On December 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Interior ("DOI") published the Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision...

A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision indicates that it is challenging for employers to obtain an interim injunction requiring an employee to remove allegedly defamatory social media posts pending resolution ...

Ending what the US Justice Department describes as its "first . . . challenge to an anticompetitive bidding agreement for Bureau of Land Management [BLM] mineral rights leases," the Department announced on February 15 that it had reached a settlement with Gunnison Energy Corporation (GEC), SG Interests I Ltd., and SG Interests VII Ltd. (jointly, SGI) to resolve antitrust and False Claims Act claims based on an alleged agreement not to compete in bidding for four natural gas leases sold at auctio

Gunnison Energy Corporation (GEC), SG Interests I Ltd., and SG Interests VII Ltd. (SGI) were required to pay a total of $550,000 to the United States for antitrust and False Claims Act violations related to an agreement not to compete in bidding for four natural gas leases sold at auction by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

In a decision that opens the door for Superfund claims against the United States on Forest Service and BLM lands, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the United States federal government may be liable for clean-up costs at former mining sites located on federal land.

On October 15, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued a new Clean Water Act Enforcement Action Plan ("Action Plan").

The Eighth Circuit's recent decision in Home Depot USA, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board marks a significant turn in the long-running dispute over Home Depot's ban on an employee's "BLM" apron message.

This case concerned a car accident which occurred in a car park in Lake Windermere in April 2016. The claimant was a pedestrian and the defendant was driving a Range Rover at low speed.

In William Stadler v Currys Group Limited [2022] EWHC 160 (QB) (a judgment given at the end of January 2022) the High Court struck out elements of a claim for misuse of private information, breach of confidence, ...

Les médias sociaux offrent des plateformes sur lesquelles les utilisateurs peuvent partager leur vie, leurs opinions et leurs points de vue

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden pledged that, if elected, he would steer the country away from its reliance on traditional energy sources and toward a clean energy future...

On January 17, 2020, California's Attorney General filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California...

At the date of writing, there are three COVID vaccines licensed for use in the UK, offering the only realistic exit from a cycle of tightening and loosening restrictions on everyday life.

There is good news to help bring some money into my home state – The first Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") oil and gas lease sale of 2017 occurred last week and it has helped to provide some cash...

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments in the federal courts of appeal in the last month.

Few governmental agencies can require private employers to permit their employees to say things on the job, in the presence of customers and co-workers, that employers don't like.

President Donald Trump's Executive Order (EO) entitled "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth" is a broad directive accomplishing a number of the Trump Administration's energy-related priorities.

The start of the ski season is imminent and for many tour operators this will be the first time they are sending staff to work in Europe since the end of the transition period.

It has been confirmed that the COVID-19 vaccination will become compulsory for staff that care for the elderly and vulnerable.

On 26 January, the Law Commission of England & Wales and the Scottish Law Commission published the final report in their joint, three-year investigation into law reform and automated driving.