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Archive: August 2025 Blog Posts

  • Justice Department Affirms the Legality of Shrinking and Removing National Monuments
  • August 26th, 2025 — by Bradley Reimer — Category: Environmental Law

  • The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new opinion in late May detailing why President Trump can legally shrink and outright remove national monuments under the Antiquities Act of 1906 (Antiquities Act). Specifically, Trump seeks to remove the Chuckwalla and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments created by President Biden to free up the land for oil and gas drilling.


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  • Breaking Down the AFFF Multidistrict Litigation
  • August 11th, 2025 — by Blakely Durham — Category: Water Quality

  • South Carolina has become a hotspot for litigation surrounding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The reason? The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina is home to the Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Product Liability Multidistrict Litigation.


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