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  • June 25, 2026

    Wash. Justices Back Climate Act Farm Fuel Exemption Regs

    The Washington Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Washington Farm Bureau's challenge to regulations surrounding a farm fuel exemption in a landmark 2021 law establishing the state's cap-and-invest program, finding Thursday the rule aligns with lawmakers' ultimate goal of curbing top greenhouse gas emitters.

  • June 25, 2026

    Ohio Justices Reject Claims Of $115M Utility Overcharges

    The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday rejected claims that consumers were overcharged by $115 million for electricity from aging coal-fired power plants in 2020, saying that utility regulators correctly determined that state law entitled the plants' owners to the payments.

  • June 25, 2026

    Ellenoff, Morgan Lewis Lead NuCube's $500M Go-Public Deal

    Nuclear technology business NuCube Energy Inc., valued at $500 million, announced Thursday that it will become a publicly listed company through its merger with blank check company Launch Two Acquisition Corp., in a deal steered by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

  • June 25, 2026

    Feds Pay $17M To More Than 600 Plaintiffs Over Fuel Spills

    The U.S. Department of Justice says it has issued settlement payments totaling roughly $17 million to more than 600 plaintiffs who asserted tort claims against the government over jet fuel spills from a since-shuttered U.S. Navy storage facility in Hawaii.

  • June 25, 2026

    Feds Immune To Cross-Claims In Caltech Pollution Suit

    A California federal judge has dismissed with prejudice cross-claims from the city of Pasadena against the U.S. government in a suit by the California Institute of Technology over groundwater contamination from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, finding the federal government has immunity.

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