Maryland's highest court on Tuesday dismissed climate change lawsuits brought by local governments against fossil fuel companies, saying that state law can't be used to impose liability for global greenhouse gas pollution.
Maryland's highest court on Tuesday dismissed climate change lawsuits brought by local governments against fossil fuel companies, saying that state law can't be used to impose liability for global greenhouse gas pollution.
A D.C. federal judge has sided with the U.S. Department of the Interior and an oil and gas group in a suit by environmentalists challenging a 2020 final rule on air pollution, finding that the rule isn't arbitrary or capricious, and falls within the agency's discretion.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirement to strongly presume that projects like the liquefied gas export terminal it recently approved in Louisiana are in the public interest sits like a "bowling ball" on one side of the scales against environmental groups worried about pollution, said a D.C. Circuit judge.
The National Labor Relations Board has moved to surrender its members' and judges' job protections, urging a Texas federal judge to strike language restricting their removals so the agency can restart a blocked suit accusing a pipeline company of retaliating against a worker.
The European Union and Australia on Tuesday agreed to terms of a free trade deal that would nearly zero out tariffs on trade between them following eight years of negotiations.
A United Nations coalition of tax experts will help developing nations set the value of their critical mineral resources for purposes of taxation following a meeting signing off on the plan.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio would not have met with an old friend, former Rep. David Rivera, to discuss a government transition in Venezuela had he known Rivera's company had a contract with a subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Rubio told jurors Monday.
Indonesian corrosion-resistant steel imports using inputs from China could be coming into the United States without Chinese and Vietnamese duties, according to a notice from the U.S. Department of Commerce published Tuesday announcing the investigation into those products.
Steel-welded wire mesh finalized in the U.S. that utilizes Mexican inputs is avoiding antidumping and countervailing duties on those kinds of goods arriving from Mexico, according to a notice published Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sought more information about the U.S. International Development Finance Corp.'s plan to provide up to $20 billion in maritime reinsurance in the Persian Gulf region, expressing concern that China could be the proposal's "greatest direct beneficiary."
An oil company agreed to pay $9 million to settle 750 workers' claims alleging they were not compensated for their 12-hour standby shifts, the employees told a California federal court, seeking the final approval for the deal.
HMH Holdings, a Houston-based oil and gas equipment manufacturer, said it is aiming to raise up to $231 million during an initial public offering set to price next week, after Baker Botts LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP advised plans for the IPO in 2024.
Zephyr Energy PLC said Tuesday it has completed the offloading of lease holding and royalty interests in the U.S. in transactions worth a total of approximately $2.1 million.
A Tenth Circuit panel denied four petitions for review Tuesday from a not-for-profit energy cooperative serving rural areas after finding that its proposal for member exit fees was properly rejected by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and an administrative law judge in a five-year-long dispute.
A North Carolina federal judge reduced a solar energy patent dispute brought by Shoals Technologies Group, dismissing a state law unfair trade practice claim and an unfair competition claim but letting the infringement claims proceed.
The Second Circuit won't revive a proposed investor class action alleging solar panel infrastructure company Array Technologies failed to convey the impact of certain heightened costs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
A D.C. federal judge has granted bids by a Native American tribe and an environmental group to intervene in a Nevada geothermal company's suit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's listing of the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species.
A technology company has filed a U.S. Court of Federal Claims suit accusing the U.S. Department of Energy of unlawfully terminating an $86.9 million award issued during the Biden administration to develop a zero-carbon emissions method of manufacturing cement.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has hired the former leader of Linklaters LLP's Latin American arbitration team, who spent almost 12 years with the firm and who has also practiced at the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP announced on Tuesday that it has hired a team of transactional attorneys from Paul Hastings LLP, one of whom will head its Americas energy, mining and infrastructure team.
The Trump administration says a Minnesota federal judge erred by holding a government attorney in contempt after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flouted a court order, claiming the lawyer was "wrongfully held captive to induce ICE's compliance."
The federal judiciary on Tuesday upheld the latest extension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension and the decision not to transfer her case to another circuit, finding neither to be unconstitutional.
SCOTUSblog founder and appellate icon Thomas Goldstein has filed a lengthy motion for a new trial or acquittal after his conviction on a dozen criminal charges related to tax evasion, alleging his trial was marred by improper jury instructions, improper exclusion of evidence and inadequate evidence, among other things.
A new federal anti-fraud task force involving at least a dozen federal agencies could soon expose more state and local governments, contractors, companies and others to compliance risks, particularly in healthcare fraud and False Claims Act cases, experts say.
A Florida state judge is facing a public reprimand after admitting to becoming frustrated with attorneys in an estate dispute and saying that he "would like to tell the deputy to pull his gun and shoot all three of you," according to records filed Tuesday in the state's high court.
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for underpaying her based on her gender criticized the firm for its "inexcusable delay and attempted meandering" in seeking to resume deposing her years after her last deposition date.
Beasley Allen urged the New Jersey Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court's decision to disqualify it from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, arguing that the court's immediate review of the interlocutory order is "essential."
