New Jersey reached agreements with parties objecting to a PFAS settlement valued at up to $2.5 billion, so the state renewed its request to have a federal court approve the accord. https://t.co/EA2OH62ac5
Opinion: Aside from the sex and lies, other allegations in a judicial conduct committee’s report on Judge Eleanor Ross raise more important questions about judges' overreliance on law clerks. https://t.co/pxs30KevWX
New York and several other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its deal with French energy company TotalEnergies SE to end two offshore wind leases and instead direct that money into US fossil fuel projects. https://t.co/oyt5OuJDlk
A coalition of environmental groups asked a federal court Tuesday to pause its order that paved the way for the nation’s first antimony mine to be built in central Idaho, pending the groups’ appeal to the Ninth Circuit. https://t.co/popu2ayPEZ
Opinion: The Texas Business Court reflects a recognition that a large and complex economy with a capital-intensive, technology-driven industry needs a forum designed for those cases. https://t.co/eI9McKRMsg
Opinion: The Justice Department must not prevent the District of Columbia Bar from determining whether two DOJ lawyers deserve to be disciplined. https://t.co/EuMRnLPh1l
The Interior Department is challenging a judge’s March decision vacating several Endangered Species Act regulations that conservationists said weaken protections for imperiled plants and animals. https://t.co/6XttjDlrmZ
Freshfields named Damien Zoubek as US regional managing partner after he served in a pivotal role growing the firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice in the states. https://t.co/kozTBjFibN
Opinion: Exxon’s shareholders' approval of its move to Texas seemed to signal that the major asset managers have turned the page on progressive-leaning corporate activism. The same can’t be said for the proxy advisory firms that recommended the opposite. https://t.co/qlcz1KgMf7
Texas can enforce an ESG-targeted law prohibiting state entities from investing in companies that boycott fossil fuels, a federal appeals court ruled, lifting for now a lower court’s pause against the measure. https://t.co/kwnCIVZYYh
The Interior Department is challenging a judge’s March decision vacating several Endangered Species Act regulations that conservationists said weaken protections for imperiled plants and animals. https://t.co/donYCAG1iX
The Trump administration says its latest climate rollback will save Americans millions of dollars on groceries. Its own economic analysis for the final rule tells a different story. https://t.co/J5mZcRopPZ
Opinion: The Texas Business Court reflects a recognition that a large and complex economy with a capital-intensive, technology-driven industry needs a forum designed for those cases. https://t.co/O4taXtCXRc
Sable Offshore Corp. survived California’s bid to block the company from moving oil through an underground pipeline after a federal judge ruled Thursday the operation doesn’t imminently harm the environment. https://t.co/gdjYRyXPSM
The immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is a major source of air pollution currently operating without legally required permits, an environmental group said in a new lawsuit. https://t.co/6Bjraqx8fw