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April 28, 2026
A Fourth Circuit panel repeatedly pressed state enforcers and counsel for Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC during oral arguments Tuesday, questioning how language baked into water quality certifications would protect local streams and wetlands given the company's history of permit violations.
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April 28, 2026
The Trump administration is advancing a novel constitutional argument in its efforts to keep fossil fuel-fired power plants open, which, if sustained in court, could pose new challenges for states trying to hold up their end of the Clean Air Act.
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April 28, 2026
Critical Metals Corp. plans to acquire all outstanding shares of European Lithium Ltd. in an all-stock transaction valued at about $835 million, in a deal that would consolidate ownership of the Greenland rare earths project Tanbreez.
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April 28, 2026
J.R. Simplot Co. is asking the Ninth Circuit to stay pending U.S. Supreme Court review of its decision to invalidate an Idaho land transfer by the U.S. Department of the Interior that would have allowed it to expand its phosphogypsum plant near tribal lands, saying the issue has already caused "robust debate" in the appellate court.
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April 28, 2026
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-advised timberland investment manager BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group, or BTG Pactual TIG, on Tuesday revealed it has closed a fundraising round for its Latin American reforestation strategy after securing $1.24 billion in commitments.
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April 28, 2026
A New York homeowner has hit solar energy company Attyx LLC and its lending partners with a proposed class action over an alleged deceptive financing scheme, echoing claims already brought by the state's attorney general that alleged hundreds of millions of dollars in potential consumer harm.
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April 28, 2026
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a patent case involving "skinny labels" on generic drugs, a longtime patent attorney as well as a government attorney who often handles intellectual property cases will face an appellate specialist who has argued many high court cases.
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April 27, 2026
The National Trust for Historic Preservation said Monday it will not drop its lawsuit over the Trump administration's plans to turn the White House's East Wing into an 89,000-square-foot ballroom, despite a shooting incident at a gala the president attended this weekend.
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April 29, 2026
With spring homebuying season in full swing, policymakers are pushing proposals aimed at expanding affordable housing. Law360 Real Estate Authority delves into these federal and localized developments, breaking down the contents of the proposals and how real estate attorneys are responding.
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April 27, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court's ruling that a citizen cannot sue two California officials over alleged groundwater contamination due to their sovereign immunity, brushing off a dissenting judge's warning the opinion could allow state facilities to "pollute willy-nilly."
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April 27, 2026
Wood products giant Boise Cascade Co. must pay a fine of more than $6.3 million after pleading guilty Monday in Florida federal court to purchasing Chinese plywood that it knew a company had illegally transshipped to evade countervailing and antidumping duties.
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April 27, 2026
Monsanto's efforts to stem the tide of thousands of lawsuits over its blockbuster weedkiller Roundup seemed to find a mixed audience with the U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday as they debated the benefits of national labeling standards with how regulators stay on top of changing science.
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April 27, 2026
Twenty groups from the agricultural and energy industries urged Congress to tighten requirements for a biofuel blending exemption for small refineries and lift seasonal restrictions on the sale of higher-ethanol gasoline, saying the changes would bring regulatory certainty to a volatile market.
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April 27, 2026
The U.S. Interior Department should have addressed its previous settlement involving Devon Energy Corp. before ordering a Devon entity to pay $2.8 million for improper deductions from drilling royalties owed, the Tenth Circuit ruled Monday, finding the applicability of the "ambiguous" settlement material.
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April 27, 2026
Public interest advocacy groups are warning the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that recently proposed changes to fund naming rules would eliminate the transparency Americans seek when investing their money, while industry groups have championed the elimination of a Biden-era regulation that they argue could confuse investors.
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April 27, 2026
A defense strategy to fast-track the trial in a yearslong criminal foreign bribery case against a Mexican businessman in Texas appeared to backfire when he was convicted and sent to prison last year, but the gamble ultimately paid off when a judge permanently tossed the case earlier this month.
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April 27, 2026
The developer behind a planned data center project in Chatham County, North Carolina, has filed suit in state court challenging a yearlong moratorium on permitting for data centers, arguing that the provision violated state law governing moratoria on development approvals.
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April 27, 2026
An insurer told a Florida federal court it owes no coverage to a drilling subcontractor or a telecommunications construction company in a $7.5 million suit over the discharge of millions of gallons of raw sewage, saying the coverage is barred by the policies' absolute pollution exclusion.
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April 24, 2026
A Florida federal judge Friday warned that he will not allow any new or revised demonstratives for a trial beginning Monday in a suit by children who blame their birth defects on Lockheed Martin's chemical handling practices at an Orlando facility, putting an end to the parties' last-minute feud.
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April 24, 2026
A coalition of 10 states and three local governments sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, claiming the agency has failed to implement a Clean Air Act rule regulating soot and is thereby endangering public health across the country.
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April 24, 2026
A coalition of five environmental groups agreed to drop its challenge to the 2021 reissuance of a federal permit that authorizes truncated environmental reviews for oil and gas companies, with plans to sue anew over the permit's 2026 iteration.
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April 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its oral argument portion of the 2025 October term by hearing a panoply of disputes over the constitutionality of geofence warrants, the existence of aiding and abetting torture claims, and the rescission of temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
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April 24, 2026
The high court's recent decision letting Chevron move a state court lawsuit to federal court has raised questions about the newly expanded scope of a statute permitting such transfers, when allegations are tied to work for the federal government.
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April 24, 2026
With a $7.25 billion deal potentially at stake, Monsanto heads to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in its closely watched appeal of a $1.25 million jury verdict awarded to a Missouri man who claimed that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer.
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April 24, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission is pushing back against bids from Syngenta Corp. and Corteva Inc. in North Carolina federal court to escape allegations of using loyalty rebate schemes to block competition from rival generic pesticides.