10/21/2025 1:30:00 PM Industries Push Trump Administration for Preemption of State PFAS Laws By Michael Mims With anxiety looming over regulation of so-called “forever chemicals,” some industry players have proposed a solution: federal...
12/2/2024 3:50:33 PM Liskow Goes Beneath the Surface of Maritime Law: Get to Know the Authors By Liskow Liskow is proud to share a video from our new series “Beneath the Surface,” which introduces audiences to our nationally recognized...
10/15/2024 7:08:19 PM EPA Issues Much-Anticipated Final Rule Establishing National Standards of Performance for Vessel Incidental Discharges By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Nicolette Kraska Colin North +2 more... Show less On October 9, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published the final rule, Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards...
8/2/2024 7:34:27 PM Failure to Allege Plausible Arguments Against Oil and Gas Companies Proves Costly as the Fifth Circuit Dismissed Oyster Mortality Case By Andrew Hughes Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against 18 oil and gas companies. The...
1/31/2024 8:59:24 PM EJ Evolution: Court Enjoins EPA from Imposing Disparate Impact Requirements via Title VI in Louisiana Permitting By Emily von Qualen Clare Bienvenu Greg Johnson Cherrell Taplin +1 more... Show less Less than two weeks after the hearing in Louisiana v. EPA, a federal district court granted Louisiana’s request to preliminarily enjoin...
1/25/2024 9:49:42 PM Louisiana Appeals Court Finds Environmental Justice Is Part of the Louisiana Public Trust Duty By Emily von Qualen Clare Bienvenu Greg Johnson Cherrell Taplin +1 more... Show less On January 19, 2024, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal reinstated the Formosa Plastics (“FG LA”) facility air permits,...
1/2/2024 8:00:48 PM Fifth Circuit Applies U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett Decision to End Long-Standing WOTUS Dispute By Emily von Qualen Colin North Clare Bienvenu Greg Johnson +1 more... Show less On December 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett v. EPA decision...
12/20/2023 8:13:11 PM Climate-Related Lawsuits Continue to Return to State Courts: Understanding The Latest Ruling from District of Columbia v. Exxon Mobil Corporation By Jana Grauberger Laura Brown A federal appeals court has affirmed that a “greenwashing” lawsuit by the District of Columbia against several major energy...
9/8/2023 7:59:42 PM EPA and Army Corps Release New WOTUS Rule By Emily von Qualen Clare Bienvenu Greg Johnson Louis Buatt +1 more... Show less On September 8, 2023, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a final rule narrowing the scope of “waters of the United...
7/27/2023 7:10:36 PM E-Discovery Update: Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms Defendant’s Authority to Govern Its Own E-Discovery Protocols By John Troutman William Heaton The Louisiana Third Circuit recently affirmed a trial court discovery ruling that allowed the defendant to design its own...
6/21/2023 9:09:01 PM Texas Supreme Court Remands Case Involving $15 Million Jury Award for Noneconomic Damages Where Award was Unsupported and Arguments to the Jury Unsubstantiated By Michael Golemi Jonas Patzwall Liskow On June 16, 2023, the Supreme Court of Texas released the plurality opinion in Sarah Gregory and New Prime, Inc. v. Jaswinder...