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  • June 10, 2026

    How Trump's Nuclear EO Has Transformed The NRC

    In the year since President Donald Trump issued Executive Order No. 14300, directing sweeping reforms of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the agency has revised key oversight programs and proposed major rulemakings and new licensing frameworks — but the NRC must continue to center transparency and trust as key values, says Brooke Clark at Morgan Lewis.

  • June 10, 2026

    Gibson Dunn Leads Data Center Power Provider's $600M IPO

    Houston, Texas-based ERock, which supplies natural gas power systems to data centers, began trading Wednesday after raising $600 million at the midpoint of its range with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising.

  • June 10, 2026

    $50M Atkore PVC Price-Fix Deal Receives Ill. Judge's Early OK

    A $50 million settlement between Atkore Inc. and end users who claimed the polyvinyl chloride pipe maker participated in a price-fixing scheme during the height of the pandemic has cleared its first hurdle, receiving a judge's initial blessing Wednesday in an Illinois federal court.

  • June 09, 2026

    XAI, SpaceX Sued Over Data Center Plant's 'Intrusive' Noises

    Residents of a Mississippi suburb have accused Elon Musk's xAI and SpaceX companies of upending their community's "small-town charm" by operating a noisy power plant to power massive artificial intelligence data centers, saying in a proposed federal class action that the operations diminish their home values and quality of life.

  • June 09, 2026

    Arbitrator Rules USPTO Violated Law By Ending Telework

    An arbitrator ruled Monday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office "committed a clear and patent breach" of agreements with the union representing some of its employees when the office eliminated telework arrangements last year at the urging of President Donald Trump.

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