Webcast: Navigating Data Center Development Risks & Emerging Litigation Trends
Webcasts | April 16, 2026
Join us for a recorded webcast offering a comprehensive guide to the challenges inherent in data center development and the legal risks that may arise. Gain practical insights into key considerations and emerging patterns in digital infrastructure disputes and learn how to identify and mitigate issues before they become obstacles.
MCLE CREDIT INFORMATION:
This program has been approved for credit in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 1.0 credit hour, of which 1.0 credit hour may be applied toward the area of professional practice requirement. This course is approved for transitional/non-transitional credit.
Attorneys seeking New York credit must obtain an Affirmation Form prior to watching the archived version of this webcast. Please contact CLE@gibsondunn.com to request the MCLE form.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1.0 hour in the General category.
California attorneys may claim “self-study” credit for viewing the archived version of this webcast. No certificate of attendance is required for California “self-study” credit.
PANELISTS:
Tory Lauterbach is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office and Co-Chair of the Energy Regulation and Litigation Practice Group. She has extensive experience providing transactional and regulatory advice to energy companies, large energy users, and their lenders and investors. Tory is a leader within the firm’s data centers and digital infrastructure practice, where she advises data center developers, investors, and lenders regarding all aspects of delivering electric power to data centers. This work includes negotiating power supply and infrastructure agreements with utilities, power purchase and tolling agreements for both grid-connected and on-site generation, natural gas supply arrangements, and the power and energy portions of customer agreements, such as data center leases and service orders. Tory brings deep knowledge of the electricity and natural gas businesses to bear to take complex data center projects to market, including many of the largest data center campuses announced in North America. As a transactional attorney with regulatory training, Tory’s strong grounding in federal and state energy regulatory issues enhances her ability to advise data center clients who need to interface with public utilities and their regulators.
David Casazza is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Groups. David has represented clients in appellate and regulatory litigation before the Supreme Court of the United States, federal appellate courts, and federal district courts. These cases have involved a wide range of subjects including separation of powers, federal rulemaking challenges, business reorganization, anti-terrorism claims and foreign sovereign immunity, energy infrastructure permitting, and a variety of First Amendment speech and religious liberty claims. He has also represented clients in complex litigation, including large class actions, antitrust, and racketeering cases.
John Craig is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the Tax Controversy and Litigation Practice Group. His practice focuses on federal tax controversies. John has assisted clients during the pre-litigation stages of federal tax disputes from examinations to protests before the IRS Independent Office of Appeals, represented clients in docketed cases covering transfer-pricing disputes and a variety of international and employment tax issues, and maintains an active pro bono practice before the U.S. Tax Court. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he was an associate in the tax group of another law firm in Washington, D.C. and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Maurice B. Foley of the United States Tax Court.
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