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Tyco Agrees to $750M Settlement Over Contaminated Drinking Water

On Friday, lawyers in the multidistrict litigation over aqueous film-forming foam announced the Tyco settlement, which would compensate 12,000 public water systems nationwide with contaminated drinking water supplies.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Get to the Merits: Texas High Court Slaps Parties for Years of Litigation

The opinion also echoed comments the justices made during oral argument about the seven years wasted.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Two Claims Remain in Electric Transmission Defendants Winter Storm MDL

The ruling cites specific allegations made by plaintiffs lawyers, including that the TDUs refused to follow any plan for load shedding and instead flipped switches without foresight or concern.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Distributing $45M in Grants to Municipalities, Community Anchor Institutions to Expand Internet Access

The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is currently accepting applications for the multipurpose community facilities program. Funded through the federal capital projects fund established under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the facilities program will distribute up to $45 million in competitive grants to community anchor institutions and local governments to ensure reliable and affordable broadband internet access.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Dismisses Almost All Counts in Aquarion's Rate Hike Appeal

"It bears repeating that PURA possesses broad regulatory authority and equally broad discretion in setting rates," the court said, citing the GenConn Energy decision.
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Law.com

DuPont Water Settlement Class Counsel Moves to Sanction Lawyers: 'False, Slanderous, Meritless and Vexatious Conduct'

A March 15 sanctions motion accused the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's lawyers of a "bad-faith course of conduct" that includes libeling class counsel, disseminating the wrong information to class members and filing frivolous objections.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

A New Ruling From Connecticut Supreme Court Restricts Electricity Rates

"This was a strong decision affirming [the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority's] broad regulatory authority to protect Connecticut consumers from excessive and unfair costs," Attorney General William Tong said. "This is a win for ratepayers."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

This Texas Law Firm is Gearing to Battle the Public Utility Commission

"State agencies are required to comply with the Administrative Procedures Act, not keep the public in the dark about what they are doing," plaintiff's counsel Chrysta Castaneda said.
4 minute read

Law.com

Appellate Court Clarifies State's Water Rates Must Be 'Just, Fair, Reasonable and Sufficient'

"The court of appeals' decision is incredibly important, it puts water companies like the city of Spokane on notice that if they fail to charge reasonable rates, they will very likely see those rates challenged in court," the petitioners' counsel, Alexandria Drake, of Dunn & Black in Spokane, told Law.com.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

So Solar Is Hot Right Now, but What Are My Options?

This article will briefly recap the policy developments driving Pennsylvania's growing solar market and review popular models for solar projects available to interested municipal organizations.
7 minute read

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