Environmental

  • September 19, 2025

    Satellite Biz Bristles At Idea Of Tougher FCC Enviro Oversight

    Satellite companies say the Federal Communications Commission should exempt their operations from review under the National Environmental Policy Act because they are "inherently extraterritorial" projects.

  • September 19, 2025

    Calif. Official Questions FCC Power To Trim Historic Reviews

    The head of California's Office of Historic Preservation has criticized the Federal Communications Commission's decision to weigh regulatory changes that would streamline environmental and historic reviews for wireless broadband infrastructure projects.

  • September 19, 2025

    SoCal Edison Inks Deal To Recover $2B In Woolsey Losses

    Southern California Edison Co. revealed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday that it has reached a proposed settlement that would allow it to recover about $2 billion of its estimated $5.6 billion in losses connected to the 2018 Woolsey Fire.

  • September 19, 2025

    Ill. Panel Upholds Monsanto's Trial Win In Roundup Case

    A juror's letter to a Cook County judge stating that plaintiffs' counsel is "woefully ill prepared" and "taking too long to make their points," and the judge's refusal to give jurors a proximate cause jury instruction, aren't grounds to upend a jury verdict for Bayer subsidiary Monsanto on claims that its herbicide Roundup caused blood cancer, an Illinois appellate panel ruled.

  • September 19, 2025

    DC Circ. Sides With FERC On Puerto Rican Gas Pipeline

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday unanimously rejected challenges to a liquefied natural gas pipeline in Puerto Rico built after hurricanes battered the island's electrical grid, saying the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision not to stop the project fell under its unreviewable enforcement discretion.

  • September 19, 2025

    Moldex Says Rival Is Greenwashing With 'Bio-Based' Claims

    Moldex-Metric Inc. is suing rival earplug maker Protective Industrial Products Inc. in California federal court, saying it  is enjoying an unfair advantage by claiming that its products are "eco-friendly" and made with 82% "bio-based" material despite knowing that these claims are false.

  • September 19, 2025

    Builder Not Covered In Conn. Park Dispute, Insurers Tell Court

    Two insurers have no duty to defend or indemnify a developer and two of his companies against a suit accusing them of unlawfully encroaching on and destroying public land because the claims do not trigger their policies' insuring agreements, the insurers told a Connecticut federal court.

  • September 19, 2025

    Groups Decry Bid To Roll Back Ariz. Monument Protections

    Conservation groups are denouncing congressional legislation that, if approved, would nullify protections on two Indigenous national monuments in Arizona that were put in place to prevent new uranium, copper and gold mining of the sites.

  • September 19, 2025

    Michigan Justices To Weigh Enbridge Pipeline Tunnel Dispute

    The Michigan Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear challenges to state regulators' approval of an Enbridge Energy LP plan to construct a miles-long tunnel for a petroleum pipeline underneath a Great Lakes shipping corridor.

  • September 19, 2025

    Rhode Island, Connecticut Fight To Finish Building Wind Farm

    The Rhode Island and Connecticut attorneys general asked a Rhode Island federal judge to allow an energy developer to resume work on an offshore wind farm that is 80% complete, arguing that a delay past Monday could imperil the entire project and thwart states' abilities to meet mandated emissions goals.

  • September 19, 2025

    Berkshire Unit Conserves Land To End NC Runoff Claims

    A Berkshire Hathaway affiliate has struck a settlement with an environmental group in federal court under which it will conserve a parcel of land and take other steps to prevent sediment from reaching creeks near a North Carolina housing development.

  • September 18, 2025

    Alaska Asks Justices To End Feds' Subsistence Fishing Regs

    The state of Alaska is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to step into its dispute with the federal government and Native American groups over fishing regulations in its navigable waters, challenging a Ninth Circuit ruling that barred the state from opening part of the Kuskokwim River to all fishers.

  • September 18, 2025

    Wash. Panel Calls Gas Station Co.'s Insurance Delay Risky

    Whether gas station operator Gull Industries Inc. is entitled to legal defense costs from Granite State Insurance Co. in long-running litigation over the company's environmental liability may ultimately boil down to timing, Washington state appellate judges suggested at a hearing Thursday.

  • September 18, 2025

    Calif. Slams Truck-Makers' Bid To Block Emissions Regs

    California has told a federal judge that truck manufacturers seeking to renege on their commitments to follow stringent state emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks in the coming years aren't entitled to an injunction now, and the Trump administration cannot bulldoze California into falling in line.

  • September 18, 2025

    Groups Look To Block EPA's $3B Grant Cuts Amid Appeal

    Conservation, tribal groups, and local and county governments are looking to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from terminating a $3 billion climate grant program while they appeal a decision that dismissed their claims, arguing that public interest and equities weigh heavily in their favor.

  • September 18, 2025

    EPA Will Maintain Hazardous Designations For PFOA, PFOS

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said it will defend the Biden administration's decision to list two common forever chemicals as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law.

  • September 18, 2025

    EPA Pitches Plan For Past Renewable Fuel Exemptions

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to reallocate some portion of the biofuel blending volumes it exempted 175 small fuel refiners from in August to overall blending requirements for the next two years.

  • September 18, 2025

    EU Agrees To Carbon Tax Concession For India

    The European Commission agreed to grant a carbon tax deduction to Indian businesses as part of ongoing trade talks with the Modi government, according to a joint statement.

  • September 17, 2025

    Judge Rejects Trump Admin's Bid To Shield Climate Group

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's assertion that its climate change working group is exempt from a statute governing the transparency of advisory committees, but also denied environmentalists' push to get their hands on the group's records.

  • September 17, 2025

    Satellites Belong In FCC's Enviro Reviews, Agency Told

    The Federal Communications Commission can't justify excluding potentially luminous satellites from environmental reviews keyed to industries under its jurisdiction, a group fighting light pollution said.

  • September 17, 2025

    Auto Supplier Can Wind Down Biz Amid AG's Pollution Suit

    A Michigan judge said Wednesday she won't stop an automotive supplier from dissolving its business, even as the state attorney general sues the company for allegedly releasing untreated contaminated wastewater into the environment.

  • September 17, 2025

    Judge Won't Let Denver Slip Suit Over Bans On Gas Appliances

    A Colorado federal judge partially granted environmentalist group Sierra Club's bid to dismiss a suit filed by a coalition of industry trade groups suing Denver over the city's restrictions on certain natural gas appliances.

  • September 17, 2025

    EXIM Bank Wants Suit Over $20B Mozambique LNG Project Axed

    The Export-Import Bank of the United States is asking a D.C. federal judge to toss green groups' effort to block $4.7 billion in financing for a liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique led by TotalEnergies SE.

  • September 17, 2025

    WaterBridge Reaches $634M IPO Pricing, Guided By 2 Firms

    WaterBridge Infrastructure said it priced an upsized $634 million initial public offering at the top of its range when the company began trading Wednesday with advice by Latham & Watkins LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

  • September 17, 2025

    Saul Ewing Lands Greenspoon Marder Enviro Atty Trio In LA

    Saul Ewing LLP is expanding its environmental team, bringing in a trio of Greenspoon Marder LLP litigators in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Expert Analysis

  • Ill. Toxic Tort Jurisdiction Law Raises Constitutional Concerns

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    Illinois' S.B. 328, purporting to broaden state courts' jurisdictional reach over out-of-state corporations, is presented as a measure aimed at facilitating recovery in toxic tort cases, but the legislation raises significant due process and dormant commerce clause issues, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Rebuttal

    BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation

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    A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.

  • Environmental Justice Is Alive And Well At The State Level

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    Even as the Trump administration has rolled back federal environmental justice policies, many states continue to prioritize it, with new regulations, strengthened enforcement of existing rules and ongoing private litigation — so companies must stay alert to how state-level EJ enforcement may affect their operations, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • 5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust

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    Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law.

  • How To Successfully Challenge Jurors For Cause In 5 Steps

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    To effectively challenge a potential juror for cause, attorneys should follow a multistep framework rather than skipping straight to the final qualification question, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies.

  • Opinion

    Furtive Changes To Federal Health Data Threaten Admissibility

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    A recent study showing that nearly 100 U.S. federal health datasets have been modified this year without any notation in official change logs should concern plaintiffs counsel, defense counsel and judges alike — because undermining data's integrity, authenticity and chain of custody threatens its admissibility in litigation, say attorneys at Kershaw Talley.

  • Series

    Hiking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    On the trail, I have thought often about the parallels between hiking and high-stakes patent litigation, and why strategizing, preparation, perseverance and joy are important skills for success in both endeavors, says Barbara Fiacco at Foley Hoag.

  • ICJ Climate Opinion Raises Cos.' Legal, Compliance Risks

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    The International Court of Justice's recent advisory opinion on governments' climate change obligations could have important consequences for the regulated community — including a more complex compliance landscape, heightened legal risks for carbon-intensive activities, and renewed market and investor focus on climate issues, says J. Michael Showalter at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills

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    I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.

  • AG Watch: Texas Embraces The MAHA Movement

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    Attorneys at Kelley Drye examine Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's actions related to the federal Make America Healthy Again movement, and how these actions hinge on representations or omissions by the target companies as opposed to specific analyses of the potential health risks.

  • ESG-Focused Activism Persists Despite Proxy Curbs

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    Shareholder activism focused on environmental, social and governance factors appears poised to continue, despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent move toward exclusions in proxy voting proposals around ESG, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • Opinion

    Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test

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    Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers’ competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University.

  • A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations

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    As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations — permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors.

  • Opinion

    SEC Should Restore Its 2020 Proxy Adviser Rule

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    Due to concerns over proxy advisers' accuracy, reliability and transparency, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should reinstate its 2020 rule designed to suppress the influence that they wield in shareholder voting, says Kyle Isakower at the American Council for Capital Formation.

  • Asbestos Trusts And Tort Litigation Are Still Not Aligned

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    A recent ruling by a New York state court in James Petro v. Aerco International highlights the inefficiencies that still exist in asbestos litigation — especially regarding the continued lack of coordination between the asbestos tort system and the well-funded asbestos trust compensation system, says Peter Kelso at Roux.

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