( July 13, 2026, 7:41 AM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The federal judge overseeing the antitrust multidistrict litigation related to shale oil has denied Kansas’ bid to intervene in the MDL, ruling that the state “does not identify a protectable interest that will be impaired” by the litigation and holding that the state does not have a “claim that shares a common question of law or fact with the main action.”...