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Energy - March, 2026

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• 'Best Judicial System In The World': Alsup Reflects On Career
• Ford Says Suit Against Solar Battery Maker Is Valid
• Wash. Creates Electric Transmission Authority With New Law
• Ariz. Judge Keeps Oak Flat Stay Pending 9th Circ. Rehearing
• Lobbyist Blocked Rivera After Tying Him To $50M Oil Deal
• 'God Squad' Exempts Gulf Drillers From Species Protections
• Insurer Can't Dodge Oxy Suit Over $22M Settlement Fight
• In First For DOJ, Action Signals New CFIUS Enforcement Era
• Colo. Judge OKs $2.5M Damages In Metal Workers' Wage Suit
• Public Health Groups Challenge EPA's Mercury Limits Repeal
• Steptoe Adds Vinson & Elkins Arbitration Pro
• Getting The Most Out Of Learning And Development Programs
• Ex-FirstEnergy Execs' Bribe Trial Ends After Jury Hits Impasse
• Commerce Finalizes 73% Algerian Steel Rebar Subsidy Duty
• Teamsters Fund Sues To Block Clearway Reclassification
• $432M Damages 'Flawed,' NGL Co. Says In Biz Court Trial
• Trump, Biden Changes To Endangered Species Regs Vacated
• Burford Considers Arbitration After 2nd Circ. Tosses $16B Win
• Emmerson Seeks $1.22B From Morocco Over Potash Mine
• Nearby Polluters Must Face Gowanus Canal Cleanup Suit
• Trade Court Remands China Solar Duty Calculation Again
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Judge Tosses ESA Challenge Against Nevada Lithium Mine
• Flex Expands US Power Footprint With $1.1B Purchase
• Chancellor Rejects Musk Recusal Bid But Transfers Tesla Suits
• AI Presents A Make-Or-Break Moment For Outside Counsel
• Justices Won't Examine Mich. Immunity In Pipeline Row
• Texas Justices Pass On Uri Suits Targeting Power Suppliers
• Jailed Energy Trader Won't Fight $7.7M Judgment
• Why NY's Flagship Climate Law Is On The Rocks
• Court Keeps Alive EPI's Suit Over Ga. Commissioner Emails
• Lawyer Says Contract With Rivera Was For Venezuela's Oil Co.
• DC Judge Says 'God Squad' Can Meet Over Gulf Oil Drilling
• Texas Justices Take Up Challenge To $4M Subrogation Lien
• 2nd Circ. Tosses $16B YPF Judgment Against Argentina
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judge Exits, Duke Ducks Climate Suit
• ITC Will Review Solar Cell Imports For Infringement
• State Carbon Cost Disparities Are Pivotal In Data Center Siting
• 8 Tariff Refund Questions For Restructuring Professionals
• 25 Years Later, Dam Salmon Case Must Stay In Trial Court
• Venture Global Reaches Deal With Edison On LNG Dispute
• Colo. County Says DOI Skirted Review For Utah Oil Project
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Watching Hallmark Movies Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Venezuelan Leader Says Ex-Fla. Rep Couldn't Get US Meetings
• 'I Don't Know': 9th Circ. Presses Verrilli On Boeing Venue Issue
• Ga. Utility Board Sued Over $15B Power Capacity Deal
• Texas Jury Awards $1.1B To Child Abused By Oil Scion
• Economists Applaud Colombia's Exit From Investor Treaties
• Ex-InterOil Exec Faces $210M Ruling, Seeks Appeal Bond Cut
• 4 Key Questions On Tariff Investigations
• Musk's SpaceX Eyes $75B IPO Raise, Among Other Rumors
• Ohio AG Advances Bid For Constitutional Data Center Ban
• Keys To Federal Carbon Compliance In Data Center Siting
• Creditors, US Trustee Protest Jones Day In Vanderbilt Case
• Eos Energy Execs Hid Issues Before Raising $1B, Suit Says
• Exxon Settles Suit Over Cleanup Of Seattle Gas Station Site
• Maduro Judge Hints US Should Reconsider Legal Fee Refusal
• Nippon Case Illustrates Challenges Of Proving Antitrust Injury
• EV Co. Investors Get Final OK Of $13.3M Deal, Atty Fees
• Tax-Credit Cliff Sparks M&A Rush For Clean Energy
• Ex-Nikola CEOs Can't Get Bankruptcy Pause For Investor Suit
• Truck Makers Say Calif. Can't Ditch 'Clean Trucks' Pact Suit
• Ukraine Cos. Say Russia's High Court Bid Can't Stall Awards
• Ashurst Adds 4 Ex-Bracewell Partners To Finance Practice
• What 2nd Circ. Discovery Stay Means For Sovereign Litigation
• DOE Worker Who Took Buyout Admits To Attempted Bribery
• FBT Gibbons Lands Public Finance Pros From BigLaw Firms
• Groups Say Miner, Nonprofit Forum Shop In Chuckwalla Suit
• 3 Canadian Law Firms Steer $6.5B Boralex PE Buyout
• Del. Chancellor Pauses Tesla Suit As Musk Cites LinkedIn Post
• How Iran War Might Reshape Proxy Contests This Year
• Kinder Morgan Is An Anomaly, NLRB Tells En Banc 9th Circ.
• 'Bowling Ball' Tips Scale To FERC In Gas Project, Judge Says
• Nevada Tribe, Green Group Join Fight To Save Rare Toad
• 10th Circ. Backs FERC's Overhaul Of Energy Co.'s Exit Fees
• 2nd Circ. Won't Recharge Solar Panel Co. Investor Suit
• Tech Biz Says DOE Wrongly Axed $86.9M Clean Energy Award
• NLRB Urges Judge To Declare Members, Judges Fireable
• Gulf Reinsurance Plan Could Help China, Lawmaker Says
• Rubio Says He Didn't Know Of Friend's Venezuelan Oil Deal
• Md. Supreme Court Nixes Climate Torts Against Energy Cos.
• Judge Keeps Only Patent Claims In Shoals' Solar Dispute
• UN To Advise Developing Nations On Critical Mineral Taxation
• ITC Opens More Infringement Probes Into New IP Matters
• Paul Hastings M&A, Energy Team Joins HSF Kramer In NY
• Indonesian Steel Imports Under Scrutiny For US Duty Evasion
• Baker Botts-Led Energy Drilling Firm HMH Eyes $231M In IPO
• Simpson Thacher Hires Arb. Atty With Latin America Focus
• Finalized Steel Mesh In US Skirts Mexican Tariffs
• EU, Australia Reach Major Free Trade Deal, Cut Tariffs
• DC Judge Says Interior's Offshore Air Rule Not Arbitrary
• Calif. Oil Co. To Pay $9M To End Standby Shift Dispute
• Oil Producer Zephyr Energy Sells Some US Assets For $2.1M
• Ex-Fla. Rep Paid To Secretly Lobby For Maduro, Jurors Told
• Calif. Sues To Stop Trump's 'Power Grab' To Restart Pipeline
• Oil Execs Face Fraud Claims Over Investment Tactics
• DC Judge Rejects Procedural Challenges Over Wind Project
• Navigating Venezuelan Oil And Gas Sanctions Rollbacks
• 3rd Circ. Sides With Nuclear Plant Co. In Union Benefits Fight
• US Pays TotalEnergies $1B To Abandon Offshore Wind Leases
• Pa. AG Tells Justices He Must Intervene In Grid Fight
• Zurich Says No Coverage For $19M Faulty Pipeline Award
• Texas Biz Court Hears Arguments On $50M ERCOT Charge
• Firms Must Face Discovery In $102M Award Feud
• Ex-Fla. Rep Denied 11th-Hour Depo In Foreign Agent Case
• Colorado Fights DOE Order To Keep Coal Plant Running
• 5 Tips For Navigating Your Firm's All-Attorney Summit
• CFTC's No-Action Relief Fuels Energy Market Competition
• Davis Polk, Skadden Lead UK Mining Firm's Upsized $60M IPO
• WTO Projects Slowed 2026 Trade Growth Due To Iran War
• Nelson Mullins Launches Venezuela-Focused Practice
• White House Pushes Congress To Override State AI Laws
• US, Japan Agree To Develop Critical Mineral Trade Plan
• Alaska Natives Retain Access To Land In Petroleum Reserve
• Oil Company Sues X Critic Over Assets Amid Investor Suit
• States Join Push To Revive EPA Climate Danger Finding
• Oil Co. Needn't Give $105M To Bond Insurers, Judge Rules
• FERC Chair Aims To Ease Energy Squeeze From War On Iran
• Justice Kagan Denies Apache Bid To Block Ariz. Land Transfer
• Feds' Bid To Wipe Calif. Clean Car Regs Spells More Upheaval
• Zimbabwe Urges Justices To Pass On $50M Award Suit
• Texas Court Erases $7.8M In Taxes On Stored Export Oil
• Duke Energy Settlement Raises Key Antitrust Questions
• PI Loses Bid To Block Extradition To US On Hacking Charges
• Commerce Investigating Chinese, Indian Graphite Electrodes
• PE Behemoths Eye $10B OpenAI JV, Plus More Rumors
• Coaching Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 13 State AGs Urge EPA To Walk Back 'Compliance First' Memo
• EPA Pushes For Win In Solar Grant Fight
• Pa. Utility Regulator Seeks $2.6M Fine Over Fatal Explosion
• 10th Circ. Weighs Whether To Revive Suncor Pollution Suit
• Nippon Permanently Ducks Consumers' US Steel Merger Suit
• Tribal Groups Back High Court Bid To Halt Ariz. Land Transfer
• Oil Field Co. Says Rivals Bought Parts Tied To Stolen Designs
• Duty Evasion Probe Eyes Steel Wheels Via Vietnam, Thailand
• Elliott Discloses 'Significant' Stake In Japanese Shipper Mitsui
• What Texas Anti-Boycott Ruling Means For ESG Landscape
• Suit Aims To Stop Gulf Endangered Species Exemption
• NY Court Affirms Gas Hacker's Conviction In Fatal NYC Blast
• Law School's Missed Lessons: The Human Element
• EU Slaps Triple-Digit Duty On Chinese Phosphorus Acid
• Coal Plant Order Was Right Call, Energy Dept. Tells DC Circ.
• CIT OKs 2nd Try At US Ruling Against Vietnamese Solar Cells
• Groups Urge DC Circ. To Rescind 2 DOE Coal Plant Orders
• CFTC Rescinds Request For Climate Risk Information
• As Justices Mull Suncor, Cos. Face New Climate Suit Realities
• DC Circ. To Decide How Far Back FERC Can Order Refunds
• Russia Appeals To Justices In $242M Ukraine Awards Case
• Trump's Pipeline Order Stokes Turf War Over Energy Permits
• EY Beats Brooge Petroleum, SPAC Merger Fraud Suit
• $200M Exxon Contract Trade Secrets Row Ended
• Willkie Adds Ex-O'Melveny Atty As Energy Partner In LA
• BlackRock, State Street Want GOP States' ESG Suit Pared
• 5th Circ. Sends Texas' Ozone Plan Back To EPA
• Idaho Tribe Looks To Void Approval Of $2B Gold Mine Project
• How DExit, Mandatory Arbitration Could Alter IPO Outlook
• Nuclear Power Cos. Seek To Duck Wage-Fixing Class Action
• NY Accuses Solar Co., Lenders Of $275M Homeowner Fraud
• Miss. Expands Energy Project Tax Break To Battery Systems
• 1st Circ. Affirms Block Of Trump's 'Unprecedented' Aid Freeze
• Former Exxon Contractor Sues Ex-Manager For Stealing Data
• Discovery Moves Ahead In $7M Bulgarian Gas Project Feud
• Enviro Groups, Industry Sue EPA Over NOx Emission Standards
• SEIU Sues To Revive EPA Climate Endangerment Finding
• US Won't Alter Stance After Interior Restores Riverbed Opinion
• 4th Circ.'s Genworth Ruling Upends 401(k) Class Cert. In Va.
• FERC OKs Grid Operator Bid To Streamline Planning Process
• Enviros, Ariz. Tribes Continue Push To Halt SunZia Power Line
• Firms Fight Discovery In Sanctions Bid Following Eletson Row
• Oil And Gas Co. Can't Sink Race, Disability Bias Suit
• Texas Justices Say Settlement Doesn't Block Indemnity
• The Benefits Of Choosing A Niche Practice In The AI Age
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Apache Women Urge Justice Kagan To Halt Ariz. Land Swap
• Trade Court Requests Cost Clarity In Magnesium Duty Review
• Orion Wraps 4th Metals-Focused Fund With $2.2B In Tow
• Trump Orders Restart Of Calif. Coast Oil Operations
• How The Iran War Has Snarled Global Oil & Gas Shipping
• Colo. Recycling Law Faces Challenge From Lubricant Group
• Ethanol Giant Raizen Seeks US Nod For $12B Brazil Reorg
• C3.ai Investor Suit Over IPO Claims Gets Final Trim
• Texas Justices Overturn $26M Equinor Verdict
• Feds Ordered To Reinstate $14M In Eliminated 'DEI' Grants
• Iroquois Pipeline Expansion Fight Is Too Early, Judge Says
• Risk Disclosure Lessons For AI Cos. From Dot-Com Era
• Tesla Asks 9th Circ. To Decertify Self-Driving False Ad Class
• Section 122 Tariffs Show Shift In Strategy, Not Trade Policy
• Gazprom Can't Get Naftogaz $1.4B Award Nixed
• 4 Firms Will Pay $11.5M To Fix Pa. Metals Plant Pollution
• GM Seeks Toss Of Fla. EV Charger Defect Class Action
• Decoding Arbitral Disputes: UK Top Court On State Immunity
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Solar Developer Sues In Del. Over $56.7M Earnout Dispute
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Tax Refund For Chemical Co.
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Hastings, Duane Morris
• Texas Panel Probes Regulator's Power In Electric Rate Spat
• Ecuador Oil Co. Says No Arbitration In $650M Suit
• Beef Up Telecom Networks To Power AI, Tech Experts Say
• Justices Told Fed. Circ.'s 1-Line Orders Flout Loper Bright
• Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Sales Net $47M Amid Suit
• Chevron Fined $1M For Double-Counting Renewable Fuels
• Trump Admin Escapes Suit Over Deleted EPA Webpages
• Court Told To Keep Holtec Suit Alleging Fraud Scheme Paused
• Reeves Says Energy Windfall Tax May Not Apply By Late 2027
• Congestion Pricing Fight In 2nd Circ. Turns On Jurisdiction
• Energean To Buy Chevron's Angola Offshore Stake For $510M
• Feds Sue To Stop California's 'Illegal' EV Regulations
• Podcasting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Exxon Cements Texas As Delaware's Emerging Rival
• PacifiCorp Owes More Than $53M In Latest Wildfire Verdict
• Verizon Told It Can't Reopen Pa. Utility Pole Dispute At FCC
• Dem Lawmakers Dispute Economics Of Arctic Oil Leasing
• Mich. Justices Weigh Public Trust Duties in Enbridge Case
• Anadarko Investors Get Class Cert. In Suit Over Oilfield Project
• Calif. Wants Truck Cos., Feds' Clean Truck Pact Claims Nixed
• Del. High Court Upholds Pioneer Win In $60B Exxon Deal Fight
• PNC Bank, Coin Dealer Sued Over $400K Elder Fraud Loss
• Mich. Justices Consider Standard In Enbridge Tunnel Fight
• Structuring Water Agreements For Data Center Development
• NC AG Backs Merger Of Duke Energy's Two Carolina Utilities
• MoFo Private Equity Atty Joins Greenberg Traurig In Miami
• 5 Firms Lead $525M Sale Of Frontera's Energy Assets
• Crystallex Special Master Gets OK On $15.3M Atty Fee Bid
• Ara Energy Buying US, European Fuel Assets For $875M
• Bolivia Looks To Nix Or Pause $253M Glencore Award Suit
• EPA Looks To Rescind Biden Era Rule On Tribal Water Rights
• Calif. Atty Gets Over 11 Years For Solar $1B Ponzi Scheme
• Mining Co. Can't Decertify Class In Dam Collapse Suit
• Solar Battery Co. Seeks Dismissal Of Ford Trade Secret Suit
• Insurers Can't Resume Investor Fight In $220M Coverage Row
• Russian Palladium Getting 110% Subsidies, Commerce Says
• Feds Urge End To IRS Wind, Solar Safe Harbor Fight
• Texas Jury Awards $48M In Oil Drilling Patent Case
• What Cos. Must Know About Pa.'s Proposed Data Center Regs
• Lessons From Justices' Split On Major Questions Doctrine
• ExxonMobil Plans Move To Texas, Citing Biz-Friendly Milieu
• Chancery Won't Block Precious Metals Deal In Earnout Fight
• Mayer Brown Adds 6 McGuireWoods Attys In Houston, DC
• Aluminum Co. Execs To Pay $7M To End ESOP Lawsuit
• Feds Can't Pause Fight Over Offshore Wind Stop-Work Order
• Edison Dodges Investors' Wildfire Mitigation Suit, For Now
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive LED Patent After Court's Invalidation
• Reed Smith, Greenberg Traurig Fight Gas Feud Sanctions
• Trump Admin Wants More Time In Russia Award Fights
• White House Says Fight Over Energy Emergency Order Is DOA
• Mining Co. Weighs Arbitration With Mozambique Tax Authority
• Shell Sells Jiffy Lube To Monomoy Capital For $1.3B
• Resilience Planning As Nat'l Security Shifts Tech Import Policy
• Brookfield Strikes $83.75M TerraForm Merger Deal
• Proposed DOL Rule Could Simplify Contractor Classification
• How The New Tariff Landscape May Unfold
• Omni Bridgeway Gets Green Light To Target Albania Assets
• Judge Won't Certify Class In Antero Gas Royalty Suit
• Viridis Chemical Files Ch. 11 Amid Relocation Woes
• 2nd Circ. Kazakh Ruling Clarifies RICO Rule, FSIA Exception
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Inspection Services Firm Settles Wage Suit For $530K
• Critical Minerals Biz Goes Public Via $4.7B SPAC Deal
• Oil Field Tech Co. Fights OSHA Citation Review Regime
• Spain Launches New Appeal Over $88M Energy Award
• Judge Wants Action On FEMA Disaster Mitigation Funds Delay
• Scholars Back Rail Cos. Against Fuel Surcharge Suit Revival
• Duke Energy Settles Monopoly Suit On Eve Of Jury Trial
• Croatia Can't Escape $236M Intra-EU Award Payment
• Energy Trade Group Workers Score Class Cert. In 401(k) Suit
• NJ Utility Dept. Approves Historic Solar Program Expansion
• Taxation With Representation: Slaughter And May, Kirkland
• Energy Co. Misclassified Workers As OT-Exempt, Suit Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• ITC Probes Chinese Imports Of Salt Used In Lithium Batteries
• Companies In Limbo Over Calif. Climate Disclosure Laws' Fate
• Spain Faces $48M Asset Hunt In NY Over Energy Dispute
• Gold Mine Poses No Certain Threat To Belugas, Gov't Argues
• Energy Firms Ordered To Split Trade Secrets Case Settlement
• Jilted Citgo Buyer Takes Aim At Special Master's Fee Bid
• NJ Court Skeptical Firm's Blog Posts Defamed Holtec
• Baker Botts Adds Ex-Edison Electrical Executive To DC Team
• Galvanize Caps $370M Fund To Decarbonize Real Estate
• Volunteering With Scouts Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Anadarko Gets 5th Circ. To Bless Coverage Win, Not Damages
• Kids Ask Alaska Justices To Revive LNG Project Climate Fight
• Law School's Missed Lessons: In Court, It's About Storytelling
• Chuckwalla Case To Stay In Michigan As Tribes Join Fight
• Baker Hughes Accused Of Ignoring Judge's Arbitration Order
• Nine Energy Gets OK On Ch. 11 Plan To Cut $320M Debt
• BLM, Energy, FERC Nominees Clear Senate Committee
• FERC Can't Justify Nixing Grid-Planning Change, DC Circ. Told
• What's Changed In Army Corps' Reissued Nationwide Permits
• Parsing Clarifications On Foreign Entity Rules For Tax Credits
• Enviro Groups Fight Montana Mine Expansion Approval
• How AI's Power Surge Is Rewriting Energy Deal Strategy
• Trump Plan To Reopen Coal Plant Is Illegal, Wash. AG Says
• SCANA Investors' $34M Deal, Atty Fees Get Final OK
• Split 9th Circ. Tells EPA To Review Cadmium's Species Impact
• EV Maker Lucid Investor Seeks Class Cert. In Production Suit
• Crystallex $15M Fee Request Justified, Special Master Says
• Iran War Has Oil & Gas Dealmakers Holding Their Breath
• Jury Awards $34M In 16th PacifiCorp Wildfire Trial
• NY Judge Affirms Venture Global's Win Over Shell
• Gas Wholesaler Says QuikTrip Torpedoed $3.6M Property Deal
• Hawaiian Electric Investors Get First OK Of $48M Wildfire Deal
• 5th Circ. Unsure Grid Hookup Request Cap Hurts States
• Widow Sues Pipeline Jobsite Operators Over Fatal Explosion
• DOE Contractor Pays $3.45M To Settle Time Card Fraud Case
• Gov't Goes After $19M In Biofuel Tax Credit Fraud Case
• Aligning Microsoft Tools With NYC Bar AI Recording Guidance
• Eletson Says Ch. 11 Arrest Warrants Are 'Logical Next Step'
• King & Spalding Adds 3 More Attys From Winston & Strawn
• 4th Circ. Won't Revive Retired Miners' Health Fight
• 11th Circ. NextEra Ruling Broadens Loss Causation Standard
• Justices Pass On Challenge To $600M Norfolk Southern Deal
• Scientists Slam 'Political Attack' On Judges' Reference Book
• SEC Drops Negligence Suit Against Ex-View CFO
• Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons
• Preferred Equity Monetizations Unlock Energy Tax Credits
• Skadden-Led Energy Co. AES Agrees To $10.7B Buyout
• 5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues
• White & Case Adds Mayer Brown Energy M&A Pro In Houston
• Judge Delays Line 5 Pipeline Removal On Wis. Tribal Lands
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• NextEra Inks $8M Deal In 401(k) Fee, Forfeiture Suit
• Justices Reject Jurisdiction Row In PFAS Suit Against 3M