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  • October 19, 2026

    Oil Titans Denied 2029 Trial Date In Wash. Tribes' Climate Suits

    A Washington state judge has set a February 2028 trial date in two Native American tribes' cases accusing Exxon, Chevron and other petroleum giants of a decades-long campaign to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, spurning the companies' bid for an October 2029 trial date.

  • October 19, 2026

    RE Firm Settles Suit Over $200M Contaminated NC Homes Buy

    A real estate firm has settled its North Carolina federal suit alleging a multifamily property owner and its affiliates wrongfully kept $2 million in earnest money deposits even after the firm learned of contamination at a Charlotte property and scrapped a nearly $200 million purchase agreement, according to a Monday court report. 

  • October 19, 2026

    Port Of Seattle Challenges Trump Grant Terms Targeting DEI

    The Port of Seattle and several Washington cities and counties asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing new grant conditions that would threaten $87 million in funding, arguing the restrictions lack clear standards of conduct.

  • October 19, 2026

    Puerto Rico Towns Say Climate Suit Deadline Creates 'Trap'

    Puerto Rico municipalities have told the First Circuit that a lower court dismissing as untimely their antitrust and racketeering lawsuit saying energy companies concealed the climate change dangers of fossil fuel products "presents a trap" for any such claims.

  • October 19, 2026

    Meta Sends Data Center Lawsuit To Federal Court

    Meta has pulled into Georgia federal court a lawsuit claiming a company data center is a water-polluting nuisance, saying a claim invoking the U.S. Constitution means the case doesn't belong before a state judge.

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