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Environmental - October, 2025

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• Ga. Panel Says McClain Standard Applies In Sterigenics Case
• Ex-Tech Co. VP Claims She Was Fired For Not Joining Church
• 5th Circ. Rejects Late Claims Over Arkema Plant Explosions
• Toxic-Water Litigants Slam Expert As 'Rented White Coat'
• Gov't Owes $330K In Fees For NSF Funding Fight, Court Told
• Enviro Groups Sue FWS Over Butterfly Conservation Failures
• Bayer Investors Get Final OK For $38M Settlement, Atty Fees
• Pair Of SPAC Listings Raise $375M In IPOs
• Pa. AG Charges Fracking Co. With Multiple Enviro Crimes
• PVC Pipe Makers Say Price 'Conspiracy' Is 'Basic Economics'
• Steelworkers Back Offshore Wind Project Targeted By Trump
• FERC Faces DC Circ. Fight Over Pipeline Project Revival
• Gov't Shutdown Puts Pause On Firefighting Foam PFAS Suits
• What's Changing For Cos. In New Calif. Hazardous Waste Plan
• Both Sides Claim Victory In Calif. Tribal Gaming Rights Fight
• Insurer, Subcontractor Settle Sinkhole Coverage Dispute
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Davis Polk
• DC Circ. Judge Asks If Disputed Nuclear Rules 'Ignore Future'
• Garden Supply Co. Faces Suit Claiming PFAS In Products
• Florida Tribe Sues PFAS Makers Over Health Risks, Cleanup
• Mo. Judge Warns Of Sanctions In Peru Lead Poisoning Case
• State AGs Target 'Anticompetitive Recycling Practices'
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: Drake, IRS, Greenpeace
• Injury Risk Can't Support Toxic Tort Claims, Colo. Court Finds
• Addleshaw Adds Eversheds Partner To Irish Disputes Team
• Senate Overturns Petroleum Reserve Drilling Limits In Alaska
• Navigating EPA Compliance As Gov't Shutdown Continues
• California Returns 17,030 Acres To Tule River Tribe
• OpenAI Preps For IPO At $1T Valuation, Plus More Rumors
• Green Groups Can't Intervene In Feds' NY Superfund Suit
• 10 Quick Tips To Elevate Your Evidence Presentation At Trial
• Wash. Justices Reinstate $185M Monsanto PCB Verdict
• Practicing Stoicism Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Greenpeace Gets Dakota Pipeline Damages Cut To $345M
• DOE's Data Center Proposal May Spark Grid Policy Turf War
• BP Unit Sued Over Wash. Refinery's 'Noxious Odor' Emissions
• 5th Circ. Backs FERC's Approval Of Pacific NW Pipeline
• Climate Change Heat Death Suit Returns To Wash. State Court
• Ga. Panel Partially Revives Solar Farm Property Dispute
• Shutdown Forces Tribes To Pick Food Or Heat, Senate Told
• NC Justices Block Du Pont PFAS Suit On Eve Of Hearing
• Dems Blast Pause Of Army Corps Projects In Blue Cities
• The Biz Court Digest: Texas, One Year In
• Copper Lines Must Stay Due To Wireless Radiation, FCC Told
• Fed. Judge Bars US From Enbridge Pipeline Oral Argument
• AG Watch: Illinois A Key Player In State-Level Enforcement
• Green Group Says EPA Posts Misleading PFAS Information
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Educating Your Community
• Mondelez Wins Toss Of Clif Bar False Ad Claims
• States Ask Supreme Court To Resolve PFAS Removal Dispute
• 3 Firms Guide Apex Treasury's $300M Blockchain, Crypto IPO
• Green Groups Ask DC Circ. To Revive Climate Grant Class Suit
• Enviro Groups Seek Ruling To Block Ariz. Forest Road Project
• Canada's Cygnet Buying Kiwetinohk In $1B Energy Deal
• Feds Rip Calif.'s Bid To Halt $4B Bullet Train Funds Reshuffle
• FERC Chair From V&E Taps Another Firm Atty As GC
• 5 Crisis Lawyering Skills For An Age Of Uncertainty
• Kirkland, V&E Steer Close Of EnCap's $2B Continuation Fund
• US Partners With Westinghouse For $80B Nuke Plant Buildout
• NY, Green Orgs. Say Feds Can't Block Climate Superfund Law
• Oregon Tribes, Feds Settle With Cos. In Pollution Dispute
• Families Back Experts In Heavy Metal Baby Food MDL
• NY Judge Orders State Agency To Issue Climate Regulations
• Minerals Co. Brass Settles Investor Suit Over Gov't Contract
• Developer Says Calif. Law Targets Its Santa Barbara Project
• DOE's Wright Extends Order To Keep Md. Oil Plant Running
• Skadden, Gibson Dunn Steer $40B Public Water Utility Merger
• Grand Rapids Airport Fights PFAS Suit Split In 6th Circ.
• Estate Agrees To Settlement In $50M Solar Co. Tax Row
• Exxon Sues Calif. Over Climate Disclosure Laws
• NC Lot Owners Fight $1.45M Fee Assessment After Helene
• It's Time For The Judiciary To Fix Its Cybersecurity Problem
• Feds Push To Keep Challenge To Calif. Truck Rules Alive
• Mining Co. Denied Access To Tribal Docs In Minn. Land Row
• Bulgaria Will Fight $71M Energy Award OK At DC Circ.
• Judge Won't Block Empire Wind Project
• Spain Must Pay €13M Renewable Award, DC Court Hears
• Admin Of $600M Derailment Deal Accused Of 'Alarming' Errors
• Identifying The Sources And Impacts Of Juror Contamination
• Why This Popular Class Cert. Approach Doesn't Measure Up
• DOE's Wright Urges FERC To Boost Data Center Grid Access
• Minn. Court Backs Insurer In Hail Damage Coverage Dispute
• Judge Backs DOI, Calif. Tribe In $21M Waste Lease Dispute
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Gibson Dunn
• Talks On Shipping Carbon Price Continue Despite Plan's Delay
• Partnership Fights For $15M Easement Deduction In Tax Court
• Verite Capital Plugs $300M Into Used Cooking Oil Energy Co.
• EV-Maker Rivian Will Pay $250M To End Investors' Fraud Suit
• Energy Cos. Face Permit, Regulatory Delays Due To Shutdown
• 11th Circ. Halts Fla. Detention Center Appeal Amid Shutdown
• Calif. Tribe Joins Suit Seeking To Halt Barred Owl Culling Plan
• 4th Circ. Pushed To Retain Block On Chemours PFAS Dumping
• State Of Insurance: Q3 Notes From Illinois
• US Oil Cos. Pay More Tax Abroad Than At Home, Report Says
• Japan's Jera Paying $1.5B For Louisiana Shale Gas Assets
• Wash. Judge Halts Feds From Pulling $9M In Climate Funds
• One Nuclear Energy To Go Public Via $1B SPAC Merger
• Key Lessons From Youths' Suit Against Trump Energy Orders
• Derailment Counsel Fee Provision 'Troubles' 6th Circ. Judge
• Shipbuilder Can't Ax Md. Bridge Collapse Suit, Court Told
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Energy Lawyers In NY, DC
• Judge OKs Heritage Coal's Ch. 11 Plan After Releases Nixed
• Writing Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Phillips 66 Can't Undo $805M Trade Secrets Trial Loss
• Monsanto's Roundup Blamed For Husband's Fatal Cancer
• Nixed $475M Wind Farm Vessel Deal Prompts Arbitration
• Energy Secretary Urges EU To Rethink Sustainability Rules
• Latham Adds BCLP Environmental Atty In SF Bay Area
• SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI
• Trump Flouted Clean Air Act With Rule Delay, Enviro Orgs. Say
• Sinkhole Coverage Dispute Up To Jury To Decide, Judge Says
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: COVID Coverage, A Suspect Signature
• NY Bill Seeks Clean Energy Payment Exemption For Tax Caps
• GE Vernova To Pay $5.3B For Remaining Half Of Prolec Stake
• Feds Sued Over 'Harmful' Grazing On Wash. National Forest
• Tribes Ask Justices To Keep Enbridge Suit In Mich. State Court
• Judge Sends Solar Co.'s Panama Grid Access Row To Trial
• Groups Want Full DC Circ. To Review Emergency Air Rule
• NY Appeals Ruling That Nuke Discharge Law Is Preempted
• Feds, Enviro Orgs. Clash Over Bid To Pause Climate Panel Suit
• Nationwide Settles $3.8M Ga. Storm Damage Dispute
• What EPA's Continued Defense Of PFAS Rule Means For Cos.
• DC Circ. Won't Pause La. LNG Terminal OK Amid FERC Fight
• 5 Firms Steer $2.62B Sale Of CenterPoint's Ohio Biz
• 2 Calif. Tribes Seek Early Win Against OK'd Casino Project
• Mich. Judge Halts Challenge To Air Nat'l Guard Training Plans
• SpaceX Settles Cards Against Humanity's $15M Trespass Suit
• States, DC Fight Feds' Bid To Cut Billions In OMB Grant Case
• Tax Pros Seek Clarity In Energy Supplier Certification Rules
• Chemical Co. To Tap Compliance Chief In Investor Suit Deal
• DOJ Says Shutdown Slowing Flint Water Case Progress
• Sterigenics Nears Win In Georgia Ethylene Oxide Litigation
• RELX Escapes Ex-Employee's Greenwashing, Retaliation Suit
• Exxon Fights 2nd Circ.'s Atty Fees Ruling In NYC Climate Case
• Bricklayer, Contractor End Suit Over Shuttling Time
• Youths Appeal Dismissal Of Challenge To Trump Energy Orders
• Judge Rejects Heritage Coal's Ch. 11 Plan Over Releases
• Red States Back Alaska In High Court Fishing Regs Dispute
• Justices Reject Pollution Case In La.'s Black Communities
• California AG Sues Plastic Bag Makers Over Recycling Claims
• Colorado Landowners Win Class Cert. In Oil Well Cleanup Suit
• 8th Circ. Partially Reverses $14.6M Warehouse Damage Award
• Fla. College Students And Staff Sue Over PFAS Exposure
• Texas Appeals Court Clears River Authority Of Flood Claim
• Green Biz Group Says Enbridge Exaggerating Pipeline Stakes
• Congressional Dems Push For No Layoffs At Interior And EPA
• Federal Courts To Scale Back Operations Amid Shutdown
• Native Policy Roundup: $128M Protects Tribal, Farm Lands
• UN Shipping Agency Delays Carbon Price Opposed By US
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Kirkland, Wachtell
• High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal
• Farmers Urge Wash. Justices To Void Fuel Exemption Regs
• 'Good Riddance': Feds Ax Big-Bank Climate Risk Guidance
• MTA Wants Truckers' Congestion Pricing Suit Tossed
• Judge Asked To Ground Military Training Flight Plan In Mich.
• States Battle Trump Admin To Recover Solar Program Funds
• Electric Aircraft Startup Beta Technologies Targets $750M IPO
• Trump Taps V&E's Swett As New FERC Chair
• ADNOC's Covestro Buy To Get EU Nod, Plus More Rumors
• How Gov't Reversals Are Flummoxing Renewable Developers
• Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 11th Circ. Sides With Insurer In Fla. Gas Station Pollution Fight
• Meat Industry Fights To Defend Nix Of Slaughterhouse Rules
• Judge Sinks Youths' Suit Challenging Trump Energy Orders
• FERC Ignored La. LNG Terminal's Enviro Harms, DC Circ. Told
• Ga. Justices Stand By Holding That Runoff Fees Aren't Taxes
• Hertz Must Face Investors' Claims Over EV Statements
• Mineral Co. Investors Seek Final OK Of $4.9M Deal
• Colo. Urges Justices To Reject Nebraska South Platte Case
• States Seek To Revive FEMA's Disaster-Mitigation Funding
• Mich. AG Urges Justices To Leave Enbridge Suit In State Court
• Florida Accused Of Hiding Info On Detention Center Grant
• Engineering Firm, Ex-Worker Resolve Noncompete Dispute
• Oregon, Groups Seek Dam Changes For Columbia River Basin
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service
• Enviro Group Sues To Block LNG Export Terminal Extension
• Calif. Says Feds Can't Divert $4B High-Speed Rail Funds
• Biden's Alaska Land Plan Faces Repeal After Senate Vote
• Judge Won't Block $4.7B Ex-Im Bank Loan For LNG Project
• PacifiCorp Owes $26M In Latest Wildfire Trial
• Texans Say Drinking Water Tainted With PFAS From Military Base
• Institutional Support For Proxy Proposals Down, Report Finds
• Calif. Seeks To Dismiss Feds' Suit Challenging Emission Regs
• Mich. Urges Judge Not To Empower A 'Hall Monitor' DOJ
• Calif. Gov. Vetoes 'Well-Intentioned' Bill Targeting PFAS
• Liberty Mutual Unit Says Hotel Co.'s Storm Suit Must Be Axed
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Documentation, Overrides, Eligibility
• DuPont Pollution Suit To Advance Amid NC Top Court Appeal
• Delta Urges Court Not To Certify Class In Greenwashing Suit
• Importers Face Uncertainty As Court Stays Solar Tariff Ruling
• Calif. Allows Extended Property Tax Relief After LA Fires
• Minn. Tribe Sues 3M, Tyco, Chemours Over PFAS Pollution
• Justices Won't Touch Liability Ruling At Superfund Site
• Cummins To Settle Investor Suit Over Emissions Scandal
• Mich. Fights Feds' Support For Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline
• Feds Nix Large-Scale Enviro Review Of Nev. Solar Project
• State Farm Needn't Cover Dry Cleaner In Pollution Row
• Rediscovered Texas Indigenous Site Spurs Preservation Push
• Biz Groups, GOP Reps Ask Justices To Sink Colo. Climate Suit
• Oklahoma, Tribes Clash Over Hunting, Fishing Sovereignty
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Adapting To Private Practice: 3 Tips On Finding The Right Job
• Trade Court Upholds Malaysian Wind Tower Duties
• US Wind Fights For Countersuit Against Offshore Project Foes
• 5th Circ. Says Army Corps Didn't Harm Dolphins In Miss.
• Ohio Judge OKs Trimmed Norfolk Southern Derailment Suit
• Judge Tosses San Juan Climate Suit Against Energy Cos.
• Paramount Eyes $60B Warner Bid, And Other Rumors
• FERC Nixes Ban On Pipeline Work During Project Appeals
• Civil Maritime Nuclear Sector Poised For Growth, Challenges
• Choate-Led PE Shop Clinches $400M Environmental Fund
• Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Defunct Coke Co. To Pay $700K For Skipped Pollution Monitor
• Utah Tribe Appeals Denial To Fight $16M Ovintiv Air Deal
• NY AG Cracks Down On Mercury In Skin Lightener Creams
• Oil Terminal Sale May Tank Conn. Climate Suit, Judge Hints
• Heritage Coal's Ch. 11 Plan Ignores Enviro Laws, States Say
• Power Cos. Want In On Challenge To W.Va. Regional Haze Plan
• Lockheed, CNA Strike Settlement For Coverage Fight
• Using The GHG Protocol For California Climate Reporting
• Biz Groups Back Ariz. Land Swap Amid 9th Circ. Appeal
• DOJ Asks For Stay In PVC Antitrust Case Amid Criminal Probe
• Sanctions Bid In Ohio Derailment Deal Criticized As Premature
• In Latest PacifiCorp Trial, 8 Ore. Fire Victims Seek Damages
• 5th Circ. Queries If ChampionX Covered In $40M Oil Spill Suit
• Seattle Marine Site Operator To Pay $1.2M To End CWA Suit
• Puerto Rico Utility Bondholders Pull Out Of Reorg Deal
• Camp Lejeune Litigation Goes On Despite Gov't Shutdown
• Senate Confirms FERC Republican Nominees
• Cruise Cos. Say Tax Injunction Act Doesn't Bar Hawaii Suit
• Trump Tax Law Has Mixed Impacts On Commercial Real Estate
• Mich. Court Scraps Ruling That Affirmed Solar Farm Permit
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-EPA GC As Team Co-Chair In DC
• ​​​​​​​California Aims To Sink DOJ's 'Egg Prices' Animal Law Case
• Understanding And Managing Jurors' Hindsight Bias
• Calif. Allows Tax Break For Solar Property Until Owner Change
• Brookfield Wraps $20B Energy Transition Fund
• Firefighters' Union Drops PFAS Suit Against Safety Group
• Paraquat MDL Judge Seeks Answers From Plaintiffs' Atty
• 2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Green Infrastructure Co. Suit
• Clark Hill Expands Transactions Practice In Denver
• Unions Ask Court To Save Fed. Workers' Jobs Amid Shutdown
• Labor, Energy Groups Challenge EPA's $7B Solar Cancellation
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach
• NC Chamber Says AG Overstepping In DuPont Pollution Suit
• Unleashing LNG And Oil Exports With The Deepwater Port Act
• Attys Want Sanctions For Ex-Admin Of $600M Derailment Deal
• Justices Won't Revisit Apache Land Exchange Dispute
• High Court Won't Take Up NY Tribal Eel Fishing Regs Dispute
• Supreme Court Rejects Wash. State Climate Law Challenge
• Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy
• Biden-Era Drilling Ban Memos Overstepped Law, Judge Says
• 4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term
• NY's Eel Fishing Limits Against Tribal Members Upheld
• Kiewit Deal Would Resolve Fight Over Marine Yard Runoff
• Kentucky Derby Owner Churchill Downs Sued In Escrow Fight
• Fla. $608M FEMA Grant May Revive Detention Center Suit
• Denver Tries To Ditch Suit Over Building Emissions Ordinance
• Court Limits In Congress' NEPA Reform Push Spark Debate
• Benzene At NC BASF Plant Caused Cancer, Ex-Worker Says
• Native Groups Urge Action As Shutdown Threatens Services
• FERC Finding Friendlier Courts In Gas Project Approval Fights
• Why Feds' Criminal Vehicle Tampering Theory Falls Short
• 2nd Circ. Says Exxon Must Pay Atty Fees For 'Absurd' Args
• The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America
• Stay In Camp Lejeune Case Would Harm Claimants, Court Told
• Dozens Of Localities Say Feds Can't Withhold Disaster Funds
• DHS Blocked From Pulling $233M In Funds From States
• Feds Say Tribes In Ore. Casino Dispute Misconstrued Ruling
• FERC Issues Trump-Ordered Rule To Phase Out 53 Regs
• Judge Ends USDA Rule On Chilean Grape Fumigation
• NC State Demands Monsanto Pay For 'Toxic' PCB Cleanup
• Mich. Judge Says State Must Face Edenville Dam Trial
• Wind Co.'s Pre-Ch. 11 Uptier Deal Draws Suit From Creditors
• Rust-Oleum Buyers' $1.5M Greenwashing Deal Gets Final OK
• Toshiba Seeks Trial Time Limits In $500M Hydro Plant Case
• Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5B In Blue State Project Awards
• Arnold & Porter Bolsters DC Team With Energy Policy Adviser
• How AI Can Find Environmental Risks Before Regulators Do
• Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Investor Suit Over Deadly Turkey Landslide Dismissed
• US, Copper Co. Ask 9th Circ. To Spike Land Transfer Appeal
• Biz Groups Say They Can Be Amici In 4th Circ. Pollution Suit
• Ship Manager Says Liability Shield Applies In Baltimore Wreck
• EPA Seeks Dismissal Of Flint Bellwethers, Says It's Not Liable
• EPA Proposes Rolling Back Biden HFC Ban Deadline
• Looking Beyond Property Damages For Wildfire Survivors
• White House Issues New NEPA Guidance To Federal Agencies
• Ohio Says Norfolk Southern Fully Liable In Derailment Suit
• Wis. PFAS Insurance Ruling A Beacon In Sea Of Uncertainty
• Peru Says Mining Co. Can't Revive $417M Penalty Claim
• What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech