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Wheeler v. Arkema Inc.

October 17, 2019

Fifth Circuit grants interlocutory review of class certification order in environmental mass-tort litigation. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief urging the court to grant the defendant’s Rule...

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. v. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.

September 27, 2019

U.S. Chamber leads coalition amicus brief urging Texas Supreme Court to hold that Texas law creating de facto partnerships does not trump the clear and unambiguous terms of contracts that...

Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. EPA (ESPS Rule)

September 17, 2019

D.C. Circuit dismisses petitions for review of the EPA’s 2015 Clean Power Plan as moot in light of the EPA’s 2019 Affordable Clean Energy Rule, which rescinds the 2015 Clean Power Plan. The U.S....

In re PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC

September 10, 2019

Third Circuit holds Natural Gas Act’s delegation of condemnation authority to private pipeline companies does not extend to condemnation of state-owned property, such that states are immune from...

Plaquemines Parish v. Riverwood Production Co.

September 4, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to reverse trial court order and remove claims against companies acting at the direction of the federal government to federal court.

Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. EPA (ESPS Rule)

August 1, 2019

U.S. Chamber and coalition of petitioners file reply in support of motion to dismiss litigation against Clean Power Plan as moot in light of EPA’s final rescission of the Clean Power Plan.

Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. EPA (ESPS Rule)

July 15, 2019

Clean Power Plan petitioners, including the U.S. Chamber, jointly move to dismiss their challenges to Clean Power Plan as moot.

Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. EPA (NSPS Rule)

July 15, 2019

Clean Power Plan petitioners, including the U.S. Chamber, jointly move to dismiss their challenges to Clean Power Plan as moot.

Wheeler v. Arkema Inc.

June 24, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of Rule 23(f) petition, urging Fifth Circuit to grant review and reverse class-certification order in environmental mass-tort litigation.

Reid v. Doe Run Resources Corp.

June 4, 2019

Eighth Circuit denies interlocutory review and petition for writ of mandamus of district court decision allowing thousands of Peruvian nationals to sue American companies in federal court under...