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Sunnova Cleared To Sell Assets To Lenders In Ch. 11

By Alex Wittenberg

Solar panel business Sunnova Energy International Inc. secured a Texas bankruptcy judge's blessing Thursday to sell almost all of its assets to a group of lenders for about $118 million.

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MPLX To Acquire Northwind Midstream For $2.4B

By Al Barbarino

Energy infrastructure firm MPLX LP said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire Northwind Midstream for $2.38 billion in cash, in a move that will expand its natural gas operations in the Delaware Basin region of New Mexico.

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'Abusive Behavior' Spurs $195M Add To Phillips 66 IP Verdict

By Cara Salvatore

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.

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Rising Star: V&E's Stephanie Noble

By Keith Goldberg

Vinson & Elkins LLP's Stephanie Noble has scored high-stakes trial wins for oil and gas companies, including Antero Resources Corp. and Aera Energy LLC, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by 极速赛车 as Rising Stars.

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Anadarko Asks 5th Circ. To Back La. Suit Indemnity Win

By Catherine Marfin

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has asked the Fifth Circuit to uphold its indemnification win against an environmental remediation company in connection with a decade-old Louisiana kickback suit, writing that "one who makes his own bed must lie in it."

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Oil Exec Was Defamed, Wrongly Placed On Leave, Suit Says

By Zach Dupont

The former CEO of an oil and gas company in Colorado has filed a complaint in state court against the company and its current CEO, claiming he was put on administrative leave without being informed of his alleged misconduct and was defamed by the new top executive.

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Sand Miners Hit Ch. 11, Blaming Order Lull, Lender Issues

By Emlyn Cameron

Two companies that mine and process sand for fracking have filed for bankruptcy in Texas, one estimating it had at least $50 million in debt and the other estimating at least $100 million, and asked to undergo a joint Chapter 11 in response to a liquidity crunch and issues with their secured lender.

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State Regulators Push FERC To Nix $22B Grid Projects Plan

By Keith Goldberg

Several state utility regulators have urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject a regional grid operator's $21.8 billion transmission development plan, saying the plan's benefits are overstated and wrongly forces them to subsidize the clean energy goals of other states.

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Vistra Pays $38M To End FERC Market Manipulation Case

By Keith Goldberg

Vistra Corp. has agreed to pay $38 million to end long-running Federal Energy Regulatory Commission litigation alleging that affiliate Dynegy Inc. manipulated electricity capacity auction rules in 2015, which led to consumers being unjustly overcharged.

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Energy Co. Tells 4th Circ. Land Access Needed For Power Line

By Tom Lotshaw

A Public Service Energy Group unit trying to build a 67-mile transmission line in Maryland asked the Fourth Circuit to deny property owners' bid to keep it off their lands, arguing it has a right to complete surveys needed for regulatory approvals.

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Eco Oro Wants Colombia Mining Damages Claim Revived

By Caroline Simson

Armed with new counsel, Eco Oro Minerals Corp. said Thursday it will look to revive its damages claim against Colombia after an international tribunal found that the country had breached an underlying treaty by blocking the Canadian precious metals company's mining project to protect surrounding wetlands.

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What EPA Chemical Data Deadline Extension Means For Cos.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's extension for manufacturers and importers of 16 chemical substances to report unpublished health and safety studies under the Toxic Substances Control Act could lead to state regulators stepping into the breach, while creating compliance risks and uncertainty for companies, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.

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Legal Job Sector Continued 5-Month Growth Streak In July

By Tracey Read

For the fifth straight month, the U.S. legal industry experienced job growth, adding 600 positions in July, according to preliminary data released on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Test-Taker's Collapse At NY Bar Exam Sparks Criticism

By Anna Sanders

New York bar-takers were allegedly forced to continue the test after witnessing a Fordham University School of Law graduate suffer a medical incident and receive CPR while she took the exam, according to the school and accounts posted online by people who said they were present.

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DC Panel Calls For Former DOJ Official Clark's Disbarment

By Phillip Bantz

The majority of a Washington, D.C., lawyer ethics panel has called for the disbarment of Jeffrey Clark, a White House official and ally of President Donald Trump, over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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NJ Court Will Mull Legality Of Habba's US Atty Appointment

By Lauren Berg

If Alina Habba was illegally appointed acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey, a pair of defendants in a drug trafficking case are not entitled to dismissal of the indictment, but it "appears appropriate" that Habba would be barred from prosecuting them, a federal judge ruled Friday.

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Politics And Privacy Laws Collide 5 Years After Salas Shooting

By Jack Karp

Five years after a disgruntled litigant killed a New Jersey federal judge's son at their home, experts and judges disagree over whether the judicial privacy laws enacted following the shooting are doing much to protect jurists, while political leaders' heated rhetoric makes for an even more dangerous landscape for judges.

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Wheeling & Appealing: Midyear Highlights For Every Circuit

By Jeff Overley

In this special edition of Wheeling & Appealing, we're spotlighting key decisions and developments in every circuit court during the first half of 2025, while also previewing August's most intriguing oral arguments, including a remarkably "fierce" showdown between Edible Arrangements and 1-800-Flowers with millions of dollars in attorney fees on the line.

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1st Circ. Doubtful Of Trump's Stance On Birthright Citizenship

By Chris Villani

The First Circuit on Friday seemed inclined to say that the children of unauthorized immigrants are citizens if they were born on U.S. soil, citing both the 14th Amendment and a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and pushing back on an argument by President Donald Trump's administration.

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Ex-Copyright Chief Appeals Denial Of Reinstatement Bid

By Elliot Weld

The former head of the U.S. Copyright Office will appeal a D.C. federal judge's denial of her request to be immediately reinstated to her former position after she was fired by President Donald Trump while her suit remains pending.

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NY Law Mandating Judicial Fine Declared Unconstitutional

By Madison Arnold

A New York state appeals court has declared unconstitutional a statute that mandates a judge forfeit $1,000 to a plaintiff if the judge refuses to issue a writ of habeas corpus.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice abandoned its challenge of a corporate travel management deal, while lawmakers are calling for scrutiny of the agency's recent decision to settle a different case, and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to nix the requirements placed on a pair of oil and gas deals.

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The Top In-House Hires Of July

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Warner Bros. Discovery, Deutsche Bank and Kroger. Here, 极速赛车 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from July.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen several telco giants hit with a trademark claim, a collapsed hotel company sue a property investor in an ongoing dispute over a decades-old hotel sale, and two litigation funders square off against each other.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Department store retailer Dillard's has asked for a special shareholder's vote on Aug. 19 on management's plan to move its incorporation from Delaware to Texas, becoming the latest company to join the so-called DExit trend.

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极速赛车's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lead this week's edition of 极速赛车 Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Epic Games Inc.'s 2023 antitrust jury trial win, along with an injunction requiring Google to open its Google Play Store to rivals.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On 极速赛车

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on 极速赛车 last week.

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