Burgum, Senate Dems Spar Over Energy Permitting Moves

By Keith Goldberg

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Wednesday blasted a federal court's recent pause of policies that imposed stricter reviews on wind and solar projects as Senate Democrats said such moves could kill the chances for significant permitting reform legislation.

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5th Circ. Unsure If Exxon Can Be Subpoenaed In French Suit

By José Luis Martínez

The Fifth Circuit seemed skeptical Wednesday of keeping in play a French company's request to subpoena Exxon Mobil Corp. for records to use in a derivative suit over alleged mismanagement at a former Exxon affiliate, suggesting the judge who denied the subpoena explained why they did so.

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EPA Staff Challenge Suspensions Over Critical Open Letter

By Gautama Mehta

Fifteen U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees have filed complaints with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, alleging the agency unlawfully suspended them after they signed a public "declaration of dissent" against the Trump administration's policies.

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Consultant Says Venezuela Work Didn't Require FARA Filing

By Carolina Bolado

The government did not prove that political consultant Esther Nuhfer was operating in bad faith when she worked with former Florida congressman David Rivera under a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Nuhfer's attorney said Wednesday in his final pitch to jurors.

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Citgo Bidder Violating Confidentiality Agreement, Court Hears

By Caroline Simson

Counsel for the oil giant Citgo has accused an affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP of improperly revealing and distorting its confidential information as the parties inch closer toward ending a long-running saga aimed at satisfying billions of dollars' worth of Venezuelan debt.

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10,000 Native Okla. Landowners Owed Oil Royalties, Suit Says

By Crystal Owens

Five Oklahoma tribal members are asking a Federal Claims Court to order the U.S. government to provide a full accounting of oil and gas leasing royalties they say are owed to more than 10,000 Indigenous landowners, arguing it failed to properly manage the funds.

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Construction Co. Seeks OK Of $25M Mexican Utility Award

By Joyce Hanson

A Mexico City firm has urged a New York federal court to enforce a roughly $25 million arbitral award it won against the Mexican state-owned utility, Comision Federal de Electricidad, following the failure of a power plant construction project in the state of Sonora.

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Hague Court Lets ICSID Creditor Seize Spain-Owned Building

By Joyce Hanson

An investor who is owed about $124 million by Spain in an arbitration over revoked renewable energy incentives has won The Hague District Court's permission to seize the Cervantes Institute's headquarters in the Netherlands, saying the property will soon be auctioned.

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Shoals, Investors Strike $70M Deal To Settle Wire Defect Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

Shoals Technologies Group Inc. and investors who accused the solar energy equipment-maker of having downplayed defects in its wire harnesses used in aggregating electricity have reached a settlement that, if approved, would pay roughly $70 million to a settlement class, they have told a Tennessee federal judge.

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Del. Supreme Court Says Bylaw Suits Came Too Soon

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of stockholder lawsuits challenging advance notice bylaws adopted by The AES Corp. and Owens Corning, ruling that the claims were premature because no actual dispute over the bylaws had yet materialized.

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How To Gear Up For Trump's Pharma Tariffs

President Donald Trump's proclamation establishing tariffs on certain pharmaceutical products holds a few areas of ambiguity that companies should review and prepare for before the tariffs come into effect later this year, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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Improving Well-Being In Law, 10 Years After Landmark Study

An important 2016 study revealed significant substance abuse and mental health issues among lawyers, and while the findings helped normalize the conversation around these topics, a decade later, structural change is still needed, says Denise Robinson at PLI.

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Comey Indictment Built On Bad Legal Foundation, Experts Say

By Phillip Bantz

The criminal indictment of former FBI Director James B. Comey over an alleged threat against President Donald Trump by way of a social media post of seashells appears to be based on either an outdated or flawed understanding of the legal standard required to prove the charges in the case, which could sink the prosecution, according to experts.

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GrayRobinson Faces More Suits Over 2025 Data Breach

By Adrian Cruz

After being hit with a proposed class action accusing GrayRobinson PA of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach, the Florida-based firm is now facing two further suits regarding the same incident.

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Justices Limit Voting Rights Act Suits While Voiding La. Map

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map containing two majority-Black voting districts Wednesday and further limited the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in legislative redistricting — a decision the dissent claims completes the conservative majority's "demolition" of the seminal civil rights law.

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Fla. Judge Pick Denies Conflict In Trump Defamation Case

By Courtney Bublé

A judicial nominee for the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday denied there was any overlap between when he presided over a case involving President Donald Trump and when the White House let him know Trump was considering him for the federal judgeship.

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Judiciary Advisers Back Looser Limits On Defense Subpoenas

By Jeff Overley

A campaign by white collar defense lawyers against long-standing limits on subpoena powers cleared a key hurdle Wednesday when federal judiciary advisers endorsed earlier and easier access to potentially favorable evidence despite staunch resistance from crime victims' advocates.

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Former AG Bondi To Appear Before House Committee May 29

By Courtney Bublé

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House oversight committee on May 29, committee Republicans said Wednesday.

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Nadine Menendez Denied Bail During Bribery Conviction Appeal

By George Woolston

A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid from Nadine Menendez for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-senator husband, ruling that her motion doesn't raise a substantial question of law.

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