The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit Wednesday allowing Enbridge Energy LP to tunnel beneath four miles of the Straits of Mackinac for its Line 5 oil pipeline, and environmental and tribal groups fighting the project say a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision bars the construction.
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Army Corps OKs Enbridge Tunnel Amid Line 5 Permit Fight

By Crystal Owens

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit Wednesday allowing Enbridge Energy LP to tunnel beneath four miles of the Straits of Mackinac for its Line 5 oil pipeline, and environmental and tribal groups fighting the project say a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision bars the construction.

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1st Circ. Urged Not To Revive Puerto Rico Climate RICO Suit

By Keith Goldberg

Fossil fuel companies have urged the First Circuit to uphold the dismissal of a racketeering and antitrust lawsuit from several Puerto Rico municipalities claiming the companies misrepresented the climate dangers of fossil fuel products in causing a pair of hurricanes.

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Lawmakers Probe Rare Earths Co. Over $620M DOD Loan

By Tom Lotshaw

Democratic lawmakers have asked the CEO of Vulcan Elements to address reports that a senior White House adviser pressed defense officials to loan the rare earths startup $620 million after a firm affiliated with Donald Trump Jr. invested in it.

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Q&A

She Has A Point: Shutts & Bowen's Jodi-Ann Tillman

By Dani Kass

Jodi-Ann Tillman of Shutts & Bowen LLP was brought into patent infringement litigation over drum technology just months before trial, and her performance earned high praise from opposing counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP partner Laura Ganoza.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Steel Tariff Exemption Denial Lacks Backing, Trade Court Says

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce wrongly relied on "vague statements" from an objector to reject requests to exempt certain products from a 25% tariff on steel, the U.S. Court of International Trade said Wednesday, ordering reconsiderations.

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NUCLEAR

11th Circ. Backs EPA, Fertilizer Co. In 'Radioactive' Road Case

By Ganesh Setty

The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday rejected an environmental group's challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision allowing the construction of a private road with a radioactive byproduct from fertilizer production, finding EPA regulations don't categorically bar such use.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What 'Good Faith' Means In Calif.'s 1st Climate Reporting Year

Initial submissions to California's corporate greenhouse gas emissions reporting program are due this month — and for regulated businesses, the first-year issue is not whether CARB has answered every implementation question, but how a company can make its good faith compliance efforts provable later, says Thierry Montoya at FBT Gibbons.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Trump Picks Ex-Arkansas SG, Walmart Lawyer For 8th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has announced that he's looking to elevate Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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NYC Bar Committee Calls For Nationwide AI Rules Framework

By Andrea Keckley

A New York City Bar Association committee concluded in a policy paper published Wednesday that artificial intelligence tools "may assist legal work but cannot substitute for professional legal judgment," calling for a national framework to be built into the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing its use.

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judges Retire, HCA Suit Heads To Trial

By Hayley Fowler

The North Carolina Business Court dropped a host of heavy-hitting opinions in July ahead of two judicial retirements and a new chief judge rising in the ranks.

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JP Ward Attorney Exodus Delays Pa. Labor Trafficking Suit

By Matthew Santoni

A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.

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Brief

DOJ Fraud Division To Reach 500 Staffers This Month

By Courtney Bublé

By the end of the month, there will be about 500 attorneys and staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's new fraud division, with more to come as time goes on.

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Latham Leads List Of Client Service 'All-Stars,' Report Says

By Ryan Boysen

Latham & Watkins LLP, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP all delivered exceptional client service in a fast-changing, high-pressure era where "the business decision is also the legal decision," a new report by BTI Consulting Group says.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AddShoppers Inc.

Allegheny Health Network

American Petroleum Institute Inc.

BHP Group PLC

BP PLC

BTI Consulting Group Inc.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Chevron Corp.

ConocoPhillips

Earthjustice

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

Exela Pharma Sciences LLC

Exxon Mobil Corp.

FTI Consulting Inc.

Gildan Activewear Inc.

Great American Insurance Co.

HCA Healthcare Inc.

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.

Line 5 LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Lowe's Cos. Inc.

Mosaic

Motiva Enterprises LLC

Native American Rights Fund Inc.

New York City Bar Association

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Outokumpu

Rio Tinto Group

Sunbelt Rentals Inc.

The Whitlock Co.

Trump Organization Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Adsuar Muniz

Arnold & Porter

Cleary Gottlieb

Comber Miller

Cooley LLP

DLA Piper

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

FBT Gibbons

Ferraiuoli LLC

Foley & Lardner

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Goldman Antonetti

Grunfeld Desiderio

Hueston Hennigan

Husch Blackwell

Indiano & Williams

J.P. Ward & Associates

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Mayer Brown

McConnell Valdes

Milberg PLLC

Morgan Lewis

Novak Druce

Orrick Herrington

O’Neill & Borges

Pietrantoni Mendez

Shutts & Bowen

Smouse & Mason

Troutman

West Webb Allbritton & Gentry

Zimmer Citron

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bay Mills Indian Community

California Air Resources Board

House Committee on Natural Resources

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Michigan Supreme Court

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Senate