Massachusetts Sues Lime Quarry Over Discharges Into Hoosic River
Massachusetts claims Specialty Minerals Inc. violated various state and federal environmental laws when it released cloudy white wastewater into the Hoosic River.
The Department of Defense is reviewing the amount of PFAS in drinking water supplies at some of its sites due to the EPA’s recent rule limiting five “forever chemicals.”
The EPA is allegedly violating the federal Clean Water Act by failing to prevent harmful algae blooms in Ohio’s western Lake Erie, according to a new lawsuit.
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An environmental group’s lawsuit filed Thursday seeks to compel the federal government to rebuild communities hit by climate disasters with renewable energy, rather than replicating the fossil fuel-based systems that were in place before disaster struck.
In Nevada, can a balance be struck between an endangered toad species and the pressing need to address climate change? The future of NEPA, a 54-year-old environmental law, may hold the answer.
Massachusetts claims Specialty Minerals Inc. violated various state and federal environmental laws when it released cloudy white wastewater into the Hoosic River.
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Pattern Energy Group LP will pay a historic $100 million to resolve class action litigation in two Delaware courts over a 2020 take-private buyout of a wind and solar company by Riverstone Holdings LLC and Canada’s public pension fund.
The US Forest Service is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its cost-sharing agreement to co-manage the Salt River horse herd with Arizona’s Department of Agriculture.
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Nikola Corp. has decided to dismiss without prejudice its lawsuit against founder and former CEO Trevor Milton after he withdrew his slate of candidates for its Board of Directors, a federal judge said in granting the dismissal.
The Energy Department was able to get claims alleging that it didn’t consider costs related to testing and compliance in promulgating conservation standards for manufactured housing dismissed from a federal suit.
The Ninth Circuit on Friday asked a lower court to reassess halting a securities suit over wildfire readiness against
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The head of logistics, procurement, and warehousing for Petróleos de Venezuela SA will remain in custody pending his trial on claims that he was part of a conspiracy to evade US sanctions against the state-run oil company.
Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman has been temporarily suspended from practicing law in the District of Columbia in response to a similar prohibition by a California judge.
Zoom Video Communications Inc. and Salesforce Inc. made their in-house legal leaders among the companies’ top-paid executives last year.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer boosted pay for its newly qualified lawyers in London by 20%, setting a new standard for UK-based firms.
New York litigation firm Moses Singer LLP and a former partner, who alleged the company unjustly fired her after she requested workplace accommodations while pregnant, have agreed to settle, according to court documents.
Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza has joined Paul Weiss as head of the firm’s new Latin America practice group, resident in the New York office, the firm said Friday.
The US Department of Homeland Security is increasing scrutiny on textile imports as worries over forced labor in China hang over the apparel industry.
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