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Environmental - March, 2026

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• 'Best Judicial System In The World': Alsup Reflects On Career
• Chubb Investor Can't Add Climate Proposal In Proxy Material
• Wash. Creates Electric Transmission Authority With New Law
• Ariz. Judge Keeps Oak Flat Stay Pending 9th Circ. Rehearing
• Verizon Can't Enforce Tower Lease, Judge Says
• 'Construction Has To Stop!': Judge Blocks Trump's Ballroom
• Judge Sides With Navy In Hunters Point Cleanup Challenge
• 'God Squad' Exempts Gulf Drillers From Species Protections
• Transpo Tracker: Congestion Pricing Survives, EV Rule At Risk
• In First For DOJ, Action Signals New CFIUS Enforcement Era
• Colo. Judge OKs $2.5M Damages In Metal Workers' Wage Suit
• 9th Circ. Ruling Clarifies Doc Protection Limits In Gov't Probes
• Public Health Groups Challenge EPA's Mercury Limits Repeal
• 11th Circ. Won't Revisit Order Keeping Migrant Facility Open
• Feds Ask For Early Win In Hookless Cactus FOIA Suit
• Getting The Most Out Of Learning And Development Programs
• Trump, Biden Changes To Endangered Species Regs Vacated
• Forest Service Beats Suit Over Timber Targets
• Product Liability Q1 Regulatory Roundup
• Kimberly-Clark Slips Conn. Town's 'Speculative' PFAS Claims
• Nearby Polluters Must Face Gowanus Canal Cleanup Suit
• Fla. Gov. OKs Land Use Bill Despite Miami Beach Resort Fight
• BNSF Says 9th Circ. Opinion Nixes Montana Asbestos Case
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Judge Tosses ESA Challenge Against Nevada Lithium Mine
• Flex Expands US Power Footprint With $1.1B Purchase
• How Cos. Can Prepare For California's Textile Recovery Act
• NC County Accused Of Withholding Landfill PFAS Records
• Brief Backs Maryland Bid To Halt ICE Warehouse Conversion
• AI Presents A Make-Or-Break Moment For Outside Counsel
• Justices Won't Examine Mich. Immunity In Pipeline Row
• Why NY's Flagship Climate Law Is On The Rocks
• Chemical Co. PQ Countersues Tacoma Port In Pollution Case
• Ariz. Judge Says Border Wall Waiver Is Not Unconstitutional
• DC Judge Says 'God Squad' Can Meet Over Gulf Oil Drilling
• Navy Fights Bid To Reopen Wash. Jet Flight Challenge
• ITC Will Review Solar Cell Imports For Infringement
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judge Exits, Duke Ducks Climate Suit
• Hospital System Beats Most Of REIT's $50M Floodwall Suit
• $70M Easement Tax Break Sticks After IRS Concedes Lateness
• State Carbon Cost Disparities Are Pivotal In Data Center Siting
• 25 Years Later, Dam Salmon Case Must Stay In Trial Court
• Colo. County Says DOI Skirted Review For Utah Oil Project
• DC Circ. Blocks Florida's Wetlands Permitting
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Watching Hallmark Movies Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ga. Utility Board Sued Over $15B Power Capacity Deal
• Enviros To Sue Over Timber Project At Flathead Nat'l Forest
• Economists Applaud Colombia's Exit From Investor Treaties
• Musk's SpaceX Eyes $75B IPO Raise, Among Other Rumors
• Reel Justice: 'Mercy' And Private Surveillance As Evidence
• Keys To Federal Carbon Compliance In Data Center Siting
• Exxon Settles Suit Over Cleanup Of Seattle Gas Station Site
• Baltimore Says 1998 Tobacco Deal Doesn't Block Litter Suit
• 9th Circ. Reinstates Critical Habitat Designations For Seals
• 11th Circ. Affirms Slashing Tax Breaks For Conservation Gifts
• Nippon Case Illustrates Challenges Of Proving Antitrust Injury
• ICE Builds Out Detention Centers, And The Suits Pile Up
• EV Co. Investors Get Final OK Of $13.3M Deal, Atty Fees
• Tax-Credit Cliff Sparks M&A Rush For Clean Energy
• Truck Makers Say Calif. Can't Ditch 'Clean Trucks' Pact Suit
• Okla. High Court Says Fed Suit Will Decide Tribal Hunting Row
• Groups Say Miner, Nonprofit Forum Shop In Chuckwalla Suit
• 3 Canadian Law Firms Steer $6.5B Boralex PE Buyout
• 'Bowling Ball' Tips Scale To FERC In Gas Project, Judge Says
• Nevada Tribe, Green Group Join Fight To Save Rare Toad
• 10th Circ. Backs FERC's Overhaul Of Energy Co.'s Exit Fees
• 2nd Circ. Won't Recharge Solar Panel Co. Investor Suit
• Tech Biz Says DOE Wrongly Axed $86.9M Clean Energy Award
• Michigan Sues DHS, ICE Over Planned Detention Center
• Md. Supreme Court Nixes Climate Torts Against Energy Cos.
• What To Watch At The 2026 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting
• Judge Keeps Only Patent Claims In Shoals' Solar Dispute
• Witness AI Usage Is The Next Privilege Battle In Civil Litigation
• ITC Opens More Infringement Probes Into New IP Matters
• Baker Botts-Led Energy Drilling Firm HMH Eyes $231M In IPO
• NC Justices To Decide If AG Can Pursue DuPont Pollution Suit
• DC Judge Says Interior's Offshore Air Rule Not Arbitrary
• $18M Deal Sparks Noncompete Fight In Del. Chancery
• Fertilizer Makers Hit With Proposed Price-Fixing Class Action
• Calif. Sues To Stop Trump's 'Power Grab' To Restart Pipeline
• DC Judge Rejects Procedural Challenges Over Wind Project
• Wagstaff Law Firm Backs $7.25B Roundup Deal
• IRS Concedes To Partnership's $48M Easement Deduction
• Navigating Venezuelan Oil And Gas Sanctions Rollbacks
• US Pays TotalEnergies $1B To Abandon Offshore Wind Leases
• NC High Court Nixes Mold Claims Over Contract Limit
• BJ's Says Pension Fund Oversteps With Climate Study Ask
• Justices Decline To Review Scope Of Wetlands Permit Waiver
• EPA's Ethylene Oxide Plan May Hinder Other Air Toxics Regs
• Chubb Moves To Toss Shareholder's Climate Proposal Suit
• Colorado Fights DOE Order To Keep Coal Plant Running
• Emissions Permits May Not Override Pollution Exclusions
• 'Rules The Roost': Judge Fries Feds' Calif. Egg Law Suit
• 5 Tips For Navigating Your Firm's All-Attorney Summit
• Davis Polk, Skadden Lead UK Mining Firm's Upsized $60M IPO
• Groups Look To Block Interior's National Parks' Signage Order
• Morgan & Morgan Wants To Probe Derailment Atty Fee Split
• Seyfarth Real Estate Team Adds Charlotte City Council Member
• NJ, Town Sue DHS To Stop Planned ICE Facility At Warehouse
• Ford, NJ Town Ink $3.4M Deal To Conclude Landfill Cleanup
• 3M, DuPont Hit With RICO Suit Over PFAS In Firefighter Gear
• Alaska Natives Retain Access To Land In Petroleum Reserve
• SEC Sued Over Proxy Exclusion Policy Change
• States Join Push To Revive EPA Climate Danger Finding
• FERC Chair Aims To Ease Energy Squeeze From War On Iran
• Justice Kagan Denies Apache Bid To Block Ariz. Land Transfer
• Feds' Bid To Wipe Calif. Clean Car Regs Spells More Upheaval
• 4th Circ. Probes Basis For Chemours River Pollution Order
• Legal And Industry Impacts Of America's Maritime Action Plan
• Target Hit With False Ad Suit Over 'Sustainably Caught' Tuna
• Del. Suit Targets NC Enviro Co. Charter Shielding Directors
• PI Loses Bid To Block Extradition To US On Hacking Charges
• PE Behemoths Eye $10B OpenAI JV, Plus More Rumors
• Coaching Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 13 State AGs Urge EPA To Walk Back 'Compliance First' Memo
• EPA Pushes For Win In Solar Grant Fight
• 10th Circ. Weighs Whether To Revive Suncor Pollution Suit
• Fla. Lawmakers Expanded Housing Efforts In Slow Session
• Nippon Permanently Ducks Consumers' US Steel Merger Suit
• Tribal Groups Back High Court Bid To Halt Ariz. Land Transfer
• NJ Justices Say Tidelands Steward Can Modify Pierhead Lines
• Wash. Tribes Dispute 'Inaccurate' Salmon Hatchery Fund Order
• What Texas Anti-Boycott Ruling Means For ESG Landscape
• Suit Aims To Stop Gulf Endangered Species Exemption
• Law School's Missed Lessons: The Human Element
• Coal Plant Order Was Right Call, Energy Dept. Tells DC Circ.
• Groups Urge DC Circ. To Rescind 2 DOE Coal Plant Orders
• CFTC Rescinds Request For Climate Risk Information
• As Justices Mull Suncor, Cos. Face New Climate Suit Realities
• NEPA Suit On Biden Immigration Rules Not Moot, DC Circ. Told
• Trump Admin Accused Of Retaliation In Colo. Climate Lab Suit
• Trump's Pipeline Order Stokes Turf War Over Energy Permits
• Judge Blasts Admin For Shifting White House Project Claims
• BlackRock, State Street Want GOP States' ESG Suit Pared
• 5th Circ. Sends Texas' Ozone Plan Back To EPA
• Idaho Tribe Looks To Void Approval Of $2B Gold Mine Project
• Tulsa Shuts Down Engineer's Age, Race Bias Suit At 10th Circ.
• NY Accuses Solar Co., Lenders Of $275M Homeowner Fraud
• Miss. Expands Energy Project Tax Break To Battery Systems
• Apple Can't Shake Most PFAS Claims In Smartwatch Suit
• Inspector Nabs Collective Cert. In Engineering Co. OT Spat
• 1st Circ. Affirms Block Of Trump's 'Unprecedented' Aid Freeze
• Enviro Groups, Industry Sue EPA Over NOx Emission Standards
• SEIU Sues To Revive EPA Climate Endangerment Finding
• US Won't Alter Stance After Interior Restores Riverbed Opinion
• Environmental Groups Fight EPA's $3B Grant Cut In Court
• Enviros, Ariz. Tribes Continue Push To Halt SunZia Power Line
• SD Eliminates Ag Land Assessment, Tax Oversight Task Force
• PFAS Judge Again Declines Recusal Over DuPont, 3M Ties
• The Benefits Of Choosing A Niche Practice In The AI Age
• Apache Women Urge Justice Kagan To Halt Ariz. Land Swap
• Trump Orders Restart Of Calif. Coast Oil Operations
• AIG Policy Excludes $150M Pollution Coverage, 7th Circ. Finds
• DuPont Can't Trim Lead Exposure Case, Judge Advises
• Fla. Land Use Bill Passes With Controversy Quelled In Part
• Colo. Recycling Law Faces Challenge From Lubricant Group
• Feds Ordered To Reinstate $14M In Eliminated 'DEI' Grants
• Iroquois Pipeline Expansion Fight Is Too Early, Judge Says
• Fed. Bill Would Transfer 860 Acres To Calif.'s Pechanga Band
• Tesla Asks 9th Circ. To Decertify Self-Driving False Ad Class
• 4 Firms Will Pay $11.5M To Fix Pa. Metals Plant Pollution
• Tribes Back Bid To Undo NY Eel-Fishing Ruling At 2nd Circ.
• What New Animal Welfare Enforcement Push Means For Cos.
• GM Seeks Toss Of Fla. EV Charger Defect Class Action
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• EPA Aims To Lift Biden-Era Ethylene Oxide Limits
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Hastings, Duane Morris
• Colo. Appeals Panel Finds Preemption Applies To Noise Claim
• ICE Ordered To Pause Detention Project Over Enviro Concerns
• Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Sales Net $47M Amid Suit
• NY-NJ Commission's Hudson Tunnel Funds Suit Mostly Moot
• Chevron Fined $1M For Double-Counting Renewable Fuels
• Trump Admin Escapes Suit Over Deleted EPA Webpages
• EPA Adds Michigan Dioxane Plume To Superfund List
• Charter Bus Co. Settles With Environmental Group Over Idling
• Congestion Pricing Fight In 2nd Circ. Turns On Jurisdiction
• Trial Advocacy Lessons From 3 Oscar-Nominated Films
• Feds Sue To Stop California's 'Illegal' EV Regulations
• Podcasting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Bayer AG's Monsanto Pays $1M For Misclassified PCB Docs
• Interior Dept. Sued Over Alaska Federal Land Revocation
• Mitsubishi Calls Engine Emissions Class Action A Nonstarter
• PacifiCorp Owes More Than $53M In Latest Wildfire Verdict
• Dem Lawmakers Dispute Economics Of Arctic Oil Leasing
• 2nd Circ. Spurns DOT Bid To Re-Freeze Hudson Tunnel Funds
• Calif. City Must Pay Dow, PPG $6.5M Over Hidden Reports
• Mich. Justices Weigh Public Trust Duties in Enbridge Case
• Ariz. Tribes' Water Rights Act Faces Funding Hurdles, DOI Says
• Neighbors Sue Tenn. Paper Mill Over Rotten-Egg Smell
• Calif. Wants Truck Cos., Feds' Clean Truck Pact Claims Nixed
• Mich. Justices Consider Standard In Enbridge Tunnel Fight
• Structuring Water Agreements For Data Center Development
• Md. Seeks Immediate Halt Of ICE Detention Facility Project
• Bayer Sees 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel' In Roundup Suits
• SEC Avoids Sanctions As Court Ends Unregistered Dealer Suit
• Alaska Fights Tribes' $2M Legal Fees In Fishing Rights Row
• Ara Energy Buying US, European Fuel Assets For $875M
• Fla. Archaeologist Fights Bid To Nix Defamation Suit
• EPA Looks To Rescind Biden Era Rule On Tribal Water Rights
• Calif. Atty Gets Over 11 Years For Solar $1B Ponzi Scheme
• EPA Updates 20-Year-Old Incinerator Emissions Rules
• Mining Co. Can't Decertify Class In Dam Collapse Suit
• AILA Tells 11th Circ. Fla. Lacked Immigration Jail Authority
• Feds Urge End To IRS Wind, Solar Safe Harbor Fight
• What Cos. Must Know About Pa.'s Proposed Data Center Regs
• Lessons From Justices' Split On Major Questions Doctrine
• NY Truckers' Congestion Pricing Lawsuit Is Tossed For Good
• Easement Case Didn't Need Appraiser Witness, 10th Circ. Told
• Judge Won't Block Millions In Salmon Hatchery Tribal Awards
• Feds Can't Pause Fight Over Offshore Wind Stop-Work Order
• Edison Dodges Investors' Wildfire Mitigation Suit, For Now
• Nonprofit Accused Of Firing Director For Medical Leave
• Suit Blames DC Water For Massive Sewage Spill Into Potomac
• FIFA May Be No Match For Town In World Cup Permit Spat
• Mich. County Sues 3M And DuPont Over Airport PFAS
• White House Says Fight Over Energy Emergency Order Is DOA
• Tax Court OKs IRS Partnership Procedures In Easement Fight
• Shell Sells Jiffy Lube To Monomoy Capital For $1.3B
• Table Mountain Tribe Opposes Dismissal In Casino Land Case
• Interior Dept. Moves To Revert Alaska Hunting Regulations
• Justices To Review Guam Munitions Disposal Suit
• Oil Field Tech Co. Fights OSHA Citation Review Regime
• Feds Say Delay Of Millions In Salmon Funds May Harm Tribes
• NJ Trade Groups Fight Outgoing Admin's Environmental Rules
• Judge Wants Action On FEMA Disaster Mitigation Funds Delay
• Treasury Scores Early Win In DOGE Data Sharing Suit
• NJ Utility Dept. Approves Historic Solar Program Expansion
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Companies In Limbo Over Calif. Climate Disclosure Laws' Fate
• Cumulus Hit With Copyright Suit Over Storm Chaser's Video
• Gold Mine Poses No Certain Threat To Belugas, Gov't Argues
• Calif. Case Could Lead To A Redefined Pollution Exclusion
• Enviri, Veolia's $3B Clean Earth Deal Gets US Antitrust Nod
• PFAS Risks In M&A Amid Litigation, Legislative Developments
• Baker Botts Adds Ex-Edison Electrical Executive To DC Team
• Galvanize Caps $370M Fund To Decarbonize Real Estate
• Volunteering With Scouts Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Cushman & Wakefield Ignored 401(k) Climate Risks, Suit Says
• Anadarko Gets 5th Circ. To Bless Coverage Win, Not Damages
• Feds, Wash. State Pitch $668M Cleanup Deal For Duwamish
• Chubb, BJ's Wholesale Sued Over Proxy Ballot Exclusions
• Kids Ask Alaska Justices To Revive LNG Project Climate Fight
• $7.25B Nationwide Roundup Deal Gets First Approval
• Unions Sue Trump Over Moves To Ease Civil Servants' Firing
• Law School's Missed Lessons: In Court, It's About Storytelling
• Chuckwalla Case To Stay In Michigan As Tribes Join Fight
• BLM, Energy, FERC Nominees Clear Senate Committee
• What's Changed In Army Corps' Reissued Nationwide Permits
• Texas Couple Owes $1.8M From Nix Of Farming Deduction
• Tax Court Urged To Restore $20M Easement Deduction
• Enviro Groups Fight Montana Mine Expansion Approval
• How AI's Power Surge Is Rewriting Energy Deal Strategy
• Mass. Justices Doubt New Suit Over Hot-Button Housing Law
• Trump Plan To Reopen Coal Plant Is Illegal, Wash. AG Says
• Judge Lifts Stay After 9th Circ. Ruling In Gila River Dispute
• EPA Fights Fluoridated Water IQ Risk Finding At 9th Circ.
• Split 9th Circ. Tells EPA To Review Cadmium's Species Impact
• EV Maker Lucid Investor Seeks Class Cert. In Production Suit
• Tunnel Funding Freeze Fight Is In Wrong Court, 2nd Circ. Told
• Feds, State AGs And Biz Groups Back Monsanto At High Court
• Judge Says Accounts Of DOJ And FEMA 'Completely Different'
• Fla. House Passes Land Use Bill With Local Preemptions
• Jury Awards $34M In 16th PacifiCorp Wildfire Trial
• House OKs Effort To Ease Broadband Builds On Federal Land
• Hawaiian Electric Investors Get First OK Of $48M Wildfire Deal
• Wash. Tribes Want Shot At Remaining $184M In Salmon Funds
• DOE Contractor Pays $3.45M To Settle Time Card Fraud Case
• Gov't Goes After $19M In Biofuel Tax Credit Fraud Case
• Aligning Microsoft Tools With NYC Bar AI Recording Guidance
• How SF Family Zoning Suit Could Stymie City, Builder Goals
• Feds Lose Fight To End NY Congestion Pricing
• Justices Pass On Challenge To $600M Norfolk Southern Deal
• Scientists Slam 'Political Attack' On Judges' Reference Book
• 1st Circ. Probes Regulatory Authority Of US Fishing Boards
• Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons
• Norfolk Investors Seek Class Cert. In Rail Safety Claims Suit
• A Single DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy Raises Questions
• 5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues
• Judge Delays Line 5 Pipeline Removal On Wis. Tribal Lands
• Eggland's Best Must Face Suit Over 'Cage Free' Marketing
• Justices Reject Jurisdiction Row In PFAS Suit Against 3M