Focus on Courts
Trafigura agrees to pay $55 million to settle U.S. CFTC charges
A unit of global commodities trader Trafigura has agreed to pay a $55-million civil fine to settle U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission charges...
States sue US to block rule that oil firms guarantee payment to dismantle old wells
The Biden administration has proposed a rule that would require the offshore oil and gas industry to help cover the cost of dismantling...
Tesla sues ex-supplier Matthews over EV battery trade secrets
Matthews began supplying Tesla with manufacturing machinery in 2019.
Tesla plans to leverage Elon Musk’s big pay win in Delaware court battle
Tesla will use Thursday's strong support for Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package to try to win over a Delaware judge that invalidated...
Canadian national pleads guilty to stealing Tesla trade secrets
A Canadian resident of China pleaded guilty in New York federal court on Thursday to stealing Tesla electric-vehicle battery manufacturing trade secrets and...
Largest US oil trade group to sue to block Biden’s EV push
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new tailpipe emission rules in March that will force the nation's automakers to produce and sell more...
Bank CEOs to testify at parliamentary committee on climate impacts of finance
The chief executives of Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank Group, BMO Financial Group, Scotiabank and CIBC are all scheduled to appear by...
Musk convincing Tesla investors to back his pay. Now he must persuade a judge
Musk on Wednesday evening said that shareholders were voting in favor of both the pay package and a board-sponsored move of Tesla's legal...
Why does Switzerland’s rebuff of European climate ruling matter?
Switzerland's lower house parliament has voted to reject a landmark court ruling ordering the country to do more to combat global warming
