https://www.law360.com/energy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Energy Copyright 2026 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Tue, 26 May 2026 21:10:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481902?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481902 A North Dakota federal judge agreed Tuesday to overturn the state of North Dakota's $28 million verdict against the U.S. for failure to control Dakota Access pipeline protesters, clearing the way for a settlement the parties have said is ready to go. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:47:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2482017?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2482017 The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a broad mix of cross-border corporate control disputes, merger settlements, startup equity fights, advancement claims and board oversight litigation, while also weighing fallout from high-profile deals involving Microsoft Corp., The Boeing Co. and Nikola Corp. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:56:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481781?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481781 Gas engine maker Innio is seeking a valuation of up to $20.3 billion in an initial public offering guided by Latham & Watkins LLP and Milbank LLP that's set to price amid interest in companies supporting the infrastructure for artificial intelligence technology. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:53:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481625 Resolution Copper Co. is asking a federal court to dismiss an amended religious freedom and constitutional challenge to a Tonto National Forest 2,500-acre land exchange that includes an ancient Apache worship site, arguing it recycles claims that the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court have already rejected. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:41:30 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481892?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481892 The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a proposed class action against a Southern Co. subsidiary from married retirees who said outdated life expectancy data caused them to lose out on benefits, holding that a lower court erred in ruling federal benefits law didn't require using reasonable actuarial assumptions in annuity conversions. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:34:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2476913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2476913 As U.S. data center investment surges, owners and operators face rising patent infringement suits targeting entire facility designs rather than individual products — risks that standard vendor indemnities often fail to cover, say attorneys at V&E. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:00:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481680?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481680 The U.S. Department of Commerce properly backed its use of a shipment date over an invoice date when conducting a review of the antidumping duty rate for a Japanese company's imports of certain steel products, the U.S. Court of International Trade found. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:54:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481350?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481350 Some people may dislike seeing President Donald Trump on their annual entrance passes for national parks and other federal lands, but that's not an injury that can support litigation over the passes, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:34:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481824?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481824 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that employees of a former shipbuilding company are too late to bring their asbestos-related lawsuits, so they can't pierce the corporate veil and seek damages against its parent company. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:49:57 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481818?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481818 A Georgia appeals court on Tuesday revived a suit from a man claiming Georgia Power Electric Co. and a state commission wrongfully tacked a fee onto his electric bill, finding a trial court failed to notify him of a scheduling conference. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:14:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481661?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481661 U.S. Customs and Border Protection's tariff refund system has processed hundreds of thousands of new entries over the past two weeks, and since coming online last month it has cleared $20.6 billion in refunds for duties struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court to importers, according to a declaration filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of International Trade. Tue, 26 May 2026 11:33:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481674?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481674 A pair of South Korean exporters of certain monomers and oligomers may be hit with triple-digit antidumping duty rates after the U.S. Department of Commerce finalized determinations on Tuesday that they are selling the goods at unfair prices. Tue, 26 May 2026 10:44:17 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2480659?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2480659 As Venezuela reopens its oil sector, its new hydrocarbons framework requires contracts to preserve their economic equilibrium and authorizes the executive to modify terms, resulting in a dangerous lack of clarity about who bears which risks when conditions deteriorate, says José Alberro at FTI Consulting. Tue, 26 May 2026 09:34:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481615?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481615 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to tackle a uranium mining company's lawsuit seeking $15 million in legal costs from the federal government related to nuclear contamination liabilities. Mon, 25 May 2026 20:01:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2470226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2470226 This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:59:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481288?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481288 A divided North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed rate increases a state commission approved for Duke Energy units on Friday, clashing over some justifications for them and the level of review warranted under a regulatory framework that allows utilities to seek multiyear hikes. Fri, 22 May 2026 21:56:48 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481425?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2481425 A University of Toronto marketing professor on Friday told a Los Angeles jury considering bellwether claims that Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused deadly ovarian cancer in three women that the company advertised its talc as "pure" and safe even though its leaders fretted for decades that it could pose health risks. Fri, 22 May 2026 21:41:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2480808?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2480808 A Texas federal judge has denied Chevron's bid to pause a Venezuelan oil services provider's $24 million lawsuit over alleged unpaid invoices for arbitration and has instead allowed several claims to proceed in court, saying Chevron has already spent too much time litigating the matter. Fri, 22 May 2026 21:09:30 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2480924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2480924 Investors in ChargePoint Holdings Inc. have fixed the pleading issues in their suit against the electric-vehicle charging company, a California judge has ruled, letting the claims go forward and tossing the company's bid to dismiss the matter. Fri, 22 May 2026 20:37:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2479405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/energy/articles/2479405 Alaskan tribal councils have resumed a challenge to a multimillion-dollar project that will construct a 211-mile mining access road through a portion of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Reserve, arguing its construction will adversely affect "the heart of a rural area" and its wild abundance.