Energy

  • October 08, 2025

    Retirees Can't Show Losses From Pension Deal, Judge Says

    An aerospace materials manufacturer shouldn't face a proposed class action alleging it violated federal benefits law when it converted $1.5 billion in pension obligations to risky insurance-backed annuities, a Pennsylvania federal judge recommended Tuesday, saying retirees hadn't demonstrated that the transaction diminished their benefits.

  • October 08, 2025

    Fla. Reactor Owner Sues Feds For Spent Fuel Storage Costs

    The owner of a shuttered nuclear reactor north of Tampa, Florida, hit the federal government with a suit seeking damages for the cost of storing radioactive waste the U.S. Department of Energy allegedly promised to take years ago.

  • October 07, 2025

    In Latest PacifiCorp Trial, 8 Ore. Fire Victims Seek Damages

    The latest PacifiCorp wildfire trial started Tuesday with opening statements describing the fear, displacement and trauma experienced by eight people, including a jewelry maker and a competitive horseback rider.

  • October 07, 2025

    5th Circ. Queries If ChampionX Covered In $40M Oil Spill Suit

    A Fifth Circuit panel Tuesday pressed ChampionX Corp. to explain how it can pursue a lawsuit in Texas seeking to make multiple insurers pay for its defense in a $40 million oil spill lawsuit if the underlying policies don't name it.

  • October 07, 2025

    Feds Sue SoCal Edison Over 2019 Saddleridge Wildfire Costs

    The U.S. government filed a lawsuit Tuesday in California federal court over damage caused to National Forest System land by the 2019 Saddleridge Fire in Los Angeles County, saying Southern California Edison was responsible for the blaze. 

  • October 07, 2025

    Puerto Rico Utility Bondholders Pull Out Of Reorg Deal

    A group of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders Tuesday informed a bankruptcy judge that they were following through on a promise to exit a restructuring agreement and join other bondholders in supporting an alternative bankruptcy plan for PREPA.

  • October 07, 2025

    4 Oral Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In Oct.

    The Second Circuit will hear from Teamsters looking to revive a proposed class action alleging mismanagement of a multiemployer pension plan, while Alcoa will ask the Seventh Circuit to overturn a ruling requiring the aluminum maker to cover union retirees' healthcare for life. Here, Law360 looks at four arguments that benefits attorneys should have on their radar this month.

  • October 07, 2025

    3 Firms Guide Real Estate-Focused SPAC's $200M IPO

    Blank-check company BOA Acquisition Corp. II filed plans Monday for a $200 million initial public offering guided by Paul Hastings LLP, Maples and Calder LLP and Proskauer Rose LLP, saying it is seeking to invest directly in real estate and infrastructure assets.

  • October 07, 2025

    Senate Confirms FERC Republican Nominees

    The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump's picks to fill Republican slots on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, giving the GOP a 3-2 majority at the agency.

  • October 07, 2025

    Duke Gas Rate Increase Was Improper, Ohio High Court Hears

    Duke Energy's Ohio utility shouldn't be allowed to collect $17 million from ratepayers to cover now-shuttered underground caverns used to store propane, the state's utility consumer advocate told the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday.

  • October 07, 2025

    NJ Justices Won't Disturb Locke Lord Win In Oil Co.'s Suit

    The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to review a lower appellate court decision handing a victory to Locke Lord LLP over malpractice claims from an oil processing company on the grounds that the firm does not have a significant connection to New Jersey and cannot be sued in the state's courts.

  • October 07, 2025

    Mich. Court Scraps Ruling That Affirmed Solar Farm Permit

    A Michigan state appeals court tossed a ruling that upheld a township's permit for an Invenergy subsidiary's industrial-scale solar farm, concluding that its board of trustees failed to sufficiently explain or provide a basis for its decision.

  • October 07, 2025

    White & Case Lands Akin Energy Ace In Houston

    White & Case LLP announced Tuesday that it has expanded its global mergers and acquisitions practice and global energy industry group with a partner in Houston who arrived from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

  • October 07, 2025

    Pa. Justices Wary Of Lifting Corporate Veil To Beat Time Limit

    Members of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court seemed skeptical of a bid by asbestos claimants to sue the parent company of a defunct industrial firm, pointing to a two-year time limit for claims against the dissolved subsidiary.

  • October 07, 2025

    Cos., Mass. Town End $50M Earth Removal Permit Bylaw Suit

    A construction supplies company and its quarry operator have agreed to permanently bring an end to their more than $50 million suit challenging a Massachusetts town's amended bylaw for earth removal permits that allegedly impeded the plaintiff's quarry operations, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed in Massachusetts federal court.

  • October 07, 2025

    Calif. Allows Tax Break For Solar Property Until Owner Change

    A California property tax exclusion for newly built solar energy systems that is set to end in 2027 will continue to apply until there is a change in a qualifying property's ownership under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

  • October 07, 2025

    Hess Cuts Deal To End Suit Over 401(k) Investment Roster

    Energy company Hess agreed to settle a proposed class action alleging it cost workers millions of dollars in retirement savings by loading its employee 401(k) plan with expensive and poorly performing investment options, according to filings in Texas federal court.

  • October 07, 2025

    Brookfield Wraps $20B Energy Transition Fund

    Private equity giant Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. on Tuesday revealed that it closed its flagship energy transition fund after securing $20 billion of investor commitments, a feat that the firm says marks the "world's largest private fund" dedicated to the transition to clean energy.

  • October 06, 2025

    2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Green Infrastructure Co. Suit

    The Second Circuit on Monday revived a proposed class action against defunct green infrastructure firm Abengoa SA, ruling that details from Spanish criminal proceedings against the firm could be used to claim that the company had defrauded its U.S.-based investors.

  • October 06, 2025

    Clark Hill Expands Transactions Practice In Denver

    Clark Hill PLC on Monday added six attorneys formerly of Burns Figa & Will to its Denver office in a move aimed at expanding the international firm's securities and corporate transactions practice in Colorado.

  • October 06, 2025

    Pioneer Couldn't Deliver Gas During Storm, Court Hears

    Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc. told a Texas federal court Monday that Winter Storm Uri made it impossible to deliver about $9 million worth of natural gas to an energy trading company, saying during a Monday bench trial that the storm exempted it from its contractual obligations.

  • October 06, 2025

    Unions Ask Court To Save Fed. Workers' Jobs Amid Shutdown

    A California federal judge should block the Trump administration from carrying out its threats to use the government shutdown as an occasion to fire another large swath of federal workers, two unions argued, requesting a temporary restraining order that would protect the jobs of the federal workers they represent.

  • October 06, 2025

    Labor, Energy Groups Challenge EPA's $7B Solar Cancellation

    A coalition of the labor and solar energy industry players on Monday alleged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Constitution and federal law by canceling a $7 billion program providing solar equipment to low-income households.

  • October 06, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Last week, the owner of the Kentucky Derby was hit with a suit accusing it of withholding escrow funds for environmental compliance violations owed under a 2022 deal with hospitality company Enchantment Holdings LLC.

  • October 06, 2025

    NC Chamber Says AG Overstepping In DuPont Pollution Suit

    The North Carolina Chamber has urged the state's top court to review a forever chemical contamination suit against two DuPont spinoffs, saying state Attorney General Jeff Jackson is "driving far outside of his lane" by continuing to press forward with the case.

Expert Analysis

  • Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships

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    As the class of 2025 prepares to join law firms this fall, new associates must adapt to office dynamics and establish credible reputations — which require quiet, consistent relationship-building skills as much as legal acumen, says Kyle Forges at Bast Amron.

  • Filing Clarifies FTC, DOJ's Passive Investment Stance

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    The antitrust agencies' statement of interest filed in Texas v. Blackrock clarifies that certain forms of corporate governance engagement are permissible under the "solely for investment" exemption, a move that offers guidance for passive investors but also signals new scrutiny of coordinated engagement, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling

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    The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.

  • Series

    Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.

  • Utility Agency Suits May Rise As Calif. Justices Nix Deference

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    A recent California Supreme Court ruling rejecting the uniquely deferential standard of review accorded to California Public Utilities Commission decisions interpreting the Public Utilities Code will incentivize more litigation against the agency, as long as litigants can show their challenges meet certain requirements, says Thaila Sundaresan at Davis Wright.

  • Sanctions Considerations For Reentering The Syrian Market

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    Reentering or opening new markets in Syria, now that the Trump administration has revoked certain long-standing sanctions and export controls, necessitates increased due diligence and best practices capable of adapting to a changing local environment as well as future changes in U.S. law, say attorneys at Nixon Peabody.

  • What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI

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    After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.

  • State AGs Are Turning Up The Antitrust Heat On ESG Actions

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    Recent antitrust developments from red state attorneys general continue a trend of environmental, social and governance scrutiny, and businesses exposed to these areas should conduct close examinations of strategy and potential material risk, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Top Takeaways From Trump's AI Action Plan

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    President Donald Trump's AI Action Plan represents some notable evolution in U.S. policy, including affirmation of the administration's trend toward prioritizing artificial intelligence innovation over guardrails and toward supporting greater U.S. private sector reach overseas, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • Ill. Toxic Tort Jurisdiction Law Raises Constitutional Concerns

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    Illinois' S.B. 328, purporting to broaden state courts' jurisdictional reach over out-of-state corporations, is presented as a measure aimed at facilitating recovery in toxic tort cases, but the legislation raises significant due process and dormant commerce clause issues, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Rebuttal

    BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation

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    A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.

  • Environmental Justice Is Alive And Well At The State Level

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    Even as the Trump administration has rolled back federal environmental justice policies, many states continue to prioritize it, with new regulations, strengthened enforcement of existing rules and ongoing private litigation — so companies must stay alert to how state-level EJ enforcement may affect their operations, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • 5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust

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    Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law.

  • Legal Jeopardy Looms Over Trump's Trade Negotiation Plans

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    Even as the Trump administration announces one trade deal after another, the legal authority of the executive branch to impose tariffs under consensual arrangements with leading trading partners is just as debatable as the unilateral imposition of U.S. tariffs under the president's executive orders, says Jeffrey Bialos at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Series

    Hiking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    On the trail, I have thought often about the parallels between hiking and high-stakes patent litigation, and why strategizing, preparation, perseverance and joy are important skills for success in both endeavors, says Barbara Fiacco at Foley Hoag.

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