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Texas Lawyer

DLA Piper Sued by 2 Houston Companies, Alleging a 'Fake Lawyer' Represented Them in Argentina

Two Houston companies filed a lawsuit against DLA alleging that once the firm discovered that the individual was not licensed, they fired him and attempted to cover up the situation.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Pike Fuels Agrees to Pay $2 Million Settlement to Resolve Alleged New Haven Environmental Violations

The alleged violations occurred at Pike Fuels' New Haven petroleum distribution facility, which were discovered during an investigation by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency in 2019.
2 minute read

Law.com

Dominion Energy Accused of Terminating Employee for Remote Work Request Following Medical Leave

Despite dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis and complications from surgery, plaintiff Stephanie Arble was allegedly threatened by her manager at Dominion Energy Ohio that it would be "insubordination" if she did not come into the office on returning from medical leave.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Energy Lawyers Expect Demand for Energy Work to Stay Steady Under Second Trump Administration

Energy lawyers are focused on how the policy of the second Trump administration may affect clean energy projects supported by tax credits via the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Seyfarth Launches Energy Transactions Practice in Houston With Polsinelli Team

A team from Polsinelli, led by partner Chris Cottrell, moved to Seyfarth Shaw's Houston office to start an energy transactions practice at the firm.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Appeals Court Reverses $1.5M Award Against Oil, Gas Equipment Firm

The appeals court said a contract must be sufficiently definite in its terms to be legally binding.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A $604.9M Trade Secrets Verdict With a Big Assist From a Juror Question

Michael Ng and Daniel Zaheer of Kobre & Kim represented renewable fuels company Propel against Phillips 66 Co. alongside colleagues in a month-long trial in California state court. Ng argued at closings that a juror question elicited a "confession" from a Phillips executive admitting to liability and trade secret misappropriation.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$604.9M Verdict Returned in Low-Carbon Fuels Trade Secrets Trial

A key event at trial was a response to a juror's question, Michael Ng said, where the Phillips 66 executive charged with implementing the company's new fuels business inadvertently confessed to the use of proprietary marketing data.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Securities Case Over Hawaiian Electric Company's Wildfire Readiness Dismissed

The decision is a win for Skadden in its representation of the Hawaii utility that was faced with a securities class action claim stemming its communications about a wildfire in Maui.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Big Firms Add Energy and Litigation Lateral Partners

The moves in energy-related practices come as more firms are seeing an uptick in work within the renewable space in light of federal legislation.
3 minute read

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