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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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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OIL AND GAS

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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UTILITIES AND POWER

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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RENEWABLES

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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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Sidley Taps Kirkland Atty As Private Equity Funds Co-Leader

By Tracey Read

A Kirkland & Ellis LLP investment funds partner has moved to Sidley Austin LLP to become a co-leader of its private equity funds group.

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Fox Rothschild Beats Daycare's Malicious Prosecution Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state court dismissed an adult daycare company's suit against Fox Rothschild LLP and one of its attorneys related to their prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm, according to a court order.

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Another Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty

By James Boyle

Barnes & Thornburg LLP has grown its public finance team with the addition of a former Ballard Spahr LLP attorney who specializes in real estate financing, bringing its total lateral hires from Ballard Spahr to 40 since February.

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Ga. Atty Disbarred After Guilty Plea In Police Report Scheme

By Emily Johnson

The Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday disbarred a personal injury lawyer who pled guilty for his part in a scheme using stolen accident reports to find clients and financially benefit from settlement money.

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Baker Botts Atty Seeks $3.4M In Fees After Defamation Suit

By Madison Arnold

A Baker Botts LLP patent attorney has moved for almost $3.4 million in attorney fees and expenses in a defamation suit an inventor brought against her that was dismissed.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Wants Firm Docs For Insider Trading Defense

By Carolyn Muyskens

A former BigLaw associate accused of insider trading is seeking records from ex-employers Sidley Austin LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP to help fight charges that he tipped others about nonpublic deals the firms were working on.

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Haynes Boone Adds Ex-Loeb & Loeb Real Estate Atty In NY

By Nate Beck

Haynes Boone announced it has hired a transactional attorney from Loeb & Loeb LLP as a partner in its New York office to bolster its real estate practice.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Actelion Ltd.

Alabama Power

Amazon.com Inc.

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

American International Group Inc.

Ameris Bancorp

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Clean Air Council

Duquesne Light Co.

EQT Corp.

Energy Transfer LP

Environmental Integrity Project

Francisco Partners

GameChange Solar LP

George Washington University

Georgia Power Co.

Group Against Smog & Pollution

Johnson & Johnson

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Lloyd's America Inc.

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Olympus Energy LLC

Permira

RELX PLC

Seaside Equity Partners

Starbucks Corp.

State Bar of Georgia

The Southern Co. Inc.

Vineyard Wind LLC

eBay Inc.

iRobot Corporation

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Avyno Law

Baker Botts

Ballard Spahr

Barnes & Thornburg

Bass Berry

Bernkopf Goodman

Blank Rome

Consumer Law Group

Consumer Law Group LLC

Crowell & Moring

Dickie McCamey

Dynamis LLP

Edelson Lechtzin

Flaster Greenberg

Fox Rothschild

Franco Environmental Law

Gallivan White

Goodwin Procter

Grunfeld Desiderio

Haynes Boone

Kilpatrick Townsend

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Thomason

Loeb & Loeb

Martin G. Weinberg PC

McGuireWoods

Mintz Levin

Peiffer Wolf

Reed Smith

SML Avvocati

Sidley Austin

Stranch Jennings

Sullivan & Cromwell

Vinson & Elkins

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Georgia Supreme Court

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

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

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio