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At least three federal courts in downtown Washington, D.C., said Wednesday they were pulling back on in-person operations until after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, amid heightened security in the nation’s capital.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in a statement that “due to the National Special Security Event surrounding the 59th Presidential Inauguration, the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse and William B. Bryant Annex will be closed to the public and court staff” from Wednesday through Jan. 21.
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Lightsource BP starts operating massive solar project in North Texas
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Lightsource BP, a global solar company owned 50 percent by oil major BP, has begun commercial operation of its largest solar project located in North Texas.Caroline Spiezio, STF / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Lightsource BP, a global solar company owned 50 percent by oil major BP, has begun commercial operation of its largest solar project located in North Texas.William Luther, Staff / StaffShow MoreShow Less
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Lightsource BP, a global solar company in which oil major BP has a 50 percent stake, has begun commercial operation of its largest solar project located in North Texas.
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A growing list of major law firms on Tuesday said they are suspending or rethinking contributions by their political action committees following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump supporters seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The firms pausing donations include St. Louis-based Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, which in the 2019-2020 election cycle gave to U.S. Senator Josh Hawley of its home state Missouri and to Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. Squire Patton Boggs, Baker & Hostetler, Hogan Lovells, Holland & Knight, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Cozen O’Connor and Kansas City, Missouri-based Polsinelli also said they were pausing PAC contributions.
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A Texas-based insurance company fired one of its senior lawyers, the company said Thursday, after the attorney was identified as one of the hundreds of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol a day earlier.
Goosehead Insurance said in a Thursday morning tweet that associate general counsel Paul MacNeal Davis is “no longer employed” at the company. Davis was not reachable for comment on Thursday.
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BP has announced the appointment of two new board members and two retirements.
The London-based energy giant, which operates the largest refinery in the Midwest along Whiting s lakeshore on Lake Michigan, named the American Karen Richardson and the German Johannes Teyssen to the board as non-executive directors effective Jan. 1, 2021. On behalf of the board, I am delighted to welcome Karen and Johannes to BP. Karen brings exceptional knowledge of digital, technology, cyber and IT security matters from her career working with innovative companies in Silicon Valley, Chairman Helge Lund said. With long experience and a decade at the helm of one of Europeâs largest energy companies, Johannes brings deep knowledge of the sector and its continuing transformation. Â