August 22, 2016
Murray Energy Corp. on Friday relied on portions of Ralph Nader's congressional testimony from the 1970s in its bid to make the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency face allegations that it's ignored the consequences of its air pollution regulations on jobs, urging a West Virginia federal judge to deny the agency's bid to toss the suit.
July 21, 2016
A West Virginia federal judge on Wednesday, after "painfully" reviewing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documents, ordered a handful be disclosed to Murray Energy Corp. in a suit accusing the agency of failing to study how its air quality regulations impact jobs.
June 17, 2016
A West Virginia federal judge on Friday shot down the Environmental Protection Agency's request to keep a Bracewell LLP attorney who had worked for the EPA from testifying in Murray Energy's lawsuit accusing the agency of failing to study how its air quality regulations impact jobs, saying the EPA couldn't prove that he had a conflict of interest in the case.
June 08, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that Murray Energy shouldn't be able to tap a Bracewell LLP "lawyer and lobbyist with significant conflicts" to testify in a suit accusing the agency of failing to study how its air quality regulations impact jobs, saying the testimony amounts to "legal opinions in the guise of expert testimony."
June 03, 2016
Murray Energy Corp. on Thursday blasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's bid to prevent a Bracewell LLP attorney who was a Bush-era EPA official from testifying in the company's suit accusing the agency of failing to assess the impact of air regulations on jobs.
June 01, 2016
Murray Energy Corp. on Tuesday told a West Virginia federal judge that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been hiding documents central to its suit over the agency's alleged failure to assess the impact of air regulations on jobs.
May 17, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday pushed to disqualify a Bracewell LLP attorney who was a Bush-era EPA official from testifying in Murray Energy's suit over the agency's alleged failure to assess the impact of air regulations on jobs.
May 02, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday urged a West Virginia federal judge to toss Murray Energy's lawsuit accusing the agency of shirking its duty to study the effects of air pollution regulations on jobs, saying there's no need to proceed to a trial scheduled for July.
January 25, 2016
Murray Energy on Friday asked a West Virginia federal judge to postpone a trial over whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has inadequately investigated possible coal industry job losses caused by regulation so the company's founder and CEO can attend the Republican National Convention.
November 12, 2015
A West Virginia federal judge said Thursday that Murray Energy Corp. can depose U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy in its suit claiming the agency hasn't adequately investigated possible job losses caused by the Clean Air Act, two days after the EPA urged the Fourth Circuit to block McCarthy from testifying.