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March 14, 2025
Green Groups Sue Fed. Agencies Over Frozen Funding
Environmental groups sued five federal government agencies and their leaders, alleging they illegally froze congressionally approved funding and are hampering the organizations' work.
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March 14, 2025
11th Circ. Upholds Toss Of Avian Orgs.' Bid To Import Parrots
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday affirmed a judgment against two exotic bird nonprofits trying to get approval to import two parrot species, ruling that the Wild Bird Conservation Act does not allow for a carveout of only captive-bred parrot species from certain countries.
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March 14, 2025
Colo. Jury Rejects Claims Sterilization Co. Caused Cancer
A Colorado jury Friday morning rejected four women's claims that emissions from a Terumo BCT Inc. medical sterilization plant caused their cancer, finding after a six-week bellwether trial that the company was not negligent in how it handled emissions of a toxic sterilization chemical.
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March 14, 2025
6th Circ. Rejects Tribe's Appeal Of Great Lakes Fishing Pact
A Sixth Circuit panel upheld a 2023 decree governing fishery management in the Great Lakes on Thursday, finding that a Michigan federal judge had the prerogative to enter the decree over the objections of a Native American tribe.
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March 14, 2025
Toyota Group Unit Buys Radius Recycling In $1.34B Deal
North American recycler Radius Recycling Inc., advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, has agreed to be bought by a U.S. subsidiary of White & Case LLP-led Toyota Tsusho Corp. in a $1.34 billion deal.
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March 13, 2025
EPA's Deregulation Road Riddled With Potential Potholes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to unwind dozens of climate change and other pollution control rules confronts the practical reality of laborious federal rulemaking, where any attempted shortcuts may backfire in court.
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March 13, 2025
EPA Tempting Legal Storm With Climate Danger Rethink
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's reconsideration of its 16-year-old conclusion that greenhouse gases threaten human health may face arduous litigation if the agency reverses course, given that the scientific and legal foundations for the finding have strengthened over time.
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March 13, 2025
Feds Can't Pause NYC Congestion Pricing Cases
A New York federal judge denied the federal government's request to prioritize a case filed by Empire State transportation authorities over a newly launched Manhattan congestion pricing program that the Trump administration has moved to kill, saying Thursday the court wouldn't stay other cases over the program that are further along.
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March 13, 2025
Fla. Condo Says Insurers Unfairly Handled Hurricane Claim
A Pensacola Beach condominium complex told a Florida federal court that it is entitled to recover attorney fees and other costs associated with what it alleged was its insurers' failures to fairly handle its claim for Hurricane Sally damage.
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March 13, 2025
Judge Hits 'Reset Button' In 3M, DuPont PFAS Cleanup Case
New Jersey's environmental regulators have tried to force EIDP and DuPont Chemours to begin remediation efforts on "forever chemical" contamination at a former facility in Salem County — which is at the center of ongoing litigation — a move that seemingly undermined a federal judge's authority and put in jeopardy a looming May trial date.
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March 13, 2025
Ore. Tribes Challenge Utility's Eminent Domain Bid
An Oregon Indigenous community is fighting a bid by Portland General Electric Co. to condemn five acres of public land for the maintenance and operation of its hydroelectric project, arguing that the move is a pretext to eliminate its ceremonial fishing platform at the state's largest waterfalls.
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March 13, 2025
Judge Orders Reinstatement Of Many Fired Federal Workers
A California federal judge on Thursday ordered the immediate reinstatement of certain probationary employees fired from six federal agencies, saying the Office of Personnel Management did not have the authority to direct those terminations, making the firings "unlawful."
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March 13, 2025
NY Bill Seeks Tax Break For Residential Green Infrastructure
New York state would provide a partial property tax abatement for owners of residential properties in New York City who undertake green infrastructure projects as part of a bill introduced in the state Senate.
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March 12, 2025
Calif. Asks Justices To Ax Fuel Groups' Clean Air Waiver Suit
California asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to uphold the D.C. Circuit's ruling that biofuel and fossil fuel industry players don't have standing to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Act waiver allowing the Golden State to set standards limiting greenhouse gas emissions for vehicles.
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March 12, 2025
Cancer Cause Or Red Herring? Jury Weighs Plant Bellwether
A medical sterilization company told a Colorado jury Wednesday that four women can't get millions in damages based on the "possibility" that emissions from a sterilization plant caused their cancer, at the close of a six-week trial in which the plaintiffs argued the company should be punished for its negligence.
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March 12, 2025
EPA Puts 'Holy Grail Of Climate Change Religion' In Crosshairs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it is reconsidering its 2009 finding that some greenhouse gases endanger humans' health and welfare — putting the fate of rules that sprang from that landmark conclusion into question.
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March 12, 2025
EPA Says Grant Termination Moots Climate Group's Challenge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday that its cancelation of $20 billion in grant funding for climate change projects renders moot Climate United Fund's claim that Citibank is illegally denying its disbursement requests.
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March 12, 2025
Insurance Pros Urge Calif. Lawmakers To Address Fire Risks
Insurance experts in a committee hearing that largely summed up concerns following the Los Angeles fires urged California lawmakers on Wednesday to address rising physical risks, smoke damage complaints, and regulations meant to expand coverage access.
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March 12, 2025
Alaska Tribal Groups' Bid To Update Fish Harvesting Rule Fails
A federal judge has said the National Marine Fisheries Service didn't violate the law by relying on 2004 and 2007 environmental impact statements to determine specifications for a final groundfish harvest rule for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, rejecting two Alaskan tribal organizations' bid to vacate the rule.
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March 12, 2025
Ga. City Faces $35M Suit Over Recycling Plant Flip-Flop
An Atlanta-based concrete recycling business has sued the city of Stonecrest, Georgia, its mayor and city council members in federal court Tuesday for $35 million, alleging political flip-flopping by officials is costing it and a landowner approximately $640,000 per month while its facility sits idle.
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March 12, 2025
HUD Rejects NC City's DEI-Incorporating Disaster Relief Plan
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said it rejected a draft plan submitted by Asheville, North Carolina, outlining how the city would distribute $225 million in federal relief funds for hurricane recovery due to the plan's incorporation of "DEI criteria."
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March 12, 2025
Justices Face Renewed Calls To Nix Mass. Wind Farm Permits
Fishing industry groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to undo federal approvals of the Vineyard Wind project off the Massachusetts coast, less than two months after the justices declined to consider another legal challenge by project opponents.
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March 12, 2025
Texas Urges Court Not To Let DuPont Out Of PFAS Lawsuit
Chemical companies DuPont and Corteva are leaning on a "fraudulent transfer scheme" in order to exit a lawsuit accusing them of making and selling forever chemicals despite knowing about their toxic nature, the state of Texas said Tuesday, urging a federal court not to give them the out.
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March 12, 2025
Second Bid For Roundup Mass Tort Launched In New Jersey
A second application for lawsuits against Monsanto Co. and Bayer AG alleging injuries by exposure to the company's weed killer Roundup to be designated as multicounty litigation has been filed with the New Jersey Supreme Court, according to a notice to the bar.
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March 12, 2025
Arizona Lawmakers Reintroduce $5B Tribal Water Rights Act
A bipartisan group of Arizona federal lawmakers reintroduced a bill to finalize a $5.1 billion water rights settlement for three Indigenous tribes in the Colorado River Basin that, if approved, will resolve one of the Grand Canyon State's longest-running water disputes.
Expert Analysis
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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BlackRock Suit Highlights Antitrust Risks Of ESG
In Texas v. BlackRock, pending in Texas federal court, 13 state attorneys general are suing large institutional investors in the coal business, underscoring key reasons companies may want to alter their approach to developing and implementing policies related to environmental, social, and governance factors, especially if coordination with competitors is involved, say attorneys at Manatt.
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Evidence Rule May Expand Use Of Out-Of-Court Statements
A proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) would broaden the definition of nonhearsay, reflects a more pragmatic approach to regulating the admissibility of out-of-court statements by declarant-witnesses, and could help level the playing field between prosecutors and criminal defendants, say attorneys at Hangley Aronchick.
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How Courts Can Filter Nonmeritorious Claims In Mass Torts
Nonmeritorious claims have been a key obstacle to settlement in many recent high-profile mass torts, but courts may be able to use tools they already have to solve this problem, says Samir Parikh at Wake Forest University.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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The Math Of Cross-Examination: Less Is More, More Is Less
When conducting cross-examination at trial, attorneys should remember that “less is more, and more is less” — limiting both the scope of questioning and the length of each query in order to control the witness’s testimony and keep the factfinders’ attention, says Thomas Innes at the Defender Association of Philadelphia.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Fund Names Rule FAQs Leave Some Interpretative Uncertainty
Although recently released FAQs clarify many specific points of the 2023 expansion to the Investment Company Act's fund names rule, important questions remain about how U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff will interpret other key terms when the end-of-year compliance date arrives, say attorneys at Dechert.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Tools For Witness Control That Go Beyond Leading Questions
Though leading questions can be efficient and effective for constraining a witness’s testimony, this strategy isn’t appropriate for every trial and pretrial scenario, so techniques like headlining and looping can be deployed during direct examination, depositions and even witness interviews, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.
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Opinion
US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked
The Biden administration's block of the U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel merger on national security grounds was unconstitutional overreach and needs to be overturned, with the harms remedied in federal court, says attorney Chuck Meyer.
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10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration’s efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Navigating The Trump Enviro Rollback And Its Consequences
The Trump administration's rapid push for environmental deregulation will lead to both opportunities and challenges, requiring companies to adopt strategic approaches to a complex, unpredictable legal environment in which federal rollbacks are countered by increased enforcement by states, and risks of citizen litigation may be heightened, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.