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    The energy company, facing probes into whether it deceived shareholders and the public over climate change, saw its suit against the attorneys general tossed in late March.

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    Asbestos filings fell in 2017, and it didn't matter whether they were brought over mesothelioma, lung cancer or other forms of cancer, according to consulting firm KCIC.

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    A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' management of the Missouri River caused regular flooding, a liability finding that sets the stage for a trial over what plaintiffs' counsel estimated as $300 million in damages.

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    The state's strong energy sector and booming economy are luring out-of-state law firms looking to boost business.

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    Cogan Schneier | February 06, 2018

    The Trump administration suspended the Obama-era rule Tuesday, drawing the lawsuit from such states as California, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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    Tony Mauro | January 08, 2018

    Georgia's lawyer, Kirkland & Ellis partner Craig Primis, spent Monday's Supreme Court argument on the defensive, insisting that Florida had not proved its case that less water for Georgia means more for Florida.

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    The lawsuit from the D.C. firm alleges the government is endangering citizens with its regulatory rollback of climate change protections.

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    Michael Booth | October 17, 2017

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    EPA Moves to Kill Clean Power Plan as Lawsuit Languishes in DC Circuit

    Cogan Schneier | October 10, 2017

    The EPA issued a proposal Tuesday to roll back President Barack Obama’s signature climate policy, immediately prompting threats of lawsuits from environmental groups and Democratic attorneys general. Meanwhile, the landmark legal battle over the rule may die a quiet death in the D.C. Circuit.

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    Miriam Rozen | September 14, 2017

    The oil company and its lawyers got some good news and some bad news this week in what may be a rising sea of litigation tied to climate change.

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  • After Another Clean Power Plan Delay, Environmental Groups Ponder Next Step

    Marcia Coyle | August 09, 2017

    Environmental advocacy groups are considering their next step after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allowed another 60-day delay in a decision in the lawsuit.

  • Energy Trio Helps McCarter & English Expand in DC

    Meghan Tribe | August 04, 2017

    The firm has brought on Allen O'Neil, Christine Ryan and Emily Streett as partners in Washington, D.C., from Holland & Knight, where the trio joined the latter three years ago in a mass lateral move from now-defunct boutique Brickfield, Burchette, Ritts & Stone.

  • DC Circuit Twice Says Democratic State AGs Can Fight Trump

    Cogan Schneier | August 02, 2017

    Democratic state attorneys general scored two wins in D.C. Circuit Court in 24 hours allowing them to defend Obama-era health care and environment policies under threat from Republicans and the Trump administration.

  • Carbon Tax Plan: Promise or Pain to Energy Companies?

    Miriam Rozen | August 01, 2017

    When Exxon Mobil Corp. endorsed a carbon tax proposal initiated by former Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz, some observers foresaw a future with dramatically fewer regulations. Not W. Thaddeus "Thad" Miller, the executive vice president and chief legal officer of Houston-based electricity provider Calpine Corp., who also endorses the Baker proposal.

  • Becerra, Arguing EPA Inadequacy, Dives Into Energy Case

    Cheryl Miller | July 06, 2017

    California and seven other states on Thursday moved to defend Obama-era ozone pollution standards that Attorney General Xavier Becerra said may be left to die under Scott Pruitt's leadership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • SEC Bars Former PetroTiger GC Convicted in Bribery Case

    Sue Reisinger | May 30, 2017

    Former PetroTiger Ltd. general counsel Gregory Weisman has been suspended from practicing before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission more than three years after his guilty plea in a bribery case.

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