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  • July 06, 2026

    10th Circ. Sides With Gas Wholesalers In Storm Price Hike Suit

    Residential natural gas customers can't pursue wholesalers under Kansas state law for profiteering from a winter storm that caused natural gas prices to spike, the Tenth Circuit ruled Monday, finding their claims federally preempted under the Natural Gas Act.

  • July 06, 2026

    Top Energy & Enviro Decisions Of 2026: Midyear Report

    The first half of 2026 saw the Trump administration's push to restrict renewable energy development hit judicial speed bumps and the U.S. Supreme Court potentially change the course of long-running cases that pit state governments against oil and gas heavyweights. Here are several court decisions that stood out for energy attorneys in the first half of this year.

  • July 06, 2026

    Chamber Urges 6th Circ. To Rule Against FDIC In Penalty Row

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has urged the Sixth Circuit to vacate a fine and industry ban leveled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. against a former Michigan bank CEO, throwing its weight behind his challenge to the agency's use of in-house enforcement proceedings and pointing to the U.S. Supreme Court's Jarkesy ruling.

  • July 06, 2026

    NY Distillery Targets Wash. Liquor Sales Laws At 9th Circ.

    A New York distillery during a hearing Monday urged a Ninth Circuit panel to strike down Washington's liquor laws that allow only in-state producers to sell spirits directly to consumers, contending a lower court wrongly relied on case law around alcohol retailers — not producers — when it deemed the laws constitutional.

  • July 06, 2026

    Colo. Panel Says Prosecutors Must Be Heard On Sanctions

    A Colorado state trial court that dismissed a stabbing case as a sanction after prosecutors failed to turn over required discovery to defense attorneys in a timely fashion should have allowed opposition from prosecutors, a state appeals court said, reversing the dismissal.

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