Oil Cos. Insist High Court Must End Colo. Climate Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

Exxon and Suncor Energy argued Wednesday in their latest brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to end the city and county of Boulder, Colorado's climate change tort lawsuit against them that allowing the case to proceed would set a precedent that juries can make decisions on energy policy.

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DC Circuit Upholds Approval Of La. LNG Terminal, Pipeline

By Jared Foretek

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a $10 billion liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline in Louisiana, denying petitions from environmentalists saying the commission had unjustifiably dismissed threats to the climate stemming from the project.

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Feds Urge 6th Circ. To Affirm $100M DTE Clean Air Act Penalty

By Tom Lotshaw

Several DTE Energy Co. entities should not be allowed to escape a $100 million civil penalty a Michigan federal judge imposed for Clean Air Act violations at a coke production facility near Detroit, the U.S. Department of Justice has told the Sixth Circuit.

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Shoals Wins $96M Patent Infringement Verdict Against Rival

By Hayley Fowler

A federal jury in North Carolina on Wednesday awarded a solar components company $96.38 million in damages after finding a rival supplier infringed its patents for an electrical connection system.

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Norfolk Southern Says Precedent Undermines Derailment Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

Norfolk Southern urged a Georgia federal judge Wednesday to deny class treatment to investors who allege they were deceived about the company's safety operations before a fiery train derailment in Ohio in 2023, arguing U.S. Supreme Court precedent undercut the argument that the rail carrier's share price was unlawfully inflated.

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Tata Power Must Pay $640M Coal Award As Bias Claim Fails

By Caroline Simson

A Singapore court on Wednesday declined Tata Power Co. Ltd.'s bid to set aside an arbitral award now worth more than $640 million issued in a dispute over a nixed Russian coal mining project, calling the company's allegations of arbitrator bias "no more than an unfounded apprehension."

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Rising Star: Skadden's Emily Prezioso Walsh

By Elaine Briseño

Emily Prezioso Walsh, a partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, helped Allete Inc. go private through a $6.2 billion acquisition and is guiding American Water Works Co. in a $63 billion merger deal that will affect customers in multiple states, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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Groups Ask Congress To Reject Idaho Toxic Waste Land Swap

By Isaac Monterose

The Center for Biological Diversity, Snake River Waterkeeper and ManaSota-88 Inc. urged Congress on Wednesday to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that the center says would "cede historic lands of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Idaho to expand a radioactive waste dump at one of the country's largest Superfund sites."

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3 Firms Steer Enbridge's $600M Crude Oil Assets Buy

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Crude oil company Enbridge, advised by Sidley Austin LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, on Wednesday unveiled plans to acquire Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led Salt Creek Midstream's oil gathering business in a $600 million deal.

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Cox Industries 'Corporate Looting' Suit Remains In La.

By Emily Lever

A Louisiana bankruptcy judge has declined to transfer a lawsuit launched by the Chapter 7 trustee of oil and gas company Cox Operating LLC against the insolvent firm's top brass, denying four motions from 25 defendants to move the case from Louisiana federal district court to Texas bankruptcy court.

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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Injured Oil Worker's Loss

By Jonathan Capriel

An oil worker who was paralyzed when a wellhead fell on him failed to persuade a Texas appellate court to revive his negligence suit against the safety training contractor he blamed for the accident, with the court saying he presented no evidence that the company's training caused his injury.

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Volato Group Inks $500M AI Infrastructure Merger Deal

By Nate Beck

Atlanta, Georgia-based Volato Group plans to shift its business focus from aviation-focused artificial intelligence software to AI infrastructure as part of a merger with Alignment Engine Inc. valuing the Ohio-based company at $500 million.

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Colo. Developer Says Xcel Delayed Providing Service

By Isaac Monterose

A residential developer based in Denver has accused utility Public Service Co. of Colorado in state court of causing its business more than $25 million in damages after repeatedly failing to provide electrical power for the developer's projects.

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5th Circ. Revives Bank's Bid For Ponzi Proceeds

By Jessica Corso

A Washington bank will get another shot at proving it is owed more than the $2.5 million it was awarded as a Ponzi scheme victim, with the Fifth Circuit ruling a lower court didn't grant the bank due process in approving a report from the receiver handling reimbursement.

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9th Circ. Panel Won't Revisit Boeing's $72M Trade Secret Loss

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit panel has rejected Boeing's bid for a panel rehearing of its August 2025 decision reinstating a $72 million jury verdict for electric jet startup Zunum Aero Inc. in a trade secret dispute, spurning the aerospace giant's fresh argument that the case belongs in the Federal Circuit because of the patent counterclaims involved.

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Ex-Coal Exec Asks Court To Toss Bribery Conviction

By Phillip Bantz

A former coal executive convicted of authorizing bribes to an arm of the Egyptian government in a closely watched Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial is seeking a new trial or to have his indictment tossed, arguing the government misused his criminal proffer agreement to wrongly hamstring his defense.

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New Fortress Ch. 15 Adds Fuel To English Restructuring Trend

After New Fortress Energy recently became the third Nasdaq-listed company to successfully undertake an English restructuring plan and gain Chapter 15 recognition, U.S. debtors should not overlook this most recent of English exports as a highly effective tool for resolving balance sheet issues, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

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What Mixed Safety Stats Mean For Offshore Injury Cases

While the International Marine Contractors Association's most recent safety report shows that injury rates for offshore workers are decreasing, a rising fatality rate tells a more complicated story about negligence and systemic risk — with implications for how practitioners pursue injury and wrongful death claims, says Steve Kherkher at Kherkher Garcia.

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Calif. Bill Curbing PE Role In Litigation Heads To Newsom

By Lauren Berg

A California bill to ban corporate investors from influencing litigation strategy is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk after passing with bipartisan support from the state Legislature.

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Pillsbury Settles Ex-Recruiting Director's Pregnancy Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has settled a Black former director's suit claiming the law firm fired her weeks after she shared that she was pregnant and would need accommodations, according to a Tennessee federal court filing.

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DOJ Flags Breach Of Internal Policies In Apple Suit

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice told a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday that its staffers breached internal policies when they shared personally identifiable information with an outside discovery vendor that was hired not by the department, but instead by the DOJ's state attorneys general partners, in the monopolization case against Apple.

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Prosecutors Say Goldstein Must Stay Behind Bars

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors told the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday to keep convicted Supreme Court attorney Thomas Goldstein behind bars while he appeals his conviction, arguing that he remains a serious flight risk with wealthy overseas connections and "an ongoing danger" whose tax crimes continued "even after conviction."

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Arizona Atty Reprimanded For Series Of AI Errors

By Matt Perez

An Arizona federal judge has formally reprimanded a lawyer who admitted to filing four briefs that contained errors including false quotes and a faulty case summary generated with artificial intelligence amid an employment discrimination suit, noting the lawyer previously faced sanctions on two separate occasions for violating court rules.

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House Committee Wants DOL IG To Widen Info-Sharing Probe

By Benjamin Morse

Top House Education and Workforce Committee Republicans urged the U.S. Department of Labor's watchdog Wednesday to expand its review of information-sharing arrangements with outside groups, asking whether three additional agencies improperly disclosed confidential investigative material during the Biden administration.

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