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  • October 15, 2026

    2nd Circ. Doubts NY's Power To Regulate Nuclear Discharge

    A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical of a New York law banning a decommissioned nuclear power plant's waste from being discharged into the Hudson River, asking pointed questions on Thursday on why those discharges are not part of the plant's operations.

  • October 15, 2026

    Louisiana Asks Justices To Undo Stay In Coastal Damage Suit

    Louisiana urged the U.S. Supreme Court to erase a Fifth Circuit stay of a remand order preventing one of its parishes from litigating coastal damage claims against an oil and gas company in state court, arguing the "comity essential to our federalism" was disrupted.

  • October 15, 2026

    Exxon Can't Escape $816M Verdict In Benzene Exposure Suit

    Exxon Mobil Corp. cannot escape a nearly $816 million judgment awarded to a service station mechanic who says his exposure to benzene in the oil giant's products was responsible for his leukemia, a Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Thursday.

  • October 15, 2026

    Colo. Panel Upholds Agency's Emissions Monitoring Rule

    The Colorado Court of Appeals upheld a state agency's rule on emissions monitoring Thursday, wholly rejecting a challenge by environmental groups that contended the rule allows most polluters to escape certain monitoring requirements by paying a fee.

  • October 15, 2026

    Ex-Yukos Shareholders Say Pause Unwarranted In $50B Case

    Former Yukos Oil Co. shareholders are urging a D.C. federal court not to stay their lawsuit aimed at enforcing more than $50 billion in arbitral awards against Russia while the D.C. Circuit decides a parallel appeal, saying a pause now would significantly prejudice them.

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