The city of Houston and the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that they’ve reached a settlement agreement after a more than 10-month investigation into illegal trash dumping in (more…)
The Federal Aviation Administration has said a federal judge can decide whether SpaceX can intervene in a lawsuit filed by conservationists over a Texas rocket launch facility, but contended (more…)
The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Texas federal judge to throw out a lawsuit lodged by 25 Republican state attorneys general seeking to block a rule allowing retirement advisers to consider (more…)
The Texas Supreme Court said Friday it will review a state regulator’s decision finding that a Houston-based oil and gas exploration company can’t force a nearby mineral rights owner to share (more…)
An Austin, Texas, appeals court said a lower court was right to deny a temporary injunction bid from a garbage and recycling company that sought to prevent the city of Round Rock from initiating (more…)
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has added an experienced energy and infrastructure attorney to its corporate department in Houston who came aboard from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, the (more…)
Phillips 66 Co. and a Shell PLC subsidiary are on the hook to help fund an ongoing $1.2 billion construction project for a key Gulf of Mexico waterway after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday (more…)
Two Texas energy companies seeking “success fees” for completed wind projects had their breach of contract complaint against California-based Oak Creek Energy Systems Inc. moved from Texas (more…)
Volkswagen and Audi have agreed to pay $85 million to resolve allegations that the automakers violated Texas’ environmental laws by placing emissions software defeat devices into vehicles, (more…)