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April 21, 2026
The founder of Exxon-acquired company InterOil has asked the Fifth Circuit to approve a $25 million supersedeas bond as opposed to an amount exceeding $210 million due to a final judgment against him and his family.
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April 21, 2026
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Mexican business leaders that tariffs on the automotive and steel sectors will not be eliminated as part of renegotiations of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, according to a news report Tuesday.
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April 21, 2026
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday signed off on the Chapter 11 liquidation plan of Swiss solar panel company Meyer Burger's U.S. arm, letting the subsidiary sell off its remaining assets and wrap up its bankruptcy.
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April 21, 2026
A solar energy contractor agreed to drop its suit accusing a pair of Zurich insurers of defaulting on a $30.9 million bond that guaranteed the performance of a subcontractor working on a solar plant in Klickitat County, Washington.
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April 20, 2026
Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has "significantly altered years of precedent" to approve a rate change that would allow Avangrid Networks Inc.'s United Illuminating Co. to charge significantly more for pole attachment rates, a trade group says in a new lawsuit.
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April 20, 2026
A split D.C. Circuit panel ruled that a trucking company's West Virginia facility counted as a "mine" under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act because it's within a mile of a coal plant owned by one of the trucking company's clients and is used to support the client's operations.
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April 20, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel expressed doubt Monday about Washington's bid to revive its Clean Water Act suit against the operator of the now-shuttered Buckhorn Gold Mine, with two judges asking why the state didn't object to the operator's consent decree ending an overlapping case brought by an environmental group.
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April 20, 2026
The National Parks Conservation Association is asking a California federal district court to block a Department of the Interior decision to renew gold mining within the Mojave National Preserve, arguing the department skirted environmental laws by reversing established policy that prioritized the desert ecosystem and Indigenous cultural area's protection.
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April 20, 2026
A Third Circuit panel on Monday probed whether the condition of a catwalk on a demolition site was open and obvious to a worker who fell to his death after it collapsed, and if an allegation that the catwalk catastrophically failed is enough to survive a dismissal motion.
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April 20, 2026
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission efforts to claw back unjust profits from market frauds, a linchpin of the agency's enforcement work, face an uncertain future as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers.
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April 20, 2026
Conservation groups petitioned the Eleventh Circuit on Monday seeking to block the Trump administration's recent approval of BP's Kaskida offshore drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, saying Kaskida is in "riskier waters" than where the Deepwater Horizon disaster occurred.
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April 20, 2026
A government contractor accused of retaliating against a former chief engineer has asked a Colorado federal judge to dismiss the worker's False Claims Act suit, arguing the former employee's complaint never identified any completed transaction with the government.
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April 20, 2026
The first phase of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's tariff refund system has largely held up against the influx of importers' initial claims, though some businesses have already identified issues in complying with the process, according to trade lawyers.
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April 20, 2026
Mining company USA Rare Earth on Monday announced plans to acquire magnetic rare earth producer Serra Verde Group in a roughly $2.8 billion cash-and-stock deal that was built by three law firms.
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April 20, 2026
Cayman Islands-incorporated solar company SPI Energy has filed in Delaware for Chapter 15 recognition of its liquidation proceedings, saying U.S. court approval may help it conduct investigations and recover assets.
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April 20, 2026
The Michigan attorney general has filed two claims of appeal challenging orders from the Michigan Public Service Commission approving energy supply contracts between DTE Energy and a subsidiary of cloud-computing platform Oracle Corp. tied to a massive 1.4 gigawatt AI data center project, alleging regulators unlawfully bypassed a contested case process.
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April 20, 2026
Two Republican U.S. congressmen announced a probe Monday into reports of about a dozen scientists or government employees with ties to American nuclear and space programs who were killed or reported missing, penning letters seeking information from NASA, the Department of Energy, the FBI and the Defense Department.
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April 20, 2026
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has hired a career White & Case LLP partner in Washington, D.C., who had spent the past 13 years there working with antitrust and other matters, the firm announced Monday.
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April 20, 2026
The U.S. Department of Commerce must be more specific in its attempt to justify its determination that a South Korean steel plate exporter was benefiting from a government subsidy on electricity, the U.S. Court of International Trade said, ordering another redetermination.
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April 20, 2026
Haynes Boone announced Monday that it has brought on the former top lawyer for PetroTal Corp., deepening the firm's energy, power and natural resources group and its cross-border offerings, particularly in Venezuela.
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April 17, 2026
A forensic accountant testified in Florida federal court on Friday that his investigation into the finances of politician David Rivera found that no funds were given to Venezuelan opposition officials, telling jurors how he followed the money trail of the one-time congressman accused of secretly lobbying for a foreign government.
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April 17, 2026
One of Ukraine's largest banks has made good on its threat to pursue a second investment treaty claim against Russia over the loss of "substantial" assets and operations near Ukraine's western border.
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April 17, 2026
Sixteen health and environmental groups said this week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider its February repeal of the scientific finding allowing the agency to regulate greenhouse gases, because the final rule relied on error-filled technical analyses that weren't included in the proposed version.
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April 17, 2026
Norfolk Southern opposed a class certification bid in Georgia federal court Thursday by investors alleging it misrepresented safety practices up until the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, arguing the lead plaintiffs' claims are atypical and, accordingly, are inadequate representatives for those who bought company stock after the derailment.
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April 17, 2026
ExxonMobil said Massachusetts' attorney general is proposing a "massive fishing expedition" in the state's long-pending "greenwashing" lawsuit by seeking to question witnesses about hundreds of topics, some dating back nearly 50 years, in a motion seeking to limit the scope of upcoming depositions.