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Energy - February, 2026

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• Energy Transfer Secures $345M Greenpeace Judgment
• Alabama ISP Wants To Pay Less For Rural Program Default
• Exxon's Bid To Pause Tribes' Climate Suit Met With Skepticism
• Lupaka Gold Seeks OK Of $68.5M Peru Award
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: Exxon, Steelers, R&B Singer
• Trump's Trade Deals Face Tricky Path After Tariff Ruling
• Trump Admin Says 9th Circ. Can't Revive Energy Orders Suit
• Calif. Bar Charges Atty With Misconduct In LA Utility Case
• Sunoco Sued Over Pipeline Leak In Philly-Area Neighborhood
• PG&E Investors' $100M Wildfire Suit Deal Gets Initial OK
• After Learning Resources: A Practical Guide For US Importers
• State, Federal Policies Complicate Fuel And Carbon Markets
• AI-Assisted Arbitration Needs Safeguards To Ensure Fairness
• Army Corps Fights Bid To Void Alaskan Gold Mining Permit
• Energy Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
• Taxation With Representation: Linklaters, Wilson Sonsini
• Reed Smith Leads Climate Tech Biz In $850M US SPAC Deal
• Self-Driving Truck Startup Raises $113M Before SPAC Merger
• Antitrust Claims Over Oil Tubing Patents Saved By Fed. Circ.
• PacifiCorp Hit With $305M Verdict For Oregon Fire
• Chancery Refuses For Now To Make Hecate Pay Lenders $75M
• Judge Orders Dam Spill To Protect Columbia River Salmon
• Okla. Judge Says Oil & Gas Royalty Fight Belongs In Texas
• Feds Seek To Pause Fight Over Stopping Empire Wind Project
• BlueScope Turns $11B Bid Down But Still Open To Talks
• Energy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Vanguard Will Pay $29.5M To Settle Red States' ESG Suit
• ITC Probing Graphite Electrodes From China, India For Duties
• Thai Oil Drill Products Evading China Duties, Commerce Says
• USTR Seeks Input On Crafting Critical Mineral Supply Pact
• Playing Piano Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• EPA's Cancellation Of Solar Program Is Illegal, States Say
• Seladore Legal Hires Disputes Lawyer From Milbank
• Levona Wants Permanent Injunction In Eletson Gas Spat
• Alcoa Retirees Can't Resuscitate Pension Annuity Suit
• BP Says Wash. 'Odors' Suit Smells No Better 2nd Time Around
• BLM Nom Faces Sen. Committee Heat Over Public Lands Stance
• Enbridge Cites 'Painful' Risk In Bid To Delay Line Shutdown
• Singapore Court Upholds €290M NextEra Award Against Spain
• Winston & Strawn-Led SPAC Mozayyx Prices Upsized $261M IPO
• Engie To Buy UK Power Networks At $21.4B Enterprise Value
• NYC Energy Storage Guidance Clarifies Compliance Pathways
• Pension Fund Presses For CEO Texts In $60B Merger Fight
• Energy Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
• Holtec Wants Stay Lifted In NJ Over Alleged Ex-GC Scheme
• Solar Cells From Laos, Indonesia, India Face Steep US Duties
• Senior Energy Department Atty Joins Holland & Knight In DC
• Trump Says Countries Will Keep Deals Despite Tariff Ruling
• DC Circ. Presses Gov't On Reason For $20B EPA Clawback
• Enbridge Opposes High Court Exam Of Mich. Immunity Claims
• 11th Circ. Clears Path For CFPB's Clean-Energy Loan Rule
• Ex-Flying J Owner's 401(k) Offerings 'Inferior' Says Mass. Suit
• No Automatic Duty Refund For Chemical Co., Fed. Circ. Says
• Justices Wary Of Moving Pipeline Suit To Federal Court
• How States Are Using Antitrust Principles In Climate Litigation
• Trade Court Backs Gov't Block Of Aluminum Tariff Exclusions
• Ex-Fla. Rep., Lobbyist Can't DQ Prosecutor In FARA Case
• Alaska Native Co. Hit With Suit Over 401(k) Fees, Funds
• Tech Giants Amazon, Google And Meta Ink Major AI Deals
• AI-Generated Doc Ruling Guides Attys On Privilege Risks
• EU Plans Tougher Steel Import Limits By July
• Energy Group Of The Year: Latham
• Interior Department Finalizes NEPA Rollback For Public Lands
• Orrick Expands Seattle Team With Reed Smith Energy Expert
• High Court Crafts Escape Hatch In Review Of Climate Torts
• Valero Sued After Fire At Oklahoma Plant Kills Texas Man
• Chubb Unit Can't Duck $3M Oil Well Injury Overpayment Claim
• Justices Wary Of Broad Reading Of Cuba Expropriation Law
• Tribe Says Poll Shows Ariz. Voters Oppose Copper Mine
• PosiGen Gets OK For Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan
• Alaskan Village Asks Court To Block BLM Land Decision
• Xcel Energy Will Replace Utility Poles After Historic Wildfire
• NJ Statehouse Catch-Up: Family Leave, PFAS, Farmland Tax
• Senate Dems Aim To Require Refunds Of Illegal Trump Tariffs
• States Back Challenge To IRS Nix Of Wind, Solar Safe Harbor
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1
• Energy Group Of The Year: Orrick
• Natural Gas Compressor Co. Axip Files Ch. 11 In Texas
• Justices Won't Review Conviction In $1B Renewables Fraud
• Justices Will Mull Future Of State Climate Torts
• Justices Reject Eni Natural Gas Project Feud
• Jury Finds Co-Investors Breached Oil Terminal Project Deal
• Wash. Man Admits To Role In $100M Oil Investor Crypto Con
• PacifiCorp To Pay Feds $575M Over Calif., Oregon Wildfires
• ChargePoint Beats Shareholder Suit Over Supply Chain Issues
• Carpatsky Seeks Baker Hughes Docs In $150M Award Row
• Siemens Seeks $2.2M From US Army Over Canceled Contract
• 3 Questions After Justices Sink Trump's Emergency Tariffs
• Colo. Town Says Water District Can't End Agreement Yet
• Tesla Moves To Claw Back $7M, $10M Interest In Fee Fight
• Clearing US Legal Hurdles To Biz Opportunities In Venezuela
• Monetizing EV Charging Stations For Long-Term Success
• Calif.'s Civility Push Shows Why Professionalism Is Vital
• Up Next At High Court: Cuban Seizures & Removal Deadlines
• US, Indonesia Sign Trade Deal Cutting Tariffs Both Ways
• Groups Fight Trump Arctic Drilling Plan Over Wildlife Risks
• Drilling Co. Accused Of Shorting Workers On Overtime
• Trump Imposes Maximum Tariff After Supreme Court Rebuke
• Calif. EV Waiver Fight Faces 'Significant' Hurdles, Judge Says
• Judge Hesitant To DQ Prosecutor In Fla. Foreign Agent Case
• Alcoa Fights Retirees' Win In Life Insurance Fight At 7th Circ.
• FERC Won't Restore Ban On Pipeline Work During Appeals
• Takeaways From US-India Interim Trade Deal
• Ex-ComEd VP Turned Fed Witness Gets Probation For Bribery
• US-Ukraine Reconstruction Fund Tax Exemptions Uncertain
• Energy Startup Targets Binance, Banks In Loan Fraud Claims 
• Locations, Permits And Power Are Key In EV Charger Projects
• Ex-LA Atty Faces Possible Suspension Over Billing Scandal
• 8th Circ. Pick Joins List Of Personal Attys Elevated By Trump
• Willkie Adds Energy Regulatory Partner From Troutman In DC
• Trivia Competition Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• BakerHostetler Adds Contaminants Pro From DLA Piper
• Engineering Co. Fights $2.4B Award In Colombia Project Row
• Duke Energy's $17M Fuel Cost Recovery Improper, Panel Says
• Va. Energy Sues Feds Over $144M Funding Clawback
• Liability Up First In ExxonMobil Suit Over Dutch Gas Phaseout
• Trump Admin Illegally Cut Billions In Energy Funds, AGs Say
• Eversheds Hires International Arbitration Partner In Bucharest
• DTE Energy Hit With $100M Fine In Clean Air Act Action
• Pine Gate Can Wind Down Biz In Ch. 11 Post-Asset Sales
• EPA Hit With Suit Over Repeal Of Climate Rule
• US, Japan Announce $36B In Projects As Part Of Trade Deal
• Talc Lawsuits Force Mining Co. Into Ch. 11 With Sale Plan
• State And Int'l Standards May Supplant EPA's GHG Rule
• BlueScope Gets $11B 'Final' Bid From SGH, Steel Dynamics
• Kirkland Leads Ovintiv's $3B Oklahoma Anadarko Basin Exit
• Decoding Arbitral Disputes: US Cert Denial And EU Strategy
• Law School's Missed Lessons: What Cross-Selling Truly Takes
• Nordic Energy Faces Trimmed Suit Over Energy Pricing
• Orrick Adds Hogan Lovells Energy Practice Leader In DC
• US Could Hit Russian Palladium With Triple-Digit Duties
• Jury Finds Ex-Coal Exec Guilty Of Authorizing Bribes
• Colo. Utility Advocates Dispute Energy Financing Program
• SPAC Sponsor Execs Kept $29M Biz Breakup Fee, Suit Says
• Pa. Quarry Can't Shut Down Norfolk Southern's Sinkhole Suit
• States Say FEMA Ignoring Disaster Mitigation Funding Order
• Coal Exec 'Had No Ability' To OK Paying Bribes, Jury Told
• Meeks Presses Rubio For Info On Venezuela Oil Money
• 4 Firms Guide Cos.' $1.9B PacifiCorp Assets Buy
• Ga. Justices Order Do-Over In Challenge To Auto Dealer Regs
• How AI Data Centers Are Elevating Development Risk In 2026
• Wisconsin Tribe Fights Enbridge's Line 5 Shutdown Delay
• Battery Co. Calls Energizer's Trade Secret Claims 'Meritless'
• DC Circ. Backs Ukraine In $240M Russia Award Case
• 100% 'Buy America' Push May Stall EV Charging Supply Chain
• DTE, Consumers Energy Defend $394M Verdict In Plant Spat
• US Opens Door For Venezuela Oil & Gas Development Work
• Oil Co. Presses IRS For $3.2M In Refunds From Merger
• Judges On AI: Practical Use Cases In Chambers
• Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
• Australian Coal Miner Readies US Listing Via SPAC Merger
• Fuel Credit Regs Clear Clouds Over Middleman Sales
• Taxation With Representation: Homburger, Lenz & Staehelin
• Texas Well Operator Responsible For Worker Injury Costs
• Corporations Should Think Twice About Mandatory Arbitration
• Commerce Finds Chinese Anodes Being Subsidized, Dumped
• 'Conjecture' Frees Duke Energy From Climate Change Suit
• EU Announces Duties Against Korean, Taiwanese Plastics
• Blair's Think Tank Urges UK Gov't To End Energy Windfall Tax
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Colo. Appeals Panel Backs Ex-Director's $3.36M Jury Award
• EPA Targets High Court Do-Over With GHG Rule Repeal
• Chancery Mulls Contempt For Co. Refusing Legal Fee Demand
• US Sets 15% Tariff On Taiwanese Imports In Trade Deal
• IRS Guidance Offers Relief In Energy Credits' Sourcing Limits
• Trump Admin EV Funding Cuts Suits Merged In Wash. Court
• Solar Co. PosiGen Control Suit Dismissed In Conn.
• Coal Exec Used 'Mr. Yen' To Talk Kickbacks, FBI Testifies
• Maxeon Dodges Investor Suit Over Financial Disclosures
• USMCA Must Be Extended In Joint Review, Senators Told
• E-Commerce Co. Opensend Sued For Docs On Insider Moves
• Greenberg Traurig Leads Arko Petroleum's Upsized $200M IPO
• Judge Says Utah Tribal Court Cures Still Exist In Contract Row
• Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• EPA Sews Up Repeal Of GHG Endangerment Finding
• AGs Warn Cos. Plastic Initiatives May Break Competition Laws
• Trump Directs DOD To Purchase Power From Coal Plants
• Canadian Pipe Exporter's Injunction Gets Trade Court OK
• Egypt's 'Social Law' Doesn't Endorse Bribery, Jury Told
• What NY's GHG Reporting Program Means For Oil, Gas Cos.
• NC Jury Clears Fuel Parts Co. In PPE Pay Suit
• Sidley, Fried Frank Steer $1.5B Great Lakes Dredge Deal
• Sustainability Investor Raises $2.4B In Latest Fund Close
• Weil, Latham Lead Solar Project Builder's $513M IPO
• Oil Terminal Ownership Was Undisputed, Texas Jury Told
• Justices Asked To Review $600M Train Derailment Deal
• BlackRock Brass Face Derivative Suit Over Coal Investments
• Feds Float Strict 100% 'Buy America' EV Chargers Mandate
• 9th Circ. Panel Wary Of Reviving Wash. Gas Appliance Suit
• Delaware Justices Bar Damages For Invalid Noncompetes
• Voltage Infringing Shoals' Solar Patents, ITC Judge Rules
• Coal Exec's Co-Worker Says Emails Hinted At Egypt Bribes
• FERC Wins DC Circ. Backing In Power Auction Fight
• How States Are Advancing Enviro Justice Policies
• Presidio Seeks $1B Debt To Fund Deals After SPAC Merger
• Elliott Affiliate Urges 3rd Circ. To Keep Citgo Sale On Track
• Occidental Petroleum Atty Joins Greenberg Traurig In Calif.
• Venezuela, Mining Co. Won't Shoulder $3.1M In Citgo Fees
• Malpractice Claim Assignability Continues To Divide Courts
• Jury Seated For Texas Business Court's First Trial
• Data Center Builders, Power Suppliers Duel For Project Needs
• Nuclear Power Workers Defend Wage-Fixing Suit
• 6 Firms Guide Plan To Create $17B Transocean Drilling Giant
• As Federal Enviro Justice Policy Goes Dormant, All Is Not Lost
• Renewable Fuel Co. Owner Cops To $6M Tax Credit Scheme
• NY Judge OKs $4M Bond While Wind Farm Case Is Appealed
• North Dakota, DOJ Near Settlement In Dakota Access Appeal
• Coal Exec Knew Egyptian Broker Paid Bribes, Jury Told
• US Backs Bid To Halt Line 5 Shutdown On Wis. Tribal Lands
• Baker Botts Hires Greenberg Traurig Energy Pro In Texas
• 'Very Bizarre': Trump's Funding Freeze Appeal Vexes DC Circ.
• Ex-Fla. Rep., Lobbyist Want Maduro To Testify At Trial
• India, US Outline Commitments Toward Trade Deal
• Law Firm Sues Over Allianz Unit's 'Inadequate' Defense
• Northrop Grumman Sues Testing Co. For Satellite Mishap
• Jury Awards $8.4M In Oilfield Trade Secrets Theft Case
• 4 Takeaways From The EU's Latest Trade Agreements
• Venezuela Legal Shifts May Create Investment Opportunities
• Commerce Ordered To Try Again On Russian Fertilizer Duties
• 3 Firms Lead TPG's Stake Acquisition Of Sabre Industries
• As Federal Water Regs Recede, Calif.'s Permitting Tide Rises
• EPA's Air Review Rule Backed By Industry Groups
• Nigeria Ruling Offers Road Map For Onerous Costs Requests
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, S&C, Wachtell
• Tax Break Owed For $5.8M Power Plant Gift, Court Told
• Coal Exec's Bribery Trial Aligns With New FCPA Priorities
• 6 Questions For Incompas CEO Chip Pickering
• PacifiCorp Owes $2M In Latest Wildfire Trial
• Energy Dept. Defends University Grant Cost Cap To 1st Circ.
• Generator Co. Beats Investors' Post-COVID Demand Woes Suit
• FERC's Grid Planning Policy Revamp Is Proper, 4th Circ. Told
• Trade Court OKs Zero-Rate Duty For Thai Steel Pipes
• Timbisha Tribe, Green Groups Sue BLM Over Mining Plan
• Kodiak Gas Nabs Distributed Power Solutions For $675M
• Radiation Standard Shift Might Add Complications For Cos.
• Bipartisan Enforcement Is Rising In Consumer Finance
• Trump Admin Finalizes Rule Facilitating Federal Worker Firings
• Rio Tinto, Glencore Scrap $200B Merger Talks
• Exxon Urges Justices To Permit Cuba Seizure Damage Claims
• Teaching Logic Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Albright Axes Texas' Anti-ESG Law As Unconstitutional
• Exxon, Shell Say Oil Cos. Can't Be Sued For Wash. Heat Death
• PacifiCorp Urges Appeals Court To Scotch Broad Fire Liability
• Coal Miner Accuses Colorado Energy Co. Of FLSA Violations
• EPA Can't OK Calif. Engine Emissions Rules, 9th Circ. Told
• Loeb & Loeb To Guide SPAC's Merger With Packaging Co.
• Clemency Was 'Broken' Long Before Trump. Can It Be Fixed?
• THC Acid Company Sues Hemp Grower Over Contract Breach
• US To Work With Mexico, Others On Trade Of Critical Minerals
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience
• EU Lawmakers May Vote On US Trade Deal This Month
• New State Regs On PFAS In Products Complicate Compliance
• FERC Says Rejection Of PJM Grid-Planning Change Was Sound
• Shipping Co. Eletson Can Seek Arrest Of Ex-Officials
• Squire Patton Launches Korea Desk
• EU Probes Chinese Wind Turbine Co. Over Foreign Subsidies
• Kean Miller Powers Up Energy Team With Louisiana Boutique
• Ex-NJ Enviro Chief Credits Lawyering For Successes
• White & Case Withdraws From $50B Yukos Award Case
• Convicted Oil Trader To Remain Free On Bond During Appeal
• Chevron Denies Duty To Pay Subsidiary's $24M Drilling Tab
• Greenberg Traurig, Latham Steer Arko Petroleum's $200M IPO
• FERC Members Say High Court Helped Speed Up Gas Reviews
• IRS Floats Clean Fuel Credit Rules With Foreign Restrictions
• Clark Hill Expands Energy, Lobbying Teams With Hinshaw Atty
• Trump's Iron Ore Pollution Exemption Is Unlawful, Enviros Say
• Baker Botts Adds Oil And Gas Co-Chair In Houston From Weil
• Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
• Exxon Sued For 'Rockefeller-Style' Ammonia Market Maneuver
• Feds Strike Deals With 630 Plaintiffs In Red Hill Fuel Leak Row
• Judge Orders Arbitration In Dubai Over Saudi Oil Project
• Offshore Wind Crowns Courtroom Sweep With Sunrise Restart
• NHTSA To Redo Heavy-Duty Pickup Truck Fuel Economy Rule
• SEC Seeks Default Win Against Native Corp. In $3M Fraud Suit
• Mexican Co. Seeks $15.5M Award Enforcement Against Pemex
• Trump, Modi Say US-India Trade Deal Reached
• China Steel Pipe Circumventing Duties, Commerce Says
• Mintz Adds Winston & Strawn ITC Practice Co-Leader In DC
• NYC Bar Opinion Warns Attys On Use Of AI Recording Tools
• Blake Cassels Guides Eldorado On $2.8B Foran Mining Deal
• Oil Trader Wants Prison Date Delayed Over $1.7M Forfeiture
• Oilfield Co. Nine Energy Hits Ch. 11 To Cut $320M In Debt
• Ruling Helps Clarify FERC's Post-Jarkesy Enforcement Power
• The Biz Court Digest: Dispatches From Utah's Newest Court
• Skadden, Gibson Dunn Steer $58B Devon, Coterra Deal