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  • 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

    Feds Say No Funds Went To Work At Lummi Burial Site

    The government told a federal court in Washington state Monday it wants out of a lawsuit brought by the Lummi Nation over a federally funded broadband project that disturbed the remains of the tribe's ancestors, saying it never officially approved the construction activities or released any funds for it.

  • July 06, 2026

    PWFA, Guidance Rollbacks Highlight New EEOC Reg Agenda

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to float a revision of its Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations and scrap decades-old guidance pertaining to sex and national origin bias by the end of the year, according to an updated regulatory agenda unveiled by the Trump administration.

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