689 ABA Journal Environmental Law articles.
Climate change, which has surfaced as a major issue in the 2020 presidential election, is a growing practice area in environmental litigation. Everyone involved (even the U.S. government, which has…
Jan 23, 2020 2:49 PM CST
9th Circuit tosses youths’ climate-change suit on standing grounds
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco dismissed Friday a climate-change lawsuit filed on behalf of…
Jan 17, 2020 3:48 PM CST GAO report concludes White House violated law by withholding Ukraine aid The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office has concluded the White House broke the law when it withheld funds for security…
Jan 16, 2020 4:32 PM CST We’ve covered a wide array of diverse, in-depth and hard-hitting legal topics this past year at the ABA Journal. Most recently, we ran a feature story about lawyers who…
Dec 23, 2019 10:20 AM CST Bar says lawyer should attend professionalism class after brush with raccoon A Florida lawyer who posted a video of himself shooing a raccoon off his boat and into open…
Dec 19, 2019 4:50 PM CST Supreme Court won’t review Kentucky abortion law requiring ultrasounds The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a challenge to a Kentucky law requiring doctors to display fetal ultrasounds and…
Dec 9, 2019 4:36 PM CST Nov 25, 2019 1:16 PM CST Fan sues Madonna for pushing back start time of her concert A Florida man who spent more than $1,000 on three tickets to see singer Madonna in concert at her…
Nov 12, 2019 3:20 PM CST University of Oregon School of Law professor Mary Wood, a former hazardous waste lawyer, never foresaw that she would become a pioneer in climate change law. It wasn’t even an established practice area in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina—which many scientists attributed to global warming—changed the course of her life from more than 2,000 miles away. Nov 1, 2019 4:00 AM CDT Traditionally relegated to the statutory realm of environmental and administrative law, a cadre of attorneys and legal scholars has given the climate change issue a creative facelift that may change the legal landscape—and, they say, could determine the fate of humanity. Nov 1, 2019 12:00 AM CDT In the new episode of the Modern Law Library, William Groner talks to Lee Rawles about co-writing his book, the challenge of “being ahead of the science,” and how political interests worsened one of the largest environmental disasters in history. Oct 30, 2019 6:00 AM CDT Oct 3, 2019 11:49 AM CDT Judge overseeing nationwide opioid litigation refuses to step down The federal judge overseeing more than 2,000 lawsuits over alleged opioid addictions and overdoses refused to remove himself from a bellwether…
Sep 27, 2019 4:30 PM CDT Sep 27, 2019 10:39 AM CDT Sep 25, 2019 12:40 PM CDTAfternoon Briefs: Government agency says withholding Ukrainian aid broke law; dog banned from trial
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Afternoon Briefs: Son of spies ruled a Canadian citizen; lawyer avoids discipline over raccoon video
Afternoon Briefs: SCOTUS won’t review abortion ultrasound law; 9th Circuit edits its Taylor Swift decision
Suit says Ben & Jerry’s claims of ‘happy cows’ from ‘caring dairy’ program are deceiving consumers
A would-be class action lawsuit says the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company is misleading consumers when it touts its milk and cream come from “happy cows” on "caring dairy" farms.
Afternoon Briefs: Madonna sued over late start time of concert; unusual bar ceremony goes viral
Oregon law professor plants seeds of change in climate change law
Lawyers are unleashing a flurry of lawsuits to step up the fight against climate change
Fighting for first responders sickened at ground zero turned into yearslong legal battle
Lawyer sues gin-maker based on obscure 150-year-old law
A class action lawsuit against the maker of Bombay Sapphire gin is based on an obscure Florida law that makes it a felony to sell alcohol containing the spice grains of paradise, which is one of the liquor’s ingredients.
Afternoon Briefs: Judge refuses to step down from opioid litigation; BigLaw joins law profs in climate change fight
State supreme court sides with farmer over pig manure plan
A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided Thursday that a farmer did not have to obey his township’s regulations when managing manure on his hog farm.
ABA hosts first-ever cannabis and hemp law conference