Wilson Sonsini Nabs Former Sunrun Lawyer Ken Sanocki in SF
Ken Sanocki joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a partner in its Energy and Climate Solutions practice in San Francisco, the firm announced Tuesday.
The Justice Department’s environmental division is increasingly playing offense and taking states to court in the second Trump administration—a shift from its historical defensive role, the department’s head told Bloomberg Law in an interview.
The Trump administration sued Minnesota on Monday, accusing the state of attempting to regulate greenhouse gases through state litigation against oil and gas companies.
A federal judge overseeing thousands of cancer lawsuits against
The US Department of Energy unlawfully directed Sable Offshore Corp. to defy state regulators and court orders to stop pumping oil, California said in a new court filing asking a judge to block the department’s emergency order.

The Trump administration is taking the first steps to potentially remove the imperiled Rice’s whale from the endangered species list to promote oil drilling, according to a notice published Monday.

Ken Sanocki joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a partner in its Energy and Climate Solutions practice in San Francisco, the firm announced Tuesday.
President Donald Trump illegally allowed commercial fishing in a marine national monument off the Massachusetts coast—violating the main purpose of the ocean reserve, three environmental groups claim in a lawsuit filed Monday.
Remy Lerner joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in its energy, infrastructure and natural resources practice in Dubai, the firm announced Tuesday.
Portugal plans to push ahead with a proposal to impose a windfall tax on energy companies to help cushion the fallout from spiraling costs for consumers and companies caused by the Iran war.
The White House is reviewing a proposal from the
The US Environmental Protection Agency breached a $400 million Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant in early 2025 by terminating it without any legal basis, a Native American group says.
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For a bunch of unremarkable warehouses, they’re generating a lot of controversy. Data centers — low-slung facilities that house the server racks and energy systems that underpin the digital economy — have become a heated issue on the campaign trail. Politicians from both parties are pushing bills to restrict them. Some want a nationwide “moratorium.” That would be a historic mistake.
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Ken Sanocki joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a partner in its Energy and Climate Solutions practice in San Francisco, the firm announced Tuesday.
Clark Stockton Lord joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its public finance & infrastructure practice in Houston, the firm announced Tuesday.
The Justice Department is taking a new tack to overcome hurdles in attracting qualified legal talent: offering $25,000 signing bonuses to staff an office investigating youth transgender treatments and litigating the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
Jenna Levy joined Herrick, Feinstein as a partner in its corporate department, the firm announced Tuesday.
Marc Williams joined Kilpatrick as a partner in its financial institutions team in Seattle, the firm announced Tuesday.
Remy Lerner joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in its energy, infrastructure and natural resources practice in Dubai, the firm announced Tuesday.
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