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  • April 29, 2026

    Atkore To Pay $136.5M To Settle PVC Pipe Antitrust Claims

    Atkore Inc. has struck two deals to end claims against it in sprawling litigation accusing polyvinyl chloride pipe producers of conspiring to fix prices, agreeing to pay $72.5 million to a class of direct purchasers and another $64 million to another class of buyers.

  • April 29, 2026

    10,000 Native Okla. Landowners Owed Oil Royalties, Suit Says

    Five Oklahoma tribal members are asking a Federal Claims Court to order the U.S. government to provide a full accounting of oil and gas leasing royalties they say are owed to more than 10,000 Indigenous landowners, arguing it failed to properly manage the funds.

  • April 28, 2026

    Ohio Steel Co. Agrees To Spend $12M On Waste Cleanup

    Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has reached a proposed settlement to undertake at least $12 million worth of corrective measures to resolve a decades-old suit filed by the U.S. government in Ohio federal court over hazardous waste discharge at its Middletown Works steel production facility in the Buckeye State, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.

  • April 28, 2026

    UAE's Exit From OPEC Could Hurt Smaller US Oil Producers

    The United Arab Emirates' forthcoming exit, announced Tuesday, from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to have limited immediate effects, but it would free the country from the cartel's oil production quotas and could eventually lower global oil prices.

  • April 28, 2026

    Feds Say 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' Halts Ballroom

    Using language reminiscent of President Donald Trump's social media posts, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to dissolve his order halting construction of the White House ballroom, saying the historical preservation nonprofit that won the injunction suffers from "Trump Derangement Syndrome."

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