/energy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Energy Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 23:47:18 +0000 /energy/articles/2372544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372544 A Manhattan federal judge on Friday rejected a request from 16 states to block the Trump administration from cutting millions of dollars in grant funds from the National Science Foundation for scientific research and programs aimed at enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields and environmental justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:45:36 +0000 /energy/articles/2370813?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2370813 Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart dismissed most of the 50 petitions for inter partes review addressed in her latest decisions over discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:50:08 +0000 /energy/articles/2372525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372525 Investors of an India-based solar energy company asked a New York federal judge on Friday to grant final approval to a $23 million settlement they reached with the company and its top brass, alleging they misrepresented the company's compliance with anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, and the methods through which the company won bids for projects. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:27:38 +0000 /energy/articles/2370440?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2370440 K&L Gates LLP has welcomed a Perth, Australia-based Clifford Chance LLP lawyer to serve as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution practice area, saying he will work with the international arbitration group on matters in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:26:26 +0000 /energy/articles/2372400?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372400 The D.C. Circuit on Friday backed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to limit its review of a Texas pipeline to a 1,000-foot section near the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the agency had reasonably explained why a broader review wasn't required. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:04:46 +0000 /energy/articles/2372320?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372320 President Donald Trump again delayed higher tariff rates that were set to take effect Friday, pushing their implementation another week as trade lawyers seek technical details associated with the latest announced framework trade deals, including how transshipped goods will be defined. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:04:24 +0000 /energy/articles/2372378?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372378 An Illinois state appellate court majority on Friday reversed a village's summary judgment win in a lawsuit targeting an ordinance purportedly setting wind power generation limits, saying the ordinance effectively bans commercial wind farms without statutory authority. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:55:04 +0000 /energy/articles/2372134?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372134 Britain's Court of Appeal on Friday turned away an oil magnate's challenge to an arbitral award ordering him to pay $324 million owed under a settlement involving China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, affirming that the appeal was time-barred. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:19:03 +0000 /energy/articles/2372482?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372482 A Texas federal judge Friday gave Texas and other states the go-ahead to pursue claims that BlackRock Inc. and other asset managers used market muscle to decrease coal production, saying the states plausibly showed that the asset managers breached antitrust laws. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:50:25 +0000 /energy/articles/2372228?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372228 An Alaska judge threw out a breach of trust claim against the federal government and a mining company in a challenge to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to issue a permit for an open gold mine near the Yukon border. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:58:44 +0000 /energy/articles/2372215?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372215 Two newly unveiled mergers involving special purpose acquisition companies will aim to take a nuclear energy company and an Italian e-grocery operation public on U.S. exchanges at a combined value of nearly $500 million. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:24:52 +0000 /energy/articles/2370196?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2370196 In an era rife with international trade disputes and tariff-evasion schemes that cost billions annually, the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Island Industries v. Sigma is a major step forward for trade enforcement and for whistleblowers who can expose customs fraud, say attorneys at Singleton Schreiber. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:00:11 +0000 /energy/articles/2372414?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372414 The D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected refrigerant companies' challenges to a law requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons and said the cap-and-trade program implementing the law was based on sound methodology. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /energy/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:07:28 +0000 /energy/articles/2371446?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2371446 Legislation working its way through the Pennsylvania Legislature this year includes bids to expand the state's consumer protection law to make it harder for companies to lock customers into automatically renewing subscriptions and for landlords to use software to collaborate with one another to inflate rents. Here are some bills to watch in the latter half of 2025. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:04:02 +0000 /energy/articles/2368671?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2368671 Elina Coss of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC led a team that closed a massive $1.4 billion deal for two battery storage projects and was lead counsel to a clean energy provider in a record-setting $977.5 million securitization of solar leases and power purchase agreements, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by ¼«ËÙÈü³µ as Rising Stars. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:17:30 +0000 /energy/articles/2371438?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2371438 In contrast with the Biden administration, the second Trump administration has signaled a renewed willingness to resolve merger enforcement concerns through remedies from the outset, particularly when the proposed fix is structural, clearly addresses the harm and does not require burdensome oversight, say attorneys at Cooley. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:26:12 +0000 /energy/articles/2372379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372379 In this week's Taxation With Representation, Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. announce megamerger plans, Palo Alto Networks acquires identity security company CyberArk, Brookfield buys British life insurer Just Group, and Duke Energy sells its Piedmont Natural Gas Tennessee local distribution business to Spire Inc. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:11:33 +0000 /energy/articles/2372156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2372156 A former employee of Flat Rock Metal and Bar Processing has asked a Michigan federal judge to grant a green light to a $1.8 million settlement in a suit claiming the trustees of the company's employee stock ownership plan allowed the plan to buy $60 million in company stock at an inflated price. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:17:31 +0000 /energy/articles/2371860?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2371860 A California state judge added $195 million in exemplary damages to a $605 million trade secrets verdict against oil giant Phillips 66 following its "abusive behavior" toward startup and onetime acquisition target Propel Fuels.