The public challenge brought by claimants Dr Cathy Gardner and Fay Harris in respect of the government's COVID-19 hospital discharge policy reconvened on Friday, 22 October.

There are three main aspects to the government's commitment.

Each such federal agency is required to administer the land it controls consistent with multiple authorizing statutes.

From Supreme Court rulings on Roundup lawsuits to expanded oil and gas drilling in California, this update covers major environmental law and policy developments affecting businesses and communities. Key stories include challenges to California's plastic recycling requirements, EPA's proposed NEPA procedural changes, and significant water infrastructure funding decisions.

Federal agencies advance controversial oil and gas leasing proposals while communities grapple with industrial chemical emergencies and legal battles over dam decommissioning. Meanwhile, courts reshape environmental protections as lawsuits challenge EPA regulations on waste incinerators and drinking water fluoride standards.

On January 14, 2015, the Office of the Press Secretary released a fact sheet announcing the Obama Administration's "new goal to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by 40-45 percent from 2012 levels by 2025."

On March 1, 2017, the Senate confirmed Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Interior.

The Southern District of California and the Northern District of Illinois recently entered orders addressing motions to strike class allegations—with very different results for the respective defendants.

Rising metal prices and renewed focus on domestic mineral supplies have spurred a resurgence in mining activity on federal lands across the West.

Once again, a federal district court has enjoined enforcement of a rule implemented by a wayward federal agency as it governs oil and gas activities.

There is an old adage, often heard upon the existence of an insurance policy, along the lines of "it is okay, it is covered by the insurance".

An automatic Fire Suppression System (AFSS) is an active fire protection solution that controls and extinguishes fires without requiring human intervention, or until the fire service arrives.

Having dealt with Railway cases for more than 16 years, I have seen more than my fair share of claims involving trespassers.

On March 20, 2015, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the US Department of the Interior, issued a final rule titled "Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands," scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Thursday, March 26, 2015.

For employees or sub-contractors, working trackside on the railway can be a very dangerous environment. The most obvious risk is being struck or involved in a near miss with a train.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) released a final rule that will protect millions of acres of Alaskan wildness from the development of oil, gas and minerals.

The shadow of the January 6 insurrection in Washington is dark and will be long, but we ought not let it obscure the rays of light that also burst forth that day...

On Friday 22 October, Baroness Meacher's Assisted Dying Bill progressed to the Committee Stage after being debated in the House of Lords.

Mediation is now a very familiar tool in the armoury for the resolution of disputes. The mediation process is largely well known by lawyers and there is a wealth of experience of how to work with it

These days we don't use Latin much as part of everyday speech but the Latin phrase ex turpi causa as shorthand for the illegality defence is something of an exception.