June 21, 2021
A Virginia federal judge on Monday ended a challenge to a Trump-era rule overhauling the use of the National Environmental Policy Act, saying questions over whether the rule will ever be implemented by the Biden administration means there's no ripe dispute to adjudicate.
April 21, 2021
Environmental groups on Wednesday pushed a Virginia federal judge to toss out the Trump administration's overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act, telling him that the new administration's promises to review the act's rules don't meaningfully change anything.
March 26, 2021
Conservation groups told a Virginia federal court that the Trump administration's rule amending National Environmental Policy Act implementing regulations should be considered on the merits or thrown out — not left in place — while the White House reconsiders it.
March 18, 2021
The White House has asked a Virginia federal judge to remand a Trump administration rule amending National Environmental Policy Act implementing regulations so it can be reconsidered by the agency, although environmental groups say the move doesn't go far enough.
February 19, 2021
A Virginia federal judge on Friday rejected the White House's request for a 60-day stay of proceedings in litigation over the Trump administration's rule amending National Environmental Policy Act implementing regulations, siding with green groups who said a stay is uncalled for.
January 03, 2021
A personal jurisdiction battle affecting the legal exposure of automakers and other product manufacturers, delivery drivers' feud with gig-economy companies over their independent contractor status and clashes over the scope of federal preemption are among the court battles that transportation attorneys are watching in 2021.
September 23, 2020
A group of state attorneys general have told the White House that its controversial overhaul of environmental review regulations violates the Endangered Species Act.
September 21, 2020
A Virginia federal judge on Monday rejected the Trump administration's request to bring a quick end to what it had called a premature challenge from conservation groups to its overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act.
September 14, 2020
A Virginia federal judge let Trump administration revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act take effect Monday, declining to enjoin the rule's overhaul in one of several pending challenges to the revisions.
September 02, 2020
Environmental groups have blasted the Trump administration's argument that its overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act can't be challenged yet because it hasn't been implemented, saying Wednesday the rule's plain language makes it binding on all federal agencies as soon as it goes into effect.