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Environmental - May, 2026

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• Lockheed Beats Families' Birth Defects Suit At Trial
• Wrongful Death Claims Settled Before Baltimore Bridge Trial
• $7.25B Roundup Deal Conditionally Sent To Calif. MDL
• Gate City Sues White Energy For $200M Over Carbon Project
• Feds Dodge Some Claims In New Mexico Wildfire Liability Suit
• Preservation Group Wants Feds To Stop DC Golf Course Plans
• Dems Tell DC Circ. Trump Can't Build White House Ballroom
• Md. Expands Urban Agriculture Property Tax Credit Eligibility
• Hawaiian Electric Gets Final OK Of $100M Wildfire Deal
• Embattled Metal Recycler Sued Over NJ Facility Fires
• Fla. Man Sentenced To 18 Months For $7M Biofuel Tax Fraud
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, White & Case, Vischer
• Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs
• SEC Unveils Plan To End Biden-Era Climate Disclosure Regs
• 3M, DuPont Lose PFAS Forum-Shopping Sanctions Bid
• NC AG Can't Litigate Environmental Case, Biz Groups Say
• Land Co. Says Greeley Lowballed Water Storage Payout
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Deepwater Prostate Cancer Suit
• Wash. Tribes, River Group Fight FERC Hydro License
• Conn. Town Challenges Mass. Waste Plant Near State Line
• Feds Say Canadian Co.'s Auto Devices Violate Emissions Law
• Studying Foreign Languages Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• PacifiCorp Link Should DQ Appeal Judge, Plaintiffs Say
• 9th Circ. Says Alaska Can Release ConocoPhillips Well Data
• National Trust Asks DC Circ. To Back Trump Ballroom Block
• Cummins Beats Emissions Derivative Suits, For Now
• Colo. Group Says $66M Flood Bonds Needed TABOR Vote
• Shuttered USDA Program Grantees Join Suit To Restore $125M
• US Looks To Drop Cross-Claim In ND Riverbed Rights Fight
• NJ, Pa. Move For New Data Center Development Standards
• IRS Asked To Quickly Release Fuel Credit Emissions Model
• Fla. Detention Site Pollutes, Environmental Group Tells Court
• Golf Club Ends Hurricane Coverage Fight With Allianz Unit
• Roundup Plaintiffs Say $7.25B Deal Belongs In State Court
• Michigan Residents Sue AI Data Center Over Alleged 24/7 Noise
• Perkins Coie Hires Career Latham Energy Atty In Calif.
• 3 Firms Steer Battery-Maker ProLogium's $3.8B SPAC Merger
• 3 Firms Guide Nuclear Power Startup's $2.4B SPAC Merger
• Massachusetts Data Center Sued Over 'Pervasive' Hum
• Travelers Can't Halt Water Damage Fight, Senior Home Says
• Del. Justices' Ripeness Ruling Shields Advance Notice Bylaws
• Trump Admin Looks To Ax Expanded Suit Over Staffing Cuts
• Judge Nixes $28M DAPL Verdict To Pave Way For Deal
• Air Force Urges Justices To Unravel Guam Munitions Ruling
• Refrigerant Cos. Want 4th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Wash. Tribal Site Secrecy Cuts Against Injunction, Court Told
• Latham, Milbank Guide Data Center Power Co.'s $2B IPO Pitch
• 9th Circ. Ruling Must End Land Transfer Suit, Copper Co. Says
• 9th Circ. Backs Reinstating DEI Grants Nixed By Trump
• Cummins Investors' $1.6M Emissions Suit Deal Gets Final OK
• Feds Say No Harms Stem From Trump Photo On Park Passes
• High Court Won't Hear Union Carbide Emissions Row
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• $7.25B Roundup Deal Had 'Lack Of Adversity,' Objectors Say
• PFAS Judge Wary Of Bid To Sanction Town For 'About-Face'
• Alaskan Tribes Renew Ambler Road Fight Over Trump Order
• Federal Judge Blocks Expanded Red Snapper Fishing Permits
• What's In The House Surface Transportation Funding Bill?
• Rivian Investors Get Final OK For $250M IPO Settlement
• States Tell Justices Colo. Climate Suit Threatens Sovereignty
• Everglades Temple Suit Paused After Project Loses Funding
• Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, McGuireWoods
• Trump's Melding Of Politics, Antitrust Hard To Roll Back
• Seven County's Legacy Still Unwritten A Year Later
• Looking Beyond Calif. Climate Laws As NY Bills Advance
• 9th Circ. Says Judge Overstepped In Fluoride Risk Case
• Wind Blade Maker TPI Gets OK For Affiliates' Chapter 11 Plan
• NC Justices Told AG Powerless To Bring DuPont Pollution Suit
• Industrial Services Co. Warrior Technologies Hits Ch. 11
• FERC Proposes Broader Fast Track For Gas Pipeline Work
• Acting NJ DEP Commissioner Pledges Streamlined Agency
• North Dakota, US Look To Vacate $28M Pipeline Order
• NY Times Word Puzzles Make Me A Better Lawyer
• 'Peanuts' Music Owner Sues Feds, 3 Cos. For Infringement
• Baltimore Bridge Wreck Civil Trial Will Stay The Course
• 4th Circ. OKs Pipeline Work During Green Groups' Permit Suit
• La. Defends Challenged LNG Project Air Permit At 5th Circ.
• Pipeline Co. And JB Hunt Settle Easement Fight
• Exxon Seeks Sanctions Over 'Altered' Photo From Mass. AG
• Plaintiffs Not To Blame For Monsanto Pesticide Suit Delay
• DC Judge Questions Red Snapper Season Expansion Plan
• Data Center Developer Lessons From Maine's Vetoed Ban
• Target Says Tuna Label Suit Rests On Generalized Grievances
• Law School's Missed Lesson: Diagnose Before Arguing
• Wachtell Lipton, Goodwin Steer $1.5B Analog Devices Deal
• Monsanto To Pay Mich., RI Up To $302M Over PCB Pollution
• Feds Seek To Drop Emissions Case For 2 Ex-Fiat Managers
• AIG Unit Doesn't Owe $2.5M For Pollution Defense Costs
• DC Circ. Says Solar Cos. Lack Standing Over Grid Upgrade Bill
• SunZia, Feds Say Claims Can't Upend Built Ariz. Power Line
• Ala. Power Co. Must Face Coal Ash Claims, 11th Circ. Says
• Seeborg's Term As Calif. Northern District Chief Judge To End
• Becoming The Biz-Savvy GC That Portfolio Companies Need
• AI Regulatory Gaps May Fuel FCA Enforcement Action
• Wis. Tribe Says State Misreads 1854 Treaty In Fishing Row
• AI Agents Will Test The Bounds Of Expert Witness Rules
• What New PFAS Rule Means For Tracking And Disclosure
• DeMayo Says Marketers Owe Coverage In Camp Lejeune Suit
• EPA Plans To Repeal Biden-Era 'Forever Chemicals' Rules
• Native, Enviro Groups Challenge Calif. Oil Pipeline Waiver
• DOJ Charges Bring More Complications For Key Bridge Ship
• EPA, Flint Plaintiffs Clash Over Facts After Bellwether Trial
• Volvo Inks $197M Emissions Deal With Calif. Regulators
• Expert's AI 'Prompts' Discoverable In Shell Enviro Suit
• EPA Rejects Hawaii's Haze Plan, Keeping Oil-Fired Plants Open
• Exxon Tells 9th Circ. Calif.'s Plastic Suit Belongs In Fed. Court
• Mich. Secures $108M Monsanto PCB Pollution Settlement
• Senior Home Says Colo. Is Right Venue For Insurance Dispute
• Reel Justice: 'Project Hail Mary' Can Aid Cross-Examination
• AI-Proofing Class Action Notices From Pro Se Objection Surge
• DOE's Wright Extends Mich. Coal Plant's Life Into 2nd Year
• Kirkland, McGuireWoods Guide NextEra's $67B Dominion Deal
• Judges On AI: How Courts Can Survive The Tech Revolution
• 4 Key Issues Enviro Attys Are Watching In The Farm Bill
• 4th Circ. Halts Md. Law Banning Electricity Greenwashing
• Hertz Inks $10M Deal To End Investor Suit Over EV Demands
• Lawmakers Decry USDA Plan To End Roadless Forest Rule
• Michigan Says DOE Lacked Crisis To Extend Coal Plant Life
• 'I've Looked At Your Billing Records,' Rivian Judge Jokes
• What Jury Holdouts Can Teach Trial Lawyers About Strategy
• Sherwin-Williams Hit With Nuisance Suit Over Pa. Paint Plant
• Buddhists' Fla. Temple Suit Is Moot, Army Corps Says
• 'Mobile' Sources For On-Site Generation May Be A Risky Bet
• Taxation With Representation: Cassels, Ropes & Gray
• Resident Says Toxins' Presence Enough For Union Pacific Suit
• 3 AI Adoption Mistakes GCs Should Avoid
• EPA Floats Relaxation Of Coal Plant Waste Rule
• House Passes Bill To Narrow Biofuel Blending Exemption
• EPA Proposes Delaying Biden-Era Vehicle Emissions Regs
• High Court Must End Colo. Climate Suit, Oil Cos. Say
• Cushman & Wakefield Wants Discovery Stay For 401(k) Suit
• Infrastructure Can't Support ICE Detention Center, Ga. City Says
• Trustee Raises Red Flag Over TPI Composites Plan Releases
• Playing Basketball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Brown-Forman Rejects $15B Takeover Offer, More Rumors
• Ga. Panel Quiet On Fate Of $20M Bard Cancer Verdict
• Former New Jersey Enviro Chief Joins Greenberg Traurig
• EPA Listing Signals New Scrutiny Of Drugs In Drinking Water
• V&E, Latham Guide Oil Landowner EagleRock's $320M IPO
• Water Utilities Urge DC Circ. To Toss EPA PFAS Regs Suit
• Ore. Justices Urged To Reverse PacifiCorp Appeal Win
• EPA Must Reconsider Flame Retardant Regs, 9th Circ. Says
• Texas Biz Court Weighs If It Can Hear La. Antitrust Claims
• Empire Wind Seeks Permanent End To Stop-Work Order
• 4th Circ. Judge Flags Energy Shortage Harms In Pipeline Fight
• Insurers Accused Of Stonewalling On $2.7M Hurricane Claims
• Full 5th Circ. Weighs Jackson, Mississippi, Lead Poisoning Claims
• Conn. PFAS Plaintiffs Deny Forum Shopping In Montana Suit
• 10th Circ. Considers Fire Chief's Immunity In Termination Suit
• Vineyard Wind Contractor Asks Judge To Pull Work Order
• 10th Circ. Doubts Bid To Undo Colo. Land Swap
• Calif. Gas Station Leak Suit Came Too Late, Judge Says
• Atkore's $136M Deals In PVC Pipe Antitrust Row Get Initial OK
• Latham Guides Geothermal Startup Fervo's Upsized $1.9B IPO
• The Biz Court Digest: Georgia Court Has Business On Its Mind
• 5 Firms Steer Equinox, Orla Plan To Form $18.5B Gold Giant
• DC Circ. Asked To Review EPA Incinerator Standards
• Seeger Weiss, Motley Rice Want $675M In Bayer Deal Fees
• Mass. AG OKs Auditor Lawsuit, Ending Constitutional Spat
• Feds Tell 9th Circ. They Have Last Word On Pipeline Restart
• ABB To Sink $200M Into Grid Tech Manufacturing In Europe
• ACLU, Other Groups Want To Back Mich. In ICE Facility Fight
• Southern Utes Secure First Tribal Energy Resource Agreement
• NJ, ICE Pause Fight Over Planned Immigrant Detention Center
• Fla. Court Won't Move Panther Habitat Suit To Different Judge
• Md. Justices' State Climate Tort Ban May Shape National Path
• 4 Emerging Approaches To AI Protective Order Language
• Bus Idling Settlement Includes $5.6M Penalty, Engine Monitors
• Florida Court Won't Stay Everglades Site Atty Access Order
• Ship Managers Indicted Over Baltimore Bridge Disaster
• Trump Administration Strikes Deal With DC Golf Courses
• Cushman & Wakefield Tries To Sink 401(k) Climate Risk Suit
• Preservationists Sue To Stop Reflecting Pool's Blue Makeover
• Feds Look To Halt Yellowstone Bison Cases For NEPA Review
• Packaging Co. Wins 2nd Block On Rival's Insulated Container
• ND Justices Limit Greenpeace Pipeline Claims In Dutch Court
• Feds Say Congress Barred Challenge To Gulf Lease Sale
• Blackstone, Halliburton Plug $1B In Energy Startup VoltaGrid
• EPA Faces Skepticism Over Steel Mill Rule Deadline Delay
• Heppner Ruling Left AI Privilege Risk For Lawyers Unresolved
• The Growing Importance Of Nature-Related Disclosures
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Pa. Monastery Conversion Co. Allegedly Skirted Sewer Rules
• Canceled Solar Grants Suit In Wrong Court, Wash. Judge Hints
• Oil Groups Say Offshore Drilling Exemption Moots Lawsuit
• Lummi Nation Seeks To Block Telecom Digging At Burial Sites
• Clarity Sought On Energy Tax Credits And Foreign Debt
• Rightsizing Regulation To Usher In Next-Generation Nuclear
• Montana PFAS Defendants Seek 'Forum Shopping' Sanctions
• Don't Miss It: Paul Hastings, V&E Steer Latest Hot Deals
• The Ethics And Practicalities Of Representing AI Agents
• Taxation With Representation: Corrs, Kirkland, Linklaters
• Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
• Interior Dept. Transfers 1.4M Acres To Alaska For Development
• Blue States Say Trump Admin Can't Duck Energy Order Suit
• Insurer Owes No Coverage For Mall Pollution, Fla. Judge Says
• NAACP Urges Miss. Judge To Turn Off XAI Gas Turbines
• Md. Congress Members Press Air Force For Fuel Leak Details
• Mich. Judge Won't Let 3M Out Of Landfill Contamination Suit
• Judge Won't Pause Hawaii Climate Suit For High Court Review
• Child Support Debtors Get Prison Work Pay Class Certified
• Carbon Tax Revenues Fall Far Short Of Potential, Report Says
• IBM Can't Dodge All PFAS Claims In NY Contamination Suit
• Speed Jigsaw Puzzling Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Waste Co. Says W.Va. City Lacks Standing In PFAS Suit
• Judge Questions OMB Justification For Voiding Grants
• Mich. Judge OK's Experts in EPA Cleanup Suit
• Service Members Can't Sue Gov't Over Red Hill Fuel Leak
• Advocacy Group Fights Trump Bid To End Broadband Grants
• Judge May Curb Exxon Questions In Mass. Greenwash Case
• Drilling Project Halted, For Now, Near SD Worship Site
• Navigating The Annulment Of NY Wetlands Permitting Rules
• Chubb Units Must Cover Environmental Contamination Claim
• Ship Owner, Insurer To Pay $17M For Puerto Rico Reef Harm
• Judge Tells FEMA Officials To Preserve Signal Chats
• SEC Makes First Move To Nix Biden-Era Climate Reg
• Mass. Justices Push For An End To AG-Auditor Deadlock
• Permits Will Lead To Red Snapper 'Overfishing,' Groups Say
• EPA Says Clean Water Act Doesn't Impose PFAS Sludge Curbs
• BlackRock, State Street Push To Trim Red State AGs' Suit
• Native CDFI Says EPA Froze, Then Killed, $400M Grant
• Dutch Order Enforcing Award Tests Spain's Immunity Shield
• AI Data Center Boom May Spur Wave Of Toxic Tort Suits
• Ex-Sunrun Legal VP Joins Wilson Sonsini In San Francisco
• 2 Firms Guiding Creation Of $7.7B Australian Gold Miner
• Transocean's $5.8B Bid For Drilling Rival Valaris Draws DOJ Eye
• Red Hill Fuel Leak Settlement Gets Judge's Backing
• State Farm Bungled LA Wildfire Claims, Calif. Regulator Says
• Utility Districts Violated Canada-US River Treaty, Judge Says
• Feds Say Minn.'s State Suit Usurps Climate Regulator Role
• Calif. Seeks To Halt Trump Admin's Coastal Pipeline Restart
• Feds Say Challenge To Drilling Near SD Worship Site Baseless
• Groups Say Feds Neglected Whale Habitat Revision Petition
• Judge OKs $55M Deal In BP Archaea Suit
• New Risks Emerge As States Push Proxy Voting Legislation
• Enviro Ruling And A New Law Signal Shift In La. Legacy Cases
• 2 AI Snafus Show Why Attys Can't Outsource Judgment
• Judge Blocks Wis. Tribe From Barring Nonmember Fishing
• Oil Giants Say Mich. AG's Climate Antitrust Suit Is DOA
• Sioux Tribes Fight Black Hills Mining Plan Over Sacred Land
• 1st Circ. Lets NH Emissions Program End During Appeal
• Mass. Residents Sue Over Data Center's Expansion
• NC Statehouse Catch-Up: Data Centers, AI, School Funding
• Exxon, Widow End Suit Over Cancer Death Linked To Benzene
• How Paul Clement Does It All
• NY's Growing Enviro Reg Framework Will Transform Projects
• Creek Nation Fights Dismissal Bids Over Alabama Burial Site
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London