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  • November 05, 2026

    23 States Look To Defend Pipeline From Tribe's Shutdown Bid

    Attorneys general for 23 states are telling a D.C. federal judge that federal agencies won't adequately represent their economic interests in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's suit seeking to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline.

  • November 05, 2026

    Kirkland Guides DTE Energy On $3B Non-Utility Business Sale

    Detroit, Michigan-based DTE Energy said Thursday it has agreed to sell its DTE Vantage business for about $3 billion to institutional investors with advice from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • November 05, 2026

    Tax Court Denies Partnerships' $46.1M Easement Deductions

    Two Georgia partnerships that formed to buy adjacent tracts of rural, mountainous land in Tennessee improperly claimed conservation easement deductions of about $26.7 million and $19.4 million, the U.S. Tax Court ruled Thursday, saying the companies failed to obtain a qualified appraisal.

  • November 05, 2026

    Enviro Marketing Lessons From NY Greenwashing Ruling

    A New York state appeals court recently affirmed the dismissal of a New York City suit accusing BP, Exxon and Shell of corporate and product greenwashing, providing practical lessons for framing comparative environmental claims carefully by ensuring that environmental claims are accurate, properly qualified and presented in context, say attorneys at V&E.

  • November 05, 2026

    Alaska Judge Faults Corps' Reversal On Gold Mine Permit

    An Alaska federal judge has found that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unlawfully approved a permit for a gold mining project near Nome without explaining why it rejected its own district office's findings about potential harm to an estuary used by Indigenous communities.

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