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Colorado Supreme Court Allows Climate Tort Litigation to Proceed

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On May 12, 2025, in a 5-2 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court held that the tort claims brought by local governments in Colorado against major fossil fuel companies concerning damages stemming from climate change could...more

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Overview of Trump’s Executive Actions and Considerations for Potential Litigation

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The Trump administration has taken, and continues to take, executive actions that have the potential to significantly affect the public and private sectors alike. The result is an ever-changing legal environment presenting...more

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Energy Company Settles Long-Running Dispute With FERC After Jarkesy Decision Undercuts FERC’s Enforcement Authority

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On January 8, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a stipulation and consent agreement between its Office of Enforcement and an energy company (the “Company”) to resolve a dispute pending since 2016...more

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Supreme Court Limits the Use of Federal Administrative Law Judges; Related FERC Cases Pending

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On April 14, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion that is expected to result in historic changes to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) use of in-house administrative law judges (ALJs). In Axon...more

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December 2017: Energy Litigation Update

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Recent Federal Decisions on the Constitutionality of State Power-Plant Subsidies. Given an absence of a federal scheme to subsidize power plants that may provide certain benefits (like low carbon emissions) that are not fully...more

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Business Litigation Report - December 2017

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English Fraud Litigation: Weapons of Mass Destruction - Imagine if you could have your opponent’s premises searched, his Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo accounts secretly monitored, his assets frozen, his passport seized, and...more

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Centuries of Precedent are Little Help as IPR Constitutionality Divides Justices

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This morning the Supreme Court heard arguments in the heavily anticipated case of Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC on the question of whether AIA trials at the patent office, such as inter partes...more

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