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High Court Will Hear Chevron, Exxon Pollution Liability Case

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to determine whether federal or state courts are the proper venue for Louisiana's bid to hold Chevron, Exxon Mobil and other major oil companies liable for damages to the state's coastal lands that were allegedly caused by World War II-era oil production activities.

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Energy Transfer Agrees To $15M Settlement In Pipelines Suit

By Katryna Perera

Energy Transfer and a group of investors have reached a $15 million settlement to resolve a class action claiming the company misled them about its $3 billion Mariner East 2 and Revolution pipeline projects, after a trial date for the case was scratched last month.

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NRC Commissioner Says Trump Illegally Fired Him

By Keith Goldberg

Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman and current commissioner Christopher Hanson said Monday that President Donald Trump illegally fired him on Friday, becoming the latest member of an independent agency removed by the president.

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GAO Says DOE Hasn't Held Funds Under Trump Wind Pause

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of Energy has not unlawfully withheld any federal funds in response to a presidential memorandum directing it and the U.S. Department of the Interior to put all wind energy permitting and leasing activities on hold, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said Monday.

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Shell Loses Bid To Halt Suit Over Oil Terminal's Pollution Plan

By Aaron Keller

Two Shell Oil Co. subsidiaries cannot halt discovery in an environmental group's challenge to pollution control efforts at a New Haven petroleum terminal based on their interpretations of a state agency's draft permit, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled.

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6th Circ. Denies Mich. Gov.'s Rehearing Bid In Pipeline Suit

By Danielle Ferguson

A three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit on Monday rejected a request for a rehearing from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who had asked the appellate court to reconsider its earlier decision that she didn't have sovereign immunity from Enbridge Energy's lawsuit seeking to halt her efforts to shut down the Line 5 pipeline.

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Petroleum Co. Owes $21M In Withdrawal Liability, Fund Says

By Lauraann Wood

Petroleum company Sieveking Inc. was hit Monday with a $21 million withdrawal liability suit in Illinois federal court by a pension fund that says the company should be paying off its balance while it asks an arbitrator to weigh in.

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Burgess Biopower Gets OK For Ch. 11 Debt-Equity Swap

By Rick Archer

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday approved the Chapter 11 debt-equity-swap reorganization of New Hampshire power plant operator Burgess BioPower.

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NY Seeks To Move Feds' Climate Superfund Suit Upstate

By Lauren Berg

The Trump administration's lawsuit challenging New York's climate change Superfund law should be transferred from the Southern District of New York to the Northern District, where it can join a similar lawsuit lodged by several Republican-led states, New York told a federal judge.

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Colo. Quarry Co. Botched Blasting Job, NC Supplier Says

By Abigail Harrison

A blasting services and distribution company used unqualified personnel, made design errors and failed to supervise an explosives operation at a Colorado quarry, a construction company alleged in North Carolina federal court.

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ABA Sues Over Trump's 'Law Firm Intimidation Policy'

By Alison Knezevich

The American Bar Association sued dozens of federal officials and agencies in D.C. federal court Monday, saying President Donald Trump and his administration have used the executive branch's vast powers "to coerce lawyers and law firms to abandon clients, causes and policy positions" he doesn't like.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Says It Was Duped By Legal Tech Co.

By Catherine Marfin

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP has accused the company behind a cloud-based legal workflow product of duping it into using its services and keeping client files without permission once their contract expired.

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Davis Wright Must Face Employment Atty's Defamation Claim

By Dorothy Atkins

A Washington state judge refused to toss in their entirety an employment attorney's defamation claims against Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and other firm partners, finding Washington's Uniform Public Expression Protection Act shields the firm from some of the attorney's allegations, but not all.

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National Judicial College CEO Steps Down After 8 Years

By Ryan Boysen

Judge Benes Z. Aldana has abruptly stepped down as president and CEO of the National Judicial College after eight years as a steady hand who guided the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic, increased its course offerings and organized several symposia on the importance of the rule of law. 

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Calif. Bar Panel Upholds Recommending Eastman Disbarment

By Emily Sawicki

A panel of the California State Bar Court's Review Department has affirmed the March 2024 recommended disbarment of President Donald Trump's former attorney, John Eastman, over attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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Fake NY Lawyer Admits To Stealing Over $290K From Clients

By Pete Brush

A New York man admitted Monday that he posed as a lawyer to steal over $290,000 from people who thought he was doing class action, discrimination and other legal work, copping to larceny and fraud charges in state court.

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Fla. Supreme Court Orders Bar To Stop ABA Appointments

By Hailey Konnath

The Florida Supreme Court has instructed the Florida Bar to stop appointing delegates to the American Bar Association's House of Delegates, calling the state bar's work with the ABA "inconsistent" with its core mission of regulating the legal profession in the Sunshine State.

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Asian Bar Groups Jump Into Fight Over Trump Birthright Ban

By Bonnie Eslinger

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and dozens of other affiliated legal organizations urged the First Circuit on Monday to uphold a Massachusetts federal judge's decision blocking President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, saying the White House order is unconstitutional and would "disproportionately harm" Asian American communities.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Sydney Price and Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's Court of Chancery this past week sought answers in the high-stakes battle over the constitutionality of newly enacted Delaware corporation law amendments, which will hitch a ride to the state's Supreme Court via a suit contesting a $117 million acquisition of Clearway Energy Inc. by its majority shareholder.

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