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By Gail J. Cohen | July 7, 2024
An overhaul of Canada's competition laws has created uncertainty and unpredictability, and lawyers say it could chill business growth and investment.
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By Louis Altmann | July 4, 2024
The United Utilities Water ruling could open the floodgates to similar suits.
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By Caroline Byrne | June 26, 2024
A new category of "transition risk" has emerged involving cases filed against corporate directors over management of climate risks.
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By Jack Womack | June 26, 2024
Research earlier this month found that between 2019-2023, the top 100 law firms in the world facilitated $2.89 trillion in fossil fuel transactions.
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By Rick Mitchell | June 21, 2024
TotalEnergies and EDF must face NGO lawsuits filed under the country's 2017 law on corporate due diligence obligations, the Paris Appeals Court found in procedural rulings.
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By Linda A. Thompson | June 16, 2024
The EU Commission's green legislative agenda has stalled after right-wing parties made significant gains in the European Parliament elections.
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By Amy Guthrie | May 30, 2024
The stakes are high as Mexicans head to the polls Sunday to elect their next president and to replenish both houses of Congress. Lawyers are worried that the result could discourage investment and threaten the judiciary.
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By Caroline Byrne | May 21, 2024
The opinion is not legally binding but it is seen as a groundbreaking precedent that could influence two additional climate change cases before the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights.
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By Tom Parry | May 9, 2024
Those involved in high-profile cases believe that, despite waving the ESG flag, the world's top law firms play a critical role in exacerbating one of global society's greatest ills.
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By Dario Sabaghi | May 2, 2024
The U.K. suit, filed by Hausfeld against oil giant BP, alleges health damages caused by flaring practices, while in the U.S., a class action suit filed against Lebanese financial institutions on behalf of depositors alleges financial misconduct and violations of federal racketeering laws.
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 23, 2024
"The statements made in their reply brief are simply untrue, not based in reality, and defaming in nature," said George McCoy, a partner at Warren Allen.
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By Anthony S. Guardino | July 23, 2024
Given the growing popularity of EVs, property owners, municipalities and developers need to be aware of zoning ordinances relating to EV charging stations.
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By ALM Staff | July 23, 2024
In The Legal's Energy/Environmental Law special section read about how overturning Chevron will affect environmental law, the energy industry and AI, and judicial challenges to the EPA's PFAS regulations.
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By Phil Cha and Brian H. Pandya | July 23, 2024
While many sectors could benefit from the offensive adoption of AI, the energy sector stands out for ripe opportunities to tap AI.
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By Jean M. Mosites, Sloane Anders Wildman and Amanda L. Brosy | July 23, 2024
The regulations developed under the EPA's PFAS Roadmap go beyond PFOA and PFOS, inviting scrutiny by the public, regulated entities, and various stakeholders.
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By Jimmy Hoover | July 22, 2024
The California city, locked in a legal battle with the federal agency over a permit for sewage discharge into the Pacific Ocean, invoked the Chevron deference-ending decision several times in its opening brief to the Supreme Court.
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By Maydeen Merino | July 18, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency will "face a much more skeptical federal judiciary," said Robert Glicksman, a George Washington University law professor.
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By Chimdi G. Tuffs and Elizabeth Napierkowski | July 18, 2024
What defenses are available to corporate defendants in actions where extreme weather and climate change are arguably to blame? An increase in these types of claims is inevitable given the current state of the climate crisis.
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By John Coffee | July 17, 2024
Everyone realizes that a Trump victory will likely trigger major reversals in securities regulation and SEC policies. In particular, the SEC's much discussed and much litigated climate disclosure rules may be abandoned by a Trump SEC. Alternatively, enforcement actions may just not be brought.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | July 12, 2024
Marathon Oil, while denying liability, agreed to a settlement with the Justice Department, paying a $64.5 million civil penalty and investing $177 million to bring company emissions facilities into EPA compliance.
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