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National Law Journal

Wilmer Adds Ex-Interior Department Official in DC, Denver

The firm is building out its natural resources and Native American practices with the hire this week of a former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. 
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump Moves to Fill Top-Attorney Posts at DOJ, Regulatory Agencies

The Trump administration is moving forward with a spate of new nominees for the U.S. Justice Department and regulatory agencies, pulling lawyers from Big Law and in-house legal departments for top positions.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Center for Biological Diversity v. Zinke

9th Cir.; 14-17513 The court of appeals affirmed a district court judgment. The court held that a finding that a discrete population segment was persistent…
4 minute read

The Recorder

The Highway 68 Coalition v. County of Monterey (Omni Resources LLC)

C.A. 6th; H042891 The Sixth Appellate District affirmed a judgment. In the published portion of its opinion, the court held that the trial court properly…
2 minute read

The Recorder

Sierra Club v. Pruitt

9th Cir.; 15-15894 The court of appeals affirmed a district court judgment. The court held that because a consent decree entered into between the Sierra…
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Dirty Fight, Clean Win—How Enviro Experts at Beveridge and Diamond Beat Arnold and Porter in Fight Over LA's 'Biosolids'

A decade-long legal fight between the City of Los Angeles and neighboring Kern County over, ahem, biosolids came to a close last week. It was a critical test case over what to do with what gets flushed down the toilet.
18 minute read

National Law Journal

Legal Scholars, Backing Whistleblower, Question Interior Dept.'s Senior Reorganization

Thirteen legal scholars, in a letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, say U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's reassignment of 50 senior executives is illegal if the moves are part of an attrition strategy or to punish views inconsistent with the Trump administration's policies.
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What You Need to Know About the Superfund Task Force's Recommendations

There are over 1,300 sites listed on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List of contaminated sites that require cleanup, over a hundred of which are located in Pennsylvania. In May, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt promised to get "hands-on" with the Superfund program in order to expedite the cleanup of contaminated sites around the country, with a focus on those NPL sites. As part of Pruitt's strategy, he established a task force to provide recommendations on how to "restructure the cleanup process, realign incentives of all involved parties to remediate sites, encourage private investment in cleanups and sites and promote the revitalization of properties across the country."
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Niagara Falls Water Board Ordered to Stop Waste Discharges

New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has ordered the Niagara Falls Water Board to stop discharging wastewater from its sediment settling basins after the discharges turned water at the base of the falls black in July.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Center for Biological Diversity v. Mattis

9th Cir.; 15-15695 The court of appeals reversed a district court judgment and remanded. The court held that a non-profit environmental organization…
2 minute read

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