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FERC Withdraws Controversial "Duty Of Candor" Proposal

Chairman Swett maintains agenda of simplifying regulations, while contending that FERC's existing communications rule is more than adequate to regulate communications.

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

EPA Again Extends Deadline To Propose Enforceable National Drinking Water Standards For Perchlorate

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has again extended its deadline from November 21, 2025, to January 2, 2026, to issue a proposed rule setting a Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG)...

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Texas Class VI Primacy: What EPA's Delegation To The Railroad Commission Means For CCS Projects

On November 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Texas's application for Class VI UIC primacy, giving the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) primary enforcement authority...

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

EPA And U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Propose New Definition Of "Waters Of The United States"

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on Nov. 17 announced a proposed rule adopting a revised definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under...

United States Environment

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Another Day, Another WOTUS: EPA And Army Corps Again Propose A New CWA Jurisdictional Standard

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

The Continuing Saga Of "Waters Of The United States": Army Corps And EPA Propose A Further Re-Definition

United States Environment

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

How To Appeal An Approved Jurisdictional Determination (AJD) Issued By The Army Corps Of Engineers

United States Environment

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Pender & Coward

"Waters Of The U.S." Redefined: Permitting Impacts Of The EPA And Army Corps Of Engineers' Proposed Revisions

United States Environment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Trump Nominates Stuart Levenbach To Head CFPB

United States Consumer

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Receding Waters: How The New WOTUS Definition Reduces Clean Water Act Jurisdiction

United States Environment

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Holland & Hart

Water Utilities: Congress Temporarily Extends Cyber Laws, EPA Releases New Guidance

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

The Last Wave: EPA And Army Corps Seek To Conform WOTUS Definition To Sackett

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

The Next Blow In The WOTUS Fight: EPA And The Army Corps Issue Proposed Rule

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

The Never-Ending Rule: EPA And Army Corps Of Engineers Propose Narrowing The Post-Sackett Definition Of 'Waters Of The United States'

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

USPTO Proposes Dramatic Restrictions For Inter Partes Review Institution

United States IP

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Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP

Top 5 Takeaways From "Advanced Mediation Strategies For Handling The Toughest Situations"

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Tariffs, Contracts And The Negotiation Imperative: Why The Old Playbook Won't Work

United States International

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JAMS

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Customizing Dispute Resolution For Commercial Contracts

United States Litigation

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JAMS

How To Address PFAS Cleanup In Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities

PFAS chemicals have become the focus of intense media scrutiny due to their widespread use and environmental persistence. Found in everything from cosmetics and packaging to beer...

United States Environment

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Arcadis

State Water Board Releases New Platform For Submitting Annul Water Use Reports – What You Need To Know And Upcoming Workshops

On October 23, 2025, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) announced a new online platform – the Water Accounting, Tracking, and Reporting System (CalWATRS).

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

Microplastics – The Future Of Toxic Tort Litigation?

Microplastics are increasingly gaining attention in the scientific community for their potential to accumulate in human beings and the environment. The ubiquitous use of microplastics and their pervasive presence in living...

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

Decreto Por El Que Se Establecen Facilidades Administrativas Para Regularizar Titulos De Concesion Y Asignacion De Aguas Nacionales

El 28 de octubre de 2025, la titular del Poder Ejecutivo, Claudia Sheinbaum, publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación ("DOF") el Decreto por el que se establecen facilidades administrativas para regularizar títulos de concesión y asignación otorgados a los usuarios de aguas nacionales.

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Court Of Appeal Clears Way For State Intervention In Local Groundwater Management Under SGMA

United States Energy

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

Controversy Over State And Tribal Rights Under Clean Water Act Section 401 Continues

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

California Supreme Court Replaces Greyhound Deference For Public Utilities Commission's Interpretation Of Its Code With Less Deferential Yamaha Standard

United States Energy

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Fennemore

Key Environmental And Energy Takeaways From The Senate's $914 Billion National Defense Authorization Act

United States Government

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Holland & Hart

PFAS Developments: CERCLA Designations Stay Intact For Now, Rollbacks Under SDWA

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

EPA Approves Montana's Revised Approach To Nutrient Water Quality Standards: Return To Narrative Criteria

United States Environment

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Holland & Hart

EPA's PFAS Rulemaking Trajectory: Key Updates Across CERCLA, TSCA, RCRA, SDWA And CWA

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

What Happens To A Utility Company And Its Customers When There's A State Of Emergency For Utility Service?

United States Energy

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Rich May

Underground Floodwater: How Does California's 'Arcane' Water Law Treat It?

United States Energy

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Yolo County Urgency Ordinance 1576 Imposes A Groundwater Well Permitting Moratorium On New Or Modified Agricultural Wells Within Focus Areas

United States Energy

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

EPA's PFAS Rulemaking Trajectory: Key Updates Across CERCLA, TSCA, RCRA, SDWA And CWA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is retaining its Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) designations for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and plans to propose a new framework to guide future designations with economic impact considerations.

United States Environment

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Holland & Knight

What Happens To A Utility Company And Its Customers When There's A State Of Emergency For Utility Service?

On September 10, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a declaration of a state of emergency specifically for the customers of Andrews Farm Water Company.

United States Energy

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Rich May

Underground Floodwater: How Does California's 'Arcane' Water Law Treat It?

A decision from the California Court of Appeal addresses the age-old question of the ownership of water rights in connection with the purchase of land. In Sandton Agriculture Investments III...

United States Energy

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Yolo County Urgency Ordinance 1576 Imposes A Groundwater Well Permitting Moratorium On New Or Modified Agricultural Wells Within Focus Areas

On August 26, 2025, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors ("Board") adopted an urgency ordinance (Urgency Ordinance ("UO") No. 1576) that imposes a 45-day moratorium...

United States Energy

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

Warning! New Wave Of Proposition 65 Complaints Targets Thermal Receipts

United States Environment

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

EPA's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda Includes PFAS Rulemakings

On September 4, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published the Trump Administration's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

People-Centric Water Future: How AI Is Empowering Water Utilities As Community Anchors

For decades, water utilities have been silent service providers - ensuring safe, reliable and essential access to water with little public visibility and engagement.

United States Energy

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Arcadis

The Court Of Appeal Deals Another Blow To Conservation Pricing By Municipally-Owned Water Systems

In San Diego, the City owns and operates the local water utility system, which provides potable water to its 1.4 million residents.

United States Real Estate

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Emerging Developments In The Treatment And Beneficial Use Of Produced Water In Texas

Produced water surfaces with groundwater during drilling. While most of it is reinjected into wells, growing freshwater scarcity and advances in treatment technology have sparked interest in its reuse.

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

A Landmark Win For Water: The Appeals Court Upholds MassDEP Authority In Drought Regulation Decision

United States Environment

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Rich May

What Is Trump Doing With PFAS?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Trump EPA Seeks Reversal Of Ruling That Typical Levels Of Drinking Water Fluoridation Present An Unreasonable Risk To Health

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Trump Administration Seeks To Streamline Federal Permitting For Data Centers With New Executive Order And Action Plan

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Beyond Review: Water Contract Conversion, Reclamation Law, And California's Central Valley Project

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Is Boxed Water "Better"?

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Summary Of Trump Administration's Release Of AI Action Plan

United States Technology

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Holland & Hart

The Topline: Steptoe Appropriations Newsletter

United States Government

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Steptoe LLP

The AI Thirst Trap: Scrutiny Builds Around Water-Hungry Data Centers

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

Water Carrier Statutes And Regulations - FMCSA Says "Goodbye" Through Regulatory Reforms

United States Transport

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

The OBBB Act | Infrastructure Overhaul: Transportation, Energy & Water Reforms

United States Government

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Nossaman LLP

What's Up With WOTUS?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

New CEQA Exemptions In 2025: Streamlining Housing & Infrastructure Development In California

United States Environment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Ownership Of Produced Water In Oil And Gas Operations

United States Energy

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Dykema

What's Happening At TCEQ: An Update From Chairwoman Brooke Paup

United States Environment

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BakerHostetler

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Navigating New Tariffs Impacting The Renewable Energy Industry (Video)

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

DMCAR Trend #8 – PFAS Inspires Forever Litigation (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

Brad De Vore Discusses PFAS Regulations With Water & Wastes Digest (Video)

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Womble Bond Dickinson

Meet The New WOTUS. Same As The Old WOTUS. (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

Top Game Changers Impacting The US Energy Sector (Video Content)

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Dentons

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