The Federal Circuit on Monday vacated NCS Multistage Inc.'s $486,400 trial victory over Nine Energy Service and its $4 million win against TCO Group, in a pair of disputes about the same oil well drilling patent.
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Fed. Circ. Vacates $486K, $4M Patent Trial Wins For NCS

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit on Monday vacated NCS Multistage Inc.'s $486,400 trial victory over Nine Energy Service and its $4 million win against TCO Group, in a pair of disputes about the same oil well drilling patent.

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EPA Repeals Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Rule

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized the rescission of a Biden-era rule that limited greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, and separately suggested that the agency shouldn't be regulating greenhouse gases emitted by the electricity sector.

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NextEra, Dominion Offer $1B Va. Plan Ahead Of $67B Merger

By Al Barbarino

NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy on Monday unveiled a benefits package aimed at winning support for their $67 billion proposed merger, including up to $1 billion in annual spending with Virginia suppliers for five years.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

Commerce Sets Early Duty Rate On Chinese Tin Mill Imports

By Dylan Moroses

Chinese tin mill products entering the U.S. could face an over 66% countervailing duty after the U.S. Department of Commerce found in a preliminary determination that those products have been subsidized, according to a notice published Monday.

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OIL AND GAS

Analysis

Motor Vehicles Lead Product Liability Litigation, Report Says

By Emily Field

An overall rise in recalls of motor vehicles tracks with an increase of product liability lawsuits over autos in recent years, as motor vehicle lawsuits made up half of all product liability lawsuits outside multidistrict litigation filed in 2025, according to a new report by Lex Machina.

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Colo. Justices Won't Review $3.36M Verdict Against Gas Co.

By Zach Dupont

The Colorado Supreme Court unanimously declined on Monday to hear the case of a natural gas marketing company appealing a $3.36 million jury verdict in favor of its former trading director who accused the company of failing to pay out a bonus related to his trades.

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DATA CENTERS

Hyliion Investors End Suit Over Data Center Deal

By Isaac Monterose

A proposed class of Hyliion Holdings Corp. investors has voluntarily dropped its suit against the linear generators company, which was accused in Texas federal court of overhyping a data center partnership with an artificial intelligence infrastructure company.

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Pa. Warns Data Center Growth Could Overwhelm Supply

By Nate Beck

The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission said in a Monday report that the state's electric grid by 2030 will carry a risk of outage nearly six times greater than a reliability standard for the region allows, based on the likeliest scenario to follow a rush of data center-driven electricity demand.

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UTILITIES AND POWER

Electrical Co. Claims Ex-Worker Took Trade Secrets To Rival

By Elliot Weld

Electrical contractor RMS Energy Co. LLC has sued a former employee and the company he jumped to, claiming he downloaded trade secrets, including sensitive pricing information, before he made the switch.

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RENEWABLES

Georgia Ordered To Pay Enka $350M Plus Interest

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A D.C. federal judge has ordered the country of Georgia to pay Enka Renewables LLC nearly $350 million plus interest, amid the country's bid to pause litigation to enforce an arbitral award after it halted a hydroelectric project.

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Allianz Affiliate Hit With Sanctions Over Data Spoliation

By Joyce Hanson

A New York federal court has sanctioned a Bermuda-based Allianz affiliate after a software vendor accidentally deleted pertinent data amid the insurer pursuing arbitration against a subsidiary of green energy company Enel SpA over a "proxy revenue swap" deal.

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PEOPLE

McGuireWoods Consulting Adds New Energy Group Co-Head

By Jack Rodgers

McGuireWoods Consulting LLC, the lobbying subsidiary of law firm McGuireWoods LLP, has hired a longtime energy industry government affairs leader who most recently worked as co-leader of Arnold & Porter LLP's energy and infrastructure industry group, the firm announced Monday.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Big Biz Coalition Backs Litigation Funding Disclosure Rule

By Ryan Boysen

Big U.S. businesses and insurers like Amazon, Anthropic, Chubb and Walmart asked the federal judiciary on Monday to tighten disclosure requirements for litigation finance, claiming the lack of guardrails allows funders to operate "in the shadows."

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Indiana Atty Hit With $10K Sanction Over False Citations

By Andrea Keckley

An Indiana federal judge on Friday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to sanction a local attorney $10,000 after finding that five briefs in a consumer credit case included citations to nonexistent cases.

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Jackson Lewis Removes Ex-Atty's Bias Suit To Federal Court

By Patrick Hoff

Jackson Lewis PC has moved a former associate's suit accusing the firm of refusing to accommodate her temporary work restrictions following her medical leave to California federal court, saying state court wasn't the right venue for dispute.

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Bove Rejects Recusal Bid Tied To DOJ Whistleblower Claims

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove declined Monday to recuse himself in a Third Circuit immigration case, saying the attorneys for the petitioner are "recycling a failed pre-confirmation political smear" on him.

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State Farm Attorney Sanctioned $999.99 For AI Hallucinations

By Jonathan Capriel

An attorney for State Farm who filed several motions citing nonexistent cases and fabricated quotes generated by AI software must pay a $999.99 sanction, a Los Angeles judge ruled, an amount one cent below the threshold that would have triggered a mandatory notice to the State Bar of California under state law.

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Brief

Ex-Moses & Singer Partner Gets 10 Months For Tax Crimes

By Craig Clough

A Connecticut federal judge Monday sentenced a former Moses & Singer LLP partner to 10 months of imprisonment and ordered him to pay more than $3.1 million for failing to file personal income tax returns, the U.S. attorney's office announced.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week saw disputes over allegedly fabricated board approvals at a telecom infrastructure startup, insider trading and child safety at Roblox Corp. and ownership of artificial intelligence technology used in legal proceedings.

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State Bar of California

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