged To Rethink Block On Federal Grant Restoration
• Judge Sides With Feds In Suit Over NJ Wind Farm Approvals
• EPA Floats Takedown Of Biden GHG, Mercury Emissions Regs
• Chubb Unit Underpaid Hydroelectric Plant Losses, Suit Says
• Trump DOJ Clears Path To Shrink Or Abolish Nat'l Monuments
• A Look At Texas Corp. Law Changes Aimed At Dethroning Del.
• Denver Appeals Decision Limiting Dam's Expansion
• 3rd Circ. Sends Dow Pollution Suit Back To NJ State Court
• Justices Hand Agencies Broad Discretion In NEPA Review
• Trade Groups Revive Suit Over Colo., Denver Efficiency Rules
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Appreciating Civil Procedure
• Jury Awards $28M In Latest PacifiCorp Wildfire Trial
• Mazda Driver Says Emissions Claims Distinct From Calif. Case
• Electric Truck Co. Lordstown Wants Investors' Suit Tossed
• Judge Denies Calif. Tribe's Bid To Restore Gaming Eligibility
• Tribes' Effort To Overturn Ore. Casino Land Decision Halted
• Trump Wind Farm Pause Has Stalled Projects, Judge Hears
• Plastic Waste Often Illegally Burned, Tax Chiefs Say
• Mo. Verdict Winner Urges Justices To Deny Roundup Appeal
• Calif. Bar Exam Fiasco Shows Why Attys Must Disclose AI Use
• GrafTech Brass Face Derivative Suit Over Enviro Disclosures
• Texas, BlackRock Face Judge's Questions Over Coal Suit
• Enviro Groups, Tribes Can Intervene In Coal Leasing Ban Row
• Senate Confirms Gibson Dunn Partner For EPA's No. 2 Post
• 8th Circ. Affirms Travelers Doesn't Owe $1.4M For Wall Failure
• Feds Approve Mont. Coal Mine Expansion Amid Controversy
• 'No Question' DuPont Polluted Delaware River, NJ Court Told
• Tax Court Backs Penalties In $24M Georgia Easement Feud
• Hinshaw Welcomes Insurance Litigator To New Orleans Team
• Justices Urged To Keep Pause On 'Breakneck' Gov't Overhaul
• Insurers Must Pay For $7.3M Hail Loss, Property Owner Says
• Feds Argue Koi Nation's Historic Ties Justify Calif. Land Trust
• Justices Widen Gap Between Federal, Calif. Enviro Reviews
• In 2nd Place, Va. 'Rocket Docket' Remains Old Reliable
• Eco-Friendly Packing Firm Broadway Signs SPAC Merger
• Iowa Expands Property, Sales Tax Breaks For Data Centers
• Residential Solar Panel Co. Sunnova Hits Ch. 11 With $9B Debt
• High Court Says Software Glitch Led To Early Order List Drop
• Justices Won't Hear Obama Center Site Selection Complaints
• Legislative Reprieve For Texas Green Energy Isn't Permanent
• DC Circ. Backs FERC Extension For Southgate Pipeline Work
• Wyo. Landowners' Attys Score $5M From Anadarko Deal
• 6th Circ. Sends GM Emissions Fraud Claims Back To Michigan
• LA Fire Victims Say AAA, USAA Left Many Unable To Rebuild
• Feds Want Comments On Altering ESA Conservation Rule
• NY Tribe Urges Supreme Court To Overturn Eel Fishing Ruling
• Arizona Mining Co. Challenges $417M Ruling In Peru Dispute
• US Steel Says Consultant Data Protected By Privilege
• Feds Tee Up Redo Of Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards
• How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity
• 4th Circ. Stays Ruling Restoring Frozen Federal Grant Funding
• Goldberg Segalla Adds Toxic Torts Expert In NY
• Taxation With Representation: Winston, Stibbe, Weil, Goodwin
• 'Sparse' OPM Record On Mass Firings Backs Win, Unions Say
• USDA Sued Over Ending 600 Grants Via Flawed Form Letters
• Feds Slam 'Flawed' Critique Of Camp Lejeune Water Expert
• SEC Beats Challenge To Stricter Shareholder Proposal Rule
• States Push To Block Feds From Slashing EV Charging Funds
• Seven County Ruling Should Trim Agency Enviro Analysis
• 2 Firms Guide Vermillion In $120M Sale Of US Assets
• Feds Invest Millions To Revitalize Former Coal Mine Sites
• Ill. Judge Tosses Dredged Waste Suit After Feds Pull Site Plan
• Honduras Decries Solar Plant Arbitration Seeking $160M
• Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Judge Wants Details On Harm From Trump Wind Farm Pause
• Calif. Assembly OKs Exemption For Returned Tribal Land
• Ex-Ga. Chemical Plant Owners Sued For Toxic Waste Dumping
• Feds Say 'No Viable Path' Forward For Calif. High-Speed Rail
• Judge Grills Kidde-Fenwal About Missing Info In Disclosures
• Trump Ordered To Explain Why Layoffs Don't Flout Injunction
• Idaho Mining Co. Hit With Suit Over Dump Site Contamination
• Calif. Air Board Offers Early Hints On Climate Reporting
• NC Biogas Co. Sanctioned For Breaking Deal With Lenders
• Donlin Gold Says Vacatur Not Warranted In Alaska Mine Case
• Winston & Strawn, Cravath Guide $19B Industrial Tech Merger
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Supporting A Trial Team
• Profs Back Shinnecock Tribe In Long Island Fishing Rights Suit
• Empire Wind Foes Target Feds' Reversal On Stop-Work Order
• BlackRock, Vanguard Want Red States' Coal Suit Extinguished
• PacifiCorp Faces $100M Ask In Newest Oregon Wildfire Trial
• Fed. Bill Pushes For Streamlined Access To Tribal Disaster Aid
• US Withdraws From El Paso Tribal Land Ownership Dispute
• Address Nationwide Injunction Issues With Random Venues
• FAR Rewrite May Cloud Key Gov't Contract Doctrine
• Energize Capital Secures $430M For 3rd Venture Fund
• Oregon Sen. OKs Extending Brownfields Property Tax Break
• Calif. Mazda Oil Leak Deal Dooms NC Class Claims
• The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms
• Wachtell-Led Viper Energy Paying $4.1B For Sitio Royalties
• Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw
• Ga. Residents Urge Panel To Revive Sea Island Roads Fight
• Budget Bill Would Deepen Residential Solar's Woes
• DOI Looks To Void Biden Era Rule On Alaska Arctic Drilling
• PacificCorp Fights Wash.'s Carbon Limit Program At 9th Circ.
• Feds Say Groups' AmeriCorps Dispute Belong In Claims Court
• Trump Taps Vinson & Elkins Atty To Replace FERC Chair
• Trump Renews Call For Justices To Lift Gov't Overhaul Pause
• Justices' Rail Order Irrelevant To Merger Row, DC Circ. Told
• Emotional Distress Claim Dropped In Ohio Derailment Lawsuit
• PG&E, Lenders Hit With Suit Over Solar Panel 'Scheme'
• Aviation Watch: A Supersonic 'Boom' Going Nowhere Fast
• FERC 'Never' Considered Costs Of NW Pipeline, 5th Circ. Told
• DHS To Waive Environmental Laws For Border Wall In Arizona
• Measuring The Impact Of Attorney Gender On Trial Outcomes
• The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References
• Ashurst, King & Wood Guide $9.1B Soul Patts Merger Plan
• Immunity Shields Mich. AG From Flint Water Prosecution Suit
• US Looks To Dodge Suit Over Gulf Oil Well Risks
• Sunnova Energy Sends Unit Into Ch. 11 With Over $100M Debt
• Va. Landfill Says Waste Treatment Costs Sent It Into Ch. 11