U.S. oil and gas companies will need significant legal and regulatory assurances that any new investment in Venezuela will be shielded from political instability before heeding President Donald Trump's call to fortify the country's floundering oil and gas industry.
U.S. oil and gas companies will need significant legal and regulatory assurances that any new investment in Venezuela will be shielded from political instability before heeding President Donald Trump's call to fortify the country's floundering oil and gas industry.
The Trump administration is going after two cities in California over building codes that ban natural gas infrastructure in newly constructed buildings, alleging in a lawsuit Monday that these local rules "impose crushing costs" on Californians and run afoul of federal law.
A California federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a legal challenge from rail industry groups to a since-repealed regulation that would've required railroads to transition to zero-emission locomotives in the Golden State, closing the book on the dispute after the parties agreed to drop the case.
The D.C. Circuit should reverse a decision by two of its judges that would end the National Labor Relations Board's independence if allowed to stand, former board member Gwynne Wilcox argued, seeking to nix a ruling that lets President Donald Trump remove and replace NLRB members at will.
Imported hexamine from certain producers in India and Germany faces triple-digit antidumping duties after the Commerce Department finalized a determination late last year that those goods were sold at less than fair value, according to a notice issued Tuesday.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has identified four federal agency funding programs as having failed to incorporate certain key requirements and leading practices meant to oversee and prevent fraud, waste and abuse in awards.
A former coal executive charged with bribing Egyptian officials must tell prosecutors what, if any, evidence he intends to use for his upcoming Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Spain has opposed a bid by two renewable-energy companies for a D.C. federal court order allowing them to seize Spanish assets in other U.S. jurisdictions to enforce a confirmed €101 million ($118 million) arbitral award.
An artificial intelligence infrastructure company co-founded by former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is facing a proposed class action accusing it of overselling its key development in order to secure $745.7 million through an initial public offering.
The Sixth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a suit from a former nuclear power plant worker who claimed he was fired for seeking fewer night shifts to manage his diabetes, saying he failed to discredit the company's position that he was fired for falsifying his time sheets.
Businesses operating in the energy sector, both in and outside the U.S., should review their operations for any links to Russian oil companies and their subsidiaries recently targeted by U.S. sanctions, to avoid unexpected reputational and financial risk, and even secondary sanctions, say authors at Blank Rome.
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy quietly laid the groundwork for an expansion of the court's separation-of-powers agenda beyond the federal level, but regulated parties and state and local governments alike can act now to anticipate Jarkesy's eventual wider application, say attorneys at Troutman.
A New York federal judge is threatening to toss a proposed class action data security suit against Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP over a data breach involving private equity funds maintained by firm client Goldman Sachs, unless plaintiffs properly plead that the Manhattan court has jurisdiction.
A nominee for a top U.S. Department of Justice position that handles judicial nominees appeared to give a nod to the Senate's blue-slip process, despite President Donald Trump's vocal opposition to the tradition.
New Orleans-based firm McGlinchey Stafford PLLC announced Tuesday that it has decided to wind down operations after over half a century, citing difficult market conditions and unspecified "internal circumstances."
An objector to a $125 million settlement to end class claims alleging the federal government overcharged nonprofits and other lawyers to access court documents faced a skeptical Federal Circuit panel Wednesday, with judges indicating they had not found legal errors in the district court's approval of the deal.
Ahead of a hearing on impeachment of "rogue judges" on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, increased pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to advance impeachment proceedings against federal judges in D.C. and Maryland.
Law firms are gearing up to assist clients exploring potential business opportunities in Venezuela following President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. would "run" the country for the time being after the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narco-conspiracy charges.
