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Water Works Brace for High Costs of EPA Lead Pipe, PFAS Mandates

A new EPA rule requiring most lead drinking water pipes to be replaced nationwide by 2037 will reduce the risk of lead poisoning, but federal funding is insufficient for utilities to meet the mandate and court challenges are practically guaranteed.

EPA Orders PFAS Producers to Submit More Harm-Relevant Data

Five companies that make or have produced one PFAS must provide the EPA basic information to help it understand the chemical’s potential to move through and build up in the environment.

Judge Partially Grants EPA Bid to Reopen Denka Endangerment Case

A federal district judge on Tuesday partially granted an EPA request to reopen a case aimed at mitigating carcinogenic emissions from a Louisiana synthetic rubber plant.

Penalties Await Water Systems Late on Lead Pipe Count, EPA Says

Water systems that fail to submit their lead water pipe inventories by an Oct. 16 deadline may face federal civil penalties, the EPA said Wednesday.

US Permit Office Contracting Service Aims to Help Staffing Woes

A federal agency charged with improving the federal permitting process announced a $15 million investment for a new program that lets agencies quickly tap into a pool of qualified permitting staff as needed.

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Rare Toads or Clean Energy? An Environmental Law Fight in Nevada

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.

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McGuireWoods Rehires David Martin Connelly as Energy Partner

David Martin Connelly rejoined McGuireWoods as a partner in Washington, the firm announced Thursday.

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Court Rejects Florida Vote Signup Extension Despite Hurricanes

Floridians waiting for the last minute to register for the November election who were derailed by two hurricanes won’t get an extended window to sign up, a federal court ruled.

SpaceX Sued Over Wastewater Discharges at Texas Launch Site

The environmental group Save RGV filed suit against SpaceX on Wednesday alleging Elon Musk’s company discharged unpermitted effluent at its Boca Chica launch site near Brownsville, Texas.

Doubtful D.C. Cir. Presses Wind Farm Operator on Reimbursement

A wind farm operator in Nebraska seeking about $6 million in reimbursements for upgrading an electrical substation faced a skeptical D.C. Circuit at oral arguments Thursday.

Natural Gas May Get Sidelined in Canada Green-Finance Rules

Canada has provided more clarity on what it considers to be “green” investments — with new natural gas projects unlikely to make the cut.

Milton’s Florida Power Outages Were Made Worse by Helene Damage

The power was out for more than 3 million homes and businesses in Florida on Thursday morning after the destruction from Hurricane Milton. Local utilities say that the blackouts were made worse by the fact the storm came on the heels of damage from Hurricane Helene, which struck the state’s west coast just two weeks ago.

Northvolt’s Battery Making Boom Fizzles Out in Northern Sweden

The crisis at Swedish battery maker Northvolt AB is rippling through communities in the north of the country, where unpaid bills and scrapped projects threaten the livelihoods of suppliers and wage earners alike.

Exxon Granted Largest US Offshore Carbon Storage Site in Texas

Exxon Mobil Corp. won the right to pump carbon dioxide beneath Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico, in what will be the largest concession of its kind in the US.

US Pins Africa Nuclear Win on Technology as Ghana Weighs Options

The US beat out Russia last month to build Ghana’s first small modular nuclear reactor, in a deal Washington sees as prizing its technology over cheaper financing even as the West African nation keeps future options open.

ConocoPhillips Gets US Licenses in Bid to Recoup Venezuela Debt

ConocoPhillips has been granted a string of licenses by the US government that allow the oil and gas producer to better position itself to recover some or all of the roughly $10 billion it is owed by Venezuela after the country seized and nationalized its assets more than a decade ago, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Injury Firm Morgan & Morgan Gets Client Suit Sent to Arbitration

Morgan & Morgan, Jacksonville PLLC can enforce the arbitration clause in its contract with a former client who accused one of the personal injury firm’s attorneys of professional negligence, a federal court ruled.

Holland & Knight Adds Greg Hoffnagle, Alex Selarnick as Partners

Greg Hoffnagle and Alex Selarnick joined Holland & Knight as partners in its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities practice group in New York and Philadelphia, respectively, the firm announced Thursday.

McGuireWoods Rehires David Martin Connelly as Energy Partner

David Martin Connelly rejoined McGuireWoods as a partner in Washington, the firm announced Thursday.

SBF’s Political Fixer Salame Stands Defiant on His Way to Prison

Ryan Salame, one of Sam Bankman-Fried’s top lieutenants at FTX, is running out of road as the start of his jail term looms for crimes committed while working at the fraudulent cryptocurrency exchange.

Google Faces Painful Reckoning as Antitrust Cases Rev Up (1)

Google’s antitrust problems are coming home to roost.

Cleary Gottlieb Adds Non-Equity Partners as Industry Shifts (1)

Cleary Gottlieb will start naming non-equity partners, following rivals that use the classification to retain top associate talent.

Jane Street’s India Profits Complicate Fight With Millennium (1)

Jane Street Group’s soaring profits have emerged as a focal point in its legal battle with two ex-traders and Millennium Management over their alleged theft of a secret billion-dollar India options trading strategy.

Big Four UK Firms Deemed on Track for Audit, Consulting Split

The UK’s four biggest audit firms have met a deadline for taking steps to separate the work of their accounting and consulting arms as part of a deal with the industry’s regulator meant to increase independence.

TD Will Plead Guilty to Money-Laundering Charges in NJ Court

Toronto-Dominion Bank will plead guilty to money-laundering charges, a US Department of Justice prosecutor said in a Newark, New Jersey, courtroom on Thursday.

Altice Offers Creditors Up to 15% Stake in Return for Haircut

Altice France is floating a proposal to give secured creditors a stake in the company to get them to agree to a haircut on their holdings, as the embattled telecommunications giant seeks to whittle away at its €24.4 billion ($26.7 billion) of debt.

BBVA Sees Sustainability as Top Investment Opportunity (Correct)

Funding sustainability may be BBVA SA’s biggest investment opportunity, as the adoption of clean energy still has a long way to go, according to the Spanish lender’s global chief for the area.

Google Faces Painful Reckoning as Antitrust Cases Rev Up (1)

Google’s antitrust problems are coming home to roost.

Sun Chemical Defeats Black Probationary Worker's Reprisal Suit

A Black man who says Sun Chemical Corp. fired him for complaining about race discrimination during his brief tenure with the company lacked the evidence needed for a retaliation trial.

Court Rejects Florida Vote Signup Extension Despite Hurricanes

Floridians waiting for the last minute to register for the November election who were derailed by two hurricanes won’t get an extended window to sign up, a federal court ruled.

DeSantis Spending Against Abortion Ballot Measure Survives Suit

The Florida Supreme Court denied a challenge to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) use of millions of taxpayer dollars to fund anti-abortion messaging ahead of voting on a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights.

NFL and Ex-League Journalist Resolve Bias, Retaliation Claims

The National Football League has reached a resolution with former NFL journalist Jim Trotter on claims that he was fired after complaining about racial discrimination in the league.

Ex-Morehouse Professor Takes Step Toward Job Retaliation Trial

A “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” screenwriter who used to teach at Morehouse College should get a trial over whether the school terminated him because he advocated for some of his disabled students, a magistrate judge recommended.

Montana Top Court Keeps Pause on Anti-Abortion Measures in Place

Montana may not enforce provisions prohibiting the use of Medicaid money to pay for abortion care, banning the most popular method for second-trimester surgical procedures, and requiring testing that effectively bars telemedicine-based treatment, the state’s top court said.