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The utility law section provides detailed information on Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and other agency news. The National Law Review has weekly updates on Airline regulations from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the use of unmanned aircraft carriers, use of drones in military actions, and other government stories are analyzed by the legal experts at the National Law Review.

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Jul
16
2011
BARR battle: Obama administration to make more corporate jet data public despite flak Center for Public Integrity
Jul
13
2011
IRS Defends Discretion to Withhold Section 1256 Exchange Designation for ISOs McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
12
2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Village of East Troy’s High Capacity Well Permit; Finds WDNR Has a General Duty under Statute and the Public Trust Doctrine to Consider Impact to Waters of the State Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jul
11
2011
No One Knows if Texting While Driving Bans Have Prevented Car Crashes Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jul
10
2011
Pennsylvania To Amend Its Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
9
2011
California Air Regulators Move Forward With Carbon Trading Program But Delay Enforcement Until 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
8
2011
Transferring a Right to Discharge on the International Registry: What You Should Know Vedder Price
Jul
7
2011
D.C. Circuit Limits the DOT’s Authority to Regulate Air Charter Brokers Vedder Price
Jul
7
2011
EPA selects Colorado, North Dakota sites as case study locations for national hydraulic fracturing study U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jul
6
2011
June Proves To Be A Busy Month For ARB And Its Proposed Cap-and-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
5
2011
Update on Federal Response to Oil Spill Near Billings, Montana U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jul
5
2011
Choice of Law After England’s Blue Sky One Case Vedder Price
Jul
4
2011
Watch For Vicarious Liability For Employee Negligence Williams Kastner
Jul
2
2011
NYSDEC Recommends Lifting Fracking Ban, Subject to Limitations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
30
2011
Supreme Court Changes the Climate on Greenhouse Gas Suits Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
27
2011
U.S. Supreme Court Decides American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
26
2011
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Now Available to Private Water Companies Poyner Spruill LLP
Jun
23
2011
FERC Punts on Generators' Appeals of NERC Registrations Bracewell LLP
Jun
22
2011
Insurance for Hydrofracking Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
21
2011
Environmental Law Alert - Climate Change Torts Thrown Out of Court Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
18
2011
Deepwater Drilling: Offshore Oil Progress Delayed Under "Slowmatorium" Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
13
2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds There is No Coverage for Negligent Entrustment of a Vehicle Because There Was No Coverage for the Underlying Negligent Operation of the Vehicle von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jun
9
2011
Developers Must Pay Prevailing Wages for Privately Financed Public Infrastructure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
8
2011
Obama Administration Takes Major Step toward Advanced Vehicles with New Fleet Management Practices and Launch of First Federal Electric Vehicle Pilot U.S. Department of Energy
Jun
3
2011
China’s NDRC Delegates Powers to Lower Levels to Approve Overseas Investment Projects Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
1
2011
Tier 1 and Tier 2 WPDES General Storm Water Permits Reissued Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
May
31
2011
Another Fatal Bus Crash Highlights an Expanding Industry’s Lack of Oversight Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
May
31
2011
Federal Judge Orders California Waste Hauling Firm to Reinstate Two Drivers and Cease Anti-Union Activity National Labor Relations Board
May
31
2011
Next Stop: Better Bus Safety Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
May
29
2011
Non-Partisan Legislative Analyst Recommends Ceasing All Work on the Cap-And-Trade Program Until More Alternatives are Analyzed By Legislature Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
29
2011
Can I Sue My Neighbor Under Nuisance Law for Contributing to Climate Change? The Supreme Court’s AEP vs. Connecticut: A Case of “What Will Kennedy Decide”? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
May
23
2011
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Expanded Partnership with Industry to Advance Next-Generation Automotive Technologies U.S. Department of Energy
May
20
2011
Emergency Transport Company Sued by EEOC For Pregnancy Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
May
17
2011
Prem Kumar Added to EPA Fugitive List / Defendant Failed to Surrender after Indictment in Illegal Vessel pollution case U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May
16
2011
Court Tosses Transpacific Air Passengers' Claims Based on Alleged Overcharges for Flights Originating in Asia Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
16
2011
EPA Takes Action to Protect Ground Water from Petroleum Contamination U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May
13
2011
Bill Allowing More Offshore Drilling Introduced to Congress Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
13
2011
MSHA Releases Upper Big Branch Mine Investigation Interview Transcripts U.S. Department of Labor
May
12
2011
New Research Center to Increase Safety and Power Output of U.S. Nuclear Reactors U.S. Department of Energy
May
12
2011
After Decades, Preventable Fire Hazards Persist at Alabama Nuclear Reactor Center for Public Integrity
May
12
2011
Clean Energy Standard, is That What We're Calling it Now? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
May
11
2011
BP Alaska to Pay $25 Million Penalty for Alaskan North Slope Oil Spill U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May
11
2011
Newt Gingrich Faces Questions About Consulting Job and Support for Biofuels Center for Public Integrity
May
10
2011
NLRB's Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon Releases Statement on Boeing Complaint National Labor Relations Board
May
10
2011
The New DOJ Working Group and What It Means to the Oil and Gas Industry Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
10
2011
Wisconsin DNR’s New Phosphorus Rules: Are They in Effect? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
May
10
2011
How to Provide More Certainty in Financing Biomass Power Projects Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
May
9
2011
USDA and DOE Award Biomass Research and Development Grants to Reduce America's Reliance on Imported Oil U.S. Department of Energy
May
9
2011
Year after Tragedy, Mining Industry Seeks Some Self-Policing: Coal Companies Urge Government to Reward Safety with Fewer Inspections Center for Public Integrity
May
8
2011
National Biomass Debate Intensifies With New Limits in Massachusetts Center for Public Integrity
 

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