A federal judge has dismissed San Juan, Puerto Rico's lawsuit linking energy giants' alleged concealment of fossil fuels' effects on climate change to a pair of hurricanes, saying it's indistinguishable from a recently dismissed suit brought by other Puerto Rico municipalities.
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Judge Tosses San Juan Climate Suit Against Energy Cos.

By Keith Goldberg

A federal judge has dismissed San Juan, Puerto Rico's lawsuit linking energy giants' alleged concealment of fossil fuels' effects on climate change to a pair of hurricanes, saying it's indistinguishable from a recently dismissed suit brought by other Puerto Rico municipalities.

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US Wind Fights For Countersuit Against Offshore Project Foes

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

US Wind Inc. is asking a Maryland federal court to allow it to proceed with claims against local governments and community, business and environmental groups that are challenging the approval of a wind energy project off the state's coastline.

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FERC Nixes Ban On Pipeline Work During Project Appeals

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has scrapped a rule barring construction activities on gas infrastructure projects when approvals are being challenged, saying it's no longer necessary and bogs down the development of needed infrastructure.

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5th Circ. Says Army Corps Didn't Harm Dolphins In Miss.

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' operation of a spillway likely did not cause harm to bottlenose dolphins in the Mississippi Sound, saying Thursday that local governments failed to demonstrate how continued use would harm the marine mammals.

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DEALS

Choate-Led PE Shop Clinches $400M Environmental Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Environment-focused private equity shop Ecosystem Investment Partners, advised by Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, on Thursday announced that it wrapped its fifth fund with over $400 million of commitments, bringing the firm's total capital raised to nearly $1.5 billion since its 2006 founding.

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RENEWABLES

Trade Court Upholds Malaysian Wind Tower Duties

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Court of International Trade on Thursday upheld the federal government's antidumping review of a Malaysian wind tower exporter, finding the Commerce Department supported its decision to decline the company's recommendations in reaching a final duty rate.

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PRODUCT LIABILITY

Brief

Ohio Judge OKs Trimmed Norfolk Southern Derailment Suit

By Isaac Monterose

An Ohio federal judge approved on Thursday a joint dismissal motion filed by two kennel owners and Norfolk Southern that will permanently toss the kennel owners' property claims from their derailment suit against the railroad company.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Civil Maritime Nuclear Sector Poised For Growth, Challenges

The maritime industry now stands on the verge of a nuclear-powered renaissance, with the need for clean energy, resilient power generation and decarbonized logistics driving demand for commercial maritime nuclear technology — but these developments will raise significant new legal, regulatory and technical questions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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Series

Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Painting trains me to see both the fine detail and the whole composition at once, enabling me to identify friction points while keeping sight of a client's bigger vision, but the most significant lesson I've brought to my legal work has been the value of originality, says Jana Gouchev at Gouchev Law.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Sullivan & Cromwell Impersonators Hit With NY Fraud Claims

By Emily Sawicki

New York Attorney General Letitia James is attempting to take down a slew of businesses whose names are variants of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, accusing them of attempting a scheme to fraudulently redirect checks meant for the global corporate law firm.

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Analysis

False-Statement Case Puts Comey In Rare Company

By Phillip Bantz

Former FBI director James Comey is the latest addition to the relatively short list of government officials who have been criminally charged over the past several decades with making false statements to Congress.

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NY Atty General Indicted Following Pressure From Trump

By Lauren Berg

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in Virginia federal court Thursday on charges related to mortgage fraud, three weeks after President Donald Trump wrote a social media post encouraging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action because James and two other political opponents were "guilty as hell."

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Tort Report: Nuked 'Nuclear Verdict' Stays, Texas Justices Say

By Y. Peter Kang

The fate of a "nuclear verdict" that was used to jump-start tort reform campaigns across the country and a settlement of a suit over a Kiss guitar technician's death lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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Jenn Mascott Of WH Counsel's Office Confirmed To 3rd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-47 on Thursday to confirm Jenn Mascott, currently serving in the White House Counsel's Office, to the Delaware seat on the Third Circuit.

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7th Circ. Nominee Taibleson Advances To Full Senate

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced on party lines the nomination of Rebecca Taibleson, a federal prosecutor in Wisconsin, to serve on the Seventh Circuit, as well as four district judicial nominees and five U.S. attorney nominees.

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Baldoni Atty Faces LA Malpractice Suit Over Client 'Betrayal'

By Emily Sawicki

Entertainment attorney Bryan Freedman has been accused in Los Angeles County Superior Court of turning his back on a former client, allegedly convincing him to sign an unfavorable settlement on trademark claims against "It Ends With Us" star Justin Baldoni, only to later begin representing the actor and director.

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Calif. Supreme Court Justice Martin Jenkins To Retire

By James Mills

California Supreme Court Justice Martin J. Jenkins, the first openly gay man and the third African American man to sit on the bench, will retire at the end of October, the court announced Thursday.

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Weinstein Says Jurors Traded Threats, Tainting Verdict

By Cara Salvatore

Harvey Weinstein's legal team said his June sexual assault convictions were tainted by juror misconduct, including physical threats and an unfounded bribery claim, arguing in a motion for a new trial that a judge refused to properly investigate.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aidala Bertuna

Ayres Jenkins

Choate Hall

Cooley LLP

Cory Watson Attorneys

Dickie McCamey

Gibson Dunn

Gouchev Law

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Liner Freedman

Lowell & Associates

Marzulla Law

Nelson Mullins

Paul Weiss

Sullivan & Cromwell

Trade Pacific PLLC

Troutman

Waltzer Wiygul

Wiley Rein

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

American Family Association

American Tort Reform Association

Cargill Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Democratic National Committee

Ecosystem Investment Partners

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Federalist Society

Interstate Natural Gas Association of America

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Marriott International Inc.

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Pacific Bells LLC

Public Citizen Inc.

Seattle Seahawks

The Catholic University of America

Werner Enterprises Inc.

WikiLeaks

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

California Supreme Court

Central Intelligence Agency

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Georgia Court of Appeals

International Maritime Organization

Manhattan District Attorney's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

New York County District Attorney's Office

New York State Department of State

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

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

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana