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April 23, 2026
A California federal judge has declined to issue a preliminary injunction at the behest of a competitor to block the launch of an app that gives out information about wildfires, saying this competitor had not adequately explained the delay between when it learned of the planned app's launch and when it filed suit.
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April 23, 2026
The Ninth Circuit's rejection of a global agribusiness' efforts to reverse the invalidation of an Idaho federal land transfer drew the ire of seven Republican-appointed judges, who said in a dissent that the majority is blocking the government's administration of the property that was once owned by an Indigenous nation.
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April 22, 2026
Monsanto and a proposed class that entered into a $7.25B settlement resolving claims linking Roundup to non-Hodgkin lymphoma have urged a California federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation to reject two law firms' "baseless smear campaign" and "attack" on the pending deal, saying the deal falls outside the court's jurisdiction.
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April 22, 2026
W.L. Gore urged a Delaware federal judge Wednesday to toss a proposed class action claiming the company touts Gore-Tex as environmentally sound while hiding that "harmful" per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are used to make the fabric, saying the consumers "lack any basis" to claim their garments contain the chemicals.
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April 22, 2026
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and four other firms have urged a Montana federal judge to appoint them as co-lead class counsel in PFAS firefighter gear litigation by cities and municipalities against 3M, Dupont and others, arguing they were the first to file suit, which inspired multiple "copycat" actions.
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April 22, 2026
A Florida federal judge said Tuesday he's "puzzled and disappointed" in counsel who appear "unprepared" on the eve of trial in a suit by children who blame their birth defects on Lockheed Martin's chemical handling practices at an Orlando defense system manufacturing and research facility.
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April 22, 2026
A plan to expand wireless device access on cruise ships might cause rough sailing for those who study the oceans from afar using the 6 gigahertz spectrum band, the National Academy of Sciences has warned.
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April 22, 2026
Two coal-fired power plants in western Pennsylvania will shift from their previous plan to close down by 2028 and will be required to upgrade their wastewater treatment systems under a consent decree state officials announced Tuesday evening.
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April 22, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit has vacated a preliminary injunction halting the operations of an Everglades-based immigration detention center for bypassing federal environmental laws, ruling two environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida challenging the detention center failed to show that it is under federal control.
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April 22, 2026
A group of California residents whose homes were destroyed in the January 2025 wildfires accused Allstate of deliberately deflating reconstruction cost estimates used to price homeowners policies, telling a state court that as a result, their properties are grossly underinsured and cannot be rebuilt without court intervention.
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April 22, 2026
Private equity shop Lime Rock New Energy, advised by Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, on Wednesday revealed that it has closed its second fund above target after securing $640 million of commitments.
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April 22, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge tossed contract claims from a Maryland-based steel company accusing Chevron USA Inc. of failing to clean up pesticide contamination at a New Jersey industrial site, while allowing environmental and indemnity counts to proceed.
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April 22, 2026
A group of SolarEdge Technologies Inc. investors have asked a New York federal judge to approve a $55 million preliminary settlement they reached with the company and two of its top executives, saying it would be a "highly favorable resolution" of their claims that the company misrepresented the demand for solar energy products in Europe.
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April 22, 2026
A West Virginia federal judge has vacated the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Clean Water Act permit for four valley fills at an Alpha Metallurgical Resources surface coal mine, ruling that the Corps needed to independently evaluate water quality impacts after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency raised concerns.
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April 22, 2026
A Georgia attorney's professional liability insurer owes no coverage for an underlying suit alleging the lawyer conspired with a client to enrich themselves from a litigation funding company by claiming a fictitious suit over a canceled FEMA contract, an Atlanta federal court has ruled, finding that making misrepresentations does not constitute "professional services" under the policy.
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April 22, 2026
A Travelers unit urged a Texas federal court to find it owed no coverage for a $2.3 million judgment entered against a real estate broker over claims it negligently permitted a contractor to enter a property and destroy a wildlife habitat.
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April 22, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency are fighting back against a suit filed by Michigan and one of its cities in Michigan federal court over a planned ICE detention center, arguing that the plaintiffs lack standing and that the Immigration and Nationality Act allows the federal government to convert a local warehouse into an immigrant detention center.
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April 22, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to overturn a Sixth Circuit decision that rebuffed Enbridge's efforts to transfer from state court to federal court a lawsuit from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel seeking to shut down a pipeline between the U.S. and Canada.
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April 21, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management has announced that it will hold an oil and gas lease sale on the 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, saying the bid opening for tracts will take place June 5.
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April 21, 2026
Counsel for a former administrative adviser in a national pesticide safety study organization named in an ex-worker's wrongful firing lawsuit urged a North Carolina federal court Tuesday to dismiss the matter, arguing the adviser is immune from constitutional claims that have already been litigated elsewhere.
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April 21, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday said he's eager to cut to the chase in a dispute over whether BJ's Wholesale Club must allow shareholders to vote on a climate study proposal, suggesting the case could be resolved ahead of a looming proxy ballot deadline.
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April 21, 2026
A nonprofit aimed at preventing asbestos-related diseases accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday of violating the Toxic Substances Control Act, saying the agency still hasn't proposed a risk mitigation rule on "legacy" asbestos.
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April 21, 2026
A Texas appellate court on Tuesday kept in play a property owner's malpractice case accusing a Houston law firm of negligent representation over flood damage claims, ruling that factual disputes remain over whether the claims were time-barred.
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April 21, 2026
California has accused a southern city in the state of failing to conduct further environmental review after Native American remains were discovered at a luxury home development site, saying the city improperly let certain construction activities continue.
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April 21, 2026
Electra Vehicles Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence-driven battery technology that is represented by Latham & Watkins LLP, outlined Tuesday its plans to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company advised by Loeb & Loeb LLP, in a deal valued at more than $250 million.