Analysis

Trump Foreign Equipment Order Perplexes Power Cos.

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. power industry is scrambling to make sense of President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order restricting imports of equipment used for the electricity grid, and attorneys say complying with the directive could ultimately make projects more expensive and take them longer to build.

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Hess, Pioneer, Others Can't Duck Shale Oil Price-Fix Claims

By Bryan Koenig

A New Mexico federal judge preserved the core of a consolidated proposed class action from consumers, businesses and local governments accusing Hess, Pioneer, Continental and other fossil fuel giants of conspiring to slow down shale oil production to drive up prices, tossing only a handful of state law claims.  

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Russian Vessel Seized In Norway Over $4.2B Crimea Award

By Caroline Simson

Norwegian authorities have seized a Russian ice-strengthened vessel that is used for commercial expeditions, as part of global efforts by Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company to enforce a $4.2 billion arbitral award against the Kremlin.

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Brief

Austrian Oil Pipe Imports Facing Possible Countervailing Duty

By Jack McLoone

Imports of certain pipes known as oil country tubular goods from Austria are in line for a possible countervailing duty after the U.S. Department of Commerce found Monday that they are benefiting from government subsidies.

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Buchanan, Davis Polk Steer Vertiv-UIG Deal Worth Up To $2.6B

By Al Barbarino

Vertiv Holdings Co. said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire UtilityInnovation Group, a provider of microgrid controls and behind-the-meter power systems for data centers, for about $1.45 billion in cash at closing plus up to $1.15 billion in additional consideration tied to earnings targets.

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Crypto Mine Noise Suit Belongs In State Court, Neighbors Say

By Hayley Fowler

Residents of a North Carolina town suing over allegedly excessive noise coming from a nearby cryptocurrency mining and AI data center want their lawsuit bumped back down to state court, arguing the damages they're seeking fall short of the threshold required for federal jurisdiction.

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Avangrid Says $124M 401(k) Suit Relies On Mismatched Funds

By Aaron Keller

Avangrid has asked a Connecticut federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action by a former employee who claims an underperforming retirement fund cost participants at least $45 million, arguing the worker inappropriately compared an actively managed collective investment trust to a mutual fund and an unmanaged benchmark index.

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Groups Push To Revive Challenges To Trump Monument Cuts

By Tom Lotshaw

Coalitions of conservation groups on Wednesday asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to reopen a series of stayed cases to try to overturn President Donald Trump's removal of millions of acres of land from the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah.

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What Cos. Should Know About DOE Energy Dominance Loans

With the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Dominance Financing set to become a vital resource for funding U.S. energy and critical minerals projects, interested companies must understand the terms of potential loans and take into account the applicable financial, technical, legal and regulatory requirements, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

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Thomson Reuters Cyberattack Hits North American Courts

By Bonnie Eslinger

A recent cyberattack on Thomson Reuters' court management software affected files associated with court systems in 11 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada, and may have exposed sealed documents and individuals' personal information, according to a Wednesday announcement from the technology and information services company.

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Calif. Bill Regulating Atty AI Use Heads To Newsom's Desk

By Emily Sawicki

A bill regulating attorneys' and arbitrators' use of generative artificial intelligence has unanimously passed the California State Legislature and is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.

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'Astonished' Homebuyer Says Atty Email Lapse Caused Hack

By Pete Brush

A New York City law firm has been ordered to provide internet security and login information to a homebuyer who claims she was left in "shock" when an impostor with access to her lawyer's email tricked her into wiring away over $730,000.

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House Rejects Amendment To Fix Court At 9 Justices

By Courtney Bublé

The House failed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment on Wednesday that would keep the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices at nine.

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Dems Call Subpoenas' Secrecy Request 'Abuse Of Authority'

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Democratic lawmakers Sen. Ron Wyden, Ore., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Wash., have called for an investigation into subpoenas issued from federal law enforcement to private companies that contain nondisclosure provisions and carry threats of legal consequences for noncompliance.

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Tyson's Price-Fixing Deal Merits $27.5M Atty Fees, Buyers Say

By Dorothy Atkins

Beef direct purchasers asked a Minnesota federal judge Tuesday to award class counsel $27.5 million in fees, or one-third of Tyson's $82.5 million price-fixing settlement, arguing that the deal was reached after six years of hard-fought antitrust litigation and adds to another settlement, bringing the total recovery to $135 million.

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JPMorgan Seeks Stay Of $20M Javice, Amar Fee Order

By Jarek Rutz

JPMorgan Chase & Co. urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Wednesday to pause enforcement of an order requiring it to advance more than $20 million in disputed legal fees to convicted Frank founder Charlie Javice and former executive Olivier Amar, arguing the bank could permanently lose the money before it gets a chance to challenge the ruling.

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ABA Outlines Attys' Duties To Clients With Intellectual Limits

By Jack Karp

Attorneys have the same obligations to clients with decision-making limitations, should abide by those clients' decisions regarding their representation and must work to maintain an ordinary client-lawyer relationship as much as possible, the American Bar Association said in an opinion released Wednesday.

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