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NLRB Dismisses Case Brought by Fired SpaceX Employees

10 February 2026 at 15:57
The National Labor Relations Board, having accused the company of unfair retaliation in 2024, now says it has no jurisdiction over Elon Musk’s space company.

Β© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Eight SpaceX employees were fired soon after asking the company to distance itself from comments made by Elon Musk, including one in which he made light of accusations of harassment directed at him.

Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Critics of Fossil Fuels

5 February 2026 at 16:18
The court ruled that it was unconstitutional to bar state agencies from investing with firms that the state had accused of boycotting the oil industry.

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Trucks at an oil field in Midland, Texas. A judge ruled that a 2021 law about investing practices was unconstitutional.

Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor

3 February 2026 at 17:24
In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards.

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Recent studies have suggested that between 5 and 10 percent of young people who had undergone gender-affirming care later decided to detransition.

Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects

2 February 2026 at 16:19
The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump administration had ordered work to stop in December.

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A staging area for Orsted’s Sunrise Wind project at the Port of Coeymans south of Albany, N.Y., in 2024.

D.O.E. Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules

30 January 2026 at 16:57
The researchers produced a report that was central in a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution.

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The judge ruled that Energy Secretary Chris Wright violated the law when he handpicked researchers to work in secret to produce a government report on global warming.

Dutch Court Orders Netherlands to Protect Bonaire From Climate Change

28 January 2026 at 15:34
Bonaire, a Dutch overseas territory, deserves the same protections as Europe, the ruling said. The decision adds to a growing body of precedent worldwide.

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Marieke Vellekoop, director of Greenpeace Netherlands, center, with plaintiffs from Bonaire in court in The Hague in October.

F.T.C. Appeals Loss in Meta Antitrust Case

20 January 2026 at 16:20
The agency is aiming to reverse a setback in the government’s campaign to rein in the power of the biggest tech companies.

Β© Jason Henry for The New York Times

The Federal Trade Commission argued that Meta had bought Instagram and WhatsApp to get rid of the threat posed by young competitors.

Virginia Coastal Offshore Wind Project Can Continue, Judge Rules

16 January 2026 at 15:58
Construction can continue on an $11.2 billion project off the coast of Virginia, said to be 70 percent complete.

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Wind turbine components at a staging area for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project in Portsmouth, Va., last month.

Empire Wind Project Can Resume Construction, Judge Rules

16 January 2026 at 12:14
A federal judge said the Empire Wind project off Long Island would suffer β€œirreparable harm” if the Trump administration continued to hold up work.

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The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, the staging site for the Empire Wind offshore wind project.

Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Stop Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind Project

12 January 2026 at 21:31
The ruling means that construction can continue on Revolution Wind, a $6.2 billion project off the coast of Rhode Island, at least for now.

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Components of the Revolution Wind farm project on a pier in New London, Conn., in September.

Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Is Blocked, a Win for Apple and Google

23 December 2025 at 22:02
A preliminary injunction in federal court cited the First Amendment, handing a win to tech companies like Apple and Google.

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Texas’ App Store Accountability Act was set to take effect next month.
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