Bishop, Timothy S.

ALI-ABA Clean Water Act Conference, The Forest Roads Litigation

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:23:14 GMT

Clean Water Act cases on docket as justices return

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:37:52 GMT

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop is quoted on the Supreme Court’s review of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in a Clean Water Act case that concerns whether stormwater that washes off logging roads is subject to permitting.

Drought Stokes Water Fights

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:11:18 GMT

Environmental partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted on the state of Texas' battles in the US Supreme Court with Oklahoma and New Mexico over river water rights as it tries to secure more water for its growing population.

High Court Lets SG Join Logging Runoff Permit Arguments

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:33:51 GMT

Environmental partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted on the Supreme Court’s decision to grant the US solicitor general permission to present oral arguments in an appeal of a Ninth Circuit decision finding that stormwater runoff from logging roads requires an environmental permit under the Clean Water Act.

High Court Ruling May Curb Debt Collection Lawsuits

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:26:56 GMT

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in an article discussing the impact of the US Supreme Court's ruling that courts can force borrowers who lose debt collection cases to pay the defendant's litigation costs.

High Court Takes On Logging Pollution Issue as Congress Makes Its Own Push

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:41:02 GMT

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) quoted on the Supreme Court’s review of a Ninth Circuit decision finding that stormwater runoff from logging roads required an environmental permit under the Clean Water Act, granting a petition from the Oregon Board of Forestry and timber industry groups.

High Court’s Stormwater Ruling Leaves CWA Rules Murky

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:26:29 GMT

Environmental partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted on the Supreme Court’s reversal of a Ninth Circuit decision that had held Los Angeles County liable for stormwater pollution found in area rivers.

In case about logging, Roberts takes a swing at SG's office — again

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:17:39 GMT

Chicago Environmental partner Tim Bishop's arguments are included in an article focusing on the US Supreme Court case in which environmentalists are challenging a long-standing EPA policy that logging companies are exempt from securing permits for stormwater runoff.

Industry, states outline arguments in logging-road runoff case

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:51:33 GMT

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in an article reporting that timber industry groups and local governments are filing briefs with the Supreme Court outlining why they think justices should rule in a closely watched, upcoming logging road runoff case.

Justices Uphold Water Transfer Stance But Give No Hint On EPA Rule Suits

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:24:17 GMT

Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:59:46 GMT

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Steve Shapiro, Jeff Sarles, Tim Bishop and Josh Yount (all Chicago) are recognized as "legal lions" of the week for their role advising Whirlpool Corp. in the US Supreme Court case Whirlpool Corp. v. Glazer et al.

Logging Runoff Permit Fight To Get High Court Hearing

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:54:04 GMT

Los Angeles River Transfers Within Waterway Do Not Require Permit, Supreme Court Says

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:21:36 GMT

Environmental partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is extensively quoted in an article reporting that the Supreme Court reversed a Ninth Circuit decision that had held Los Angeles County liable for stormwater pollution found in area rivers.

Supreme Court Rejects Environmental Group's Challenge to Longstanding Forest Road Water Regulations

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:55:06 GMT

In bylined article, Environmental partner Tim Bishop and Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Chad Clamage (both Chicago) discuss the US Supreme Court decision that endorsed the US Environmental Protection Agency's long-standing decision not to require Clean Water Act permits for stormwater runoff from logging roads.

Texas water fight could have implications for Utah and thirsty West

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:16:02 GMT

Environmental partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted on the US Supreme Court case Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann.

US Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:58:25 GMT

To obtain class certification in an action alleging a misrepresentation in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), a plaintiff must show that reliance on the alleged misrepresentation is common to the class. In Basic Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224 (1988), the Supreme Court held that a putative class-action plaintiff may obtain a rebuttable presumption of class-wide reliance by invoking the “fraud-on-the-market” theory.

US Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Two Cases Addressing the Clean Water Act

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:04:36 GMT

In two grants of certiorari this week—both over the opposition of the United States and both from the Ninth Circuit—the Supreme Court showed its continuing interest in the scope of the Clean Water Act’s permitting regimes by agreeing to decide whether rainwater runoff from forest roads requires a Section 402 permit, and whether water transfers within a municipal stormwater sewer system may constitute a prohibited “discharge.”

US top court rules for timber industry over road runoff

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:40:42 GMT

Environmental partner Tim Bishop (Chicago) is quoted in an article reporting that the US Supreme Court endorsed the US Environmental Protection Agency's long-standing decision not to require Clean Water Act permits for stormwater runoff from logging roads.