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August 10, 2026
Power transmission belts manufacturer Gates Corp. unlawfully fired a regional health and safety manager after he escalated concerns about regulatory violations, environmental compliance and the disparate treatment of minority employees, according to a complaint filed in North Carolina federal court over the weekend.
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August 10, 2026
Minor procedural variations in service do not warrant dismissal of a case as long as defendants are adequately informed of the pending litigation, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel said in a published opinion Thursday.
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August 10, 2026
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday held that municipalities do not need to state the public purpose for which private property is being taken within the measure authorizing condemnation, backing a lower court's finding that a borough properly used eminent domain to take over a 50-room motel where it plans to provide parking and electric vehicle charging.
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August 10, 2026
The state of Alaska and a remote peninsula community want to join the federal government in defending a construction permit for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge against a challenge brought by three Indigenous villages and an environmental group.
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August 10, 2026
Major tobacco companies including Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. knowingly shifted the cost of cleaning up cigarette litter onto Denver, the city alleged in a Colorado state court suit seeking to recover those expenses.
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August 07, 2026
The First Circuit on Friday endorsed a Rhode Island federal court's decision requiring the Trump administration to unfreeze congressionally approved funding for infrastructure, agriculture, climate and other initiatives, saying conservation nonprofits are likely to succeed on their claim that the funding cuts were unlawful.
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August 07, 2026
A split D.C. Circuit on Friday backed a district judge's block on President Donald Trump's construction of a new White House ballroom, saying Congress had not "ceded unfettered authority to the executive branch to dramatically redesign, reshape and reconstruct the White House — the People's House — to fit a particular president's desires."
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August 07, 2026
Dow Chemical Co. and Huntsman have agreed to pay a combined $20 million to settle claims they colluded with other businesses to manipulate the prices of chemicals used to make polyurethane, according to recent court filings.
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August 07, 2026
A district court judge has vacated approvals for oil and gas drilling permits on land belonging to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, saying that, despite the U.S. Department of the Interior's claims that the licenses are moot, a live controversy still exists and the federal agency doesn't address any environmental analysis for the authorizations.
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August 07, 2026
A Massachusetts judge won't pause a district court's deadlines pending the outcome of a First Circuit appeal in a dispute over a decision to remove information about climate change, slavery and Indigenous history from National Park Service sites, saying the harm to the plaintiffs outweighs any harm to the defendants.
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August 07, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge on Friday gave her final approval to deals worth a combined $3 billion between the Garden State, 3M Co. and various DuPont entities to resolve the state's claims over contamination caused by the manufacture and discharge of forever chemicals.
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August 07, 2026
The National Academy of Sciences will review the process used to develop a controversial chapter on climate science that has been removed from the federal judiciary's guide to scientific evidence, according to a Friday announcement.
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August 07, 2026
The son of a delivery driver who died of cancer hit the U.S. government with a $10 million suit claiming it negligently failed to protect his father from radiation and toxic substance exposures at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington.
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August 07, 2026
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired the U.S. Department of Agriculture's former assistant general counsel of the natural resources and environment division, who is joining the firm's litigation group as counsel in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Thursday.
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August 06, 2026
Germany-based RWE has agreed to give up its offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York, California and Louisiana in exchange for a $1.2 billion payment from President Donald Trump's administration, the latest in a string of payments from the government targeting wind energy.
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August 06, 2026
An Oregon federal judge on Thursday halted the U.S. Department of Defense's freeze of wind projects, finding renewable energy groups and environmental nonprofits are likely to succeed in showing the agency violated deadlines for reviewing the projects' impact on military readiness.
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August 06, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel reversed a lower court's order denying a clay recycling manufacturer's request for a new trial after being found to have violated the Clean Water Act, saying significant changes to the law require another look at the case.
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August 06, 2026
German chemical distributor Brenntag has consented to a remediation plan to stop contaminants leaking into public waterways from its storage facility in North Carolina, according to an agreement filed in state court.
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August 06, 2026
The Ninth Circuit held Wednesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority when it approved a California air quality plan that allowed weaker backup pollution controls for the state's San Joaquin Valley, with a dissent calling it a "Kafkaesque" and "alarming" ruling.
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August 06, 2026
Four Republican senators on Thursday proposed revoking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waivers granted to California for vehicle emissions regulations that have been in place for over a decade, following through on the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Golden State's authority to set stricter tailpipe emissions standards.
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August 06, 2026
An environmental group is suing the Bureau of Land Management over a decision to revoke permits for seven bison grazing allotments in Montana, arguing that removing the animals will cause harm to its members and the future health of herds.
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August 05, 2026
Social media companies are headed back to court over allegations that their platforms are designed to hook young people, while OpenAI faces claims that ChatGPT has meted out harmful health advice and helped users plan mass shootings. Here's what's on the radar for product liability for the rest of 2026.
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August 05, 2026
The Justice Department's Antitrust Division signaled Wednesday that it may take enforcement action against Institutional Shareholder Services, withdrawing a 1987 letter stating the division would not do so and flagging "significant competition concerns" about the concentration of proxy advisory market power.
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August 05, 2026
Tesla has moved to nix a customer's proposed class action alleging the company duped him into thinking its vehicles can fully drive themselves, arguing in California federal court Tuesday that his claims are untimely and overlap with a similar consolidated consumer protection action.
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August 05, 2026
A trade group made up of about 35,000 wholesale distribution companies asked a Colorado federal judge Wednesday to issue an injunction preventing the state from enforcing a new recycling law, arguing that the law is unconstitutional.