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Environmental

  • September 29, 2025

    Solar Plant Justified $45M Easement Break, Tax Court Told

    A partnership is entitled to a roughly $45 million tax deduction for donating a conservation easement that protected hundreds of acres in Texas from potentially being used to host a solar power plant, the partnership told the U.S. Tax Court.

  • September 29, 2025

    Trump Admin Opens Lands, Wallets To Boost US Coal

    The Trump administration on Monday announced a suite of actions to help boost the U.S. coal industry, including opening up more federal lands to coal leasing and providing compliance relief and federal funding for coal-fired power plants.

  • September 29, 2025

    Wealth Mgmt. Firm Says Insurer Omitted Essential Parties

    A wealth management firm and its CEO told a Tennessee federal court that its professional liability insurer failed to include other insurers and an insurance agency in coverage litigation over underlying arbitration claims totaling roughly $7 million, arguing it faces conflicting coverage positions from its carriers.

  • September 29, 2025

    Liberty Units Seek Toss Of Auto Co.'s Runoff Settlement Suit

    Liberty Mutual units urged a Texas federal court to toss an automobile auction company's suit accusing them of failing to indemnify a settlement over stormwater runoff claims, saying the question of breach cannot be answered until a related suit determines whether the insurers had any duty to indemnify.

  • September 29, 2025

    Duane Morris, DLA Piper Steer $1.2B Hadron SPAC Deal

    Duane Morris LLP-advised nuclear energy company Hadron Energy on Monday announced plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company GigCapital7 Corp., led by DLA Piper, in a deal that values the company at $1.2 billion.

  • September 26, 2025

    Exxon Beats BP's Defense Claims In Brooklyn Oil Spill Row

    Exxon Mobil Corp. wasn't required to defend BP Products North America against lawsuits resulting from a Brooklyn oil spill nearly 50 years ago — or pay its multimillion-dollar legal tab — the Second Circuit ruled Friday, saying that an Illinois "complete defense" rule applicable to insurers doesn't cover indemnification deals between non-insurers.

  • September 26, 2025

    Slovakia Seeks €1.83M Default Penalty From Texas Energy Co.

    Slovakia urged a Texas federal court Friday to issue a default judgment of €1.83 million ($2.14 million) against a U.S. energy company that had at one point sought $2.1 billion from the country in arbitration over failed development plans.

  • September 26, 2025

    DC Circ. Examines FERC's Revised Grid Hookup Policy

    The D.C. Circuit is set to decide whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission made a mistake when overhauling its policy for hooking up new power projects to the grid, after spending the entire morning and part of the afternoon Friday going over the penalty framework.

  • September 26, 2025

    Construction Co. Urges Court To Ax Labor Deal Requirements

    A construction company called on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to order the Army Corps of Engineers to eliminate requirements that companies negotiate labor prices and work terms with a labor union to be eligible for a construction contract.

  • September 26, 2025

    Calif. Power Market Law Is A Clean Energy Game-Changer

    California's recent passage of a law further expanding its electricity markets beyond its borders could catalyze clean energy project development in the Golden State, as well as other states throughout the West.

  • September 26, 2025

    Bayer Investors Seek Final OK Of $38M Settlement, Atty Fees

    Bayer AG shareholders have asked a California federal judge to give final approval of its $38 million settlement with the German multinational to end claims it downplayed litigation risks related to the weedkiller Roundup, saying the deal, which seeks over $10 million in attorney fees, is fair.

  • September 26, 2025

    Chemical Plant Spat Must Unfold In NY, NC Court Is Told

    A Swiss chemical technology company urged a North Carolina state judge Friday to toss a suit alleging that it bungled work on a $200 million plant, arguing during a hearing that it is not a construction company as defined in a state law undergirding where the claims can be litigated.

  • September 26, 2025

    Feds Say They Have Standing To Block Hawaii Climate Suit

    The federal government is urging a Hawaii federal court not to dismiss its suit aiming to block the state's climate change suit against energy companies, saying it has standing because the state's action would usurp its authority to regulate pollution.

  • September 26, 2025

    Judge Won't Halt EPA's $3B Climate Grant Cuts During Appeal

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge denied conservation groups' and local governments' effort to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from ending a $3 billion climate grant program while they appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit.

  • September 26, 2025

    Derailment Litigants Say Attys Duped Them Into $600M Deal

    Nearly 150 residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, say plaintiffs' lawyers misled them into joining a $600 million deal with Norfolk Southern by concealing experts' testing and community members who got sick after a fiery 2023 derailment, according to a motion asking a federal judge to let them out of the settlement.

  • September 26, 2025

    Calif. Fights Biz Groups' Bid To Halt Climate Disclosure Rules

    California asked the Ninth Circuit to reject business groups' effort to halt two new state climate regulations requiring large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks.

  • September 26, 2025

    Judge Won't Overturn $57M Midwest Energy Win In IP Fight

    A Delaware federal magistrate judge has refused to disturb a jury's finding that numerous affiliated companies willfully infringed Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. patents on technology for refining coal to reduce mercury in emissions from power plants, leaving in place a $57 million verdict.

  • September 26, 2025

    Ex-Perkins Coie, DOJ Enviro Lawyer Joins Greenberg Traurig

    A former assistant section chief in the U.S. Department of Justice's Environmental and Natural Resources Division has joined Greenberg Traurig LLP's Washington, D.C., office after five years with Perkins Coie LLP.

  • September 26, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 25, 2025

    Standing Questions Loom In Mozambique LNG Loan Dispute

    The requirements for organizational standing dominated much of Thursday's oral argument over the Export-Import Bank of the United States' decision to back a massive liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, as the challengers sought a preliminary injunction that could hinge on recent standing rulings from the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.

  • September 25, 2025

    Texas Wins Remand Of PFAS Lawsuit Targeting 3M, Corteva

    A Texas federal judge has remanded the state's lawsuit alleging that chemical companies including 3M Co. marketed and sold products like Teflon, Stainmaster and Scotchgard despite being aware of the toxicity of the forever chemicals within them.

  • September 25, 2025

    Biogas Co., Lender End Biz Battle Ahead Of Trial

    On the eve of a trial, a biogas project developer and its lenders have ended their legal battle over the financing and control of renewable energy projects and also finalized a roughly $734,000 judgment against the developer and its principal.

  • September 25, 2025

    NJ Amusement Park Co. Won't Get Hearing On Shore Project

    New Jersey appeals court found Thursday that a Jersey Shore amusement park owner isn't entitled to a hearing before an agency that approved a grant making way for a luxury housing and retail development on the site of a nearby parking lot.

  • September 25, 2025

    Climate Activists Accuse US Of Human Rights Violations

    The U.S. government is violating young people's human rights by "perpetuating fossil fuel-driven climate destruction," a group of litigants told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in a new petition.

  • September 25, 2025

    Feds Want USPTO Union Suits Over Trump Order Reassigned

    The Trump administration has asked for two cases from labor unions that represent employees of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies challenging an executive order that ended their collective bargaining rights to be reassigned to different judges, saying the cases in D.C. federal court are unrelated to other suits challenging the order.

Expert Analysis

  • Sales And Use Tax Strategies For Renewables After OBBBA

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    With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act sharply curtailing federal tax incentives for solar and wind projects, it is vital for developers to carefully manage state and local sales and use tax exposures through early planning and careful contract structuring, say advisers at KPMG.

  • Strategies To Get The Most Out Of A Mock Jury Exercise

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    A Florida federal jury’s recent $329 million verdict against Tesla over a fatal crash demonstrates how jurors’ perceptions of nuanced facts can make or break a case, and why attorneys must maximize the potential of their mock jury exercises to pinpoint the best trial strategy, says Jennifer Catero at Snell & Wilmer.

  • Series

    Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experiences with writing musicals and practicing law have shown that the building blocks for both endeavors are one and the same, because drama is necessary for the law to exist, says Addison O’Donnell at LOIS Law.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law

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    Returning to the firm where I began my career after seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia has been complex, nuanced and rewarding, and I’ve learned that the pursuit of justice remains the constant, even as the mindset and client change, says Kristin Johnson at Woods Rogers.

  • 7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know

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    For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.

  • Reports Of Chemical Safety Board's Demise Are Premature

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    Despite the Trump administration's proposal to close down the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, companies should note that the agency recently enforced its accidental release reporting rule for the first time, is conducting ongoing investigations and expects more funding from Congress, say attorneys at Conn Maciel.

  • How Trump's Space Order May Ease Industry's Growth

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    President Donald Trump's recent executive order aimed at removing environmental hurdles for spaceport authorization and streamlining the space industry's regulatory framework may open opportunities not only for established launch providers, but also smaller companies and spaceport authorities, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Avoiding Unforced Evidentiary Errors At Trial

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    To avoid self-inflicted missteps at trial, lawyers must plan their evidentiary strategy as early as their claims and defenses, with an eye toward some of the more common pitfalls, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.

  • Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations

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    As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.

  • Resilience Planning Is New Key To Corporate Sustainability

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    While the current wave of deregulation may reduce government enforcement related to climate issues, businesses still need to evaluate how climate volatility may affect their operations and create new legal risks — making the apolitical concept of resilience increasingly important for companies, says J. Michael Showalter at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Cos. Face EU, US Regulatory Tension On Many Fronts

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    When the European Union sets stringent standards, companies seeking to operate in the international marketplace must conform to them, or else concede opportunities — but with the current U.S. administration pushing hard to roll back regulations, global companies face an increasing tension over which standards to follow, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • How EU Is Tweaking Enviro Laws After US Trade Deal

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    While a recent joint statement from the European Union and the U.S. in the wake of their trade deal does not mention special treatment for U.S. companies, the EU's ongoing commitment to streamline its sustainability legislation suggests an openness to addressing concerns raised by the U.S., say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Series

    Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pursuing my childhood dream of being a professional wrestler has taught me important legal career lessons about communication, adaptability, oral advocacy and professionalism, says Christopher Freiberg at Midwest Disability.

  • Restored Charging Project Funds Revive Hope For EV Market

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    While 2025 began with a host of government actions that prompted some to predict the demise of the U.S. electric vehicle market, the Trump administration's recent restoration of federal funding for EV charging infrastructure under new terms presents market participants with reason for optimism, says Levi McAllister at Morgan Lewis.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI

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    Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.

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