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  • June 11, 2026

    Trump Admin's Agency Records Purge Tests Judicial Notice

    While courts commonly take judicial notice of data in government websites and reports, the Trump administration's recent modification or wholesale deletion of these sources means that litigants must look elsewhere to support trial admission of this information, says Jon Gryskiewicz at Lewis Baach.

  • June 11, 2026

    3 Firms Guide AI Power Provider ZincFive's $752M SPAC Deal

    ZincFive, a company providing nickel-zinc batteries for data center and artificial intelligence markets, said Thursday it will go public using a special purpose acquisition company merger valuing the enterprise at $752 million, advised by Cooley LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • June 10, 2026

    States Say Trump's DEI Rule For Contractors Is Unclear, Illegal

    Attorneys general from 19 states and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sued numerous federal officials and agencies in an attempt to block the Trump administration's March 26 executive order prohibiting government contractors — including states — from engaging in "racially discriminatory" activity around diversity, equity and inclusion.

  • June 10, 2026

    Calif., Santa Clara County Sue To Halt Proposed ICE Facility

    Santa Clara County and the state of California sued the Trump administration in federal court Wednesday to stop it from building and operating an 18,700-square-foot short-term ICE detention holding facility on remote property that's been restricted to agricultural-related use for generations and is home to threatened and endangered species.

  • June 10, 2026

    SpaceX Rocket Base Ruining Wildlife Habitat, Green Groups Say

    Environmental advocacy organizations told a D.C. federal district court Wednesday that Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s use of formerly protected land near the Texas coast would endanger vulnerable wildlife, saying SpaceX's occasional rocket explosions spew debris directly into protected habitat.

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  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • State and international environmental regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Clean Air Act
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  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
  • Coastal Zone Management Act
  • Endangered Species Act
  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
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  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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  • Toxic Substances Control Act
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  • Climate change rules
  • Cap-and-trade programs
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  • TRANSACTIONS
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  • Land- and water-use disputes
  • Environmental nuisance suits
  • Insurance coverage disputes
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
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