Congestion Pricing Fight In 2nd Circ. Turns On Jurisdiction

By Pete Brush

The Second Circuit asked Thursday whether New York City congestion pricing is a tax or a toll, with one judge suggesting that a challenge to the program from two Empire State counties could land in state court if it's deemed a tax.

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Feds Sue To Stop California's 'Illegal' EV Regulations

By Linda Chiem

The Trump administration sued California on Thursday, alleging the Golden State over a decade ago adopted "illegal" requirements for automakers to sell more low- or zero-emission cars and trucks, saying the mandates trample on the federal government's authority to regulate vehicle fuel economy.

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Trump Admin Escapes Suit Over Deleted EPA Webpages

By Joyce Hanson

Five federal agencies have won their bid to throw out a D.C. court lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club and other environmental and science groups over the Trump administration's decision to remove U.S. government webpages that shared educational information about the environment.

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Beef Up Telecom Networks To Power AI, Tech Experts Say

By Christopher Cole

Sprawling artificial intelligence data centers will require larger shares of U.S. energy consumption in the coming years, but telecom networks also need more capacity and resilience if the U.S. wants to fuel an AI boom, a think tank said Thursday.

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Reeves Says Energy Windfall Tax May Not Apply By Late 2027

By Josh White

The U.K.'s energy profits levy is expected to no longer apply to oil and gas operations in the North Sea in the last quarter of 2027, especially if the current Middle East crisis de-escalates and energy prices stabilize, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves told an H&M Treasury committee.

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Chevron Fined $1M For Double-Counting Renewable Fuels

By Gautama Mehta

Chevron agreed to pay a $1.07 million penalty for double-counting renewable fuel credits, settling a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice accusing it of violating the Clean Air Act.

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Ecuador Oil Co. Says No Arbitration In $650M Suit

By Caroline Simson

Ecuador's state-owned oil shipping company on Wednesday urged a Pennsylvania federal court not to force it to arbitrate its $650 million lawsuit over events at the heart of an impeachment scandal involving former Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, arguing that the case is "not a contract dispute."

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Energean To Buy Chevron's Angola Offshore Stake For $510M

By Dawood Fakhir

Energean PLC said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a stake in two offshore oil producing regions off the coast of Angola from energy giant Chevron Corp. for up to $510 million, marking its entry into West Africa.

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Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Sales Net $47M Amid Suit

By Elaine Briseño

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's second auction of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases mandated by the budget reconciliation bill has garnered $47 million in winning bids amid a legal battle to block the sales.

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Justices Told Fed. Circ.'s 1-Line Orders Flout Loper Bright

By Elliot Weld

A lighting company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take a look at a Federal Circuit decision that affirmed the invalidation of various claims in its LED patents, saying the circuit's one-line orders without explaining the court's reasoning violate the justices' decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.

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Court Told To Keep Holtec Suit Alleging Fraud Scheme Paused

By George Woolston

Defendants urged a New Jersey state court to reject Holtec International's bid to lift a stay holding it back from pursuing fraud claims against its former general counsel and others for allegedly embezzling more than $700,000 from the company, arguing that keeping the suit on pause will serve judicial efficiency.

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Podcasting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Podcasting has changed how I ask questions and connect with people, sharpening my ability to listen without interrupting or prejudging, and bringing me closer to what law is meant to be: a human profession grounded in understanding, judgment and trust, says Donna DiMaggio Berger at Becker.

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4th Circ. Scolds Atty Suspected Of Using AI In Race Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Fourth Circuit has reprimanded an attorney suspected of using generative artificial intelligence to draft briefs in a race discrimination lawsuit against Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., warning that courts need to grapple with the technology as it "may soon become the norm."

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Democrats Seek Review Of Bondi's Role In Brother's Cases

By Alison Knezevich

Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general to review whether Attorney General Pam Bondi "adequately recused herself" from cases involving clients represented by her brother Brad Bondi, who is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP.

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Sinema Says Tryst With Ex-Guard Not In NC Court's Reach

By Abigail Harrison

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now a Hogan Lovells attorney, told a North Carolina federal court Thursday that a lawsuit alleging her cross-country affair with a former member of her security detail ended a 14-year marriage must be dismissed because the trysts occurred outside state borders.

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Ex-Judge Testifies About Alleged Forgeries In Amazon Case

By Kelcey Caulder

The former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia testified Thursday about the alleged forging of court documents, signatures and court stamps in a criminal case against a woman accused of defrauding Amazon out of $9.4 million through fraudulent invoices. 

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Judge Newman Takes Suspension Battle To Supreme Court

By Ryan Davis

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman brought her fight against a suspension imposed on her by her colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing that a lower court wrongly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.

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Calif. Bar Says Internal Docs Bolster Claims Against Exam Co.

By Emily Sawicki

The State Bar of California has bulked up its breach of contract and fraud suit against the administrator of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, filing an amended complaint in light of information it says it learned from internal communications unearthed amid discovery.

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Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.

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CFTC Takes 1st Steps Toward Prediction Market Regulations

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened the door Thursday to promised prediction market regulation, calling for public feedback on what such rules might look like while laying out the staff's view on the current rules that the platforms should follow in order to offer betting on sports and other events.

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