US Pays Energy Co. $765M To Give Up Offshore Wind Leases

By Dorothy Atkins

The Trump administration has agreed to pay Invenergy $765 million to voluntarily give up its affiliates' four offshore wind leases in the New York Bight, California's central coast and the Gulf of Maine in exchange for funneling cash into U.S. oil and gas development, according to a joint announcement Wednesday.

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Sunoco Tells High Court It Was Denied Fair Patent Damages

By Adam Lidgett

Sunoco wants the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its argument that it was shortchanged when it won "a mere $12 million" in a gasoline blending patent suit against Magellan Midstream, saying it wasn't given the opportunity to show that it actually lost more than 12 times that amount.

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Colo. Says It's Clear: EPA Rebuffed Haze Plan To Prop Up Coal

By Craig Clough

Colorado on Tuesday urged the Tenth Circuit to vacate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rejection of the state's plan to limit regional haze, calling the agency's argument that closing a coal-fired power plant might be unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment a "pretext for propping up" the industry.

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G7 Leaders Pledge To Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chains

By Dylan Moroses

The Group of Seven issued a joint statement Wednesday that indicated the countries would commit to working together in several policy areas related to securing critical mineral supply chains, and included a pledge to coordinate a response if access to those resources is restricted.

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Brief

Commerce Hits Chassis From 3 Countries With Duties

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday ordered duties on imported chassis and subassemblies from Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam. 

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NY Judge Rejects Permanent Ban In Eletson Award Feud

By Elaine Briseño

A New York judge Wednesday declined to permanently bar former majority owners of Eletson Gas from attempting to exercise control over the company or interfering with new leadership, finding the request goes beyond the initial relief sought.

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Pursuit Of $16B Argentina Award Stayed Amid US Appeal

By Sophia Dourou

Investors in nationalized Argentine oil company YPF SA succeeded Wednesday in staying their attempt to enforce a now-overturned $16 billion New York judgment against the country in England while a U.S. appeal is underway.

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Judge OKs Deal Ending Halkbank Iran Sanctions Prosecution

By Stewart Bishop

A New York federal judge Wednesday officially approved a no-fine deal ending the long-running criminal prosecution of Turkey's Halkbank, in which the feds accused the state-backed Turkish lender of scheming to launder billions of dollars in sanctioned Iranian oil proceeds.

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Venezuela Wins Bid To Delay Hearing In Citgo Sale Case

By Caroline Simson

The Third Circuit has agreed to a two-month postponement of oral arguments in Venezuela's challenge of a Delaware judge's order greenlighting the nearly $6 billion sale of Citgo to satisfy billions of dollars of the country's debt, days after Caracas announced that it was switching counsel.

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Syngenta, Chevron Bids To Move Paraquat Cases Opposed

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Plaintiffs alleging they developed Parkinson's disease from an herbicide asked a Philadelphia judge to block bids by Syngenta and Chevron to move the cases out of the city's mass tort system, arguing that the companies already tried that and failed.

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Wash. Hydro Workers Sue Feds To Save Collective Bargaining

By Rachel Riley

United Power Trades Organization, which represents hundreds of hydropower dam workers employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, launched a lawsuit in Seattle federal court Tuesday seeking to preserve its collective bargaining rights after the Trump administration ended its union contract pursuant to a March 2025 executive order.

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Troutman Hires McDermott Energy Tax Atty In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has hired a former McDermott Will & Schulte tax partner who focuses his practice on tax credits for renewable and transitional energy, as well as other energy-financing matters, the firm recently announced.

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Opinion

Rule Of Law Requires Gov't Engagement With Bar, Not Retreat

A federal agency's absence from national and local bar conferences, most recently illustrated by the U.S. Department of Justice's withdrawal from a New York City Bar Association white collar conference, disserves the bar, the government lawyers themselves and, ultimately, the administration of justice, says Muhammad Faridi at Linklaters.

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Judiciary Cites AI Deepfakes In Opposing Courtroom Cameras

By Courtney Bublé

Two bipartisan bills to bring cameras into federal courtrooms advanced Thursday, but the policymaking body for the federal judiciary continues to oppose them and raised the issue of deepfakes in the age of artificial intelligence.

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NJ Tax Court Protects Taxpayer Methodology Ahead Of Trial

By Jaqueline McCool

A New Jersey tenant appealing the property tax assessment of a legacy data center is not required to provide the township with a detailed methodology of its assessment challenge prior to the case's trial, the state Tax Court ruled.

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Trump Lawyer Advances In Senate Judiciary Noms Vote

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Matthew Schwartz to be a judge on the Second Circuit advanced out of committee Thursday.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel may cringe at the news, but their chief financial officers will rejoice over a new study that shows the average spending by legal departments dropped to a six-year low in 2026. And two in-house Cigna lawyers are at the center of a finding of "improperly asserted privilege" over key company documents related to a payment lawsuit brought by three labs.

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Gibson Dunn Hires Ropes & Gray Health Regulatory Atty In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired a former Ropes & Gray LLP partner who works on a myriad of health regulatory and drug pricing matters, advising pharmaceutical manufacturers, investors and other entities on those issues, the firm announced Thursday.

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Calif. Moves On Proposal To Allow Legal Aid By Nonlawyers

By Lynn LaRowe

The California Supreme Court has directed the state bar to solicit public comments on a proposed community justice worker program that would allow nonlawyers to provide limited legal assistance under the supervision of qualified legal aid organizations, according to a Thursday announcement.

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Analysis

Law Students Undeterred Under Trump's Immigration Climate

By Britain Eakin

In a climate where immigration lawyers are coming under the Trump administration’s scrutiny to tamp down on asylum fraud, law students are being ignited to enter the workforce early and rectify the injustices they see.

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'Mortified' Atty Takes Blame For Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight

By Ivan Moreno

A Connecticut attorney facing possible sanctions over fake case quotations in a taco restaurant trademark fight told a federal judge Thursday that he takes "full and unqualified responsibility" for the flawed filings, saying he is "mortified" and acknowledging that his verification process for AI-assisted legal work fell far short.

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Ford Says 'Lemon Law' Firm Faked Bills Using Overseas Staff

By Linda Chiem

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday accused California personal injury firm Quill & Arrow LLP of defrauding it out of more than $25 million in high-priced legal bills for work actually handled by virtual assistants overseas and non-lawyers in scores of product liability cases against the automaker.

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Israeli Atty Gets 15 Months For Role In Ponzi Scheme

By George Woolston

An Israeli attorney whose participation in a fraud scheme led by convicted Ponzi schemer Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein gave the plan an "air of legitimacy" was sentenced on Thursday to one year and three months in federal prison.

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