A D.C. Circuit panel appeared to splinter Monday on whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act when it delayed compliance deadlines for iron and steel mill pollution standards and said that the previous deadlines would be impracticable.
Law360
Energy
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2026 Law360 iOS App Law360 Android App Follow Law360 on Facebook Follow Law360 on LinkedIn Follow Law360 on Twitter

TOP NEWS

EPA Faces Skepticism Over Steel Mill Rule Deadline Delay

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. Circuit panel appeared to splinter Monday on whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act when it delayed compliance deadlines for iron and steel mill pollution standards and said that the previous deadlines would be impracticable.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Trump Asks Federal Circuit To Pause Trade Court Tariff Ruling

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump on Monday asked the Federal Circuit to block the U.S. Court of International Trade's order last week deeming his temporary global 10% tariffs unlawful, arguing the trade court misinterpreted the legislative history of the Trade Act.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

ND Justices Limit Greenpeace Pipeline Claims In Dutch Court

By Crystal Owens

The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that Greenpeace International can't relitigate in a Dutch court claims against the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline that resulted in a $345 million defamation and property damage state jury verdict, saying the "collateral attack" would erase any final damage awards.

Decision attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Blackstone, Halliburton Plug $1B In Energy Startup VoltaGrid

By Nate Beck

Behind-the-meter power generation company VoltaGrid said Monday that it plans to acquire a supplier and expand its offerings for data centers, microgrids and industrial uses with a $1 billion investment from Blackstone and Haliburton Co., advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Mogan Daniels Slager LLP.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

OIL AND GAS

Feds Say Congress Barred Challenge To Gulf Lease Sale

By Keith Goldberg

Federal regulators have said that environmental groups can't challenge the first in a series of offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated by last year's budget reconciliation bill, telling a D.C. federal judge that Congress' instructions were clear and precise.

1 document attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

DOJ Says Issue Preclusion 'May Apply' In Russia Cases

By Caroline Simson

The Trump administration told federal judges in Washington, D.C., on Friday that as far as it's concerned, they can consider decisions by foreign courts in cases involving jurisdictional questions under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as they weigh whether to enforce billions of dollars' worth of arbitral awards against Russia.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ex-US Rep. Faces $1.4M Sanction In Venezuela Contract Fight

By Carolina Bolado

Former Florida Congressman David Rivera, who was found guilty this month of failing to register as a foreign agent, is now facing a nearly $1.4 million sanction in New York, where the U.S. affiliate of Venezuela's state-owned oil company sued his consulting firm over a $50 million agreement that fell apart.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

UTILITIES AND POWER

OpenAI Launches New Venture With $4B Initial Investment

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI on Monday announced plans to form a new company meant to increase adoption of its software across enterprises, which will launch with $4 billion of private equity investments, as well as the acquisition of an artificial intelligence consulting firm, Tomoro.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

NC Tech Co. Says Supplier Botched Raytheon Battery Deal

By Elaine Briseño

A manufacturer hired by defense contractor Raytheon to develop 270-volt battery packs for powering a weapon on the military's Apache helicopters has accused a business partner of repeatedly failing to meet various delivery deadlines for parts needed to produce the units.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

EXPERT ANALYSIS

The Growing Importance Of Nature-Related Disclosures

The International Sustainability Standards Board's recent vote to develop nonmandatory nature‑related disclosure guidance reduces immediate compliance pressure, but it does not eliminate the practical relevance of such risks for companies that already prepare sustainability reports or operate across jurisdictions with differing expectations, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Heppner Ruling Left AI Privilege Risk For Lawyers Unresolved

While a New York federal judge’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner resolved a privilege question surrounding client-side artificial intelligence use, it did not address how to mitigate the risks that can arise when confidential information enters the operative context of an AI system used by an attorney, says Jianfei Chen at Quarles & Brady​​​​​​​.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

LEGAL INDUSTRY

How They Won It

Attys For Tufts Profs Didn't Blink In A Tenure Standoff

By Julie Manganis

When Jennifer Henricks and Kevin Peters first learned what was happening to tenured professors at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston a few years ago, they knew that what was at stake involved more than just a dispute over the terms of a contract.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Palestinian Ex-Associate Slaps DLA Piper With Bias Claim

By Lynn LaRowe

DLA Piper has been hit with a federal civil rights lawsuit in Illinois from a former summer associate alleging discrimination, a hostile work environment and retaliation based on her identity as a Palestinian, Gazan, Arab and Muslim woman.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Fired Immigration Judge Says Trump Can't Skirt Bias Laws

By Grace Elletson

A former immigration judge urged a D.C. federal court not to throw out her bias suit challenging her firing, arguing the U.S. Department of Justice was pushing the "breathtaking proposition" that the president was empowered to commit unlawful discrimination.

1 document attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Law Student Can't Get School To Nix Kirk Comment Discipline

By Mike Curley

A Texas federal judge on Tuesday said the court cannot force Texas Tech University's leaders to rescind a reprimand against a law student who allegedly celebrated following the death of Charlie Kirk, as the university has sovereign immunity.

Memorandum attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Michigan Dems Noncommittal On Trump's Judicial Pick

By Courtney Bublé

Michigan's two Democratic senators played it coy on Tuesday when asked if they would support the district court nominee for their state that the president announced the night before.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

PayPal Settles Gov't DEI Probe With Small Biz Program

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with PayPal Inc. to end an investigation into what the department said was a discriminatory investment program for Black- and minority-owned businesses.

Settlement attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Promo that reads Law360 Pulse 2026 AI Survey

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Accenture PLC

American Association of University Professors

Apache Inc.

BAE Systems PLC

Basic Fun Inc.

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Clean Air Council

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Earthjustice

Energy Transfer LP

Fun

Halliburton Co.

International Bar Association

International Business Machines Corp.

McKinsey & Co. Inc.

Natural Resources Defense Council

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Paypal Holdings Inc.

RTX Corp.

Sberbank of Russia

Sierra Club

SoftBank Group Corp.

Steward Health Care System LLC

The Boston Consulting Group Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

VoltaGrid LLC

Warburg Pincus LLC

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

World Economic Forum

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alden Law Group PLLC

ArentFox Schiff

Byrd Campbell

Cooley LLP

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

Faegre Drinker

Fox Rothschild

Fredrikson & Byron

Gesmer Updegrove

Gibson Dunn

Hecht Partners

Kaiser Saurborn

Kim & Lahey

Kirkland & Ellis

Marks & Sokolov

Partridge Snow

Quarles & Brady

Quinn Emanuel

Ropes & Gray

Seyfarth Shaw

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Squire Patton

Susman Godfrey

Troutman

Willkie Farr

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

European Union

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Financial Conduct Authority

North Dakota Supreme Court

Small Business Administration

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

Washington Attorney General's Office