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  • March 31, 2026

    Wash. Creates Electric Transmission Authority With New Law

    Washington passed a law on Monday forming a state electric transmission authority to supercharge efforts to build out the Evergreen State's power grid through public-private partnerships and other initiatives, with a focus on shifting to renewable energy sources to meet the state's decarbonization goals. 

  • March 31, 2026

    Verizon Can't Enforce Tower Lease, Judge Says

    Verizon Wireless did not provide the North Carolina landowner it signed a cell tower equipment lease with what it had promised in the bargain, and therefore the lease is not valid, a North Carolina federal court has ruled.

  • March 31, 2026

    Judge Sides With Navy In Hunters Point Cleanup Challenge

    An environmental justice group failed to show that the U.S. Navy's remediation plan for the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site is arbitrary and capricious despite an analysis showing cancer risks exceeded the acceptable range, a California federal judge ruled.

  • March 31, 2026

    DOL's Push To Curb 401(k) Suits Could Face Court Challenges

    The U.S. Department of Labor's recent proposal to give retirement plan fiduciaries legal cover to select a broader range of investments aims to reduce ERISA litigation, but attorneys on both sides of the bar say they expect the rule to face legal challenges if finalized as proposed.

  • March 31, 2026

    11th Circ. Says Hotels Must Face Jury On Trafficking Claims

    Property owners don't need to have specific knowledge of a sex trafficking victim's exploitation to be complicit in their forced prostitution, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, in the process reviving claims against two Atlanta-area hotels where three teenage girls were allegedly forced into sex work.

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