Calif. Sues To Stop Trump's 'Power Grab' To Restart Pipeline

By Lauren Berg

California slammed as a "breathtaking power grab" the U.S. Department of Energy's order directing Sable Offshore Corp. to restart a pipeline in Southern California that was shuttered in 2015 following a massive oil spill, asserting in a lawsuit Monday that the order is a "stunning usurpation" of state authority. 

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US Pays TotalEnergies $1B To Abandon Offshore Wind Leases

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration said Monday that it would pay TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion to give up a pair of offshore wind leases in exchange for the French energy giant sinking the cash into U.S. oil and gas development.

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DC Judge Rejects Procedural Challenges Over Wind Project

By Ganesh Setty

A D.C. federal court has rejected preservation groups' claims that a U.S. Department of the Interior agency violated procedural requirements in approving a wind energy project off Rhode Island's coast, noting state and federal historic preservation offices already approved it.

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Oil Execs Face Fraud Claims Over Investment Tactics

By Elaine Briseño

Two oil and gas executives enticed investors to finance their venture by promising priority access to thousands of mineral acres, only to steer the deals through affiliated companies to profit themselves instead, a pair of investors have alleged.

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Ex-Fla. Rep Paid To Secretly Lobby For Maduro, Jurors Told

By David Minsky

A prosecutor told a Florida federal jury Monday that former congressman David Rivera and a political consultant conspired to secretly lobby for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in violation of the law, saying they were paid to help influence U.S. official policy toward the South American country without approval.

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Zurich Says No Coverage For $19M Faulty Pipeline Award

By Hope Patti

A pipeline construction company is not entitled to coverage for a $19 million interim arbitral award issued to a midstream energy company, several Zurich insurers told a Missouri federal court, saying the damages for defective welding are not for property damage caused by an occurrence or are otherwise excluded.

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Pa. AG Tells Justices He Must Intervene In Grid Fight

By Ganesh Setty

Pennsylvania's attorney general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let him intervene in Third Circuit proceedings after a panel allowed a utility's transmission line project to proceed, saying it'd "stripped" Pennsylvania of its right to regulate state land use.

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3rd Circ. Sides With Nuclear Plant Co. In Union Benefits Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Third Circuit on Monday sided with a nuclear power company in a dispute with an electrical workers union over contributions to employee healthcare premiums, holding that the union couldn't force issues out of court because their disagreement was outside the scope of the collective bargaining agreement's arbitration provision.

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Navigating Venezuelan Oil And Gas Sanctions Rollbacks

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a series of general licenses representing the broadest easing of Venezuela-related sanctions in years, and creating significant new opportunities — but only for entities prepared to meet the rigorous conditions attached to OFAC's phased sanctions relief, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

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Labor & Employment Head Named Next Morgan Lewis Chair

By Tracey Read

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that the global leader of its labor and employment practice was unanimously elected as the firm's next chair to take over for Jami McKeon, who will retire at the end of the year.

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Social Media Atty Sanctioned For 'Most Shameful Moment'

By Craig Clough

A California judge on Monday sanctioned an attorney for the plaintiff in a bellwether trial alleging Meta Platforms and Google's social media platforms harm children's mental health, fining him $1,100 and keeping him off the plaintiffs' steering committee for violating court rules by twice filming inside the courthouse.

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NJ Judges Name US Atty In Apparent End To Leadership Fight

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey federal court on Monday appointed a career federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. attorney for the Garden State in what appears to end a lengthy standoff between district judges and the U.S. Department of Justice over leadership of the office.

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Immigration Judges To Challenge Their Firing At Fed. Circ.

By Britain Eakin

Attorneys for a pair of fired immigration judges said Monday they will ask the Federal Circuit to review a federal panel ruling that stripped them of civil service protections, warning of a dramatic expansion of presidential authority over the civil workforce.

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Day Pitney Fights DQ Over Ex-Justice's Time On Case He Heard

By Aaron Keller

Day Pitney LLP has apologized after former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a firm partner, billed 15.7 hours for reviewing a since-remanded case he heard years ago as a justice, but the firm said the "error" should not disqualify its other lawyers from advancing the litigation. 

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Reed Smith Pushes To Continue Atty Depo In NJ Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

Reed Smith LLP is urging a New Jersey state trial court to allow it to resume its deposition of a former attorney suing it for gender discrimination years after the last deposition date in the wake of an appeals court decision widely expanding the scope of discovery.

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Ramey IP Attys, Client Must Pay $107K Fees In Bad-Faith Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A San Francisco federal judge has ordered three sanctioned attorneys, including Texas intellectual property lawyer William Ramey III, together with their client, to cover $107,389 in attorney fees stemming from three identical patent suits the lawyers launched and withdrew in 2024, also ordering Ramey to show cause why he should not face further sanctions.

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Roundup

Injury Law Roundup: Meta Atty Uses Jane Doe Plaintiff's Name

By Y. Peter Kang

A Meta attorney's gaffe and Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in the closely watched social media addiction bellwether trial, and an announced $7.25 billion settlement by Bayer over Roundup weedkiller claims, lead Law360's Injury Law Roundup.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured high-stakes disputes involving major consumer brands, a reinstated video game executive, revived noncompete and compensation claims and fresh allegations of corporate misconduct in the healthcare sector.

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