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Environmental - April, 2026

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• Judge Gives $27M Settlement Final Nod In DuPont PFAS Case
• Verizon Slaps Landowner With Counterclaims Over Tower Lease
• Wash. Tribes Beat Big Oil's Bid To Dismiss Climate Suits
• Mass. AG, Auditor Brace For High-Stakes Constitutional Clash
• Northrop Grumman Drops Satellite Damage Suit In Va.
• Monsanto Keeps Trial Win In Roundup Cancer Case
• Judge Spares Offshore Wind Farm In Resident Noise Suit
• Mosaic's Radioactive Road Case Not Moot, Enviro Group Says
• Pa. Justices Find Borough's Stormwater Charge Is Tax
• Al Jazeera Fights To Nix Storm Video DMCA Claim For Good
• Critical Mineral Restrictions Up 500% From 2009, OECD Says
• Sunoco Pipeline Suit Belongs In Federal Court, 3rd Circ. Told
• Union Pacific Reaches Deal In LA Nonprofit's Pollution Suit
• Playing Magic: The Gathering Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Insurer Drops Oil Refinery Fire Coverage Row After Deals
• Ga. Lawyer Says Fraud Coverage Ruling Misread State Law
• State Of Insurance: Q1 Notes From Illinois
• ADW Pursues $3B Takeover Of Meineke Owner, More Rumors
• Bitcoin Miner MARA Inks $1.5B Deal To Expand Power Assets
• Kroger Settles Gov't Claims Over Ozone-Harming Emissions
• Del. Supreme Court Says Bylaw Suits Came Too Soon
• Wash. High Court To Review $230M Hospital Wage Suit Award
• Feds Can't Hide Records Of FEMA Cuts, Judge Says
• Hague Court Lets ICSID Creditor Seize Spain-Owned Building
• Kennedy Center Director Says Safety Perils Warrant Overhaul
• Burgum, Senate Dems Spar Over Energy Permitting Moves
• US Lawmakers Back Bid To Win Trump Park Pass Suit
• EPA Staff Challenge Suspensions Over Critical Open Letter
• Improving Well-Being In Law, 10 Years After Landmark Study
• Atkore To Pay $136.5M To Settle PVC Pipe Antitrust Claims
• 10,000 Native Okla. Landowners Owed Oil Royalties, Suit Says
• Ohio Steel Co. Agrees To Spend $12M On Waste Cleanup
• UAE's Exit From OPEC Could Hurt Smaller US Oil Producers
• Feds Say 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' Halts Ballroom
• Pipeline Violations Trouble 4th Circ. As Gas Co. Fights Stay
• EPA Creates A Legal Haze With Emissions Plan Rejections
• US, Australian Firms Guide $835M Greenland Rare Earths Deal
• PFAS OUT Cannot Replace Broad Drinking Water Protections
• 9th Circ. Asked To Pause Idaho Tribal Land Swap Ruling
• Initial Virginia AG Actions Signal Focus On Multistate Efforts
• BTG Pactual TIG Snags $1.24B For Reforestation Strategy
• Solar Co. Attyx Is Accused Of Tricking Customers Into Loans
• Meet The Attys Arguing The High Court 'Skinny Label' Case
• White House Ballroom Suit Will Continue, Preservationists Say
• Mapping The Affordability Crisis: A Special Report
• 9th Circ. Affirms Calif. Officials' Immunity In Pollution Suit
• Boise Cascade Pleads Guilty To Buying Tariff-Dodging Wood
• High Court Appears Split In Monsanto Roundup Appeal
• Energy And Ag Groups Push For Biofuel Waiver Reform
• 10th Circ. Reverses Interior Dept. $2.8M Drilling Royalty Order
• SEC's Fund Name Reversal Draws Advocates' Criticism
• How A Rush To Trial Paid Off With A Rare FCPA Acquittal
• Developer Fights NC County's Data Center Moratorium
• Reel Justice: 'No Other Choice' And Moral Rationalization
• Insurer Says No Coverage For $7.5M Sewage Spill Suit
• Lockheed Birth Defect Judge Slams Door On Trial Aids Fight
• 10 States Say EPA Must Enforce Clean Air Act Soot Rule
• Groups Agree To Drop, And Refile, Pipeline Permit Suit
• Up Last At High Court: TPS, Geofence, Skinny Labels
• Justices Give Tort Defendants Tool To Get To Federal Court
• What's At Stake As High Court Hears Roundup Appeal
• FTC Says It Has Evidence To Back Pesticides Antitrust Case
• Feds Say Species Suit Is Moot After Gulf Drilling Exemption
• National Parks Signage Order Diverts Resources, Court Told
• Fed Bill Targets Colo. Tribal Water Backlog With $10M Boost
• 5 Trial Lessons You Learn By Losing
• ICE Says 'Speculative' Harms Can't Block NJ Detention Center
• What Cos. Must Know As Energy Star Shifts To DOE Oversight
• Feds, Utility Defend Green Light For Nebraska Power Line
• Nuclear Reactor Developer X-Energy Prices Upsized $1B IPO
• 9th Circ. Revives County's $162M Environmental Coverage Bid
• Trump Orders On Renewables Get A Judicial Reality Check
• Cathay Bank Says Macquarie Hid $100M DTG Rival Acquisition
• Apache Group Amends Suit To Reverse Arizona Land Transfer
• BJ's Ordered To Put Climate Study Pitch Before Shareholders
• Fla. Subpoenas Cos., Green Groups In Plastics Antitrust Probe
• GHG Endangerment Finding Repeal Brings New Legal Risks
• Wildfire App Can't Get Competitor's Launch Blocked
• 9th Circuit Clash Flares Over Idaho Tribal Land Swap Decision
• 2 New SEC Proposals Represent Welcome Relief For Funds
• PFAS Study Is Wake-Up Call For Pet Food Companies
• Officiating Football Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Monsanto, Roundup Users Fight 'Attack' On $7.25B Deal
• Gore-Tex Maker Says 'Harmful' Chemicals Suit Can't Survive
• Hagens Berman, Others Seek To Co-Lead PFAS Fire Gear Suit
• Lockheed Birth Defect Trial Judge 'Disappointed' By Attys
• Cruise Ship Wi-Fi Plan Could Skew Ocean Data, NAS Says
• Pa. Coal Plants To Stay Open After Consenting To Upgrades
• 11th Circ. Says Everglades Detention Center Can Stay Open
• Calif. Homeowners Say Allstate Deflated Rebuilding Costs
• Lime Rock New Energy Clinches 2nd Fund With $640M In Tow
• Chevron Gets Steel Firm's NJ Soil Cleanup Suit Pared Down
• SolarEdge Inks $55M Investor Deal Over Europe Sales Claims
• Permit Vacated For W.Va. Surface Mine Valley Fills
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Draft Pleadings
• Insurer Escapes Covering Ga. Atty In $750K Fraud Suit
• Travelers Says Prior Claims Bar $2.3M Habitat Loss Coverage
• DHS Says Mich. Lacks Standing To Block Planned ICE Center
• Justices Won't Move Mich. Pipeline Suit To Federal Court
• Feds Say Arctic Lease Sale For Oil Drilling Begins In June
• Pesticide Study Admin Says Ex-Worker's Suit Is A 'Do-Over'
• Judge Eyes Ballot Deadline In Feud Over BJ's Climate Study
• Group Says EPA Missed Deadline Over Legacy-Asbestos Rule
• Texas Panel Says Flooding Fact Issues Save Malpractice Suit
• Calif. Says City Skirted Duties After Tribal Remains Found At Site
• Latham, Loeb Guide AI Battery Co.'s $250M SPAC Merger
• Legal And Regulatory Keys To Sustainable Building Projects
• 11th Circ. Mulls Septic Permit Ban In Fla. Manatee Dispute
• 3 Firms Guide $1.2B Semiconductor Equipment SPAC Deal
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control
• Ga. Justices Confront Fed, State Power Divide In Bio-Lab Suit
• Oregon Environmentalists Join ICE Detention Center Fight
• Enviro Orgs., Tribe Say Neb. Power Line Will 'Slice' Landscape
• Mass. Judge Freezes Trump Admin's Anti-Wind, Solar Orders
• Solar Contractor Drops $31M Bond Dispute With Zurich
• PFAS Plaintiffs Say Midcase Appeal Would 'Derail' Litigation
• 'Risky Proposition': 9th Circ. Skeptical Of Wash. CWA Strategy
• National Parks Group Seeks To Block Mojave Mine Restart
• Groups Challenge BP Offshore Project Approval At 11th Circ.
• Alaska Can't Dodge $2M Bill In Fishing Rights Row, Court Told
• SPI Energy Seeks Ch. 15 Recognition Of Cayman Wind-Down
• Calif. Truck Regs Now Require Multiple Compliance Strategies
• Kimberly-Clark Landfill PFAS Suit Sent To Conn. State Court
• Mich. AG Fights Approval Of DTE-Oracle Data Center Plan
• Vt. Court Says Monsanto Must Face Trial Over PCBs At School
• SpaceX, Calif. Agency Strike Sealed Deal To End Launch Suit
• DHS Sued For Waiving Federal Laws To Build Texas Border Wall
• Groups Say EPA Used Faulty Math In GHG Finding Repeal
• Mich. Exotic Pet Dealer Faces Default In Feds' Inspection Suit
• Norfolk Slams Investors' Cert. Bid In Rail Safety Claims Suit
• Exxon Rips Mass. AG For Greenwash 'Fishing Expedition'
• Texas Justices Back Enviro Agency In Deadline Dispute
• Solar Co. Freedom Forever Blames Unpaid Bills For Ch. 11
• Tribes Say Yellowstone Bison Suit Doesn't Raise Treaty Rights
• GE Unit Must Finish Work On Vineyard Wind Offshore Project
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Stikeman Elliott
• 2 Discovery Rulings Break With Heppner On AI Privilege Issue
• Senate Votes To Allow Mining Around Minn. Boundary Waters
• High Court Sends La. Pollution Suit To Federal Court
• 2nd Circ. Says Animal Groups Can't Challenge Swine Rule
• Latham-Led Nuclear Power Supplier X-Energy Eyes $750M IPO
• EPA-Backed River Plan Puts Wash. Salmon At Risk, Suit Says
• Vineyard Wind Seeks Order For GE To Finish Offshore Project
• FERC Aims For June To Act On DOE Data Center Grid Plan
• White House Again Ordered To Stop Ballroom Construction
• Del. River Regulator Says It Lawfully Extended LNG Permit
• Carpet Co. Seeks Fast Appeal Of Ruling Sustaining PFAS Suit
• Isshin-Ryu Karate Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Sazerac Pitches $15B Brown-Forman Buy, Plus More Rumors
• What Cos. Should Look For As Minn. Plans PFAS Product Ban
• ICE Ordered To Stop Work On Maryland Detention Center
• Feds Can't Block Hawaii's Suit Against Oil, Gas Companies
• NY Appeals Panel Doubts NYC's Climate Suit Can Be Revived
• Alaska's Pebble Mine Allies Say EPA Project Veto Is Illegal
• Energy Sec. Defends Grant Cuts To House Reps
• Texas Can't Revive Anti-ESG Law While Appeal Plays Out
• Judge Ices Calif. Climate Suit As Justices Mull Boulder Case
• Trump Admin Asks Court To Delay East Wing Injunction
• DOL's Warning For Proxy Advisers Acts On A Trump Order
• Trump Plan To Remake DC Golf Course Is In Rough Legal Shape
• CFTC Chair's Speech Hints At Innovation-Friendly Policies
• 5 Key Questions Attys Should Ask About Statistical Analyses
• US Says It Will Stay Out Of Calif. Monument Venue Dispute
• Shell, Enviro Group Ordered To 'Actually Speak For 4 Hours'
• Enviro Groups Back Garden State's Bid To Block ICE Facility
• V&E, Kirkland Advise On $650M Natural Gas Storage Sale
• Trade Group Shelves EPA Emissions Rule Fight For 6 Months
• Microplastics On Water Contaminant List Could Spur Claims
• Oilfield Co. Required Worker LLCs, Denied OT, Suit Says
• Solar Co. Freedom Forever Hits Ch. 11 With Over $500M Debt
• NAACP Sues Musk's XAI Over Data Center Pollution In Miss.
• Westlake Inks $67M Antitrust Deal With PVC Pipe Buyers
• Red State AGs Fight Bid To Trim Suit Against BlackRock
• EPA Sued Over Missed Deadline For Tougher Soot Limits
• Judge Revives Gas Station's Contamination Coverage Suit
• Feds Say USDA Can Tie State Funding To Gender Policies
• Keurig Accused Of Falsely Labeling K-Cups Recyclable
• Tesla Drivers Urge 9th Circ. To Preserve False Ad Class
• Experian Accused Of Reporting Fraudulent Pink Energy Loans
• Pa. Justices Question US Steel's Duty To Pay Attys For Testing
• 7 Mistakes To Avoid When Using Trial Graphics
• Nevada Tribe Asks High Court To Revive $208M Water Claim
• Jury Chosen In Small Biz Suit Against 3M For Texas Explosion
• Bio Energy Sues Cos. Over Failed Ohio Renewable Gas Plants
• Exxon Can't Halt Heat Death Suit Ahead Of Climate Tort Ruling
• Immigrant Attys Say Everglades Site Violated Access Order
• 9th Circ. Judge Skeptical Of Renewing Trump Energy EOs Suit
• Maryland Urges Court To Block ICE Detention Center Project
• PacifiCorp Damages Tab Rises With Liability Uncertain
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Stikeman-Led GFL Inks $4.6B Waste Management Deal
• DC Judge Won't Stay Broadband Grants Suit Against Trump
• Water Damage Fight Belongs In Kansas, Travelers Says
• Mont. Judge Greenlights BLM-Approved Logging Project
• No Early Win For HOA In Storm Coverage Suit
• University Stiffed Energy Firm On Audit Work, Suit Says
• Aspiration's Ch. 7 Trustee Sues To Block Calif. Fraud Suit
• Green Roofing Co. Says Ex-Employee Stole Clients, Trade Secrets
• Chemical Site Owner To Pay Pa.'s $2.4M Cleanup Bill Via Sale
• State Bars Need To Get Specific About AI Confidentiality
• Ireland To Cut Energy Taxes Amid Blockades By Protesters
• EPA's Retreat On GHGs Reshapes Preemption Debate
• Colo. Oil Co. Accuses Landfill Firms Of Easement Violations
• Maryland, Ship Owner Reach Deal On Baltimore Bridge Wreck
• What Justices' Review Of Guam Case Will Mean For Permitting
• Trump Administration Wants Suit Over DC Golf Course Tossed
• Interior Says National Parks Signage Suit Is A Political Dispute
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Pa. Top Court Snapshot: Juvenile Sentences, Cleanup Costs
• Conspiracy Claims Not 'Plausible,' Insurers Tell Calif. Judge
• EPA Plan To Revise Coal Ash Rules Draws Quick Objections
• 9th Circ. Axes Kids' 'Sprawling And Speculative' Climate Suit
• Drivers Say GM, Bosch Can't Ditch Chevy Cruze Fraud Claims
• Mich., Animal Rights Groups Take Aim At US's Egg Price Suit
• Judge Says Poultry Enviro Deals In 20-Year Suits Fall Short
• IRS Urged To Clarify Foreign-Owner Rules For Energy Credits
• Senators Warn EPA Rule Will Erode State, Tribal Water Review
• Investor Says Chinese Firms Took $476M EV Venture Stake
• Neb. Utility Allowed To Join Power Line Project Approval Fight
• Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 3 Federal Policy Trends Shaping Data Center Power
• Ecolab Says Personal Injury Law Firm Holding Back $148K
• Chancery Agrees To Fast-Track $58M Food Sale Fight
• UK Drafts Carbon Border Tax Rules To Match EU System
• W.Va. Town Says Waste Co. Leaked PFAS Into Water Supply
• Fla. Panel Told New Proposals Don't Protect Natural Springs
• Alaska Says Refuge Land Swap Allows Community Access
• Enviro Groups Sue To Stop Fla. Project, Save Panthers
• Judge To OK Aleon Ch. 11's Plan After Release Changes
• Judge Says 9th Circ. OK'd 'Annihilation' Of Sacred Lands
• Mass. Justices Divided Over $325M Pro Soccer Stadium Project
• VW Beats 'Clean Diesel' NY Shareholder Derivative Suit
• 4 Firms Guide $1B US Deep-Sea Critical Minerals Merger
• NJ And Town Seek Injunction To Halt ICE Detention Center
• Appeals Court Wipes Out PacifiCorp Wildfire Liability Verdict
• Miner Says Calif. Tribes Can't Upend Monument Suit Venue
• Group Accuses CBP Of Withholding Border Wall Records
• Feds Say Iranian Hackers Are Targeting 'Critical' Infrastructure
• Federal Court To Decide If Faulty Pumps Caused Detroit Flood
• Keurig's K-Cup Pods Are Largely Unrecyclable, Suit Says
• Wis. Tribe Tries To Block Pipeline Around Reservation
• 1-Year Biofuel Exemptions Eligibility Upheld For 2 Refineries
• 10th Circ. Says Enviro Groups Skipped Steps In Mine Dispute
• 8th Circ. Backs Insurer Win In ND Pollution Exclusion Row
• Fla. Detention Facility Injunction Unsupported, 11th Circ. Told
• Fishermen, Seafood Sellers Sue LOOP Over La. Oil Spill
• Ohio Derailment Class Attys Fight Morgan & Morgan Fee Probe
• What Voluntary Calif. Carbon Reports Show About Compliance
• Feds Say Moth Doesn't Merit Endangered Species Protection
• Fertilizer-Makers Face More Price-Fixing Accusations
• Research Group Seeks To Block Fed's Divestment Efforts
• NC Utility Turns To CERCLA For DuPont PFAS Suit
• Interior Dept. Will Reunite Offshore Permitting, Safety Arms
• What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings
• Germany, Italy Ask EU For Windfall Tax On Energy Companies
• How Justices' GEO Ruling Resets Gov't Contractor Litigation
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• FERC Unlawfully Revived Pipeline Project, DC Circ. Told
• Animal Rights Groups Jump Into 'Cage Free Egg' Fight
• DOJ Says Block On Maryland Detention Center Isn't Warranted
• Barnes & Thornburg Snags PFAS Expert From Venable
• 9th Circ. Upholds Biden Ariz. National Monument Proclamation
• EPA Eyes Microplastics, Drugs For Drinking Water Watch List
• Iran War Disruption Could Spur Future Energy Dealmaking
• Parsing Rule 12(c) Motion Overuse In Securities Class Actions
• Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards
• Groups Sue To Block Drilling Near Lakota Sacred Site
• Clean Energy Tax Credits Could Gain Ground In Tax Planning
• Baby Care Products Co. Hit With Greenwashing Class Action
• Park Project Will Mar Cleveland's Shaker Lakes, Suit Says
• Feds Say Clean Air Act Nullifies Calif. Truck Emissions Regs
• Property Co. Not Liable To Investors In $40M Fraud Suit
• Groups Say Feds' Gulf Species Exemption Flouted Process
• New DOD Framework Offers Key Guidance On PFAS Disposal
• Amazon Mulls $9B Globalstar Buy, Plus More Rumors
• Ultramarathons Make Me A Better Lawyer
• TotalEnergies, Masdar Launch $2.2B Asia Renewables Venture
• Dominican Republic Must Pay $44M Arbitral Landfill Award
• NC Judge Backs Feds In Red Wolf Designation Suit
• NY Tribe Can Control Its Water, Sanitation Program, Judge Says
• DC Circ. Asked To Vacate FERC Pipeline Extension Approval
• Buyer Says Seller Undermined $58M Food Business Sale
• Baker Botts, Latham Lead Oil Driller HMH's $210M IPO
• Feds Sue NJ Town Over Building Electrification Ordinance
• Feds Can't Block Calif. Law Banning New Drilling Near Homes
• 17 State AGs Challenge EPA's Repeal Of Coal Plant Air Regs
• Key Takeaways From The 2026 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting
• Mich. Says ICE Illegally Skipped Enviro Review For Warehouse
• California Tribes Say Feds Skirted Casino Land Trust Rules
• Archer Builds Environmental Team With Partner From Wilentz