Trump Admin Tests Permit Bill In Seeking Offshore Wind Redo

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration wants to redo the approval of a wind project off the shores of Rhode Island, home to one of the architects of a U.S. Senate permitting bill who has warned that continued anti-wind and solar moves by the administration could derail the bipartisan bill.

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DC Circ. Mulls Whether EPA Can Set Waiver Post-Deadline

By Nadia Dreid

The D.C. Circuit is set to decide if the Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to go back and change the amount of renewable fuel that gas-producing companies have to make in a given year after the deadline for doing so has passed.

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Sen. Justice Must Cover Coal Cos.' $25M Surety Bond Debt

By Hope Patti

U.S. Senator Jim Justice must pay a surety more than $25 million after he personally promised to cover collateral and past-due premiums owed by his coal companies if they failed to stay current on their payment obligations, the Sixth Circuit ruled.

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Shell Says Enviro Group's Suit Retreads Pa. Settlements

By Matthew Santoni

Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC wants a federal court to throw out an environmental group's lawsuit alleging air and water pollution from its ethane "cracker" plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania, arguing a pair of consent agreements with the state Department of Environmental Protection already address the same claims.

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Standing Rock Tribe Seeks To Halt DAPL Over Spill Risks

By Crystal Owens

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is again asking a D.C. district court to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, arguing that a decision to approve a new 25-year easement for the channel has a flow rate of nearly double the capacity in which it was originally authorized.

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Norfolk Southern Wants Out Of East Palestine Derailment Suit

By Mike Curley

Norfolk Southern Corp. is asking an Ohio federal judge to throw out the East Palestine City School District Board of Education's latest complaint over the 2023 train derailment, saying the claims that the derailment cost the board tax money cannot stand up to court standards.

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US Steel Says Insurers Must Cover $120M Mill Cleanup

By Danielle Ferguson

U.S. Steel said several insurers must indemnify the steelmaker for costs it has incurred investigating and cleaning up contamination from a long-demolished Minnesota steel plant, telling a Pennsylvania state court the insurers have refused to pay out multiple layers of policy.

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Georgia Utility Failed To Protect Personal Info, Customer Says

By Kelcey Caulder

A utility and its parent's inadequate cybersecurity practices led to the exposure of hundreds of thousands of customers' information in a recent data breach, a Georgia Power Co. customer alleged in a proposed class action in federal court.

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Pa. High Court Snapshot: Jail Bargaining, Energy Land Tiffs

By Matthew Santoni

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider whether a referendum banning solitary confinement at the Allegheny County Jail had to be bargained with the jail's union when the court sits in Pittsburgh starting Wednesday.

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Trade Court Backs Commerce On Solar Module Duty Scope

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce properly determined an importer's solar-powered charging modules should be subject to countervailing and antidumping duties on Chinese solar cell products, according to an opinion published Tuesday by the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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Battles Over Murky Mineral Rights Stymie Pa. Energy Projects

Legal wrangling over a recently passed Pennsylvania law could affect billions of dollars of mineral royalty payments, the status of subsurface property rights in the state and the ability of the Legislature to pass retroactive legislation that affects those rights, say attorneys at Flaster Greenberg.

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Nelson Mullins Sued In SC Over October Data Breach

By Jake Maher

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has been hit with a proposed class action in South Carolina federal court over a data breach that took place in early October.

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Justices Won't Eye 'Weaponized' Sanctions Of Election Attys

By Jeff Overley

Despite outrage among Ninth Circuit conservatives, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to scrutinize six-figure sanctions of lawyers who challenged Arizona election protocols, leaving intact discipline designed to "send a message."

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Reddit Fights Proskauer's 'Hot Potato' AI Client Bid In IP Suit

By Dorothy Atkins

Reddit Inc. has urged a New York federal judge to block its former law firm Proskauer Rose from defending Perplexity AI in Reddit's suit over alleged data scraping used to train artificial intelligence models, arguing the firm can't represent Perplexity after dropping Reddit as a client like ‌a "hot potato."

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Pa. Firm Can't Toss Uber's RICO Claims Over Insurer Payouts

By Linda Chiem

A Pennsylvania federal judge allowed Uber to pursue Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims alleging a Philadelphia personal injury firm schemed with healthcare providers to fabricate medical records and inflate accident claims involving Uber and FedEx drivers, saying Uber doesn't lose standing just because its insurer paid its legal fees in underlying litigation.

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DOJ Cites Privacy Concerns In Rejecting NM Epstein Files Bid

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Department of Justice has rebuffed the state of New Mexico's request for the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files for its investigation into possible crimes at Epstein's Zorro Ranch, saying it would hinder law enforcement operations.

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Case Dropped Against Judge Accused Of Endorsing Violence

By Madison Arnold

Ethics charges against a Florida state court judge in Jacksonville alleging he made comments appearing to endorse violence, convey bias and demean individuals during several proceedings last year have been dropped.

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What The Justices Won't Hear: A Roundup Of Cert Denials

By Taylor Bowie

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant a writ of certiorari to another batch of applications Tuesday, including cases involving six-figure sanctions, wine shipment laws and overtime claims. 

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week saw stockholders challenge Nvidia Corp.'s roughly $20 billion deal with artificial intelligence chipmaker Groq Inc., Hertz Global Holdings Inc.'s electric vehicle strategy and more than $1.5 billion in Humana Inc. stock buybacks.

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