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December 20, 2024
Colo. Panel Upholds Antero's $215M Wastewater Contract Win
A Colorado appellate panel will hold a wastewater solutions firm to a $215 million judgment for breaching salt standards in a contract to build a fracking water treatment plant for Antero Resources, recognizing an email referencing the criteria as a part of a change order and thus the deal itself.
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December 20, 2024
A Look Back At 2024's Major Securities Litigation Moments
The private securities litigation bar experienced a busy 2024, with meaningful and significant rulings in almost all of the nation's leading courts, and corporations, investors, government agencies and executives fighting over pay packages, disclosures, class certifications and mergers.
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December 20, 2024
Top Government Contracts Of 2024: Year In Review
This year, the U.S. General Services Administration made dozens of awards for two massive, uncapped governmentwide deals, while the U.S. Department of Energy awarded more than $70 billion both for making nuclear weapons and cleaning up their legacy. Here, Law360 looks at seven of the biggest government contracts awarded in 2024.
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December 20, 2024
The Biggest Climate Change Rulings Of 2024: Year In Review
Federal courts delivered several rulings this year that are expected to significantly impact future climate change litigation and policy development, including Supreme Court decisions reshaping administrative law and D.C. Circuit findings on project development and automotive emissions controls. Here are the four biggest climate change decisions of 2024.
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December 20, 2024
Top Product Liability Cases Of 2024
Some of the top cases for product liability for 2024 include an Ohio Supreme Court ruling on opioids and public nuisance, baby formula trials and an appellate decision in Fosamax litigation.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- State and international environmental regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- Coastal Zone Management Act
- Endangered Species Act
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- Emissions regulation
- Climate change rules
- Cap-and-trade programs
- Alternative energy initiatives
- Offshore drilling regulation
- State and international legislation and regulation
- Environmental lobbying
- ENFORCEMENT
- Environmental enforcement actions
- Criminal probes related to environmental issues
- Pollution investigations and cleanups
- TRANSACTIONS
- Energy infrastructure projects
- Renewable energy deals
- LITIGATION
- Pollution suits and toxic torts
- Land- and water-use disputes
- Environmental nuisance suits
- Insurance coverage disputes
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of environmental practices
Readership
- Environmental lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Environmental advocacy groups and lobbyists
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals