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Small Modular Reactors In New Hampshire: Powering Data Centers And Reshaping Our Energy Landscape

Rising energy demand, driven in part by the needs of data centers, AI infrastructure, and other energy-intensive end-users, is accelerating interest in small modular reactors (SMRs)...

United States Energy

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McLane Middleton, Professional Association

The Impact Of The ASC 842 Lease Accounting Standards On A Toll Agreement For Stand-Alone BESS

The Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) recent lease accounting standards (ASC 842) are impacting toll agreements for stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS).

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Recent Federal Developments For December 2025

Start 2026 with the information you need — Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), The Acta Group (Acta®), and B&C® Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM)...

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Canada – Alberta MoU And Bill 8: What They Mean For AI Data Centres

In a recent article, BLG lawyers discussed the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta...

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Electricity Implications Of The Canada-Alberta Memorandum Of Understanding

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Federal Judge Vacates Trump Administration's Halt To Wind Energy Permitting

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

30 Years Of New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

3 Tips To Unlock Energy Tax Credits Locally

United States Energy

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MGO CPA LLP

Regulatory Incentives For Ontario Distributors To Encourage DER Integration Through Non-wires Solutions

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Torys LLP

Nueva Ley General de Aguas y reformas a la Ley de Aguas Nacionales

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Massachusetts Court Declares President Trump's Wind Moratorium Unlawful

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

The EU Grids Package: A Blueprint For Europe's Future Energy Infrastructure

Worldwide Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A New Era Of Innovation In Canada: Energy

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Torys LLP

Nuclear's New Horizon: Q&A With Ben Reinke

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Torys LLP

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Banking Industry Outlook: U.S. Banking M&A Surge Arrives In Q3

United States Compliance

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 263

United States Healthcare

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Davis Wright Tremaine

FBI's Most Recent Gambling Arrests Suggest Sports-Betting Regulations Are Effective

United States Media & IT

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Duane Morris LLP

AI Innovation Is Accelerating, But Oversight Is Fragmented: Why ADR Must Fill The Governance Gap

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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Renewables

Federal Judge Vacates Trump Administration's Halt To Wind Energy Permitting

On December 8, 2025, in the case of New York v. Trump, the federal district court for the District of Massachusetts vacated orders from several federal agencies that implemented a moratorium on permitting and approvals for wind energy projects ...

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

3 Tips To Unlock Energy Tax Credits Locally

State and local governments have new opportunities to benefit from energy tax credits thanks to recent legislative changes. These credits can provide your government...

United States Energy

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MGO CPA LLP

Massachusetts Court Declares President Trump's Wind Moratorium Unlawful

A Massachusetts federal court vacated President Trump's January 20 memorandum, which halted all offshore wind leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

United States Energy

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Jones Walker

The EU Grids Package: A Blueprint For Europe's Future Energy Infrastructure

Worldwide Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A New Era Of Innovation In Canada: Energy

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Torys LLP

Nuclear's New Horizon: Q&A With Ben Reinke

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Torys LLP

Hydro-Québec Launches New Wind Power Call For Tenders In 2026

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

What The Court Decision Invalidating The Federal Wind Energy Moratorium Means For Renewable Energy

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

Federal Court Strikes Down Interior Order Suspending Wind Energy Development

United States Energy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

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Oil, Gas & Electricity

The Impact Of The ASC 842 Lease Accounting Standards On A Toll Agreement For Stand-Alone BESS

The Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) recent lease accounting standards (ASC 842) are impacting toll agreements for stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS).

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Canada – Alberta MoU And Bill 8: What They Mean For AI Data Centres

In a recent article, BLG lawyers discussed the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta...

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Electricity Implications Of The Canada-Alberta Memorandum Of Understanding

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney signed the historic Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding (the MoU) on Nov. 27, 2025, in Calgary.

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Federal Judge Vacates Trump Administration's Halt To Wind Energy Permitting

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

30 Years Of New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

Regulatory Incentives For Ontario Distributors To Encourage DER Integration Through Non-wires Solutions

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Torys LLP

The EU Grids Package: A Blueprint For Europe's Future Energy Infrastructure

Worldwide Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A New Era Of Innovation In Canada: Energy

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Torys LLP

Nuclear's New Horizon: Q&A With Ben Reinke

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Torys LLP

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Mining

The Supreme Court's Lundin Mining Decision Redefines The Meaning Of Material Change For Public Companies

The Supreme Court of Canada's (the "SCC") decision in Lundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich ("Lundin Mining") marks a turning point for Canadian securities law by revisiting the meaning of "material change"...

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Miller Thomson LLP

Justiciable Or Not Justiciable? Gitxaała v British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) And The Application Of UNDRIP In BC

Gitxaała v British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) (Gitxaała), issued by the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) on December 5, 2025, is a split decision on the nature of the legal effect of British Columbia's...

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Dentons Canada LLP

SCC Affirms Broad And Contextual Interpretation Of "Material Change"

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has provided further guidance on what may constitute a "material change" under Ontario securities law and the leave test for bringing a claim for failure to make timely disclosure.

Canada Litigation

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Goodmans LLP

Shifting Grounds : Supreme Court Of Canada Clarifies Scope Of Securities Disclosure Obligations For "Material Changes"

Canada Commercial

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Bennett Jones LLP

From Pit Wall To Policy: What Lundin Means For Public Company Disclosure

Canada Commercial

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

A Material Decision Without A "Material Change": Lundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich – SCC Analysis Of Material Change And Leave Requirements In Securities Class Actions

Canada Commercial

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McMillan LLP

National Instrument 43-101: The Requirement To Disclose Complete And Transparent Exploration Results

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Cassels

From Policy To Practice: Canada's Evolving Environmental Law In 2025

Canada Environment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

BOEM Rapidly Advances Steps To Develop Critical Minerals In American Samoa And Commonwealth Of Mariana Islands

United States Energy

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Perkins Coie LLP

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Utilities

FERC Withdraws Controversial "Duty Of Candor" Proposal

Chairman Swett maintains agenda of simplifying regulations, while contending that FERC's existing communications rule is more than adequate to regulate communications.

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

California's Bold Move Toward A Unified Western Grid

California is positioning itself to help run a unified, independently governed electricity market across the West. With AB 825 signed on September 19, 2025...

United States Energy

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

A Refresher On The Right-of-Way And Condemnation Process For Utilitie

Public utilities rely on access to private and public land to build and maintain essential infrastructure.

United States Energy

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Nossaman LLP

New Jersey Energy Security And Affordability Act: What Senate Bill S4876 Means For Nuclear And Grid Development

United States Energy

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Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC

What SB 283, Requiring Early Fire District Review, Means For Your Battery Energy Storage System Projects

United States Energy

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Cox, Castle & Nicholson

Is Inverse Condemnation Reform On The Table In California?

United States Environment

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Nossaman LLP

Wildfire Mitigation Under California SB 254 And Renewable Developers

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Data Center Regulation Tracker

United States Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Secretary Of Energy Directs FERC To Develop Rules For Interconnecting Large Loads

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

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Latest Videos

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Opportunities In The Energy Sector (Video)

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Navigating The Evolving Landscape Of Corporate PPAs (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. State PFAS Initiatives — A Conversation With Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. And Carla N. Hutton (Podcast)

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Bergeson & Campbell

One Minute Matters [Video]: Is Co-Location Energy Making Data Centers Harder To Build? (With Richard Darke)

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Dykema

Cash Is King Again: Navigating Clean Energy's Financial Crossroads (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

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