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  • July 28, 2026

    Like Milli Vanilli, Goldman FCPA Case Is A Ruse, Jury Told

    The government's foreign bribery case accusing a former Goldman Sachs banker of paying off Ghanaian officials to secure a lucrative energy deal is a lot like Milli Vanilli, his lawyer told a New York jury Tuesday, arguing that much like lipsynced songs of the fake late-1980s-era pop duo, prosecutors' version of events is not what it appears to be.

  • July 28, 2026

     XAI, SpaceX Say Power Plant Noise Suit Claims Are 'Flawed'

    XAI and SpaceX urged a Mississippi federal court to throw out several claims in a proposed class action filed over allegedly intrusive noises coming out of a power plant the companies operate in a suburban neighborhood, saying the claims rest on "flawed legal theories" and don't warrant discovery.

  • July 28, 2026

    Judge Bars Suit Over Alaska's Approved Land Transfers

    A federal judge refused to stop the transfer of nearly 1.4 million acres of federal public lands to Alaska, ruling the state is immune to the bulk of a lawsuit seeking to restore environmental protections and prevent future mining and natural gas development.

  • July 28, 2026

    Climate Change Suit Must Proceed, Boulder Tells High Court

    The city and county of Boulder, Colorado, have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand a Colorado Supreme Court decision allowing their climate change tort against Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy to proceed, arguing that the justices shouldn't short-circuit the state court proceedings.

  • July 28, 2026

    4 Firms Guide Meta, BlackRock's $14B Data Center Project

    Meta and BlackRock are teaming up to develop a $14 billion, 1-gigawatt data center campus in El Paso, Texas, with guidance from Latham, Eversheds Sutherland, Kirkland and Milbank, the companies announced Tuesday.

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