2/19/2026 10:44:40 PM AI Communications Are Not Privileged: What United States v. Heppner Means for the Defense Bar and Corporate Clients By Michael Mims In a significant decision rendered this week, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York held that written exchanges...
1/29/2026 9:53:41 PM Data Centers Are the New Industrial Neighbors: Managing Risk of Nuisance and Environmental Litigation By Michael Mims Earlier this week, the New Orleans City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers while the city revisits how (and...
1/28/2026 7:06:03 PM DOJ Issues Final Rule Eliminating Disparate Impact from its Title VI Enforcement Regulations By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Colin North +1 more... Show less On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") issued a final rule amending its regulations implementing Title VI of the...
1/28/2026 2:27:00 PM Climate Analysis in Louisiana’s Coastal Permitting Regime: The Second Commonwealth LNG Petition By Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes Andrew Hughes In October 2025, a district court in Cameron Parish granted a challenge brought by environmental justice groups who sought to vacate a...
1/23/2026 5:16:57 PM D.C. Circuit Rejects EPA’s Bid to Partially Vacate PFAS Drinking Water Rule By Michael Mims Emily von Qualen On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied EPA’s request to partially vacate portions of its...
1/22/2026 2:10:32 PM LDEQ Finalizes Regulations Amending the State's Voluntary Environmental Self-Audit Program By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Colin North +1 more... Show less On January 20, 2026, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) published a final rule in the Louisiana Register that...
1/16/2026 10:25:07 PM Maximizing OBBBA Bonus Depreciation in Producing Oil and Gas Property Acquisitions By John Bradford On January 16, 2026, Liskow tax attorneys published a blog regarding IRS Notice 2026 - 11, which provides guidance on the implementation...
1/14/2026 11:18:00 AM Three CCS Bills Prefiled for 2026 Louisiana Regular Session By Neil Abramson Jeff Lieberman Speaker Pro Tempore Mike Johnson filed three CCS bills on January 12, which was the first day to prefile legislation for the Louisiana...
12/22/2025 4:28:46 PM EPA Issues "Compliance First" Memorandum, Shifting Enforcement Approach By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Colin North +1 more... Show less On December 5, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) issued a...
12/19/2025 5:55:39 PM EPA Guidance Reinforces That PFAS Should Be Considered in Phase I Environmental Assessments By Emily von Qualen Clare Bienvenu In December 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") clarified that recipients of pending Brownfield grants must...
12/15/2025 7:59:30 PM Suncor Is Justices' Chance To Rule On Climate Nuisance Suits By Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes James Lapeze The U.S. Supreme Court is currently presented with what many believe is its best opportunity to provide sorely needed guidance in the...
12/3/2025 4:13:55 PM SCOTUS Presented with Best Opportunity to Weigh In on Climate Change Litigation By Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes James Lapeze The United States Supreme Court is currently presented with what many believe is the best opportunity for the Court to provide sorely...
12/2/2025 8:02:44 PM Greenwashing Hits Home: New Washington Lawsuit Alleges Climate Deception by Fossil Fuel Companies is Linked to Rising Home Insurance Premiums By Andrew Hughes Kelly Becker Jamie Rhymes James Lapeze +1 more... Show less A newly filed class action in the Western District of Washington advances a novel theory of greenwashing liability by suggesting that...
12/1/2025 8:44:11 PM DOI Issues Draft Proposed 2026-2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Sales Scheduled for Alaska, Gulf of America, and Pacific Regions By Jana Grauberger Bradford Laperouse Kathleen Doody On November 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) published its Notice of Availability of the 1st Analysis and Proposal of...
11/26/2025 7:59:33 PM Environmental Groups Sue Over Gulf Lease Sale Without NEPA Review By Liskow A recent ENERGYWIRE article examines a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups challenging the Trump administration’s plan to move...
11/26/2025 7:34:27 PM Commonwealth LNG Update: LDCE Re-Issues LNG Permit with Revised Basis of Decision By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Colin North +1 more... Show less On November 18, 2025, the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy (LDCE) re-issued a Coastal Use Permit (CUP) with a revised...