Energy Archive » August, 2025

Energy - August, 2025

269 articles

• Nuke Plant Restarts: Chances Exist, But Challenges Await
• Spain Loses $548M Australia Case Over Renewables Awards
• Real Estate Recap: School Housing, Texas Land, Miami Transit
• DC Circ. Backs Biden Gulf Drilling Plan Amid Trump Revamp
• Norwegian Shipping Co. Pleads Guilty To Pollution Charge
• Trump Admin Yanks $679M In Offshore Wind Projects
• Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession
• FTC Focus: When Green Goals And Antitrust Law Collide
• Strathcona Upping MEG Stake, Against $5.7B Cenovus Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Wood Group To Sell North American Unit To Qualus For $110M
• LA Atty Convicted Of Laundering $2.1M From Swiss Oil Co.
• Singapore Co. Looks To Arbitrate $53M Shipbuilder Claim
• Judge Rejects Reed Smith's Sanctions Bid In Doc Feud
• Appeals Court Reverses $2.1M Injunction Against Oil Broker
• White Workers Say Shell Reorganization Was Discriminatory
• Energy Dept. Extends Pa. Plant's Lifespan, Citing Power Risks
• Red States Fight Youths' Effort To Stop Trump Energy Orders
• Calif. Board's Financial-Grade Climate Standards Raise Stakes
• Judge Asks If Pension Swap Without Pay Loss Triggers ERISA
• Commonwealth Fusion Systems Wraps $863M Funding Round
• Coaching Cheerleading Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Chancery Pressed For Faster Track In Skechers Doc Suit
• Bitcoin Miner Says Energy Co. Owes $2.6M After Contract Exit
• Solar Co. Failed To Give Proper Layoff Notice, Suit Says
• Miner, Recreationists Oppose Intervention In Monument Fight
• Mining Co. Gets Green Light To Fund Poland Claim
• US Hits India With 50% Tariff For Buying Russian Oil
• Feds, Blue States Clash Over Future Of EV Funding Fight
• How To Address Tariff-Related Risks In Commercial Contracts
• UK's 1st ICSID Claim Shows Bilateral Investment Treaty Reach
• Baker Botts Adds 2 More Lateral Partners In NY
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal
• FERC Approves $38M Deal To End Market Manipulation Case
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Real Estate Pro From DR Horton
• Judge Won't Pause Order To Reinstate Foreign Aid
• Delta To Pay LA Residents $79M For Dumping Fuel On Them
• Farmers Defend Climate Superfund Law Against Challenges
• FOIA Results Wanted Before Ruling In DOGE Disclosure Suit
• Puerto Rico Utility Bondholders Say They'll End Reorg Deal
• Commerce Announces Final Steel Duty Rates For 10 Countries
• Trump Tax Law's Most Impactful Corp. And Individual Changes
• From Clerkship To Law Firm: 5 Transition Tips For Associates
• FERC Urged To Ignore Ill. Grid Project Policy Fight
• LA Atty Used Client Trust Acct. To Hide $2.1M Bribe, Jury Told
• Nicaragua Wins Calif. Judge's OK Of $1.5M Costs Award
• Battery Co. Must Face Suit Over Revoked $200M DOE Grant
• Detroit Coke Plant Found Liable For Clean Air Act Violations
• Texas Wants To Back Trump In Calif. Vehicle Waiver Fight
• Judge Presses Gov't On Aid Plan As Sept. 30 Deadline Looms
• Trump Tax Law's Most Consequential International Changes
• Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships
• Judge Flags Possible Conflict In Foley & Lardner Client Spat
• Troutman Adds Ex-Medallion Midstream GC To Energy Team
• Feds, Wind Farm Backers Duel For Wins In Permitting Fight
• 3 Firms Advise On Crescent's $3.1B Vital Energy Acquisition
• Unions Ask Judge To Block DOD, EPA From Ending Contracts
• USPTO Allows Discretionary Denials For 3-Year-Old Patents
• Eletson Looks To Nix $102M Award Over Reed Smith 'Fiction'
• Green Groups Lodge 5th Circ. Challenge Over La. LNG Permits
• Marathon Petroleum Cos. Near Final OK On $7M Wage Deal
• Filing Clarifies FTC, DOJ's Passive Investment Stance
• Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
• Pillsbury Hires Renewable Energy Pro From Holland & Knight
• IRS Guidance Sparks Mixed Reaction For Solar, Wind Projects
• BBK Taps Gov't Affairs Director From Interior Leadership
• 4 Firms Advise On $5.7B Cenovus-MEG Energy Deal
• Biz Groups Appeal Calif. Climate Reporting Ruling To 9th Circ.
• Consumer Advocates Blast FERC Inaction On Power Auction
• NC Senator Says Whirlpool Rigged TED Talk For Ad Campaign
• Omni Bridgeway Looks To Enforce $13M Albania Award
• 9th Circ. Rejects Rehearing On Alaskan Willow Oil Project
• Trump Urges DC Circ. Not To Review Its Foreign Aid Decision
• Nikola Ch. 11 Plan Ignores Trump Pardon, Founder Says
• EU, US Agree To Eliminate Industrial Tariffs
• HHS Wants Out Of Unions' Suit Over Layoffs, Agency Cuts
• Ill. AG 'Deputized' Firms To Go After Power Cos., Suit Says
• Feds Extend Mich. Coal Plant Order Amid Court Fight
• Foundry Exec Says Hong Kong Partner Took $1.3M By Fraud
• Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Mining Co. Says Guinea Must Submit To Arbitration
• Wash. Seeks To Stop NOAA's Climate Change Grant Cuts
• Texas Judge Keeps Intact Suit Alleging Anadarko Busted Well
• 7th Circ. Backs JPMorgan Traders' Fraud, Spoofing Convictions
• 4th Circ. Upholds Class Cert. In EQT Gas Royalty Fight
• Investors Pan FirstEnergy's 'Unprecedented' Discovery Appeal
• WR Grace Beats Rival's False Ad, Patent Claims
• Utility Agency Suits May Rise As Calif. Justices Nix Deference
• 5th Circ. Won't Stick BP, Chevron With $11M Well Cleanup Bill
• Trump Energy Orders Suit Must Be Sustained, Youths Say
• Bribery Case Against Rep. Cuellar And His Wife Trimmed
• Dredging Vehicle Patent Sinks Over On-Sale Bar At Fed. Circ.
• Judge To Confirm Scanrock's Ch. 11 Plan After Settlement
• FERC Grid Project Carveouts Are Unjustified, DC Circ. Told
• Sunnova's $118M Sale Can Proceed Despite Bank's Protest
• Sanctions Considerations For Reentering The Syrian Market
• What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI
• Feds Say They'll Rescind Biden-Era Species Protections
• Energy Co. Gets Overtime Case Pushed Into Arbitration
• 9th Circuit Pauses Oak Flat Land Transfer Pending Appeals
• 5th Circ. Says NLRB Structure Likely Unconstitutional
• Black Hills, NorthWestern Merge In $15.4B All-Stock Deal
• State AGs Are Turning Up The Antitrust Heat On ESG Actions
• Respecting Picket Wasn't A Strike, Teamsters Local Tells Court
• Mexican Co. Slams 'Grotesque' $46M Award In LNG Plant Fight
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Judge Won't Pause Pipeline Suit For Top Court Review
• Gas Cos. Tell DC Circ. Russia Must Face $34M Award Suit
• Tribe, Groups Appeal Oak Flat Land Exchange To 9th Circ.
• GrafTech Investors' Plant Contamination Suit Gets Tossed
• Honeywell Defeats Ex-Worker's 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
• Top Takeaways From Trump's AI Action Plan
• $28M ND Pipeline Protest Case Paused Amid Settlement Talks
• Judge Rejects Energy Co.'s Bid To Toss $200M Hemp Suit
• Vt. Says It Has The Authority To Enact Climate Superfund Law
• Texas Specialty Recycling Facility Files For Ch. 11
• Ill. Toxic Tort Jurisdiction Law Raises Constitutional Concerns
• BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation
• 18 AGs, Governors Sue To Block DOE Funding Cap
• Stewart Issues Dozens More Discretionary Denial Decisions
• Carpatsky Fights Bid By Ukrnafta To Duck Disclosure Order
• Argentina Can Stay YPF Stake Turnover, 2nd Circ. Says
• DOJ Ramps Up Assault On Calif. Truck Emissions Standards
• Ohio Justices Back Landlord In Speedway Store Leases Suit
• Interior Dept.'s Clean Energy Rules Could Snag Grid Hookups
• Texas AG Opens Investigation Into Xcel Over Panhandle Fires
• IRS Strips 5% Safe Harbor In Solar, Wind Tax Credit Guidance
• Mass. Nonprofit To Pay $1M To Settle FCA Allegations
• Paragon Tech, Ex-CEO End Legal Fee Dispute In Del.
• US Eyeing Tariffs, Port Levies Over Shipping Emissions Plan
• Madigan Ally Seeks Release Pending Bribery Appeal
• EnCore Energy's CLO, Acting CEO Is Now Its Financial Officer
• Canada Says US Treaty Bars Mich. Closure Of Pipeline
• Environmental Justice Is Alive And Well At The State Level
• Town Says TV Reporter Bypassing Own Blame For Broken Leg
• 5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust
• Duke Energy Seeks To Merge 2 Carolinas Utilities
• Venture Global Snags A Win In LNG Arbitration With Shell
• Energy Co. Can't Avoid 401(k) Forfeiture, Fee Fight
• Red States Back Feds' Push To End Trump Energy Orders Suit
• Renewable Energy Investors Fight Spain's Supreme Court Bid
• 5th Circ. Tosses Challenge To Texas Gas Terminal Permit
• Bob's Discount Furniture Could Go Public, And Other Rumors
• Legal Jeopardy Looms Over Trump's Trade Negotiation Plans
• Shell Faces Retooled Clean Water Act Suit In Connecticut
• US Says It Can't Be Sued Over NM Burns Linked To Wildfire
• Feds Urge Court Not To Toss Rep. Cuellar's Bribery Case
• Pa. Tax Board Must Revisit Denial Of Calif. Co.'s $4.9M Refund
• Pa. Court Rejects Challenge To Alternative Energy Regs
• Hiking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 6th Circ. Clarifies Class Cert. Standard In FirstEnergy Suit
• Semtech Investor Sues Brass Over Copper Goods Sales Drop
• FTC Closes Antitrust Probe Of Calif. Truck Emissions Pact
• Pennsylvania Drops $2B Suit After Federal Funds Restored
• Business Groups Fail To Halt Calif. Climate Reporting Rules
• Trump Taps Democratic Commissioner As Acting FERC Chair
• DC Circ. Greenlights Trump's Freeze On Foreign Aid
• Decision In $50B Yukos Case Raises Interesting Question
• Oil Co. Calls Partner's Field Tech Misuse 'Catastrophic'
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Review Bid To Bar NYC Congestion Pricing
• SPAC Behind EV Maker Nikola, Shareholders Strike Settlement
• Convicted ComEd CEO Seeks Bond Pending 7th Circ. Appeal
• US Threatens Retaliation For 'Global Carbon Tax' On Shipping
• ICJ Climate Opinion Raises Cos.' Legal, Compliance Risks
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills
• Wind Blade Maker TPI Gets $7.5M Of New Money In Ch. 11 DIP
• DOE Used Secret Group To Undermine GHG Finding: Suit
• Tribes, Enviros Want In On Chuckwalla Monument Fight
• Pakistan Welcomes Int'l Court Award In Water Fight With India
• Solar Aircraft Co.'s Top Brass Hit With Investor Fraud Suit
• Daimler, Volvo Sue Calif. To Block Emission Regulations
• Biden Coastal Drilling Ban Fight Is Moot, Enviro Groups Say
• No New Foreign Bribery Trial For Ex-Connecticut Oil Trader
• ESG-Focused Activism Persists Despite Proxy Curbs
• Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test
• Spain Must Pay $70M Renewable Energy Award, Judge Says
• Wind Blade Maker TPI Hits Ch. 11 In Texas With Over $1B Debt
• Utah Gov. Cox Escapes Ute Tribe's Bidding Scheme Suit
• Feds Charge Mexican Businessmen In Pemex Bribery Scheme
• GE, UNC Agree To $63M Uranium Mine Cleanup In New Mexico
• Petroleum Marketer Sues Subtenant Over $11M Contract Breach
• Over 2,000 Shrimpers Sue Hilcorp Over August 2022 Oil Spill
• Neighbors, Insurers File Suits Over Fatal Pa. Gas Explosion
• EY Says SPAC Investors' Fraud Suit Is 'Blame-Shifting'
• Ex-Ill. Speaker's 'False Hope' Won't Delay Prison Sentence
• A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations
• SEC Should Restore Its 2020 Proxy Adviser Rule
• Feds, Wind Farm Backers Cross Swords Over Permitting Halt
• Losing Bidder On Mass. Pike Plazas Wants Docs Released
• Ørsted To Raise $9.4B After Delays To US Wind Farm Sale
• FERC's Policy Work Was A Mixed Bag For Departing Chair
• Exxon, Suncor Urge Justices To Halt Colo. Climate Suit
• Calif. Justices Rip Deference To Regulator's Solar Ruling
• Judge Says Insurer Must Face $100M Biz Interruption Claim
• Trump EO Requires Appointee Oversight Of US Grantmaking
• EV Makers Challenge New Fuel Economy Rule In DC Circ.
• Feds Rip Cuellar's Bid To Ax Entire Bribery Indictment
• Swiss Metals Group Fears US Tariffs' Impact On Gold
• Closing The Chemical Safety Board Is A Mistake
• Trump Admin Invites Legal Fights With Clean Energy Moves
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Alston & Bird, Orrick
• ConocoPhillips Agrees To $1.3B Sale Of Anadarko Assets
• 7th Circ. Affirms ExxonMobil's Win In Ex-Worker's Bias Suit
• 6th Circ. Halts FirstEnergy Production Of Bribery Probe Docs
• Spain Can't Get $124M Renewable Energy Award Axed
• Teamsters Say Airgas Released Hazardous Gas On Strikers
• SC Judge Tosses Charleston Climate Suit Against Energy Cos.
• 5th Circ. Sends Refinery Biofuel Exemption Fight To DC Circ.
• M&A Ruling Reinforces High Bar For Aiding, Abetting Claims
• Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Judge Blocks Mich. Landfill From Taking Radioactive Waste
• U.S. Power Co. Seeks OK Of $824M Argentina Award
• Womble Bond Adds Hill Dickinson Atty As Disputes Partner
• PFAS Reg Reversal Defies Water Statute, Increasing Risks
• Federal Court Advances Osage Members' Royalty Case
• Feds Launch Safety Probe Of SEPTA After EV Bus Fires
• 7th Circ. Reverses Class Cert. In Wis. Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• Battle Lines Form Around Interior's Updated NEPA Rule
• Texas Judge Axes Wellhead Patent Allegations Over Alice
• Renewable Energy Co. Sued In Del. Over $82M 'Hostage' Loan
• Presidio Petroleum Inks $660M SPAC Merger Deal
• Interior Dept. Reverses Approval Of Idaho Wind Farm
• Toshiba Unit Can't Appeal Bench Trial Bid In Hydro Plant Row
• Trump Hits India With 50% Tariff For Russian Oil Purchases
• Russia Says It Never Agreed To Arbitrate With Ukrainian Utility
• Bankers Petroleum Vows To Pay Albania $236M Award
• Challenge To GOP Enviro Grant Cutoff Can Proceed, Judge Told
• Fed. Circ. Partly Revives Solar Panel Safety Patent Challenge
• Fed. Hazmat Law Doesn't Bar Negligence Suit, 2nd Circ. Says
• Feds Aim To Shut Off Kids' Challenge To Trump Energy Orders
• Naftogaz Secures Vienna Court's OK To Seize Russian Assets
• Ex-ComEd Lobbyist Gets 1 Year For Masking Madigan Bribes
• The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable
• Chancery Sends Steel Co.'s Fraudulent Transfer Suit To Trial
• Gas Breaks Can't Justify Russian Fertilizer Duties, Fed. Circ. Told
• States Win Ruling To Shield FEMA Disaster Prevention Funds
• NY Loses Bid To Move Climate Superfund Suit Upstate
• Brookfield Nabs $6B Minority Stake In Duke Energy Florida
• DC Circ. Remands Yukos' $50B Award Suit Against Russia
• Willkie Adds Int'l Arbitration Pro From Boies Schiller In DC
• Ukraine Oil Co. Says Disclosure Order In $150M Suit Must End
• Holtec Tells 6th Circ. Arb. Award Should Have Been Vacated
• 5th Circ. Pushes FERC To Justify Keeping Pipeline Rate Cap
• Enbridge Asks Judge To Block Mich. Pipeline Shutdown Order
• 10th Circ. Ends Age Bias Suit After High Court Remand
• Utah Tribe Loses Bid To Challenge $16M Ovintiv Settlement
• Oil Co., Tokio Marine Unit Settle $24M Bond Dispute
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 7th Circ. Won't Put Chicago Climate Change Suit On Hold
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions
• States Can't Block Trump Admin's Cuts To Science Grants
• IP Owners Largely Win In Stewart's Newest Discretion Orders
• Azure Power Seeks Final OK Of $23M Investor Deal
• K&L Gates Taps Clifford Chance Atty For Int'l Arbitration Team
• DC Circ. Upholds FERC's Limited Review Of Texas Pipeline
• Trade Deals And Tariff Delays Leave Some Details Unclear
• Village Ordinance Wrongly Bans Wind Farms, Ill. Panel Says
• Oil Magnate Can't Appeal $324M Arbitration Award
• Texas Judge Says States Can Pursue BlackRock Coal Suit
• Alaskan Tribe's Breach Claim Axed In Gold Mine Permit Fight
• 2 SPAC Deals Will Take Uranium Miner, Italian E-Grocer Public
• 9th Circ. Customs Fraud Ruling Is Good For US Trade
• EPA Beats Coolant Cos.' Challenge To HFC Regs
• Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions
• Pennsylvania Legislation To Watch For The Rest Of 2025
• Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Elina Coss
• Trump's 2nd Term Puts Merger Remedies Back On The Table
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Latham
• Steel Workers Want OK Of $1.8M Deal In Inflated Stock Suit