DOJ’s Fiercest Opponent Is Last of its Kind as Industry Shifts
Williams & Connolly has become a Washington institution by bucking industry norms and waging war with the Justice Department.
Long-awaited rules governing carbon emissions from power plants are in the crosshairs of widespread industry opposition, but some court observers see the rule on good footing as it faces inevitable judicial review.
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service will submit its endangered species determination for the imperiled longfin smelt by July 22, according to a judgment involving the agency and San Francisco Baykeeper.
Conservation groups told a federal appeals court that they have standing to challenge the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of more than 4,000 drilling permits in New Mexico and Wyoming.
Companies will have to pay millions of dollars to clean up more contaminated sites due to the EPA’s new Superfund PFAS rule, but site selection will take time and use predictable criteria, mandated data, and established processes, attorneys said.
In Nevada, can a balance be struck between an endangered toad species and the pressing need to address climate change? The future of NEPA, a 54-year-old environmental law, may hold the answer.
Williams & Connolly has become a Washington institution by bucking industry norms and waging war with the Justice Department.
Donald Trump’s blank-check merger will be the focus of preliminary hearings in separate cases before different judges in Delaware’s Chancery Court this week.
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A Black ex-driver presented enough evidence that an oil company treated White employees differently when infractions arose in order to demonstrate a factual dispute as to pretext regarding his firing, a federal appeals court said Friday.
Former BP PLC senior manager Kevin Crotty has agreed to settle SEC claims that he purchased TravelCenters of America stock shortly before BP’s purchase of the truck stop company became public.
An Ohio medical services provider must face the lawsuit of former employee who says he was wrongfully terminated after internally reporting the company’s suspected tax fraud, a federal court said.
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Oil and gas leases in Alaska’s arctic refuge revoked by the Biden administration would be reinstated under
Long-awaited rules governing carbon emissions from power plants are in the crosshairs of widespread industry opposition, but some court observers see the rule on good footing as it faces inevitable judicial review.
The Labor Department’s new standard extending fiduciary duties to more retirement advice professionals appears set to encounter tough opponents from Wall Street and Capitol Hill now that it has been finalized.
Williams & Connolly has become a Washington institution by bucking industry norms and waging war with the Justice Department.
Alston & Bird’s Donald Hammett and Christina Heddesheimer analyze the FTC noncompete rule’s effect on M&A and private equity.
Indiana University’s Vivian Fang assesses the potential impact of the crypto tax reporting draft form 1099-DA on taxpayers, the IRS, and the digital assets industry.
First Gen Law’s Anuj Gupta and Rebecca Neipris discuss a bill targeting deepfakes, saying federal legislation would better serve individuals and celebrities.
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