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National Law Journal

DC Circuit Twice Says Democratic State AGs Can Fight Trump

Democratic state attorneys general scored two wins in D.C. Circuit Court in 24 hours allowing them to defend Obama-era health care and environment policies under threat from Republicans and the Trump administration.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

King & Spalding: Environmental Litigation Is a Science

King & Spalding's environmental lawyers regularly square off against plaintiffs' attorneys who have made their careers suing companies in industries in which the firm's clients operate.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo Tells DEC to Investigate Inky Discharge Into Niagara Falls

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered state regulators Monday night to investigate whether a discharge of wastewater that turned the base of Niagara Falls black last weekend violated any water quality rules.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

EPA Makes Hoosick Falls Plastics Plant a Superfund Clean-Up Site

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced that it had added the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant to the Superfund list, meaning federal funds can be used to help clean up sites contaminated by a chemical used to make nonstick coatings.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Environmental Cases in the State Supreme Court

A look at two significant environmental law cases, decided in the last term of the N.J. Supreme Court, and three cases of interest on the court's docket for the 2017-2018 term.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Class Actions Revived in Flint Water Contamination Case

A federal appeals court has reversed dismissal of two class actions brought over the Flint water crisis, garnering a rare victory for plaintiffs lawyers representing the city's residents.
4 minute read

International Edition

German court blocks VW prosecutors from using seized Jones Day docs

Jones Day's offices were raided in March due to its role as VW's legal adviser
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Army Corps Needs More Time on Senate President's Reservoir

Federal assistance may be on the way for the state's latest Everglades restoration effort.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Friends of Eel River v. North Coast Railroad Authority (Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company)

Cal.Sup.Ct.; S222472 The California Supreme Court reversed a court of appeal decision. The court held that the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination…
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What's Happening With the Environmental Rights Amendment?

A decision rendered last month by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reinterpreted the commonwealth's obligations under Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, known as the Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA). The Supreme Court sided with the appellant, Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation (PEDF), in PEDF v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 10 MAP 2015, and held that the commonwealth had violated the fiduciary duty imposed on it by the ERA.
14 minute read

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