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  • September 11, 2026

    NRC Targets Red Tape In Broad Overhaul Of Reactor Regs

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday unveiled a proposed overhaul of its nuclear reactor licensing and oversight regulations, the agency's latest step to implement an executive order directing it to refocus on encouraging new nuclear power development.

  • September 11, 2026

    5th Circ. Says Enviro Groups Timely In Prairie-Chicken Fight

    The Fifth Circuit on Friday allowed two environmental groups to join a lawsuit over the endangered designation of the lesser prairie-chicken, saying their second request to intervene was timely filed after the Trump administration made it clear it would stop defending the designation.

  • September 11, 2026

    Bitcoin Miner Atlantic HPC Lands $150M SPAC Merger

    Bitcoin mining company Atlantic HPC Group Inc., led by Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC, on Friday revealed plans to go public by merging with Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP-led special purpose acquisition company Aperture AC in a $150 million deal.

  • September 11, 2026

    3M Wants Conn. Firefighter PFAS Suit Moved To Different MDL

    3M Co. has asked to peel PFAS "forever chemicals" claims by Connecticut firefighter unions and several individuals away from a recently empaneled Minnesota multidistrict litigation containing claims by municipalities who purchased firefighting turnout gear, arguing the unions' and individuals' allegations instead belong in an ongoing South Carolina MDL.

  • September 11, 2026

    Solar Contractor, CBRE Unit Blamed In $1B LA Building Fire

    Lineage Inc., which owns a massive cold-storage facility in Los Angeles that caught fire in June, has sued a commercial solar operator and a CBRE Group subsidiary in California state court, blaming the incident on their negligence in reenergizing a defective rooftop solar array before critical safety checks were completed. 

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