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Energy - July, 2025

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• 'Abusive Behavior' Spurs $195M Add To Phillips 66 IP Verdict
• State Regulators Push FERC To Nix $22B Grid Projects Plan
• Eco Oro Wants Colombia Mining Damages Claim Revived
• Anadarko Asks 5th Circ. To Back La. Suit Indemnity Win
• Oil Exec Was Defamed, Wrongly Placed On Leave, Suit Says
• Vistra Pays $38M To End FERC Market Manipulation Case
• MPLX To Acquire Northwind Midstream For $2.4B
• Sand Miners Hit Ch. 11, Blaming Order Lull, Lender Issues
• Rising Star: V&E's Stephanie Noble
• Judge Questions Gov't Objection To Shielding FEMA Funds
• What EPA Chemical Data Deadline Extension Means For Cos.
• Sunnova Cleared To Sell Assets To Lenders In Ch. 11
• Energy Co. Tells 4th Circ. Land Access Needed For Power Line
• Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• U.S. Co. Defends $1B Suit Over Nixed LNG Facility In Canada
• GHG Regs Rollback Would Test Clean Air Act Interpretation
• 8th Circ. Tosses Ruling Striking Binding NEPA Regulations
• EPA Extends Compliance Deadlines For Methane Control Rule
• Traders Say Sanctioned Firm Can't Swap Plaintiff In $2.5M Suit
• Rising Star: Norton Rose's Christine Brozynski
• Trump To Hit India With 25% Tariff, 'Penalty' Starting Friday
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure
• Oil Co. Misled Investors Prior To $295M Offering, Suit Says
• 9th Circ. Urged To Rehear Alaskan Willow Project Ruling
• Affirmed Energy Says FERC Unlawfully Cut Auction Rights
• Pa. Bank Slams Ponzi Investors' 'Search For Scapegoats'
• Chancellor Partly Reverses Toss Of Pioneer Merger Doc Suit
• EPA Proposes Ditching GHG Danger Finding In Tailpipe Rule
• Ford Settles Proposed Class Action Over Emissions Warranty
• How Justices' Ruling On NEPA Reviews Is Playing Out
• Rising Star: Steptoe's Karen Bruni
• NC Engineer Says Green Energy Co. Withheld Stock Options
• Calif. Allows Retroactive Tax Exclusion For Solar Property
• 5 Firms Lead $2.48B Sale Of Piedmont Natural Gas' Tenn. Biz
• Baker Hughes Inks $13.6B Chart Buy, Topping Flowserve Deal
• Labaton Tapped To Lead Venture Global Investor Suit
• Apache Women Look To Block Arizona Site's Destruction
• Judge Won't Toss Siemens' $3M Suit Over Contract Bid Costs
• Florida's AG Announces 'Climate Cartel' Investigation
• Hawaii Fights Back Against US Bid To Block Climate Suit
• BLM Kills Biden-Era Policy Docs For Oil Drilling In Alaska
• Utilities Can Join 4th Circ. FERC Grid Policy Fight
• Midstream Co. Says Contractor Caused $8M Spill In La.
• Deep-Sea Mining Outlook Murky, But May Be Getting Clearer
• AI Infrastructure Growth Brings Unique IP Considerations
• Colorado Oil Co. Says It Was Cheated Out Of $4M In Profits
• Adapting To Private Practice: From ATF Director To BigLaw
• Rising Star: Con Edison's Ben Falber
• Tips For US Investors Eyeing Middle East Data Centers
• New DOJ Penalty Policy Could Spell Trouble For Cos.
• KKR Plugs AU$500M Into Australian Renewable Energy Biz
• Paul Hastings Lands King & Spalding Energy Pro In Houston
• Calif. Air Board Faces New Suit Over Carbon Fuel Standard
• Solar Developer Claims NC County's Permit Denial Was Biased
• Venezuela Urges Del. Judge To Reject $7B Citgo Sale
• Feds Redirect First Phase Of Atomic Bomb Waste To Texas
• Reviewing Stewart's Latest Discretionary Denial Decisions
• Trump Trade Deals Do Little To Ease Importers' Concerns
• 4th Circ. Sends Power Plant Labor Row Back To Arbitration
• ​​​​​​​Airgas Says Pa. Teamsters Workers Violating No-Strike Clause
• Russia Loses Bid To Nix Enforcement Of $63B Awards
• Michigan, Green Groups Challenge Feds' Coal Plant Order
• Clean Energy Tax Changes Cut Timelines, Add Red Tape
• Latham, Sidley Advise Deal In $5B Power Infrastructure Push
• Trump AI Push Runs Up Against Cost, Enviro Concerns
• Phillips 66's $12.5M Class Wage Deal Gets 1st OK In Calif.
• Toxic Waste Site Owner Can't Sue After Guilty Plea, Court Told
• Fluor Investor Attys Awarded $2.4M For Derivative Suit Deal
• FERC Chair Bids Goodbye At Last Monthly Meeting
• Bellwether Plaintiffs Want Redo Of GE Pollution Trial
• Green Groups Cleared To Join EV Funding Freeze Challenge
• Equitrans Charged Over 2-Week Gas Leak In Pennsylvania
• How Cos. In China Can Tailor Compliance Amid FCPA Shifts
• CapVest Seeks $11.7B Stake In Stada, Plus More Rumors
• Trump Air Emissions Carveouts Cloud The Regulatory Picture
• How Property Insurers Serve As Climate Change Harbingers
• GAO Urges DOE Watchdog To Rethink Audit Division Costs
• Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Enviro Groups Slam FAA For SpaceX Review Shortcuts
• PREPA Bondholders Say Utility Swiped $2.9 Billion
• DOE Nixes $4.9B Loan Commitment To Grain Belt Express
• Trump Wins 9th Circ. Block On Order Providing Reorg Plans
• Siemens Energy Failed To Cut Shoddy 401(k) Fund, Suit Says
• SEC Asks 8th Circ. To Rule On Abandoned Climate Regs
• Feds Seek 15 Months For Lobbyist Over Madigan Scheme
• 7th Circ. Revives Part Of Solar Firm's Panama Grid Suit
• CFTC Settles With Puerto Rico-Based Gas Futures Trader
• Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap
• Trump Publishes AI 'Action Plan' With 90 Policy Proposals
• Feds Launch Forfeiture Suit For $7M In Fraud-Linked Crypto
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion
• EQT Investors' $167.5M Deal To End Merger Suit Gets 1st OK
• CFTC Denied Early Win In $185M Metals Fraud Suit
• Gov'ts, Tribes Look To Settle Idaho Mining Pollution Suit
• Power Cos., PJM Back FERC Auction Rerun Decision
• Judge Rejects Bondholder Claim Against Puerto Rico
• Quantum Wants FTC To Lift Order On $5.2B Natural Gas Deal
• Pa. Gas Cos. Sued Over Heater Explosion That Killed 6
• Final OK Sought On Energy Co.'s $8.2M 401(k) Suit Deal
• Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss
• Sable Aims To Sink Groups' Suit Over Calif. Oil Platforms
• Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ
• Mining Co. Says Congo Lithium Deal Violates Arbitration Order
• DC Circ. Urged To Leave FERC Project Approvals Alone
• Energy Litigation To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2025
• Ex-ComEd CEO Gets 2 Years For Burying Madigan Bribes
• Oil Equipment Co. Says Agent At Fault For Lack Of Coverage
• CME Group, NYMEX Dodge Carbon Futures Suit
• Feds Move To Drop Some Counts Against Texas Rep. Cuellar
• Reed Smith's Doc Block Motion 'Hyperbolic,' 2nd Circ. Told
• The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine
• Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Judge Demands Layoff Plans From Trump Administration
• Calif. Sues Trump Admin Over $4B High-Speed Rail Fund Cuts
• ArbitralWomen President Takes Up In-House Role At Aramco
• EPA To Lay Off Science Office Workers Amid Reorganization
• Interior Process Tweaks Will Further Stymie Wind And Solar
• Stewart Issues Discretion Decisions For 56 More Petitions
• CORRECTION: FirstEnergy Investors File Unredacted Discovery Brief
• Texas Appeals Court Says City Wanted Too Much In Royalties
• Hearing Set In Phoenix For Oak Flat Copper Mine Lawsuits
• FTC Nixes Exxon-Pioneer, Chevron-Hess Board Ban Deals
• Texas Court Tosses Cities' Challenge To 'Death Star' Bill
• 5 Firms Guide $3.5B Sale Of Power Plants In Pa. And Ohio
• Trump Flexes Air Law Power To Delay Compliance Deadlines
• Top 5 Energy Decisions Of 2025: A Midyear Report
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Slaughter And May
• BP To Sell US Wind Biz To Greenberg Traurig-Led LS Power
• Chevron Beats Exxon Challenge, Completes $53B Hess Deal
• Exxon Can't Escape Suit Over Benzene-Related Death
• 2nd Circ. Overturns Ex-HSBC Exec's 2017 Fraud Conviction
• Russia Claims Immunity In $34M Crimea Award Suit
• Norfolk Southern Blames Quarry For $2.1M Sinkhole Costs
• Problematic Fund Harmed Health Tech Co. 401(k), Court Told
• EPA Merging Offices As Reorganization Continues
• Cos. Face Convergence Of Anti-Terrorism Act, FCPA Risks
• EU Sends Hungary To Court Of Justice Over ECT Stance
• Oil Cos. Not Covered In Gas Exposure Suit, Markel Unit Says
• Nuclear Stakeholders Must Prepare For Cyber Threats
• Pyrophyte's 2nd SPAC Raises $175M To Target Energy Biz
• Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator
• Odebrecht Investors Score Early Wins In Bribe-Scheme Suit
• Zenith's $130M Tunisia Oilfield Claim Comes Up Short
• Ex-FirstEnergy Execs Can't Sway Judge With Jury-Taint Fears
• Mich. Judge Upholds Propane Assessment After Retailer Vote
• Materials Co. Must Reimburse Chubb For $2.5M Settlement
• US Fights NY's Bid To Move Climate Superfund Suit Upstate
• Chemical Co. Claims Partner Duped It With Arbitration Clause
• Utility Co. Inks $7M Deal To End Pension Mortality Data Suit
• Scanrock Oil & Gas Gets OK For Vote On Ch. 11 Plan
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Holland & Knight, Mayer Brown Attys
• Calif. Air Waivers Fight Fuels Automakers', States' Uncertainty
• 5 Firms Steer $144M AngloGold, Augusta Merger
• Polsinelli Continues Energy Growth With Former Dentons Atty
• Ex-Union Official Wants Probation For $15K Embezzlement
• USTR To Probe Brazil's Trade Practices For Possible Tariffs
• Gordon Rees Opens Permanent Downtown Cleveland Office
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma
• Ex-Im Bank Sued For 'Unconscionable' LNG Project Funding
• Biz Groups Urge 5th Circ. To Reverse BP's Pension Suit Loss
• FTC Says Merger Penalty Deal In The Works With 7-Eleven
• 3rd Circ. Backs FAA's Civil Penalty Actions Post-Jarkesy
• Deep Sea Mining Co. Gets Suit Over 'Green' Investments Axed
• EPA Defends Ending Enviro Justice Grants
• FTC Still Bans Ex-Pioneer CEO From Exxon Board, For Now
• Energy Company Says NJ Real Estate Firms Owe $1.2M
• Tribes, Enviro Groups Look To Block Copper Mine Land Swap
• City Worker Says She Was Axed For Trying To Tax Energy Co.
• Tax Court Warns Attys In Denying $20M Easement Deduction
• Zimbabwe Wins Bid To Nix $50M Award Suit
• Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality
• La Caisse Plugs $200M Into PE-Backed Renewa
• Lawsuit, Exec Orders Should Boost Small Modular Reactors
• 11th Circ. Told Tax Court Erred Nixing Easement's Values
• 5th Circ. Says Oilfield Specialists Are OT Exempt
• 4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding
• Sunnova Seeks OK For $7M In Ch. 11 Sale Incentives To Execs
• Calif. Legislature OKs Retroactive Solar Property Exclusion
• Reed Smith Says Docs Slipped Through Stay In Eletson Row
• DC Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Green Orgs' Drilling Permit Suit
• Brookfield, Google Ink $3B Hydroelectric Power Deal
• 7th Circ. Upholds Exxon's Win In Ex-Lab Tech's Sex Bias Suit
• Ukraine Bank Payment Bid Likely Illegal In $150M Award Fight
• London Judge Nixes Jurisdictional Award In Gas Plant Feud
• NY Judge Snuffs Counties' Bid To Derail Congestion Pricing
• Group Urges 11th Circ. To Ditch 'Radioactive' Mosaic Road
• Exxon's Climate Change Skepticism Is Protected, Court Told
• 9th Circ. Affirms FERC's Yank Of PG&E Grid Perk
• Enviro Groups Sue DOE Over Tenn. Nuclear Site Cleanup Plan
• Feds Argue Trump's Energy Orders Should Not Be Blocked
• Preparing For Trump Pushback Against State Climate Laws
• Ex-ComEd Exec Gets 1½ Years For Hiding Madigan Bribes
• K&L Gates' DC Office Head Assumes US Leadership Role
• TV Reporter Fights Town's Appeal After Broken Leg Trial Win
• How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery
• Mazda Slams 'Frivolous' Filings In Tossed Oil Burning Suit
• 5th Circ. Cites Expert Errors In Rejecting BP Spill Sinus Claims
• Colo. Court Mostly Backs Coal Mine In Water Permit Dispute
• Ill. Judge Gives OK To $12.1M Speedway Privacy Settlement
• Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling
• 9th Circ. Upholds Feds' Arctic Ringed Seal ESA Protections
• Feds Flag Possible Atty Conflict In Cuellar Bribery Case
• Hess Faces Investor Suit Over $53B Chevron Deal
• Transportation Policies To Watch In 2025: A Midyear Report
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Kirkland, Cassels
• Black Worker Claims Bias At Nuclear Safety Organization
• Sunoco Faces Another Suit Over Jet Fuel Pipeline Leak In Pa.
• Fed. Circ. Judges Get Tough With Phillips 66 In Retrial Spat
• Bills' Defeat Means Brighter Outlook For Texas Renewables
• 10th Circ. Affirms Sentence In $1B Energy Tax Credit Scheme
• Trump Says 50% Copper Tariff Will Begin Aug. 1
• Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• SpaceX Seeks Record $400B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
• Sierra Club Says OMB Ignoring Funding Freeze Info Requests
• EPA Violated ESA With Nitrogen, Soot Standards, Group Says
• Albireo Energy Faces Suit Over Mold In Colo. School
• Trump Admin Beats Injunction Bid Over Deleted Webpages
• EPA Sued Over Oil Refineries' Hydrogen Fluoride Use
• Water Co. Can't Charge Customers $42M, Conn. Justices Say
• Red States Want In On Youths' Suit Over Trump Energy Orders
• DOJ's 1st M&A Declination Shows Value Of Self-Disclosures
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care
• 5th Circ. Wary To Let Surety Stick Chevron With $11M Bill
• Bolivia Says Glencore Suit Over $253 Award Must Be Axed
• Trump Declares 50% Copper Tariff, Floats 200% Pharma Tariff
• Del. Judge Cuts Co-Plaintiff From $57M Refined Coal IP Suit
• Mich. Judge Certifies Edenville Dam Flood Victim Classes
• States Back Enviro Orgs. Bid To Block EPA's Halt Of $3B Grant
• Ex-ComEd CEO Should Get 6 Years In Prison, Prosecutors Say
• Exclusion's Use Of 'The' Supports Alt. Reading, 5th Circ. Says
• Environmental Regulations To Watch In 2025: Midyear Report
• Latin America-Focused Miner Aura Minerals Eyes $210M US IPO
• Forensic Challenges In Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Cases
• Texas' Cactus Ruling Clarifies 'Produced Water' Rules
• High Court Allows Trump's Gov't Cuts And Restructuring
• ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
• Oil Cos.' Water Pollution Coverage Suit Gets Trimmed
• Federal Construction Considerations Amid Policy Overhaul
• Michigan Halts Construction Code Rollout Amid Builders' Suit
• Ex-Carlyle Group Atty Joins Orrick's Growing Energy Team
• Trump Orders Treasury To Restrain Solar, Wind Tax Credits
• Biggest Illinois Decisions Of 2025 So Far: A Midyear Report
• Coder Who Claimed Evidence 'Ambush' Can't Get New Trial
• Malaysia Info Demand Gets Green Light In $14.9B Dispute
• Well Co. Says Contractor, Liberty Units Must Cover Injury Suit
• EPA, Enviro Orgs. Fight Over 'Big Bill's' Impact On Funding Case
• Royal Gold To Acquire Sandstorm, Horizon Copper For $3.7B
• How Political Divisions Are Stalling Pa. Energy Development
• Energy Co. Says $7.6M Award Result Of 'Classic' Contract Law
• Biggest Enviro Cases To Watch In 2025: Midyear Report
• Judge Blocks Demolition Contract Switch At Pa. Power Plant
• 139 EPA Workers Put On Leave For Letter Critical Of Trump
• Canadian Pacific Escapes $4M Liability Over Derailed Train Oil
• Venezuela Claims Immunity In $318M FARC Terrorism Ruling
• Stewart Drops Mixed Bag Of Discretionary Denial Rulings
• Judge Trims Cities' Challenge To Md. Offshore Wind Project
• Youths Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Federal Equal Protection Case
• Biggest Environmental Law Decisions Of 2025: Midyear Report
• Navajo Nation's Bid To Block Lease Ban Put On 90-Day Hold
• Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers
• How Trump's Trade Policies Are Shaping Foreign Investment
• The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case
• Justices Rewrite Rules For Challenging Enviro Agency Actions
• My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer
• NC Gov. Vetoes Bill Stamping Out Carbon Reduction Target
• Gold Reserve Unit To Bid $7.4B In Venezuelan Debt Case
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
• Cooley Leads AI-Focused Chipmaker Ambiq's $75M IPO Filing
• Citgo, Castrol Field Billion-Dollar Bids, And More Deal Rumors
• Avangrid Units Win Extra Time To Depose Conn. Utilities Chair
• FisherBroyles Grows London Footprint With New Lawyer Hire
• Energy Firm Says Tribal Nonprofit Trade Secret Suit Too Vague
• FCC Floats Pole Attachment Reform In 'Build' Agenda Kickoff
• EQV Ventures' Upsized IPO Tops 4 Listings Totaling $830M
• Solar Farm Halt Can't Rest On Federal Tax Credits, Judge Says
• High Court Case Tops List of Securities Appeals To Watch
• Denver Mining Co. Sues Ex-CFO Over 'Unauthorized' Lien
• Demolition Contractor Sues Over Alleged Project Lockout
• 8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
• Gold Miner Wins $65M In Feud Over Blockade In Peru
• GOP Reps. Want Probe Of RI Judge Blocking Funding Freeze
• Energy Pro Moves Practice To DLA Piper In DC
• Despite Dark Clouds, Outlook For US Solar Has Bright Spots
• DC Circ. Stands By Decision Nixing $7B Power Line Fight
• Assessing New Changes To Texas Officer Exculpation Law
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Willkie Private Equity Pro In Houston
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
• Power Co. Worker Says Reporting Harassment Led To Firing
• Ukraine Says Don't Restart $173M Award Suit Just Yet
• DC Circ. Tosses Mich. Utility's Grid Upgrade Challenge
• Energy Cos. Say Italy Can't Escape $23M In Awards
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• Justices Face Busy Summer After Nixing Universal Injunctions
• GSA Watchdog Flags Energy Contract Oversights In Texas, La.
• Hurricane Beryl Lawsuits Combined Into MDL
• Texas Solar Co. Files Ch. 7 Liquidation With $3.9M Liabilities
• Texas Rep. Must Tell Feds If He'll Blame Attys In Bribery Case
• State Of 2025 Energy Dealmaking: Midyear Report
• ICSID Annulment Proceedings Carry High Stakes For System
• 'ComEd Four' Lobbyist Deserves 4 Years In Prison, Feds Say
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
• Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News: 2025 Midyear Report
• 4th Circ. Says Rig Worker Not A Party To Arbitration Pact
• Justices' NRC Ruling Raises New Regulatory Questions
• Willkie Lands Former Orrick Energy Leader In Houston
• US Trade Blueprint Should Delay Tariffs, South Africa Says
• 3 Judicial Approaches To Applying Loper Bright, 1 Year Later
• Nationwide Launches Coverage Bid For Fatal Crash Suit
• Arrival Investors Seek Approval For $13.3M Partial Settlement