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July 01, 2025
Power Co. Worker Says Reporting Harassment Led To Firing
A former Spruce Power employee claimed in Colorado state court Monday that she was fired for raising concerns when she said a superior sexually harassed a co-worker on a company trip.
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July 01, 2025
Ukraine Says Don't Restart $173M Award Suit Just Yet
Ukraine on Monday pushed back against an effort by one of Russia's largest oil companies to restart its long-delayed lawsuit in Washington, D.C., aimed at enforcing a $173 million arbitral award, saying a court in New York is still weighing important questions in parallel litigation.
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July 01, 2025
DC Circ. Tosses Mich. Utility's Grid Upgrade Challenge
A D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's refusal to grant a Michigan transmission owner sole ownership of grid upgrades needed to serve a Michigan solar farm, rejecting arguments that existing agreements guaranteed it full ownership rights.
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July 01, 2025
Energy Cos. Say Italy Can't Escape $23M In Awards
Three companies looking to enforce $23 million in arbitral awards against Italy in D.C. federal court over revoked renewable energy incentives have opposed the country's new argument saying it has not waived its sovereign immunity since the underlying awards have been set aside.
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July 01, 2025
The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
The term's sharpest dissents often looked beyond perceived flaws in majority reasoning to raise existential concerns about the role and future of the court, with the justices accusing one another of rewarding executive branch lawlessness, harming faith in the judiciary and threatening democracy, sometimes on an emergency basis with little briefing or explanation.
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July 01, 2025
Justices Face Busy Summer After Nixing Universal Injunctions
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to limit nationwide injunctions was one of its biggest rulings of the term — a finding the court is likely going to be dealing with all summer. Here, Law360 takes a look at the decision, how it and other cases on the emergency docket overshadowed much of the court's other work, and what it all means for the months to come.
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July 01, 2025
GSA Watchdog Flags Energy Contract Oversights In Texas, La.
A General Services Administration watchdog found Tuesday that oversight was lacking for an energy savings task order issued to support 10 federal buildings in Texas and Louisiana, including one error that led to the installation of dozens of window inserts that had to be removed.
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July 01, 2025
Hurricane Beryl Lawsuits Combined Into MDL
The Texas Multi-District Litigation Panel has agreed to consolidate cases stemming from a July 2024 hurricane into an MDL.
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July 01, 2025
Texas Solar Co. Files Ch. 7 Liquidation With $3.9M Liabilities
A small Texas residential and commercial solar company has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in federal court, citing $3.9 million in liabilities.
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July 01, 2025
Texas Rep. Must Tell Feds If He'll Blame Attys In Bribery Case
A Houston judge said Monday that U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife must disclose to federal prosecutors whether they plan to use an advice-of-counsel defense in their trial on bribery charges.
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July 01, 2025
State Of 2025 Energy Dealmaking: Midyear Report
Energy dealmaking has been roiled by drastic policy shifts under President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress. Here, Law360 looks at factors that are causing investors to be cautious in some instances and rush to finalize projects in others.
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July 01, 2025
'ComEd Four' Lobbyist Deserves 4 Years In Prison, Feds Say
Federal prosecutors argued on Monday that a lobbyist convicted alongside Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore and two others for bribing former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan should serve more than four years behind bars for falsifying books and records to hide the funneling of payments to Madigan's allies for do-nothing jobs.
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July 01, 2025
Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News: 2025 Midyear Report
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling over whether personal injury claims can be brought under a RICO statute and a $7.4 billion settlement reached with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases from the first six months of 2025.
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July 01, 2025
4th Circ. Says Rig Worker Not A Party To Arbitration Pact
A rig worker's limited liability company — but not the worker himself — is a party to an oil and gas company's arbitration agreement, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday, rejecting the firm's bid to send the former employee's wage and hour suit to arbitration.
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July 01, 2025
Willkie Lands Former Orrick Energy Leader In Houston
The former global energy and infrastructure sector leader at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has moved his practice to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Houston, Willkie announced Tuesday.
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July 01, 2025
US Trade Blueprint Should Delay Tariffs, South Africa Says
The South African government said Tuesday it requested that the U.S. extend a July 9 deadline for trade talks before higher tariff rates kick in for it and other major trading partners, in anticipation of a new U.S. blueprint to guide prospective trade deals in the region.
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July 01, 2025
Nationwide Launches Coverage Bid For Fatal Crash Suit
Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Co. wants an Ohio federal court to order that a Connecticut-based insurer and a transportation company must cover wrongful death claims stemming from a tractor-trailer crash that ultimately killed a pregnant mother's unborn baby.
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July 01, 2025
Arrival Investors Seek Approval For $13.3M Partial Settlement
Investors in bankrupt electric vehicle company Arrival are seeking the OK for a nearly $13.3 million deal to end claims the company presented a flashy, profitable business plan when it went public through a special purpose acquisition company only to scale back its ambitions a year later.
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June 30, 2025
Argentina Must Turn Over YPF Stake, NY Judge Says
Argentina must give up its 51% equity stake in the nationalized oil company YPF SA to partially pay off a $16.1 billion judgment in a pair of investor lawsuits, a New York federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting the country's argument that sovereign immunity shields the shares from turnover.
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June 30, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's Supreme Court was kept busy this past week with litigants' attempts to challenge its previous decisions, as well as those of Delaware's Court of Chancery, which included an argument that the state's high court incorrectly ruled in favor of energy company Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP by rejecting the Chancery's decision upholding class claims branding the call-in of public shares unfair. In case you missed it, here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.
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June 30, 2025
UK Supreme Court Denies Russia Immunity In $63B Yukos Case
Russia has been denied permission to challenge an appellate court ruling in Britain dismissing its attempt to use state immunity to block former investors in Yukos Oil Co. from enforcing more than $63 billion in arbitral awards they won nearly 11 years ago, the investors said Monday.
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June 30, 2025
Ex-Coal Biz Exec Excoriates Partner's Alleged Cash Transfers
A part-owner of a Pennsylvania-based company claims one of the other partners has improperly diverted funds to his coal marketing and logistics company — which had previously ousted the plaintiff — according to a lawsuit filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
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June 30, 2025
Hong Kong's IPO Surge Creates More Competition For US
Hong Kong led global exchanges on new listings for operating companies in the first half of 2025, partly benefiting from a U.S.-China rift that is prompting more mainland China companies to seek secondary listings in Hong Kong, according to new data released on Monday.
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June 30, 2025
High Court Rejects Challenge To NM Nuke Storage Site
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said a mineral owner could not challenge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in New Mexico.
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June 30, 2025
Justices Say Another Biofuel Waiver Case Fits In DC Circ.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that the D.C. Circuit was the proper venue for challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's denial of biofuel waivers to small refiners, the high court on Monday granted summary disposition in another pending case on the same subject.
Expert Analysis
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Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.
A recent Trump administration memo providing direction to agencies tasked with rescinding regulations under an earlier executive order — without undergoing the typical notice-and-review process — will likely create much uncertainty for businesses, though they may be able to engage with agencies to shape the regulatory agenda, say attorneys at Blank Rome.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.
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Opinion
Proposals Against Phillips 66 Threaten Corporate Law
Activist investor Elliott Investment Management's latest attempted tactic — initiating a high-stakes proxy contest against Phillips 66 — goes too far and would cause the company to both violate Delaware law and avoid the legal exception to the shareholder proposal process, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University.
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Balancing Deep-Sea Mining Executive Order, Int'l Agreements
President Donald Trump's recent executive order directing exploration and exploitation of deep-sea mineral resources appears to conflict with the evolving international framework regulating such activities, so companies and investors should proceed with care and keep possible future legal challenges in mind, say attorneys at Dentons.
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Mitigating Import Risks Around Southeast Asian Solar Cells
The U.S. Department of Commerce's recent final determinations in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into solar cells produced in certain Southeast Asian countries make it important for U.S. purchasers to consider risk mitigation strategies, including modifying supply chains and contractually assigning import responsibilities, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.
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Addressing PFAS Risks In Public Company Disclosures
As individual lawsuits and class actions over PFAS risks spanning multiple sectors and products increase, and rapidly evolving and often unclear regulatory initiatives on both the federal and state levels proliferate, it's more important than ever for companies to know how and when to complete PFAS-related disclosures, say attorneys at Venable.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.
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What To Watch For As High Court Mulls NRC's Powers
If successful, Texas’ challenges to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s authority — recently heard by the U.S. Supreme Court and currently pending before a Texas federal court — may have serious adverse consequences for aspiring NRC licensees, including potential nuclear power plant operators, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.
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Cos. Face Enviro Justice Tug-Of-War Between States, Feds
The second Trump administration's sweeping elimination of environmental justice policies, programs and funding, and targeting of state-level EJ initiatives, creates difficult questions for companies on how best to avoid friction with federal policy, navigate state compliance obligations and maintain important stakeholder relationships with communities, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.
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NEPA Repeal Could Slow Down Environmental Review
As the Trump administration has rescinded the Council on Environmental Quality's long-standing National Environmental Policy Act regulations, projects that require NEPA review may be bogged down by significant regulatory uncertainty and litigation risks, potentially undermining the administration's intent to streamline the permitting process, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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Foreign Countries Have Strong Foundation To Fill FCPA Void
Though the U.S. has paused enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, liberal democracies across the globe are well equipped to reverse any setback in anti-corruption enforcement, potentially heightening prosecution risk for companies headquartered in the U.S., says Stephen Kohn at Kohn Kohn.
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.