The high court's recent decision letting Chevron move a state court lawsuit to federal court has raised questions about the newly expanded scope of a statute permitting such transfers, when allegations are tied to work for the federal government.
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Justices Give Tort Defendants Tool To Get To Federal Court

By Gautama Mehta

The high court's recent decision letting Chevron move a state court lawsuit to federal court has raised questions about the newly expanded scope of a statute permitting such transfers, when allegations are tied to work for the federal government.

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Feds Say Species Suit Is Moot After Gulf Drilling Exemption

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration has said that a federal committee's recent exemption of oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico from Endangered Species Act requirements moots a lawsuit challenging federal evaluations of offshore drilling's effects on endangered species.

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Texas High Court Orders Redo Of Oil Royalty Appeal

By José Luis Martínez

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday sent an oil royalty dispute back to an appellate court for a fresh review, saying the appellate justices wrongly declined to consider the presumed-grant doctrine alongside their interpretation of a deed containing a double fraction royalty clause.

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Nuclear Reactor Developer X-Energy Prices Upsized $1B IPO

By Nate Beck

Shares of X-Energy, a developer of nuclear reactors and fuel technology, began trading Friday after the company raised $1 billion in an upsized initial public offering advised by Latham & Watkins LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.

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POLICY & REGULATION

US, EU Announce Key Mineral Supply Chain Action Plan

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. and European Union announced new agreements to further coordinate on strengthening critical mineral supply chains, in press releases published Friday.

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OIL AND GAS

Feds Fight Ex-Rep.'s Acquittal Bid In Venezuela FARA Case

By Madeline Lyskawa

Federal prosecutors urged a Florida U.S. district judge to reject an attempt by politician David Rivera and a political consultant to escape charges for allegedly failing to register as foreign agents while secretly representing Venezuela's state-owned oil company, saying the charges aren't too late.

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Jury To Weigh Coverage Suit Over Ex-Chemoil CEO's Fee Deal

By Hope Patti

It is up to a jury to decide whether the ex-CEO of an oil company breached provisions of the company's directors and officers policy when he entered into a $1.2 million deal with his former employer without the insurers' approval, a New Jersey federal court ruled Friday.

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Tatneft Calls Stay Order In $173M Suit 'Checkmate'

By Joyce Hanson

One of Russia's largest oil companies has urged the D.C. Circuit to expedite its appeal of a lower court decision refusing to lift a stay order as PAO Tatneft looks to enforce a $173 million arbitral award against Ukraine, calling the order "checkmate with no way out."

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Union Fund Says Allied Owes $427K For Left-Out Workers

By Emily Brill

A Teamsters healthcare fund has asked a New York federal judge to award it a pretrial win on claims that Allied Aviation Services Inc. owes it about $427,000, saying the airline fueling company owes the money to cover eight workers the company forgot to enroll in the fund.

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Brief

Groups Agree To Drop, And Refile, Pipeline Permit Suit

By Gautama Mehta

A coalition of five environmental groups agreed to drop its challenge to the 2021 reissuance of a federal permit that authorizes truncated environmental reviews for oil and gas companies, with plans to sue anew over the permit's 2026 iteration.

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UTILITIES AND POWER

Feds, Utility Defend Green Light For Nebraska Power Line

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Nebraska Public Power District have told a federal judge that conservation groups and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe cannot justify their bid to block construction of a 226-mile, 345-kilovolt electricity transmission line in central Nebraska.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What Cos. Must Know As Energy Star Shifts To DOE Oversight

Congress saved the Energy Star program last year despite the Trump administration's attempt to defund it — but as its management shifts from one federal agency to another, industry participants need to track what's changing to stay abreast of compliance obligations, say attorneys at HWG.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

ABA Settles Scholarship Suit After Disavowing Racial Criteria

By Grace Elletson

The American Bar Association struck a deal to end a suit claiming a scholarship program for racial and ethnic minorities discriminated against white applicants, in line with a vow it made last year that its programs would be race-neutral, according to a filing Monday in Illinois federal court.

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2nd Trump Judicial Nominee Questioned Over Fla. State Case

By Courtney Bublé

For the second time in a year, a judicial nominee for a Florida federal court is under scrutiny for allegedly presiding over a state level case involving President Donald Trump while being considered for a federal judgeship.

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Reed Smith Targeted In Eletson Gas Ownership Fracas

By Caroline Simson

Reed Smith LLP and two of its partners are facing a $262 million lawsuit in a long-running and bitter dispute over ownership of an international gas shipping company, as well as other issues that remain unresolved following the vacatur of an underlying $102 million arbitral award for fraud.

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Alabama Justices Toss Case Over Atty's AI-Hallucinated Briefs

By Lauren Berg

The Alabama Supreme Court tossed an appeal and sanctioned a Mobile, Alabama, attorney for filing "grossly deficient" briefs that contained multiple inaccurate legal citations that the justices attributed to artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

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Justices Deny Ramey Appeal Of Sanctions In Google IP Case

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review $255,000 in sanctions on embattled attorney William Ramey and a client for bringing what a California judge said was a frivolous patent suit against Google, turning down his appeal arguing the decision used the wrong legal standard.

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Analysis

How A Rush To Trial Paid Off With A Rare FCPA Acquittal

By Phillip Bantz

A defense strategy to fast-track the trial in a yearslong criminal foreign bribery case against a Mexican businessman in Texas appeared to backfire when he was convicted and sent to prison last year, but the gamble ultimately paid off when a judge permanently tossed the case earlier this month.

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Toss Of Atty's LVMH Claim 'Problematic,' 2nd Circ. Judge Says

By Pete Brush

A Second Circuit judge said Monday that he is having a "hard time" understanding how the firing of a LVMH lawyer wasn't connected to her earlier harassment allegations, indicating a willingness to revive retaliation claims against the luxury goods giant.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week tackled a fresh mix of deal litigation, procedural disputes and fiduciary duty claims, with several rulings and filings underscoring the court's continued focus on contractual precision, forum enforcement and the limits of stockholder challenges.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Allied Aviation Services Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Petroleum Institute Inc.

Apple Inc.

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

Ares Management Corp.

Ayala Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Cisco Systems Inc.

Earthjustice

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Google LLC

Harvard University

Hiscox Ltd.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jane Street Group LLC

LVMH Moet Hennessy

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

London Court of International Arbitration

Masimo Corp.

Moelis & Co.

Morgan Stanley

Nasdaq Inc.

National Association of Realtors

Renesas Electronics Corp.

Sierra Club

Tatneft

Tesaro Inc.

The New York Times Co.

Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

YouTube Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alexander Dubose

Alston & Bird

Armbrecht Jackson

Beck Redden

Brar Law Firm

Breazeale Sachse

Consovoy McCarthy

Eubanks & Associates

Fasken

Forchelli Deegan

Goulston & Storrs

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Jackson Walker LLP

Jenner & Block

Jones Walker LLP

Kane Russell

Kanner & Whiteley

Kennedys Law LLP

Latham & Watkins

Law Office of Harriet O'Neill

Law Office of Max Rodriguez

Lawfair LLC

Lehotsky Keller

Loretta A. Preska

Markus Moss PLLC

McElroy Deutsch

Morgan & Morgan PA

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

R. McConnell Group PLLC

Ramey LLP

Reed Smith

Schlam Stone

Skadden Arps

Tarter Krinsky

Zabel Freeman

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Commission

European Union

Federal Communications Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Government of Mexico

Nebraska Public Power District

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Small Business Administration

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado