Brookfield, Google Ink $3B Hydroelectric Power Deal

By Isaac Monterose

Brookfield Asset Management, its subsidiary Brookfield Renewable Partners and Google have agreed to a "first-of-its-kind" more than $3 billion deal that aims to build up to 3,000 megawatts' worth of hydroelectric power capacity throughout the country, Brookfield announced Tuesday.

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DC Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Green Orgs' Drilling Permit Suit

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday rejected environmental groups' challenge to the approvals of thousands of federally approved oil and gas drilling permits in New Mexico and Wyoming, finding that a lower court was right to find they lacked standing.

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EXIM Bank Sued For 'Unconscionable' LNG Project Funding

By Tom Lotshaw

Friends of the Earth is asking a D.C. federal judge to block $4.7 billion in financing the Export-Import Bank of the United States has authorized for a massive liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique led by TotalEnergies SE.

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EPA Defends Ending Enviro Justice Grants

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action filed by environmental groups, a Native American village and other local governments, alleging the EPA unlawfully stopped $3 billion in climate grant funding.

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5th Circ. Says Oilfield Specialists Are OT Exempt

By Irene Spezzamonte

Two former field specialists of an oilfield service provider were not eligible for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act because they performed administrative tasks, a Fifth Circuit panel ruled, flipping a Texas district court's ruling in their favor.

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Biz Groups Urge 5th Circ. To Reverse BP's Pension Suit Loss

By Spencer Brewer

Multiple business groups filed amici briefs with the Fifth Circuit asking the court to do away with a judgment in favor of 7,000 BP retirees who alleged that the oil giant underpaid their retirement benefits, saying the lower court's decision conflicts with "black letter law."

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FTC Still Bans Ex-Pioneer CEO From Exxon Board, For Now

By Bryan Koenig

If the current Federal Trade Commission upends Biden-era Democrats' ban on the former CEO of Pioneer from serving on Exxon's board, it will be on the now-Republican-led commission's own volition rather than through a petition by the executive.

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FTC Says Merger Penalty Deal In The Works With 7-Eleven

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Trade Commission is inching closer to a settlement with 7-Eleven in its suit seeking to slap the convenience store chain with a $77.5 million penalty for violating a settlement that it inked with the agency in order to get a merger approved back in 2018.

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City Worker Says She Was Axed For Trying To Tax Energy Co.

By Catherine Marfin

A former employee of a Texas Gulf Coast city has told a court Monday that she was fired after suggesting that the city council vote to increase taxes on land owned by Freeport LNG.

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Energy Company Says NJ Real Estate Firms Owe $1.2M

By Carla Baranauckas

A Garden State supplier of renewable electricity has alleged in New Jersey federal court that a group of New Jersey commercial real estate firms is refusing to pay more than $1.28 million in energy bills.

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Sunnova Seeks OK For $7M In Ch. 11 Sale Incentives To Execs

By Yun Park

Bankrupt solar panel giant Sunnova has asked a Texas bankruptcy court for permission to pay up to $7 million in cash incentives to its top executives, contingent on securing higher sale proceeds than its stalking horse bids for certain assets.

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Calif. Legislature OKs Retroactive Solar Property Exclusion

By Jaqueline McCool

California would allow the purchaser of a new property a three-year window to apply for a property tax exclusion for solar energy systems under a bill passed by the state Senate and sent to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for approval.

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La Caisse Plugs $200M Into PE-Backed Renewa

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Infrastructure investor QIC Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that its portfolio company Renewa received a $200 million primary equity commitment from investment group La Caisse.

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Deep Sea Mining Co. Gets Suit Over 'Green' Investments Axed

By Katryna Perera

A New York federal judge has dismissed in its entirety a suit accusing The Metals Co. Inc. of misleading investors about the magnitude of its "green" investments and its private equity backing before going public, finding that the suit's challenged statements were not false when made.

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Tribes, Enviro Groups Look To Block Copper Mine Land Swap

By Crystal Owens

Environmental and tribal groups are asking a federal court to extend an injunction blocking the transfer of more than 2,500 acres within Tonto National Forest to an Arizona copper mining company, arguing that a final environmental impact study and appraisal of the property raise serious questions in the dispute.

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Zimbabwe Wins Bid To Nix $50M Award Suit

By Caroline Simson

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday overturned a ruling ordering Zimbabwe to face litigation to enforce an 11-year-old $50 million arbitral award stemming from an ill-fated mining deal, ruling that two exceptions to sovereign immunity were inapplicable and that the court therefore lacks jurisdiction.

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11th Circ. Told Tax Court Erred Nixing Easement's Values

By Kat Lucero

A Georgia partnership told the Eleventh Circuit that the U.S. Tax Court broke legal precedent by relying on a flawed valuation method that did not consider commercial mining potential when it denied a deduction tied to the conservation easement donation of a property.

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Lawsuit, Exec Orders Should Boost Small Modular Reactors

A lawsuit in Texas federal court and a set of new executive orders from the White House may finally push the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow for accelerated deployment of small modular reactors — a technology that could change the country's energy future, says Aleksey Shtivelman at Shutts & Bowen.

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Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality

Recent cases highlight that a named plaintiff cannot certify a putative class action unless they can meet all the applicable requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so defendants should consider challenging a plaintiff's ability to meet typicality and adequacy requirements early and often, say attorneys at Womble Bond.

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Opinion

4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

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Keesal Young Accuses Stradley Ronon Of Unfair Poaching

By Emma Cueto

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has been hit with allegations from California firm Keesal Young & Logan that it unfairly poached both shareholders and associates from the firm, allegedly conspiring with the departing attorneys to violate their agreements with the firm and costing Keesal Young $2.5 million in annual profits.

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Jackson Walker, US Trustee Tell Court 'There's No Deal'

By Lauren Berg

Jackson Walker LLP and the federal government's bankruptcy watchdog told a Texas federal judge Tuesday that they have not reached an agreement to resolve a fee dispute stemming from a former bankruptcy judge's previously undisclosed romantic relationship with a onetime partner of the firm.

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Trump Admin Fires 17 More Immigration Judges, Union Says

By Hailey Konnath

The Trump administration has fired 17 more immigration judges, bringing the total of immigration judges that have either been terminated, transferred or accepted retirement offers since January to 103, according to an announcement made Tuesday by the union that represents them.

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Wisconsin Judge Says Actions Were Part Of Judicial Duties

By Adrian Cruz

The Wisconsin state judge accused of helping an immigrant living in the country illegally avoid arrest objected to a federal judge's recommendation not to have her indictment dismissed, arguing Tuesday that her actions were lawful and that accepting the recommendation would set a dangerous precedent.

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Advocates Turn To Florida High Court For Bondi Ethics Probe

By Madison Arnold

A group of attorneys, law professors and former judges asked the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to order the Florida Bar to investigate U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct.

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Grassley Rejects Dems' Push For 2nd Hearing On Emil Bove

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday rebuffed the request from Democrats on his committee for the whistleblower who made claims regarding Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove to testify and said the committee will proceed with the vote on Bove's nomination Thursday.

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SEC Drops Bribery Suit Against Ex-Cognizant Execs

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a New Jersey federal court Tuesday that it will drop its lawsuit against the former president and chief legal officer of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. over an alleged bribery scheme, after the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a related criminal case.

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Analysis

High Court Term Yields Gains For Criminal Defendants

By Marco Poggio

The U.S. Supreme Court addressed several contentious issues this term, with the conservative majority prevailing in numerous high-profile cases. Yet, in a notable trend, the court also issued multiple rulings favorable to criminal defendants, including expanding prisoners' rights in civil lawsuits and reinforcing due process protections in capital cases.

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Funding 'Crisis' Jeopardizes Indigent Defense, Judiciary Says

By Courtney Bublé

The judiciary rang the alarm on Tuesday that funding has been exhausted for the private attorneys who represent indigent federal criminal defendants, and this predicament is expected to last for three months.

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2 NY Legal Services Shops Go On Strike, More Could Follow

By Andrea Keckley

Two member shops of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — commenced strikes Tuesday, with deadlines for others looming later this week as the ALAA hopes its sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to better contracts.

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Jeanine Pirro's $11M Net Worth Revealed In Disclosure

By Courtney Bublé

Former judge and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has a net worth of over $11 million, according to a financial disclosure obtained by Law360 on Monday.

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Judge Denies Early Win For Family Of Atty Seeking 9/11 Fees

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge denied an early win for the estate of a 9/11 families attorney suing the firm that contracted him over fees Tuesday, lambasting the contracts at the center of the litigation for their lack of clarity and suggesting that a trial might be the only way to discern their meaning.

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Analysis

The Biggest IP Agency Developments Of 2025: Midyear Report

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office have not been spared from the Trump administration's shake-ups and changes across the federal government in the first half of the year.

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Court Reporters Defend Suit Saying Group Coerces Dues

By Bryan Koenig

A pair of court reporters defended their New Jersey federal court proposed class action accusing the National Court Reporters Association of anticompetitively conditioning needed certification on expensive membership with the group, arguing the NCRA can't try to argue that membership and certification are one and the same.

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