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  • October 07, 2026

    SEC Says Climate-Tied Investor Actions May Pose Legal Risk

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday released a report into its investigation of a successful push for eco-friendly board members at ExxonMobil, warning institutional investors and asset managers that joining forces to exert influence over corporations could open them up to additional scrutiny. 

  • October 07, 2026

    5th Circ. Won't Revive Suit Against Dishwasher Water Rule

    The Fifth Circuit agreed with a Texas federal court that the Energy Policy and Conservation Act requires suits challenging federal water efficiency standards for appliances to be filed in circuit court.

  • October 07, 2026

    8th Circ. Upholds $35,000 Costs Award In DAPL Protest Case

    An Eighth Circuit panel has upheld a lower court's award of more than $35,000 in costs to Morton County, North Dakota, and its officials in a challenge by an environmentalist who was severely injured by law enforcement during a protest over the Dakota Access pipeline.

  • October 07, 2026

    Stoel Rives Recruits Wash. Water Rights Atty From K&L Gates

    Stoel Rives LLP has tapped a Pacific Northwest water rights lawyer to join its Seattle office as a partner, deepening the knowledge of the firm's environmental practice group with expertise in regulatory and infrastructure matters in industries ranging from tech to agriculture, the firm said Wednesday.

  • October 07, 2026

    W. Va. Case Could Be An Existential Threat To Citizen Suits

    Environmental citizen suits supplement enforcement by federal agencies that can't be in all places at all times — but litigants in a West Virginia federal court are arguing that such suits are unconstitutional, and those arguments could gain ground in the current legal landscape, says David Romine at Langsam Stevens.

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