Utilities & Transport

The National Law Review provides visitors a free online legal news resource, providing the latest news, legislation, and relevant stories in utilities and transportation law. Covering topics from autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence, to the new legal issues emerging surrounding these technologies in the US and around the world, visitors will learn about the latest developments in utilities and transportation law as they unfold.

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.

Visitors will find details on new legislation from government agencies that regulate the utilities and transportation sector. Compliance under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) guidelines relating to new vehicles, and regulations related to self-driving cars, are covered on the site. Safety concerns in transportation, including litigation and regulation developments, are reported on and analyzed.

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Feb
25
2016
 Cybersecurity Issues in Focus at Upcoming Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) Conference Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
9
2017
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Apr
6
2012
 D. C. District Court Trumps EPA on Clean Water Act Permitting Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
May
12
2013
 D.C. Circuit Affirms Federal Energy Regulatory Committee Returns on Equity Policy But Reverses For Failure to Apply Administrative Procedure Act Official Notice Rule Bracewell LLP
Aug
18
2014
 D.C. Circuit Appeals Court Validates FERC Regional Planning Mandate as Reasoned Evolution of the Open-Access Electricity Transmission System McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
15
2014
 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order No. 1000 on Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation ArentFox Schiff LLP
Sep
1
2015
 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ Conflict Minerals Rule Decision is the Shiny Object – But Don’t Be Distracted Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
30
2014
 D.C. Circuit Court Vacates Key Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Rule for Pricing Demand Response Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
26
2014
 D.C. Circuit Denies Rehearing on Nuclear Waste Fee Decision McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
17
2020
 D.C. Circuit En Banc Review of FERC Tolling Orders Could Have Profound Implications for Infrastructure Projects Requiring FERC Approval Beveridge & Diamond PC
Aug
3
2018
 D.C. Circuit Holds That Transit Authority Is Permitted to Reject Religious Advertisements Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
8
2014
 D.C. Circuit Issues Opinion on Jurisdiction Under Section 210 of PURPA (Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act) ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
7
2011
 D.C. Circuit Limits the DOT’s Authority to Regulate Air Charter Brokers Vedder Price
Nov
21
2013
 D.C. Circuit Orders Department of Energy "DOE" to Stop Collecting Nuclear Waste Fee McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
22
2013
 D.C. Circuit Remands Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Orders Regarding Use Of Shared Transmission Paths by Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
27
2014
 D.C. Circuit Rules that FERC May Not Segment Its Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Related Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Projects, Regardless of Whether They Are Separately Proposed McDermott Will & Emery
May
22
2017
 D.C. Circuit Strikes Down FAA Registration Rule for Recreational Drones Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
1
2020
 D.C. Circuit Tolls the Bell on Tolling Orders Van Ness Feldman LLP
Dec
20
2011
 D.C. Circuit Upholds Rule Change by National Mediation Board Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
24
2012
 D.C. Circuit Vacates CSAPR, Instructs USEPA to Continue Administering CAIR ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
29
2014
 D.C. Circuit Vacates Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order Upholding Monetary Penalty for Federal Agency Violation of Reliability Standards ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
22
2023
 D.C. Circuit Vacates Key Element in HFC Rules under AIM Act Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
12
2013
 D.C. Circuit’s Decision Remanding PM-2.5 Implementation Rules Is Not Preventing Redesignation of PM-2.5 Nonattainment Areas Beveridge & Diamond PC
Apr
24
2013
 D.C. Court Denies Class Certification in Drinking Water Case Beveridge & Diamond PC
Apr
26
2013
 D.C. Court Upholds EPA Authority to Retroactively Veto Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Permits Beveridge & Diamond PC
Feb
10
2016
 D.C. District Court Invalidates Important FHWA Exemptions to “Buy America” Requirement Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
23
2018
 Dangers of Duck Boat Now Being Revealed by the Press Clifford Law Offices
Apr
25
2016
 Dangers of Trucking Accidents Stark & Stark
Sep
30
2014
 Danish Well Intervention Technology Showcased in Esbjerg Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
10
2023
 Data Deep Dive – Is Gen Z less interested in driving or owning a car than prior generations? Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
12
2018
 Data Exposure by Vendor Leads to $2.7 Million NERC Penalty for Utility Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
4
2021
 Data Show Autonomous Cars May Drive More Safely than Human Drivers Robinson & Cole LLP
Jul
4
2012
 DC Appeals Court Upholds EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rules Varnum LLP
Feb
17
2023
 DC Circuit Delivers Valentine to Solar-Battery Hybrids Beveridge & Diamond PC
Aug
5
2020
 DC Court Upholds FERC Energy Storage Rule and FERC Dismisses Petition to Declare State Net Metering Programs FERC-Jurisdictional ArentFox Schiff LLP
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