A complaint from electric utilities demanding that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission override how regional grid operators choose new transmission projects underscores the growing pressure on the agency for changes amid the rise of electricity-hungry data centers and artificial intelligence.
A complaint from electric utilities demanding that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission override how regional grid operators choose new transmission projects underscores the growing pressure on the agency for changes amid the rise of electricity-hungry data centers and artificial intelligence.
A verdict that made power utility PacifiCorp liable to a class of property owners around Oregon from Labor Day 2020 wildfires must be overturned because of a faulty jury instruction, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Commerce properly justified an enforcement mechanism for insufficient compliance to trigger higher antidumping duty rates against Nippon Steel Corp. on its second try, according to an opinion published Wednesday by the U.S. Court of International Trade.
Silicon metal from Laos and Angola imported into the U.S. is facing duty orders after the U.S. International Trade Commission found Wednesday that they are harming the domestic industry.
A buyer of imported solar cells won't get a ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade on its challenge of the assessment of antidumping and countervailing duties until the Federal Circuit rules on the validity of a pause on those duties, the CIT said Wednesday.
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday issued an amended opinion in its ruling to allow a 2,500-acre land exchange within Arizona's Tonto National Forest, which includes a partial dissent from U.S. Circuit Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson, who said the decision will "completely annihilate sacred Native lands."
Australian mining company Equatorial Resources Ltd. has parted ways with its former counsel at Clifford Chance LLP following a dispute over a roughly $2.1 million unpaid legal bill, as it awaits an arbitral award in its $1.9 billion claim against the Republic of Congo.
A miner and the BlueRibbon Coalition are asking a Michigan district court to reject a change of venue request by several tribes and conservation groups, arguing that they can't recast the dispute over the Chuckwalla National Monument's establishment in California as one of local controversy and interest.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Wednesday that a former associate has rejoined its energy and infrastructure practice group as a Houston-based partner who was recently a partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and alleging unethical billing practices and even embezzlement.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he is tapping Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Tucked into the Trump administration's budget request for fiscal 2027, the U.S. Department of Justice is trying once again to take an ax to a program that provides legal assistance to noncitizens.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent executive order directing state agencies to implement guardrails for contracting with artificial intelligence companies marks a rift with the Trump administration's deregulatory approach that could proliferate across other states.
As a Federal Circuit panel reprimanded embattled attorney William Ramey on Thursday for the "disrespect" shown in his failed 3D glasses patent litigation against Volkswagen, the Federal Circuit's chief judge suggested precedent may be needed to define the role of marking in admissionless settlements.
The U.S. Department of Defense has not complied with a court order barring the Pentagon from taking press passes away from journalists who report on matters not authorized by the government, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the department's revised rules "achieve that same unconstitutional result."
A Georgia law firm wants a Nevada federal court to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets from litigation lead generator Archetype Capital Partners, calling the whole case "a far-flung conspiracy."
Embattled Texas firm MMA Law has filed nearly a score of complaints amid an ongoing bankruptcy action, including accusing a Louisiana attorney, his wife and an insurer of working together to "target, dismantle and destroy" the firm in an effort to avoid sharing a cut of legal fees stemming from storm damage claims.
