Analysis

EPA Creates A Legal Haze With Emissions Plan Rejections

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration is advancing a novel constitutional argument in its efforts to keep fossil fuel-fired power plants open, which, if sustained in court, could pose new challenges for states trying to hold up their end of the Clean Air Act.

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Analysis

UAE's Exit From OPEC Could Hurt Smaller US Oil Producers

By Gautama Mehta

The United Arab Emirates' forthcoming exit, announced Tuesday, from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to have limited immediate effects, but it would free the country from the cartel's oil production quotas and could eventually lower global oil prices.

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Mich. Panel Revives Consumers Energy Gas Blast Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

Michigan appellate judges have revived a negligence lawsuit against Consumers Energy over a house explosion that severely injured a Detroit-area man, finding factual disputes remain over whether the utility's gas line replacement work caused leaks that led to the blast. 

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Analysis

Meet The Attys Arguing The High Court 'Skinny Label' Case

By Ryan Davis

When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a patent case involving "skinny labels" on generic drugs, a longtime patent attorney as well as a government attorney who often handles intellectual property cases will face an appellate specialist who has argued many high court cases.

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Over 11 Million Imports Entered For Tariff Refunds, CBP Says

By Dylan Moroses

Importers have successfully submitted more than 11.2 million entries to Customs and Border Protection's tariff refund system, and more than 1.7 million imports have been validated and are ready for refunds, a CBP official told the U.S. Court of International Trade on Tuesday.

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Brief

USTR Seeks Input On Modernizing African Trade Agreement

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. government is accepting comments related to plans to modernize a trade agreement between the U.S. and African countries, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Tuesday.

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Brief

Commerce Orders Antidumping Duty On Algerian Steel Rebar

By Jack McLoone

Imported steel concrete reinforcing bar from Algeria will be subject to an over 127% antidumping duty rate in the U.S. following the issuance of a duty order Monday by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Exxon Misrepresentations Caused Stock Drop, Jury Hears

By Spencer Brewer

Investors told a Texas jury that Exxon Mobil Corp. inflated the value of its stock by misrepresenting how much money its Kearl Lake operations were making, saying Tuesday that the oil giant hid the truth to snag a better interest rate in a bond offering.

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Ex-Rep.'s Anti-Maduro Stance Was 'Facade,' Jury Hears

By Carolina Bolado

Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera's public opposition to the regime of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was just a "facade" as he secretly worked on behalf of the government under a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, federal prosecutors told jurors on Tuesday.

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Pipeline Violations Trouble 4th Circ. As Gas Co. Fights Stay

By Abigail Harrison

A Fourth Circuit panel repeatedly pressed state enforcers and counsel for Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC during oral arguments Tuesday, questioning how language baked into water quality certifications would protect local streams and wetlands given the company's history of permit violations.

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Oncor Wins Long-Running Union Firing Fight At DC Circ.

By Emily Brill

A major Texas electric company was allowed to fire a union-represented worker for testifying that the company's smart meters were damaging people's homes, a D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday, finding the worker's 2012 testimony at a Texas Senate committee hearing wasn't protected by the National Labor Relations Act.

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Fla. Utility Says NextNav's GPS Backup Would Be Disastrous

By Nadia Dreid

Florida Power & Light Co. is not a fan of geolocation service provider NextNav's plan to use a chunk of the lower 900 megahertz band to launch a spectrum-based alternative to GPS, meeting with Federal Communications Commission officials to warn of its "strong opposition."

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Solar Co. Attyx Is Accused Of Tricking Customers Into Loans

By Sydney Price

A New York homeowner has hit solar energy company Attyx LLC and its lending partners with a proposed class action over an alleged deceptive financing scheme, echoing claims already brought by the state's attorney general that alleged hundreds of millions of dollars in potential consumer harm.

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SPAC Targets Maha Capital In $490M Energy-Fintech Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Maha Capital AB, a Swiss public company that boasts a portfolio of energy-related assets and fintech operations, on Tuesday revealed it had entered into a letter of intent to merge with special purpose acquisition company Blue Water Acquisition Corp. IV to form a new, publicly traded company.

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Opinion

Exxon's Retail Voting Program Is A Trap For Retail Investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved Exxon Mobil's first-of-its-kind proxy voting program last September, but ahead of the company's annual shareholder meeting next month, it's clear that retail shareholders have delegated their voice to the entity their vote exists to check, says Christina Sautter at Southern Methodist University.

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Initial Virginia AG Actions Signal Focus On Multistate Efforts

Now that Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has reached the 100-day mark in office, his first set of actions reveals a clear preference for coalition with regional and national counterparts, which means the primary risk for businesses is no longer just the fact of enforcement, but the speed at which investigations can escalate, says Lauren Cooper at Hogan Lovells.

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GrayRobinson Sued Over 'Reckless' Data Security Measures

By Adrian Cruz

GrayRobinson PA has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Florida-based firm of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach that exposed the personal data of around 65,000 people.

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Judge Publicly Scolds 'Disgraced' Ex-Prosecutor For AI Errors

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina federal judge has eviscerated a former federal prosecutor in a public reprimand for his use of artificial intelligence to draft a response brief that was riddled with hallucinations, calling out the prosecutor's "lack of candor" and saying he "disgraced not only himself, but also the entire office he formerly served."

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Comey Indicted Again As Feds Call Seashell Message 'Threat'

By Phillip Bantz

Former FBI director James Comey was again indicted Tuesday by the Trump administration, this time over a social media post last year of an image of seashells arranged on a North Carolina beach to form the message "86 47," which prosecutors characterized as a threat of violence against the president.

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Maurene Comey Can Sue DOJ Over Firing, Judge Rules

By Phillip Bantz

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey can move forward with her lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's administration fired her because she is the daughter of ex-FBI director and Trump's perceived enemy James B. Comey, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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ADT Blasts 'Speculative' Bid To DQ Ogletree From Bias Case

By Gina Kim

ADT LLC urged a Georgia federal judge on Monday to reject an attorney's motion to disqualify Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC from defending it against discrimination claims while concurrently defending Microsoft Corp. in the attorney's own pregnancy bias suit, arguing the two matters are wholly separate and unrelated so there's no conflict. 

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Nadine Menendez Says Feds Need To 'Look Into The Mirror'

By George Woolston

Nadine Menendez dug into her bid for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-politician husband, telling a New York federal court that prosecutors refuse to own up to their handling of the "forced withdrawal" of her counsel.

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Brief

Teleflex Settles Catheter Patent Case Against Medtronic

By Elliot Weld

Medical device company Teleflex and Medtronic have reached a settlement to end a catheter patent dispute from which a judge recused himself after explaining he was "at a loss" on how to proceed.

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