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June 23, 2026
The World Trade Organization failed again to begin the process of selecting members to the appellate body designed to settle disputes over WTO decisions, marking the 98th time that the initiative has been blocked by U.S.-led efforts, according to a news release Tuesday.
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June 23, 2026
Clifford Chance LLP announced on Monday the hiring of a former Vinson & Elkins LLP attorney as a finance and derivatives partner in its Houston office.
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June 23, 2026
Two European Parliament committees signed off Tuesday on a reworked trade deal with Mexico that would remove nearly all tariffs on European agricultural goods imported into the country, setting up a full vote by Parliament.
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June 23, 2026
Energy Fuels Inc. said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG and Ara VAC TopCo US LLC, collectively known as VAC, from Ara Partners for about $1.9 billion in cash and stock.
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June 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court found Tuesday that a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages automatically abrogates the sovereign immunity of state-owned entities targeted in such cases, clearing a path for Exxon Mobil Corp.'s bid for some $1 billion in damages.
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June 22, 2026
Voters in Frederick County, Maryland, will not be able to have a say on a data center development zone, a state judge ruled in an order docketed Monday, agreeing with developers that under the county's charter, an ordinance is not a law subject to referendum.
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June 22, 2026
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking for public input on how it should address around-the-clock trading and perpetual contracts in the energy industry, asking how the industry developments could impact the price of commodities like crude oil.
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June 22, 2026
Consumers sought Monday to widen the campaign against alleged algorithmic price fixing, in a proposed class action accusing Marathon, 7-Eleven, BP, Albertsons and other fuel retailers of handing over confidential data and pricing decisions to Kalibrate in violation of California state antitrust law.
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June 22, 2026
Three companies spanning the broadband infrastructure, silver mining and e-scooter industries launched plans Monday for initial public offerings that could raise a combined $791 million if they price as planned during the week of June 29.
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June 22, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court awarded plaintiffs' attorneys more than $23 million in fees and expenses for securing an $83.8 million settlement that resolved long-running shareholder litigation over Brookfield Asset Management's 2020 take-private merger with renewable energy company TerraForm Power Inc.
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June 22, 2026
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "campaign of hostility" toward waivers that allow California to set its own greenhouse gas emissions standards now includes an unlawful plan to have Congress undo granted waivers related to "clean" vehicles and other engines, California claimed Monday in a D.C. federal court lawsuit.
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June 22, 2026
The last three years have been the worst on record for the United States when it comes to damage from weather and climate disasters, and both the private and public sectors have been trying to find ways to harden the nation's telecommunication networks and keep them running during disasters, as climate catastrophes show no sign of letting up.
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June 22, 2026
A California company that claims to have created products allowing for more efficient lithium-ion batteries accused a Chinese company of infringing its patents, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to block imports of the foreign company's products.
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June 22, 2026
A treasure hunter told a Texas federal judge Monday his erstwhile financial sponsor cut him off from his rightful share of sunken treasure found in the Caribbean, saying during the first day of a bench trial that the backer's "hubris" drove the decision to breach the parties' contract.
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June 22, 2026
A former Conrad & Scherer LLP managing partner must pay an Alabama coal company's attorney fees after being publicly reprimanded by an Alabama federal judge, who found he lied to the court and paid witnesses to change their testimony in his repeated lawsuits against the company.
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June 22, 2026
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission defended its continued approval of a liquefied natural gas project in South Texas, telling the D.C. Circuit it had addressed the court's previous concerns by expanding its analysis of the project's polluting effects.
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June 22, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge Monday approved natural gas compressor company Axip's Chapter 11 plan, allowing the debtor to wind down its remaining assets after selling most of the business earlier this year.
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June 22, 2026
An electric vehicle charging station company and a former employee have agreed to end his religious discrimination suit filed in Georgia federal court claiming the business fired him for leaving work early so that he could observe the Jewish Sabbath.
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June 22, 2026
A Georgia energy company and a former technician reached a settlement Monday in a Georgia federal court in a proposed collective action alleging the company misclassified maintenance workers as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime.
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June 18, 2026
The Defense Logistics Agency's decision to not consider a company's bid for supplying fuel products to a Virginia airport after it got stuck in email filter system purgatory was not arbitrary nor capricious, a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge has ruled.
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June 18, 2026
When Sarah Ring joined patent litigation over drilling fluids late in the game, opposing counsel Michelle Replogle was impressed, saying it was "a great example of how to capably handle the cards that you're dealt."
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June 18, 2026
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday directed regional grid operators to craft their own policies that speed up the connection of data centers and other large facilities to the grid, eschewing a nationally applicable rule advocated by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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June 18, 2026
A federal regulator must comply with the Endangered Species Act as it operates a water management initiative in southern Oregon and northern California, the Ninth Circuit ruled, without adjudicating particular usage rights among irrigators, tribes and others.
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June 18, 2026
The owner of a Colorado mine claimed in state court Wednesday that regulators intentionally delayed a permitting process by misleading the owner to get the mine closed permanently, in violation of the owner's due process rights.
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June 18, 2026
A Turkish exporter of aluminum sheets will be assessed a 2.14% duty after the U.S. Court of International Trade signed off on a third reconsideration of the rate, agreeing with the government that the company's submission backing a duty refund was too late.