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Pomona, California's $31 million suit claiming that perch lorate-laden
fertilizer produced by mining giant SQM North America Corp. contaminated
the city's water, finding the courtabused its discretion •.. limiting testimony
by one of the city's experts. Read more >)
e D.C. Circuit on Tuesday• the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection
that use hydrofluorocarbons in products like spray cans, automobile air
conditioners and refrigerators to swap the HFCs out for•..rs • -•
handing a win to chemical companieschallenged a 2015
GE, Others Must Face Contamination Suit, Calif. Court u
lawsuit seeking damages from General Electric, Sabic Innovative Plastic
and several other companies for alleged groundwater pollution, saying a
lower court was wrong to have dismissed the case. Read more >> I
Enviros Decry Forest Service Green Light To $3.51B Pipeline
through Virginia• West Virginia on • r, •-r the U.S. Forest
federalService's proposed changes to the forest plan for Virginia's Jefferson
National Forest so the pipeline can run through it, claiming they violate
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Sunoco Facing Growing Pressure On Pa. Gas Pipeline
A hearing set to begin Wednesday is the latest obstacle Sunoco Pipeline
LP has -• in its battle to complete the 1 - Mariner East 2 pipeline
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across Pennsylvania, and while environmentalists are unlikely to stop the
Gibson Dunn
project, they are gaining traction in forcing greater accountability from the
Greenspoon Marder
company. Here's a look at the tangled history of the project. Read more »
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NRC Plans Fresh Review Of Yucca Mountain License
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A divided U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that it will
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Enviros Look To Revive EPA Stormwater Pollution Permit
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Conservationists urged the First Circuit on Monday to revive lawsuits
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accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of flouting its Clean
Water Act responsibility to require stormwater dischargers in
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Massachusetts and Rhode Island to apply for pollution permits. Read more
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Paul Hastings
SC Sues US For $100M Over Failure To Remove Plutonium
Pepper Hamilton
South Carolina on Monday sued the federal government in Federal Claims
Proskauer Rose
Court, seeking $100 million and alleging the U.S. Department of Energy
Richards Layton
failed to live up to its obligation to remove a ton of plutonium from an
Ring Bender
industrial facility near the Savannah River. Read more »
SL Environmental Law Group
Tribes Urge Halt Of Dakota Access Pipeline For Enviro
Sanford Heisler
Review.
Sauer & Wagner
The Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes pushed a D.C.
Sedgwick LLP
federal judge on Monday to revoke the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'
Shumway Van
approvals for the Dakota Access pipeline and thus halt its operations while
Sidley Austin
the agency works to fix problems the judge found with an environmental
Snyder Sarno
review. Read more »
Squire Patton Boggs
Trade Coalition Weighs In On Effluent Rule Case
Stull Stull
A coalition of trade groups on Monday added their names to those
Troutman Sanders
opposing a challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Vinson & Elkins
postponement of toxicity limits for power plant wastewater, telling a D.C.
Willoughby & Hoefer
federal judge that the agency can exercise its discretion when suspending
rules. Read more »
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Cabot Sues Attys For $ M Over Filing Of Allegedly Harrel
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COMPANIES
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. on Monday filed a $5 million lawsuit in Pennsylvania
American Petroleum Institute Inc.
state court against two law firms that allegedly pursued claims on behalf of
Arkema SA
a local property owner that the lawyers knew were barred by a previous
BASF SE
settlement. Read more »
BorgWarner Inc.
Chancery Lets Pipeline Co. Investors See Oil Spill Records
Brenntag AG
A Delaware Chancery judge ruled Tuesday that investors in Plains All
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation
American Pipeline LP can access records related to a nearly 3,000-barrel
Chemours Co.
oil spill in California stemming from a 2015 breach in one of its lines, finding
Chevron Corporation
they had a credible basis to investigate possible corporate
mismanagement. Read more
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Wash. Tribe Ask Judge To Keep Killer Whale Suit ,Afloat
Danaher Corp.
Two Washington tribes on Monday asked a federal judge to keep alive their
Delaware Riverkeeper Network
suit alleging the U.S. Coast Guard put endangered killer whales at risk by
EQT Corporation
adopting a shipping traffic plan off the coast of the state without consulting
Emerson Electric Co
the National Marine Fisheries Service, saying they've met the low threshold
of harm for standing. Read more »
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
Honeywell International Inc.
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How To Transfer Your Water Rights In Nevada
National Congress of American
When you transfer your water right in Nevada, you potentially expose your
Indians
right to attack not only by other water right owners in the vicinity, but also
National Federation of Independent
by the Nevada state engineer who may question whether your right is
Business
invalid, if it has expired or if it isn't in the quantity that you think it should be,
National Mining ,association
says Michael Van Zandt of Hanson Bridget LLP. Read more »
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Questions To Ask Before Entering Joint -Representation
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
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Sanmina Corp.
One growing trend is for clients to enter into alternative fee arrangements in
Sierra Club
which one law firm represents multiple parties who "share" fees and costs
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
in a related matter. This way parties can more efficiently manage a matter
and reduce their individual legal fees. But joint representation is not without
Steelcase Inc.
its own risks and challenges, say attorneys with WilmerHale. Read more >>
Sunoco
Unisys Corporation
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army Corps of Engineers
edg iek Rocked By Multiple Departures In 2017
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Sedgwick LLP has seen 78 attorneys exit the firm, at least 29 of whom
Delaware Court of Chancery
were partners, since the start of the year, precipitating the shuttering or
downsizing of a number of the San Francisco -based firm's offices. Read
Executive Office of the President
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Chadbourne Calls Revised Sex Bias Complaint'Prohibited°
National Marine Fisheries Service
Chadbourne & Parke LLP urged a New York federal court Monday to order
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
female attorneys in a $100 million gender discrimination suit to revise their
Small Business Administration
recently amended complaint, which added Norton Rose Fulbright as a
defendant, saying it contained additional elements that were "prohibited" by
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
the court from being included. Read more >>
Suquamish Tribe
Tulalip Tribes of Washington
Ex -Dewey Partners Urge Leniency For Convicted Farmer
U.S. Army
CFI
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners expressed support for a no -jail
U.S. Coast Guard
sentence for former Dewey Chief Financial Officer Joel Sanders in letters
U.S. Department of Energy
filed with a New York court Monday, saying Sanders' actions didn't cause
U.S. Department of Justice
the megafirm's collapse. Read more »
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
Loss Of File 'Obscurity' Puts Privacy Onus On Courts, Atty
U.S. Forest Service
With the "practical obscurity" of paper legal documents on the wane in the
U.S. Senate
internet age, more judges are skipping the balancing act between privacy
interests and public access and cloaking entire categories of case
U.S. Supreme Court
information,a Rorth Carolinaprofessor arguespaper publishelt
Monday. Read more
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A split Ninth Circuit panel refused on Monday to reconsider its decision
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reversing a bankruptcy judge's ruling that ordered the now -defunct Heller
Ehrman LLP to pay a former shareholder nearly $1.2 million, rejecting
arguments that the firm is still liable for shareholders' contract claims after
its dissolution. Bead more »
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