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Energy - February, 2025

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• Trump Still Isn't Obeying Order To Free FEMA Funds, AGs Say
• Texas Appeals Court Finds City Can't Take Oncor Streetlights
• Up Next At High Court: Gun Violence Liability & Nuclear Waste
• Russia's $34M Award Suit Appeal Must Be Nixed, Cos. Say
• FERC Says PJM Watchdog Can't Fight Meeting Roadblock
• Seattle Property Owner Slaps Exxon With Cleanup Suit
• La. Regulators Ask Justices To Review Tesla Sales Ban Case
• Carbon Project Investor C-Quest Hits Ch. 7
• MPLX Paying $715M For Full Control Of BANGL Pipeline
• Missouri Judge Won't Step Aside From Plastics Recycling Suit
• Norfolk Southern Escapes Investors' Derailment Fraud Suit
• Congress Prioritizes Enviro Regs On Nix List
• Alsup Halts 'Illegal' Firings Of Probationary Federal Workers
• Sierra Leone Accuses Jenner & Block Of Fraudulent Overbilling
• Congress Sends EPA Methane Fee Rule Repeal To Trump's Desk
• Poland Says Oil Trader's $35M Award Can't Be OK'd
• Magnet Co. Execs To Plead Guilty For Emailing Info To China
• Energy Co. Sued Over Rent, Radioactive Waste Disclosures
• EU Prepared To Retaliate Against US Over Tariffs, Officials Say
• Cognizant Execs' Trial Could Test Force Of FCPA Pause
• How Courts Can Filter Nonmeritorious Claims In Mass Torts
• Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• High Court Halts Trump's Wed. Night Deadline To Restore Aid
• Trump Orders Fed Agencies To Plan For Large Layoffs
• Calif. AG's Hiring Of Lieff Cabraser In Climate Suit Challenged
• Trump Order May Affect Trader's FCPA Conviction, DOJ Says
• EPA's Enviro Justice Reset Upending Community Relations
• Insurer Gets Early Win In Oil Well Explosion Coverage Suit
• Lawmakers Say DOI Energy Order Reviews Lack Transparency
• Lloyds Seeks To Trim Oil Cos.' Suit Over Water Pollution Claim
• Wash. Judge Says Officials Are Immune To Energy Code Suit
• Fuel Co. Trustee Accuses Ex-Owners Of $100M Buyout Fraud
• No DQ For Norton Rose In Texas Competition Row, Court Says
• US Chamber Wants Calif. Climate Disclosure Regs Blocked
• Top Dem Urges Trump To Leave Independent Agencies Alone
• Judge Won't Disqualify Firm In Solar Co. Fraud Fight
• Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
• Kirkland-Led Blackstone Wraps $5.6B Energy-Focused Fund
• Supreme Court Backs Broad View Of Lawsuit Revival Rule
• Energy Biz To Sell 50% Share In Kazakh Unit For $72.5M
• Trump Admin Must Restore Aid By Wed. Night, Court Says
• DC Judge Blocks Trump's Federal Funding Freeze
• Pa. Biotech Co. Can't Escape $4M Trade Secrets Award
• Imported Copper May Face Tariffs Following New Trump Probe
• New Mexico Pueblos Want In On Fed Mineral Lease Ban Suit
• Ala. Man Gets 5 Years For Sending Goods To Tehran
• 5th Circ. Declines Real Estate Co.'s Injunction Bid In TM Feud
• Petrochemical Cos. Want Judge Out Of Plastic Recycling Row
• Spent Fuel Casks Are Taxable Real Property, NJ Court Rules
• Macquarie Investors Fight To Keep Stock-Drop Suit Alive
• Calif. Wins Remand Of Exxon Plastic Suit, Green Groups Lose
• Utah Asks 10th Circ. To Block EPA's Ozone Standard Finding
• Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
• Reading The Tea Leaves On Mexico, Canada And China Tariffs
• K&L Gates Adds Kilpatrick Int'l Disputes Global Lead In DC
• US Steel, Nippon Urge Court Not To Toss Cleveland-Cliffs Suit
• Mining Co. Hit With Derivative Suit Over Stock Repurchases
• Feds Say Tribe's 'Vague' Claims Won't Save Pipeline Suit
• Norfolk Southern's Tank Car Co. Liability Claims Head To Trial
• US Bans Iran's 'Shadow Fleet' And Others With New Sanctions
• Groups Fight Lawmakers' Bid To End Nat'l Monument Power
• Investors Don't Have 'Shred' Of Fraud Evidence, Exxon Says
• 4 Things Attys Should Know About Pennsylvania's Budget
• Feds Fight Reinstatement Of Ousted Inspectors General
• Fund Names Rule FAQs Leave Some Interpretative Uncertainty
• How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
• Quinn Emanuel-Backed Clients Join Eaton Fire Litigation Fray
• Energy Transfer Brings $300M Greenpeace Case To Jury
• GOP Leader Zeros In On Fintech And Enviro Rules For Repeal
• Calif. Lawmakers Unveil 'Polluters Pay' Superfund Legislation
• Judge Trims $40M Green Energy Co. Investor Suit
• Judge Questions Trump Administration Fund Freeze Authority
• Green, Tribal Orgs Ask To Defend Biden DOI's Coal Decision
• Energy Co. Says Osage Shouldn't Rush To Destroy Wind Farm
• US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked
• Exxon Can't Dodge RICO Claims In Puerto Rico Federal Court
• Solar Farm Says FERC Can't Justify Grid Upgrade Cost Order
• 10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
• Will Independent Federal Agencies Remain Independent?
• Nuke Plant Renewal Rules Ignore Climate Risks, DC Circ. Told
• Md. Senate OKs Tax Break For Service Station Conversions
• Morgan Lewis Adds Partner To Insurance Recovery Practice
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, V&E, Cravath, Dechert
• Ex-Cognizant Execs Balk At Wording Of Trial Date Draft Order
• DOJ Says Job Protections For ALJs Are Unconstitutional
• Trump Admin Must Obey Order To Restore Aid, Judge Says
• Dems Blast 'Reckless' Nuclear Security Worker Firings
• Ex-Rio Tinto CFO Must Keep Fighting SEC Fraud Case
• Better Process Not Certain As White House Loses NEPA Regs
• FERC Chair Seeking More Clarity On Scope Of Trump Order
• Select SPAC Targets Are Soaring Ahead Of The Pack
• Del. Chief Justice Targets Social Media's Pressure On Courts
• Feds Say DC Judge Can't Bar 'Hypothetical' Spending Freezes
• Enbridge's Pipeline Tunnel Approval OK'd By Mich. Panel
• Ex-Eletson Owners Given Reprieve On Ch. 11 Sanction Bid
• EPA Sued Over Approval Of Radioactive Waste Road Project
• Mich. Judge Won't Defer Atomic Bomb Waste Suit To Agency
• Navigating The Trump Enviro Rollback And Its Consequences
• FCPA Shake-Up May Open Bribery Loophole
• Steel Co. Reaches $1.5M Deal In 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• EV Maker Nikola Aims For Quick Ch. 11 Sale
• Boies Schiller Hires Ex-Dechert International Arbitrator In NY
• 4 Do's And Don'ts For Trial Lawyers Using Generative AI
• Musk's X Seeks Cash At $44B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
• BakerHostetler Environmental Pro Jumps To Morgan Lewis
• Defense Strategies For Politically Charged Prosecutions
• Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Eaton Fire Class Action Blames SoCal Edison Power Lines
• Trump Is Defying Order To Unfreeze Foreign Aid, Groups Say
• Solar Co. Says Investors Seek To 'Punish' It Over Wire Issues
• MDL Plaintiffs Misread Blackout Protocols, Texas Justices Told
• 10th Circ. Says ARCO Superfund Suit Wasn't Too Late
• FERC Watchers Seek Clarity As Trump Curbs Agency Powers
• Energy Credit Market Still Robust Amid Uncertainty, Attys Say
• Groups Say Trump Can't Reopen Areas To Offshore Drilling
• Senators Aim To Update Permitting, But Roadblocks Loom
• 8 Ways Cos. Can Prep For Termination Of Their Enviro Grants
• The Syria Sanctions Dilemma Facing Trump Administration
• BP Must Face Contract Claim In Bayer's $12M Benzene Suit
• Suit Targets USFS Approval For Stibnite Gold Project
• Energy Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
• Fired Watchdogs 'Must Be Reinstated,' Senate Democrats Say
• Orrick Brings On 3-Atty A&O Shearman Energy Team
• Insurer Must Cover Trucking Co. In Fatal Fire Row, Judge Says
• Jenner & Block Lands Former EPA Senior Counsel In DC Shop
• Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Kirkland Energy Regulatory Pro In DC
• EV Maker Nikola Hits Bankruptcy After Battery Recall
• Trump Exec Order Expands Control Over Independent Agencies
• Reed Smith Removed In $102M Shipping Group Award Fight
• Limited FERC Pipeline Review Makes No Sense, DC Circ. Told
• EPA Gives Congress A Chance To Sink Calif. Auto Waivers
• Exxon, Koch Lose Bid To End Minn. Climate Change Suit
• Gas Co. Venture Global Faces Suit Over IPO Disclosures
• Torrent Of Eaton Fire Suits Call For Organization, Judge Says
• Magnetics Co. Loses Constitutional Grounds Dismissal Bid
• Houston Energy Co. Settles Claims Over Utah Plant Turbines
• State AGs Can't Yet Block Musk From Accessing Agency Data
• 'ComEd Four' Look To Halt Case After Trump FCPA Order
• How Trump EPA Could Fix Carbon Combustion Residuals Rule
• Career FERC Atty, Enforcement Leader Joins McGuireWoods
• Int'l Arbitration Attorney Returns To Quinn Emanuel As Partner
• DOJ Noncommittal On Cognizant Bribe Trial Amid FCPA Order
• Energy Group Of The Year: Kirkland
• Diamondback Buys Midland Assets For $3B Cash Plus Stock
• Loper Bright Doesn't Sink ESG Rule, Texas Judge Says
• Feds Seek Stay Of States' Methane Suit, Citing Trump Order
• States Move To Block Musk From Taking Over Gov't Agencies
• Demise Of Humphrey's Executor Could Sow Chaos At FERC
• 4th Circ. To Hear Deloitte Appeal Of SCANA Class Cert. Ruling
• Ex-Fla. Rep's Associate Wants Sanctions For 'Sham' Lawsuit
• Solar Tech Co. SunPower Beats Investor Suit Over Defects
• Trump Aims To End Limits On President's Power To Fire
• Old Permits Irrelevant To Pollution Controls, Texas Justices Say
• EPA Fires Hundreds Of Employees, Cuts Millions In Contracts
• Colo. Judge Upholds $2M Agency Fine For Oil Co.'s Offenses
• EPA, Energy Dept. Rush To Fulfill Trump's Appliance Order
• Houston Energy Co. Stiffed For Cleanup Costs, Court Told
• Enviro Groups Back EPA On Challenged PFAS Superfund Rule
• Judges Suggest Withdrawal Was Optional In Dam Permit Spat
• Nippon Order Tests Gov't Control Over Foreign Investments
• DC Judge Orders Feds To Restore Foreign Funding
• Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
• How Trump Orders Roll Back Energy Efficiency Mandates
• Energy Group Of The Year: V&E
• House Dems Push Against GOP's Proposed Tax Cuts
• Mexico Says Mining Co.'s $408M Arbitration Claim Is Wrong
• Madigan Verdict Caps Stunning Fall For Powerful Chicago Pol
• Oil & Gas Co.'s Antitrust Suit Baseless, Insurers Say
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Defaulted Notes, EB-5 Investor Fraud
• Trump Reciprocal Tariff Plan Could Spur Supply 'Nightmares'
• In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
• What Banks Need To Know About Trump's Executive Orders
• EPA Boss Says Biden Admin Wrongly Ceded Control Of $20B
• Pa. Sues Feds Over Withheld $2B In Energy-Related Grants
• EPA Asks 5th Circ. To Pause State Ozone Plan Decision
• Duke Rate Hike Discrepancy Lacks Reason, NC Justices Hear
• Emerging Energy Trends Reflect Shifting Political Landscape
• Energy Group Of The Year: Cravath
• White & Case Environmental Partner Moves To Weil In NY
• Tribe Can't Revisit $16M Ovintiv Settlement, Feds, Utah Say
• Orrick Hires Former Head Of A&O's Restructuring Practice
• Republican Senators Float Ending EV Tax Credits
• CPS Energy On Hook For $60M After $109M Explosion Verdict
• Sea Salt Co. Sued Over Lead And Arsenic Levels
• Avangrid Unit's Counterclaim Cut From Plant Cleanup Fight
• OCC Departs International Network Focused On Climate Risks
• Spain Loses Another Stay Bid In Award Enforcement Suit
• ITC To Review If Voltage Infringes Shoals' Solar Patents
• GOP Sens. Pitch $1K Tax On EVs To Boost Highway Fund
• USPTO Ends Fast Exams Of Patents Targeting Climate Change
• RI Judge Won't Pause Order To Unfreeze Funds Amid Appeal
• 5th Circ. OKs Drop Of Litigation Over Biden-Era GHG Rule
• Trump Nominates New EPA Air, Water, Legal Division Leaders
• As EPA Backs Down, Expect Enviros To Step Up Citizen Suits
• Nippon-US Steel Redo Under Trump Could Be A Win-Win
• How Criminal Enforcement Of Trump Tariffs May Work
• Dentons Adds Indianapolis Attorney To Energy Practice
• Trump Taps Wright Ally For Energy Dept. Post
• Davis Polk Guides Irish Sensor Co. On $2.3B Stateside Buy
• Energy Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Power Generation Co. Going Public Via $770M SPAC Deal
• Trump Taps Oil Advocate, Ex Wyo. Official For Interior Posts
• 2nd Lyondell Leak Case Settles A Week Into Trial
• Ex-Ill. Speaker Madigan Guilty Of Bribery In Mixed Verdict
• Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• HMRC Can't Tax Canadian Bank For Oil Loan Payments
• SoCal Edison Investors Sue Over LA Wildfire Mitigation Claims
• Kids Can't Save Reworked EPA Climate Suit, Judge Rules
• Billionaire Ira Rennert Says Justices Must Resolve Peru Fight
• Justices Ponder If Colo. Climate Case Would Open Floodgates
• 5th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Jones Act Competition Suit
• EV Charging Supply Chain In Limbo Amid Funding Freeze
• Feds Are Asked How FCPA Halt Affects Cognizant Bribe Case
• Feds Must Enforce Law In Dakota Pipeline Row, Court Told
• Eaton Fire Victim Wants Sanctions Against SoCal Edison
• Activist Elliott Targets Phillips 66 Again Over Lack Of Progress
• Rethinking How To Engage Shareholders, Activists Via Proxies
• ABA, Aid Orgs. Sue White House Over Foreign Funding Freeze
• Award Enforcement Suit Must Focus On Italy Immunity First
• Energy Group Of The Year: Norton Rose
• EU Leaders Poised For 'Proportionate' Response To US Tariffs
• Jones Day Gets Amazon Atty For Energy Practice In Houston
• Nelson Mullins Adds Litigation, Biz Pros In Houston
• Republican-Led SEC Pauses Climate Regulation Litigation
• Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
• Xcel, Telecom Cos. Say Colo. Fire Plaintiffs Can't Opt Out Of Trial
• Baker Hughes Obtains Toss Of Ex-Worker's 401(k) Fee Suit
• Colo. Judge Baffled By Party's Anonymity In Oil Secrets Suit
• Investigators Say Texas Atty Lied To Help Clients Hide Assets
• 6th Circ. Backs Electric Co. In Fired Ex-Exec's Severance Suit
• EV Biz Faraday Future Wins Chancery Toss Of Go-Public Suit
• Nevada Lithium Mine Violates Indigenous' Rights, Report Says
• Fed. Circ. Revives Cotter's Radiation Injury Suit Indemnity Bid
• Latest Ore. Fire Verdict Brings PacifiCorp Damages To $270M
• Home Generator Maker Beats Suit Over COVID Sales Bust
• Green Groups Defend Methane Charge Against Industry Suit
• Tesla Seeks Chancery Toss Of Challenge Over Texas Move
• Trump Buyout Plan Still On Hold As Unions Cite 'Confusion'
• Baker Botts Partner Takes GC Role At NW Natural Gas
• Verizon Escapes Workers' Suit Over Lead-Covered Cables
• 5 Key Takeaways From Energy Secretary's Confirmation
• Investor Urges US Steel To Dump Deal After Trump Comments
• Trump Admin Violating Order To Unfreeze Funds, Judge Says
• Sidley Adds White & Case Energy Ace In Houston
• Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
• Emerson Butts Heads With Elliott On $7.2B AspenTech Deal
• W. Virginia Coal Miner Hits Ch. 11 With $79M Debt, Sale Plans
• Trump Isn't Obeying Order To Unfreeze Funds, States Say
• Judiciary Dems Want Ethics Probe Into Musk's DOGE Work
• Nippon-US Steel Merger Targeted By Consumers In Calif.
• NJ Statehouse Catch-Up: Offshore Wind, AI, Neurodiversity
• Maxeon Investors Push To Keep Exchange Act Suit Alive
• FERC Says Trump Orders Support DC Circ. Rehearing Bid
• Ex-Mayor Gets Probation For Using Public Workers At His Biz
• Trump's Tariff Moves Put Energy Cos. In Scramble Mode
• Steel Cases Test Executive Authority, Judicial Scope
• Del.'s Quiet Ambition To Tweak Chancery, Stem Feared DExit
• SoCal Edison Says Its Equipment May Have Caused Hurst Fire
• What Calif. Bill Could Mean For Battery Energy Storage
• 3 Ways Trump Can Nix SEC's Climate Disclosure Rules
• NAFTA Case Useful In Bid To DQ Quinn Emanuel, Judge Says
• Plaintiffs Lawyers Swarm Los Angeles Post-Fires
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Latham, Skadden
• Justices Deny Trump DOJ's Bid To Delay Three Energy Cases
• Trump Admin Freezing EV Charging Station Funds
• Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
• States Say NY Climate Act 'Wrings Funds' From Energy Cos.
• BCLP Expands To Saudi Arabia With 2 New Offices
• Investors, Italy Tussle Over $23M Awards Enforcement Suit
• EPA Places 168 Environmental Justice Workers On Leave
• Devon Urges 10th Circ. To Undo $2.8M Drilling Royalty Order
• Nabors-Acquired Biz Accused Of Pirating Simulation Software
• FERC Tells DC Circ. Revised Grid Hookup Policy Is Sound
• Foreign Trade Zones Can Help Cos. With Tariff Exposure
• Philly Law Firm Settles $1.5M Fee Suit Against Metal Company
• Nippon Says US Steel Deal Aligns With Trump Goals
• The Post-Macquarie Securities Fraud-By-Omission Landscape
• Convicted Atty Disbarred In NJ Over LA Utility Billing Scandal
• Metals Dealer Says Partners Lost $12M In Attys' Tax Scam
• Inspection Workers Get Collective Status In Wage Suit
• Trump's Energy Plans: Climate, Data Centers, LNG And More
• AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
• Trump's Federal Worker Buyout Plan Put On Hold
• Honeywell To Split Into 3 Entities After Activist Pressure
• Kirkland Guiding TPG On $2.2B Altus Power Purchase
• Suit Challenges BLM Approvals Of More Calif. Drilling Permits
• Doubt Over NEPA Regs' Future Brings New Risk For Projects
• Chicago's Climate Suit Belongs In Federal Court, Judge Hears
• Monolithic's Investors Say Co. Botched Nvidia Orders
• Lyondell Leak Is On Job Foreman, Not Valve Maker, Jury Told
• NJ's Climate Change Suit Against Energy Cos. Tossed
• Ga. Judge Balks At Zurich's Claim Of Surprise Testimony
• China Hits Trump Tariffs With Mostly Symbolic WTO Challenge
• 6th Circ. Judge Unsure Of Jury Instruction In Bribery Case
• Trump's Energy Plans: Funding, Permits And Nuclear Power
• When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
• FTC Focus: Avoiding 'Gun Jumping' Violations
• GOP Lawmakers Move To Scrap Methane Emissions Fee
• Cleveland-Cliffs Wants 'Un-American' US Steel Suit Tossed
• Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
• Del. Judge Tells Fuel Cell Co. Investors To Filter Imprecise Suit
• Calif. Partly Beats Challenge To Climate Disclosure Laws
• 'Every Breath' A 'Struggle' For Lyondell Leak Worker, Jury Told
• 5th Circ. Mulls If Green Orgs. Have Injury In Injection Well Case
• EPA, Interior Leaders Unveil Focus On US Energy Production
• AI Clean Energy Co. SPAC Suit Should Be Zapped, Judge Says
• Pushing The Envelope In Climate Law: Murder Charges
• Mich. Supreme Court Says City's Electricity Fee Is Illegal Tax
• DLA Piper Partner To Testify At Cognizant Evidence Hearing
• White House Lacks Authority To Issue NEPA Regs, Judge Says
• 6th Circ. Urged To Back $600M Train Derailment Deal
• Wash. Gov. Orders Look At Data Centers' Tax Revenue Impact
• US, Osage Nation Fight Bid To Stay $4.2M Wind Farm Order
• The Tides Are Changing For Fair Access Banking Laws
• Veteran Energy Attorney Joins Baker Botts In Austin
• Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
• Pearl Energy Closes $999.9M Fund, Tioga Raises $125M
• Shell Workers' 401(k) Suit Gets Class Nod, But No Early Wins
• A Halftime Analysis Of DOJ's Compensation Pilot Program
• China Hits US Energy Goods With Retaliatory Tariffs
• DOJ Poised To Prosecute Threat-Makers Against DOGE
• Texas Appeals Court Wipes Exxon's $2.5M Oil Cleanup Verdict
• A Look At Order Ending Federal Contractor Affirmative Action
• Blank Rome Adds Ex-Babst Calland Litigator In Pittsburgh
• Sidley Adds Paul Hastings Energy, Finance Pro In Houston
• Power Cos., States Ask DC Circ. To Dispose Of Coal Ash Rule
• US Steel, Nippon Say Election Politics Blocked $14.9B Deal
• Lumio Gets OK To Liquidate Through Ch. 11 After Asset Sale
• DC Judge Joins RI In Blocking Trump Funding Freeze
• PetroQuest Gets OK For $20.6M Texas Oilfield Sale
• ADNOC, OMV Merger Talks Move Ahead In 'Positive Manner'
• Calif. City On The Hook In Contractor Wage Fight, Panel Says
• Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer