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Energy - October, 2025

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• Ex-Tech Co. VP Claims She Was Fired For Not Joining Church
• Reps Pan Plans To Pull Troops, Test Nuclear Weapons
• 5th Circ. Rejects Late Claims Over Arkema Plant Explosions
• UK Energy Customers Suffer Setback In Power Cables Case
• Gov't Owes $330K In Fees For NSF Funding Fight, Court Told
• Pair Of SPAC Listings Raise $375M In IPOs
• Pa. AG Charges Fracking Co. With Multiple Enviro Crimes
• Steelworkers Back Offshore Wind Project Targeted By Trump
• FERC Faces DC Circ. Fight Over Pipeline Project Revival
• IBEW Locals Fight Ouster Of Unions At Energy, Interior Depts.
• What's Changing For Cos. In New Calif. Hazardous Waste Plan
• FirstEnergy Asks 6th Circ. To Deny Bid For Bribery Probe Info
• DC Circ. Judge Asks If Disputed Nuclear Rules 'Ignore Future'
• Trade Deals At Risk In Trump Tariff Case, Feds Tell Justices
• Mo. Judge Warns Of Sanctions In Peru Lead Poisoning Case
• NC Justices Asked To Weigh In On Solar Co.'s Insurance Fight
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: Drake, IRS, Greenpeace
• China Delays Expanded Mineral Export Controls, Trump Says
• Addleshaw Adds Eversheds Partner To Irish Disputes Team
• Senate Overturns Petroleum Reserve Drilling Limits In Alaska
• Navigating EPA Compliance As Gov't Shutdown Continues
• Mich. Justices Take Up Stellantis Supplier's Contract Dispute
• OpenAI Preps For IPO At $1T Valuation, Plus More Rumors
• New York State Energy GC Is Now The Authority's COO
• Green Groups Can't Intervene In Feds' NY Superfund Suit
• Asbestos Corp. Gets Ch. 15 Nod Over Claimants' Concerns
• Practicing Stoicism Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Greenpeace Gets Dakota Pipeline Damages Cut To $345M
• DOE's Data Center Proposal May Spark Grid Policy Turf War
• BP Unit Sued Over Wash. Refinery's 'Noxious Odor' Emissions
• 5th Circ. Backs FERC's Approval Of Pacific NW Pipeline
• Climate Change Heat Death Suit Returns To Wash. State Court
• Ga. Panel Partially Revives Solar Farm Property Dispute
• Fla. Couple Sues GM, Alleging Defective Ultium EV Chargers
• The Biz Court Digest: Texas, One Year In
• Fed. Judge Bars US From Enbridge Pipeline Oral Argument
• AG Watch: Illinois A Key Player In State-Level Enforcement
• Green Group Says EPA Posts Misleading PFAS Information
• Energy Co. Asks 3rd Circ. To Undo Union Arbitration Ruling
• Venezuela Appealing $1B Arbitration Loss To DC Circ.
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Educating Your Community
• Salvage Co. Gets OK To Subpoena Banks In $67M Case
• States Ask Supreme Court To Resolve PFAS Removal Dispute
• Ex-FBI Informant Loses Appeal Over $12M Short-Swing Profits
• 3 Firms Guide Apex Treasury's $300M Blockchain, Crypto IPO
• Nikola Founder's Suit Against CNBC Is 'Hubris,' NJ Panel Told
• Green Groups Ask DC Circ. To Revive Climate Grant Class Suit
• US, Japan Sign Agreement On Key Minerals
• Canada's Cygnet Buying Kiwetinohk In $1B Energy Deal
• FERC Chair From V&E Taps Another Firm Atty As GC
• 5 Crisis Lawyering Skills For An Age Of Uncertainty
• Kirkland, V&E Steer Close Of EnCap's $2B Continuation Fund
• US Partners With Westinghouse For $80B Nuke Plant Buildout
• NY, Green Orgs. Say Feds Can't Block Climate Superfund Law
• Venezuelan Oil Company Looks To Pause $3B Bond Ruling
• Girardi Keese Trustees Sue Over $3.2M Settlement Transfers
• NY Judge Orders State Agency To Issue Climate Regulations
• Feds Fight Union Bid To Protect Jobs During Gov't Shutdown
• US Unveils Trade Frameworks For Vietnam, Thailand Deals
• DOE's Wright Extends Order To Keep Md. Oil Plant Running
• Anticipating FTC's Shift On Unfair Competition Enforcement
• $2B PDVSA Ruling Offers Insight Into Foreign-Issued Debt
• FERC Defends OK Of Grid Operator's Project Hookup Study
• Estate Agrees To Settlement In $50M Solar Co. Tax Row
• Simpson Thacher Adds Kirkland Energy Finance Pro In NY
• Exxon Sues Calif. Over Climate Disclosure Laws
• Insights From Recent Cases On Navigating Snap Removal
• It's Time For The Judiciary To Fix Its Cybersecurity Problem
• Feds Push To Keep Challenge To Calif. Truck Rules Alive
• Paul Weiss, K&L Gates Lead $660M Albemarle, Ketjen Deals
• Mining Co. Denied Access To Tribal Docs In Minn. Land Row
• Bulgaria Will Fight $71M Energy Award OK At DC Circ.
• Judge Won't Block Empire Wind Project
• Spain Must Pay €13M Renewable Award, DC Court Hears
• Texas Drilling Co. Sued In Chancery Over Record Access
• US Steel Makes Midtrial Escape From Philly Asbestos Suit
• USTR To Probe China's Adherence To 2020 Trade Deal
• DOE's Wright Urges FERC To Boost Data Center Grid Access
• Trump Ends Canada Trade Talks Over Ontario's Reagan Ad
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Gibson Dunn
• Talks On Shipping Carbon Price Continue Despite Plan's Delay
• CMA Concerned Over Aramark Deal For Scottish Catering Co.
• Verite Capital Plugs $300M Into Used Cooking Oil Energy Co.
• EV-Maker Rivian Will Pay $250M To End Investors' Fraud Suit
• Texas Appeals Court OKs Challenge To $1M Default Judgment
• Energy Cos. Face Permit, Regulatory Delays Due To Shutdown
• Ex-ComEd CEO Asks 7th Circ. For Bail Pending Appeal
• US Oil Cos. Pay More Tax Abroad Than At Home, Report Says
• Japan's Jera Paying $1.5B For Louisiana Shale Gas Assets
• Wash. Judge Halts Feds From Pulling $9M In Climate Funds
• One Nuclear Energy To Go Public Via $1B SPAC Merger
• Judge Gives Final OK To $12M Speedway BIPA Deal
• Key Lessons From Youths' Suit Against Trump Energy Orders
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Energy Lawyers In NY, DC
• Judge OKs Heritage Coal's Ch. 11 Plan After Releases Nixed
• Writing Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Phillips 66 Can't Undo $805M Trade Secrets Trial Loss
• Nixed $475M Wind Farm Vessel Deal Prompts Arbitration
• US Hits Russian Oil Cos. With Sanctions Over Ukraine War
• Energy Secretary Urges EU To Rethink Sustainability Rules
• Trade Court Sustains German Steel Antidumping Duties
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Elderly Woman's Solar Panels Fraud Suit
• Unions Pursue More Protection For Federal Workers In Shutdown
• SEC's No-Action Relief Could Dramatically Alter Retail Voting
• SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI
• Trump Flouted Clean Air Act With Rule Delay, Enviro Orgs. Say
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: COVID Coverage, A Suspect Signature
• Wilson Sonsini Hires Energy Transactions Pro From Katten
• NY Bill Seeks Clean Energy Payment Exemption For Tax Caps
• Angola Faces $171M Claim Over Alleged Turbine Seizure
• GE Vernova To Pay $5.3B For Remaining Half Of Prolec Stake
• Tribes Ask Justices To Keep Enbridge Suit In Mich. State Court
• Judge Sends Solar Co.'s Panama Grid Access Row To Trial
• 5th Circ. Revives Oil Co.'s Faulty Cement Coverage Suit
• Baker McKenzie Can't Get Illinois Malpractice Suit Tossed
• Groups Want Full DC Circ. To Review Emergency Air Rule
• NY Appeals Ruling That Nuke Discharge Law Is Preempted
• Discovery Against Gem Company Halted In Malawi's Tax Probe
• Trump Inks Rare Earths, Critical Minerals Deal With Australia
• Feds, Enviro Orgs. Clash Over Bid To Pause Climate Panel Suit
• What EPA's Continued Defense Of PFAS Rule Means For Cos.
• DC Circ. Won't Pause La. LNG Terminal OK Amid FERC Fight
• 5 Firms Steer $2.62B Sale Of CenterPoint's Ohio Biz
• Oil Industry Emergency Response Firm Ambipar Hits Ch. 11
• Paul Hastings Adds Baker Botts Energy M&A Pro In Houston
• States, DC Fight Feds' Bid To Cut Billions In OMB Grant Case
• Energy Investors Win €262M In Renewed Fight With Spain
• States Urge Del. High Court To Reject Jarkesy Challenge
• Tax Pros Seek Clarity In Energy Supplier Certification Rules
• Venezuela Oil Co. PDVSA To Appeal $2.86B Bond Ruling
• US Steel Asbestos Caused Woman's Cancer, Philly Jury Told
• Transource Ruling Affirms FERC's Grid Planning Authority
• Exxon Fights 2nd Circ.'s Atty Fees Ruling In NYC Climate Case
• Emergency Tariffs Unlawfully Unprecedented, Justices Told
• Bricklayer, Contractor End Suit Over Shuttling Time
• Youths Appeal Dismissal Of Challenge To Trump Energy Orders
• Argentina Looks To Cancel $824M Arbitral Award To US Utility
• Ford Says Solar Battery Co. Shared Trade Secrets
• Connecticut Watchdog Atty Tapped To Lead Utility Regulator
• Judge Rejects Heritage Coal's Ch. 11 Plan Over Releases
• Pa. AG To Continue Grid Fight After PUC Bows Out
• More Fed. Workers Added To TRO Blocking Shutdown Layoffs
• Justices Reject Pollution Case In La.'s Black Communities
• Venezuela's PDVSA Ordered To Pay $2.86B To Bondholders
• BNP Must Pay $20M To 3 Sudanese Refugees, NY Jury Finds
• Colorado Landowners Win Class Cert. In Oil Well Cleanup Suit
• W.Va. Says Pole Owners Must Replace Old Utility Poles
• Fed. Circ. Reopens Grid Construction Contract Fight
• Green Biz Group Says Enbridge Exaggerating Pipeline Stakes
• Electronic Co. Tells Justices Trump Tariffs Are The Emergency
• Congressional Dems Push For No Layoffs At Interior And EPA
• Federal Courts To Scale Back Operations Amid Shutdown
• Native Policy Roundup: $128M Protects Tribal, Farm Lands
• Iran Sanctions Snapback Raises Global Compliance Risks
• UN Shipping Agency Delays Carbon Price Opposed By US
• Steptoe Hires Corporate, Energy, Transactions Partner
• Russia Loses $50B Yukos Award Appeal At Dutch High Court
• Orrick Expands Energy, Infrastructure Growth With Tokyo Hire
• High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal
• Farmers Urge Wash. Justices To Void Fuel Exemption Regs
• Privacy Compliance Needs 'Kindergarten Rules,' Atty Says
• Pioneer Found Not Liable For Storm-Interrupted Gas Supply
• Texas Business Court Says Winter Storm Stalled Gas Delivery
• 'Good Riddance': Feds Ax Big-Bank Climate Risk Guidance
• China's Crackdown On Rare Earth Minerals Spooks Importers
• Mich. Energy Cos. Say 12 Jurors Too Many In Hydro Plant Trial
• Fla. Pension Fund Sues To Block Exxon Retail Voting Program
• States Battle Trump Admin To Recover Solar Program Funds
• Reed Smith Booted From Eletson Ch. 11 Over Clients' Existence
• Electric Aircraft Startup Beta Technologies Targets $750M IPO
• Trump Taps V&E's Swett As New FERC Chair
• ADNOC's Covestro Buy To Get EU Nod, Plus More Rumors
• Akin Guides Metals Co. CMC On $1.8B Concrete Deal
• How Gov't Reversals Are Flummoxing Renewable Developers
• Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Smart Thermostat Makers Keep PTAB, ITC Wins At Fed. Circ.
• 11th Circ. Sides With Insurer In Fla. Gas Station Pollution Fight
• Judge Sinks Youths' Suit Challenging Trump Energy Orders
• FERC Ignored La. LNG Terminal's Enviro Harms, DC Circ. Told
• Hertz Must Face Investors' Claims Over EV Statements
• 6th Circ. FirstEnergy Ruling Protects Key Legal Privileges
• States Seek To Revive FEMA's Disaster-Mitigation Funding
• Mich. AG Urges Justices To Leave Enbridge Suit In State Court
• 5th Circ. Says Union Can't Take SpaceX Case To Justices
• Pittsburgh Solicitor Departing To Go In-House At Utility
• Some Federal Workers Win Quick Block On Shutdown Layoffs
• Oregon, Groups Seek Dam Changes For Columbia River Basin
• Utility Co. Faces $3M Verdict For COVID-Era Telework Denials
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service
• Enviro Group Sues To Block LNG Export Terminal Extension
• Relief Concerns Grow As Sectoral Tariff Actions Build
• Mining Company Seeks Judge's Removal From Citgo Auction
• Biden's Alaska Land Plan Faces Repeal After Senate Vote
• Judge Won't Block $4.7B Ex-Im Bank Loan For LNG Project
• PacifiCorp Owes $26M In Latest Wildfire Trial
• Calif. Seeks To Dismiss Feds' Suit Challenging Emission Regs
• Mich. Urges Judge Not To Empower A 'Hall Monitor' DOJ
• BP Urges 5th Circ. To Overturn Retirees' Pension Suit Win
• Investment Adviser Can't Exit Suit Over Energy Co.'s 401(k)
• Delta Urges Court Not To Certify Class In Greenwashing Suit
• Oil Trader Parent Appeals $40M Poland Award Enforcement
• Madigan Ally, Ex-ComEd CEO Can't Delay Prison For Appeal
• Importers Face Uncertainty As Court Stays Solar Tariff Ruling
• Minn. Tribe Sues 3M, Tyco, Chemours Over PFAS Pollution
• New US-UK Tech Deal Offers Opportunities To Boost Growth
• $20M Gas Plant Verdict At Texas High Court Gets Settled
• FERC's $1B Penalties Would Doom Energy Co., NC Judge Told
• Mich. Fights Feds' Support For Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline
• $8B EV Trade Secrets Case Best Left To Israel, 5th Circ. Says
• Feds Nix Large-Scale Enviro Review Of Nev. Solar Project
• Experts Doubt Gold Card Will Siphon Off EB-5 Investors
• Arbitral Panel Sides With BP In LNG Cargoes Fight
• Biz Groups, GOP Reps Ask Justices To Sink Colo. Climate Suit
• Adapting To Private Practice: 3 Tips On Finding The Right Job
• Trade Court Upholds Malaysian Wind Tower Duties
• Ga. Panel Considers Reviving Suit Over Fatal Work Fall
• Honeywell Defends $46M Award Over LNG Plant As Valid
• US Wind Fights For Countersuit Against Offshore Project Foes
• Judge Tosses San Juan Climate Suit Against Energy Cos.
• Texas Justices Weigh $26M Fracking Water Pipeline Verdict
• Q3 Notches Biggest Megadeal Quarter In Three Years
• Paramount Eyes $60B Warner Bid, And Other Rumors
• AG Watch: Va. Race Spotlights Consumer Protection Priorities
• China Widens Export Controls On Rare Earth Minerals, Tools
• FERC Nixes Ban On Pipeline Work During Project Appeals
• Civil Maritime Nuclear Sector Poised For Growth, Challenges
• Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Trump Tariffs Unconstitutional, Watchdog Tells Justices
• Defunct Coke Co. To Pay $700K For Skipped Pollution Monitor
• Amazon Can't Nix Counterclaims In Calif. Solar Projects Battle
• Utah Tribe Appeals Denial To Fight $16M Ovintiv Air Deal
• Exxon Retail Voting Program Green Light Inspires Other Cos.
• Welder Asks Fla. High Court To Revive Whistleblower Claims
• Oil Terminal Sale May Tank Conn. Climate Suit, Judge Hints
• FirstEnergy Investors Seek Clarity On 6th Circ. Privilege Order
• Battery Maker Enovix Gets Investor Suit Trimmed Again
• Pioneer Used Winter Storm To Dodge Obligations, Court Told
• Heritage Coal's Ch. 11 Plan Ignores Enviro Laws, States Say
• Power Cos. Want In On Challenge To W.Va. Regional Haze Plan
• Using The GHG Protocol For California Climate Reporting
• Biz Groups Back Ariz. Land Swap Amid 9th Circ. Appeal
• Retirees Can't Show Losses From Pension Deal, Judge Says
• Fla. Reactor Owner Sues Feds For Spent Fuel Storage Costs
• In Latest PacifiCorp Trial, 8 Ore. Fire Victims Seek Damages
• 5th Circ. Queries If ChampionX Covered In $40M Oil Spill Suit
• Feds Sue SoCal Edison Over 2019 Saddleridge Wildfire Costs
• Puerto Rico Utility Bondholders Pull Out Of Reorg Deal
• 4 Oral Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In Oct.
• 3 Firms Guide Real Estate-Focused SPAC's $200M IPO
• Senate Confirms FERC Republican Nominees
• Duke Gas Rate Increase Was Improper, Ohio High Court Hears
• Trump Tax Law Has Mixed Impacts On Commercial Real Estate
• NJ Justices Won't Disturb Locke Lord Win In Oil Co.'s Suit
• Mich. Court Scraps Ruling That Affirmed Solar Farm Permit
• White & Case Lands Akin Energy Ace In Houston
• Pa. Justices Wary Of Lifting Corporate Veil To Beat Time Limit
• Cos., Mass. Town End $50M Earth Removal Permit Bylaw Suit
• Calif. Allows Tax Break For Solar Property Until Owner Change
• Hess Cuts Deal To End Suit Over 401(k) Investment Roster
• Brookfield Wraps $20B Energy Transition Fund
• 2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Green Infrastructure Co. Suit
• Clark Hill Expands Transactions Practice In Denver
• Pioneer Couldn't Deliver Gas During Storm, Court Hears
• Unions Ask Court To Save Fed. Workers' Jobs Amid Shutdown
• Labor, Energy Groups Challenge EPA's $7B Solar Cancellation
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach
• NC Chamber Says AG Overstepping In DuPont Pollution Suit
• Unleashing LNG And Oil Exports With The Deepwater Port Act
• FirstEnergy Pushes Justices To Restore FERC Grid Incentive
• Contractor Considerations As Construction Costs Rebound
• Justices Won't Revisit Apache Land Exchange Dispute
• Ares Buys 49% Stake In $2.9B EDPR Energy Portfolio
• Justices Seek US Opinion On $419M Arbitration Question
• Supreme Court Rejects Wash. State Climate Law Challenge
• Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy
• 6th Circ. Says FirstEnergy's Bribery Probe Docs Are Privileged
• Biden-Era Drilling Ban Memos Overstepped Law, Judge Says
• 4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term
• Few Petitions Move Forward In Newest Discretion Reviews
• Cameron Can't Pin $8.9M IP Verdict On Bankrupt Co.'s Owners
• Retailers Push For Rounding Law To Avert Penny Shortage
• Megadeals Spur Jump In Global M&A Deal Values Through Q3
• Court Limits In Congress' NEPA Reform Push Spark Debate
• Native Groups Urge Action As Shutdown Threatens Services
• FERC Finding Friendlier Courts In Gas Project Approval Fights
• Why Feds' Criminal Vehicle Tampering Theory Falls Short
• 2nd Circ. Says Exxon Must Pay Atty Fees For 'Absurd' Args
• DC Circ. Affirms Immunity Denial For Venezuela Oil Co.
• The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Cravath
• Supreme Court Takes Up Cuba Seizure Law Cases
• FERC Issues Trump-Ordered Rule To Phase Out 53 Regs
• Ex-Fla. Rep Fights To Cut Tax Charges From Lobbying Case
• Dentons, Boies Schiller Escape $300M Fraud Suit
• Mich. Judge Says State Must Face Edenville Dam Trial
• Wind Co.'s Pre-Ch. 11 Uptier Deal Draws Suit From Creditors
• Toshiba Seeks Trial Time Limits In $500M Hydro Plant Case
• Many Cos. Not Ready For National Security Risks, Report Says
• Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5B In Blue State Project Awards
• Arnold & Porter Bolsters DC Team With Energy Policy Adviser
• 11th Circ. Urged To Uphold Cut To $17M Easement Deduction
• How AI Can Find Environmental Risks Before Regulators Do
• Cravath, Kirkland Lead Berkshire's $9.7B OxyChem Buy
• Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Investor Suit Over Deadly Turkey Landslide Dismissed
• Quantum Can't Nix FTC Order Over $5.2B Natural Gas Deal
• US, Copper Co. Ask 9th Circ. To Spike Land Transfer Appeal
• Reed Smith Seeks 2nd Circ. Help Over Eletson Orders
• PG&E Brass, Underwriters Get Investors' Wildfire Suit Tossed
• DC Circ. Deems FERC-Approved Pipeline Rates Unjustly High
• GAO Urges Nuke Agency To Fix Its Cost Reports To Congress
• EPA Proposes Rolling Back Biden HFC Ban Deadline
• Looking Beyond Property Damages For Wildfire Survivors
• White House Issues New NEPA Guidance To Federal Agencies
• Ohio Says Norfolk Southern Fully Liable In Derailment Suit
• Peru Says Mining Co. Can't Revive $417M Penalty Claim
• What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech
• Haynes Boone Leads AI Campus REIT's Upsized $683M IPO