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California's Mandatory Climate Disclosure Regulations Challenged By New Lawsuit

On October 24, 2025, a significant new lawsuit challenging California's mandatory climate disclosure regulations was filed in federal district court (E.D. Cal.) by ExxonMobil.

United States Environment

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Mintz

U.S. And Allies Tighten Russia Energy Sanctions To Weaken The Russian War Economy

On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated two of Russia's largest oil companies—Open Joint Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company ("Rosneft") and Lukoil OAO ("Lukoil")—and certain of their subsidiaries as Specially Designated Nationals ("SDNs").

United States International

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

DOE Invokes Rare Authority To Direct FERC To Accelerate Grid Access For Large Loads And Data Centers

What is Happening? Citing rapid growth in large commercial and industrial electricity demand, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

ExxonMobil Sues California Over Climate Disclosure Laws

In late October 2025, Exxon Mobil Corporation filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, launching a major constitutional and regulatory challenge to California's landmark...

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

United States Imposes Sanctions On Russian Energy Companies

United States International

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K&L Gates LLP

UNEP Report Provides Roadmap To Advance Biobased Technologies

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

November Energy, Sustainability, And Infrastructure Washington Update

United States Energy

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Mintz

Wading Into New York's 2025 NYS Wetlands Permitting Changes

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

The Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market And Its Automotive Applications

United States Transport

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Alvarez & Marsal

DOE Directs FERC To Take Action On Large Load Interconnection

United States Energy

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K&L Gates LLP

Assessing OBBBA's Impacts For U.S. Renewable Power Developers

United States Energy

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AlixPartners

Round Up Of New York Climate Litigation In 2025

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

E15 Gasoline: Legal Landscape And Recent Legislative Updates

United States Environment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

US Government Announces Historic $80 Billion Nuclear Partnership With Westinghouse Electric Company, Cameco Corporation, And Brookfield Asset Management To Construct AP1000 Reactor Fleet

United States Energy

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K&L Gates LLP

USCIS Announces Changes To The Naturalization Test

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Resolving Construction Conflicts Efficiently: A Guided Mediation Approach

United States Litigation

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JAMS

California Air Resources Board Publishes Draft SB 261 Guidance

United States Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

From Conflict To Clarity: Why The ADR Experience Matters In Successful Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

DOE Issues Interim Final Rule Implementing Energy Dominance Financing

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has issued an interim final rule (IFR) amending 10 C.F.R. Part 609 to implement the Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) provisions enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB).

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

Controversy Over State And Tribal Rights Under Clean Water Act Section 401 Continues

Ten members of Congress representing New York districts have petitioned Gov. Kathy Hochul to withhold the state's water quality certification needed for a natural gas pipeline in New York waters.

United States Energy

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Holland & Knight

UK And U.S. Impose Major New Sanctions On Russian Oil Sector

On October 15, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed major new sanctions targeting Russia's oil industry, including asset freezes on Rosneft and Lukoil, the country's two largest oil companies. A week later, on October 22 and despite an ongoing government shutdown, the United States followed suit by issuing parallel sanctions on both entities.

Worldwide International

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Arnold & Porter

57. October 22, 2025 | Trump Administration Blocks Major Russian Oil Firms

In response to Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in March 2014 and February 2022, the Department of Treasury implemented various sanctions on Russian entities.

United States International

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Thompson Coburn LLP

New OFAC Sanctions Adversely Impact Rosneft And Lukoil: Extra Diligence Required

United States International

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Department Of Energy Directs FERC To Act On The Study And Interconnection Of Large Loads And Hybrid Facilities, FERC Opens Public Comment Period

United States Energy

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Van Ness Feldman

Court Requires DEC To Promulgate Regulations In NYS Climate Regulation Case

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Coordinated & Far-Reaching New Sanctions On Russia Represent Strongest Yet As UK, US, & EU Push To End The War In Ukraine

United States International

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Bracewell

Administration Tees Up Major Expansion Of FERC Jurisdiction Over Large-Load Interconnections

United States Energy

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Davis Wright Tremaine

New Army Corps Guidance Puts Wind And Solar Projects In The Slow Lane

United States Energy

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Holland & Hart

States Contend With The Proliferation Of Data Centers Across The East Coast

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

California's Cap-and-Trade Is Extended And Becomes 'Cap-and-Invest' In Package Of New Energy Laws

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

DOE Directs FERC To Initiate Large Load Interconnection Rulemaking

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOE Directs FERC To Consider Groundbreaking Rules Related To Large Load Interconnection

United States Energy

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Mintz

States Contend With The Proliferation Of Data Centers Across The East Coast

As data center projects proliferate in the United States to meet the growing demands of IT housing infrastructure, particularly in the face of rising...

United States Energy

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Duane Morris LLP

California's Cap-and-Trade Is Extended And Becomes 'Cap-and-Invest' In Package Of New Energy Laws

At the end of its legislative session, the California legislature passed AB 1207 and SB 840 to extend and introduce new measures for California's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Cap-and-Trade program, which has now been renamed "Cap-and-Invest."

United States Energy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

DOE Directs FERC To Initiate Large Load Interconnection Rulemaking

On October 23, 2025, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to conduct a rulemaking to assert jurisdiction over load interconnections to the bulk electric...

United States Energy

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOE Directs FERC To Consider Groundbreaking Rules Related To Large Load Interconnection

On October 23, 2025, the Secretary of Energy ("Secretary") invoked a rarely utilized provision of the Department of Energy Organization Act ("DOE Act")...

United States Energy

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Mintz

Sanctions Update: October 27, 2025

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Unlocking Critical Value: Circular Strategies For Critical Minerals

As demand for critical minerals accelerates, so does the pressure to find smarter, more sustainable ways to source them.

United States Energy

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Arcadis

The Real AI Constraint: Power At Velocity

The limiting factor for AI isn't talent, computing power, or algorithms. It's power. And that's not a distant problem. It's happening now.

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

"One Big Beautiful Bill Act": Five Changes Oil And Gas Businesses Need To Know About Now

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (Public Law No: 119-21, the "Act") marks a pivotal moment in U.S. energy legislation, signaling a decisive shift back toward traditional fossil fuel development.

United States Energy

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The New Frontier: Financing Storage-Only And Co-Located Projects

Battery storage is quickly becoming a major player in the clean energy transition. There are two main project types: storage-only projects and co-located projects.

United States Energy

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Foley & Lardner

Can Finance And Policy Unlock The Carbon Capture Boom? (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Bracewell

Sanctions Update: October 20, 2025

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Key Takeaways From The 9th Annual Baker Institute Energy Summit – Resilience In Energy Supply Chains

United States Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

P2N0 - Edition 36 - News And Views On The Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

Worldwide Energy

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Baker Botts LLP

The Gold Rush For Renewable Diesel Is Over: Profitability Strategies For Refiners

United States Energy

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AlixPartners

FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries For October 2025

United States Energy

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Perkins Coie LLP

The US Issues A Detailed Ultimatum Against International "Carbon Tax" Ahead Of IMO Net-Zero Framework Vote

United States Transport

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Jones Walker

Government Shutdown And BOEM, BSEE And ONRR Contingency Plans

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

The Exploration Crisis: Why Oil & Gas Companies Are Finding Less While Demand Keeps Growing (Video)

United States Commercial

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Alvarez & Marsal

Recent Changes To Iowa Sales Tax Exemption Certificates

United States Tax

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Nyemaster Goode

Podcast: The Oil And Gas Regulator With An Unlikely Name: The Texas Railroad Commission

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

Impacts To Carbon Capture And Sequestration From EPA's Proposal To Repeal Greenhouse Gas Reporting

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

California Air Resources Board Publishes Draft Template For SB 253 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting – Ten Things To Know

United States Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Foreign Terrorist Organizations Designations Provide DOJ With New Civil Forfeiture Authorities And Opportunities

United States International

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Foley & Lardner

Louisiana AG Urges DOJ To Clean Up Oil Spill Litigation

United States Energy

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Cozen O'Connor

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Bracewell Explains – Speed To Power: Using Associated Natural Gas To Power Data Centers (Video)

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Bracewell

In That Case: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (Video)

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WilmerHale

Akin Hosts 'Drilling Down: What Oil & Gas Companies Can Expect From Federal Agencies During Trump's Second Administration' Webinar (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Chevron Overruled: Understanding The Supreme Court's Decision In Loper Bright/Relentless And What It Could Mean For Regulated Communities (Video)

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K&L Gates LLP

Shifts In The Energy Landscape (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

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