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The Recorder

$25M Check in Porter Ranch Attorney Fees Delivered to Girardi Keese Bankruptcy Trustee

The $25 million, sent last week to bankruptcy trustee Elissa Miller, comes from attorney fees owed to the Girardi Keese estate from the $1.8 billion settlement over the 2015 gas leak in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and ESG

AI tools have the potential to help or hinder companies in achieving ESG goals. To minimize use risks, corporate counsel may wish to consider what AI tools they are using, as well as why and how these tools intersect with ESG goals.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

The Politics Behind Thurlow-Lippisch's Nonreappointment

A spokesperson for Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said that the Senate's decision not to confirm South Florida Water Management District Governing Board member Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch was tied to her objections to a water bill during a district governing board meeting last year.
3 minute read

Law.com

Jury Adds Punitives to $72M Wildfire Verdict, Another $28.1B Possible Against PacifiCorp

A jury in Oregon came back with nearly $18 million in punitive damages to a $72 million verdict it awarded on June 9 to 17 named plaintiffs in a class action over wildfires in 2020.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sustainable Construction: An Owner's Guide for Compliance With NYC's Climate Laws

In his Construction Law column, Kenneth Block offers a guide for developing a sample sustainability program, including the assembly of a sustainability team comprised of energy consultants, design professionals, contractors and property managers.
8 minute read

International Edition

Climate Activist Lawyers to Target Magic Circle Recruitment Events

The group aims to raise awareness among prospective lawyers of how law firms such as A&O are 'profiting from climate disaster'.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Lawsuit Alleges Sempra Energy Gas Leak Lasted 4 Months

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

EPA Bets on Low-GHG Hydrogen and Carbon Capture & Sequestration Technologies in Latest Proposed Power Plant Clean Air Act Rule

The EPA's proposed rule relies heavily on hydrogen co-firing and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) deployment as part of the decarbonization of the power-producing sector.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

US Congress Reforms Environmental Permitting

On June 1, Congress enacted the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA). A casual observer would not expect fiscal legislation temporarily suspending the debt limit and restricting future discretionary spending to address environmental law. Yet 27 pages of a 99-page bill are devoted to environmental and associated issues.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

GOP Lawmakers Urge EPA to Extend Comment Period on Greenhouse Gas Rules

The Biden administration seeks to set new standards on fossil-fuel power plants to reduce carbon emissions.
5 minute read

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