High Court Sends La. Pollution Suit To Federal Court

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said that pollution lawsuits against Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron in Louisiana belong in federal court, agreeing with the companies that their World War II-era oil production in the state was federal in nature.

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Lockheed Can't Slip Workers' 401(k) Self-Dealing Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Lockheed Martin can't escape a proposed class action alleging the company breached fiduciary duties under federal benefits law by offering underperforming proprietary target-date fund offerings in several employee 401(k) plans worth approximately $50 billion, after a New Jersey federal judge largely refused to toss the dispute.

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Rocket Lab Beats Investor Suit Over Launch Timeline For Good

By Katryna Perera

A California federal judge has permanently tossed a proposed shareholder class action alleging that Rocket Lab USA Inc. and its top brass intentionally concealed issues that would delay the test and commercial launches of a vehicle it developed, finding that the suit did not adequately allege a motive for fraud by the defendants.

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Ex-Rep. Didn't Fund Venezuelan Opposition, Accountant Says

By David Minsky

A forensic accountant testified in Florida federal court on Friday that his investigation into the finances of politician David Rivera found that no funds were given to Venezuelan opposition officials, telling jurors how he followed the money trail of the one-time congressman accused of secretly lobbying for a foreign government.

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Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Stikeman Elliott

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Amazon.com Inc. buys satellite communications company Globalstar Inc., waste management company GFL Environmental Inc. acquires Secure Waste Infrastructure Corp., and Standard Life PLC buys the British subsidiary of Dutch insurer Aegon.

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DOD Contractor Gets 2 Years In Prison For $829K Fraud

By Madeline Lyskawa

The owner of a U.S. defense manufacturing company has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government of more than $829,000 by providing cheaper, nonconforming parts under 148 U.S. Department of Defense contracts.

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Texas Justice Calls Asbestos Dosage Decision 'Troubling'

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Supreme Court justices declined an appeal brought after a lower court did not consider proof of asbestos dosage in its decision, but on Friday, Justice Evan Young wrote that the lower court's failure to do so was "troubling" even if the case wasn't a good fit for high court review.

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Judge Again Rejects Boeing Whistleblower Suicide Settlement

By Jonathan Capriel

A South Carolina court has again refused to approve a $50,000 settlement in a lawsuit accusing Boeing of instigating a "campaign of harassment" against a whistleblower that led to his suicide, saying it can't know whether the deal is fair until it has seen the details of a related settlement.

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NorthStar Inks $300M SPAC Deal As Space Debris Risk Rises

By Al Barbarino

NorthStar Earth & Space said Friday it will merge with a blank-check company in a deal valuing NorthStar at $300 million, as the Canadian company bets that increasingly congested orbits will require continuous monitoring to avoid collisions and service disruptions.

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Drone Co. Aevex Joins Defense-Related IPOs, Raising $320M

By Bonnie Eslinger

Drone-maker Aevex Corp. began trading Friday after raising $320 million in its initial public ‌offering, steered by a Kirkland & Ellis LLP team and with Latham & Watkins LLP advising the underwriters.

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Evidence, Tailored Talks, Materiality

In this month's bid protest roundup, Brian Doll at MoFo delves into three recent decisions from the Government Accountability Office about the evidentiary standards necessary to sustain a protest, discussions tailored to individual proposals, and misrepresentation claims involving factors irrelevant to the agency's decision.

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2 Discovery Rulings Break With Heppner On AI Privilege Issue

While a New York federal court’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner suggests that some litigants’ communications with AI tools are discoverable, two other recent federal court decisions demonstrate that such interactions generally qualify for work-product protection under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, says Joshua Dunn at Brown Rudnick.

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California Is Latest Battleground In Defining Access To Justice

By Brandon Lowrey

A pair of dueling California ballot initiatives both purport to increase consumers' access to justice — a righteous cause, most would say. If only the initiatives' backers agreed on what that means.

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Adams & Reese Sued For Malpractice Over $411M Injury Loss

By Lynn LaRowe

A scaffolding company has hit Adams & Reese LLP with a legal malpractice suit in Texas state court that accuses the firm of botching its defense in a Louisiana workplace injury case, leading to a roughly $411 million jury verdict and ultimately forcing the business to settle the matter for millions.

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Up Next At High Court: SEC And FCC Enforcement Authority

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court's final argument session of this term kicks off Monday, when the justices will consider the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to seek disgorgement orders against alleged wrongdoers without proving investors were harmed. Here, Law360 breaks down the week's oral arguments.

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Polsinelli Sent Bogus Infringement Letters, Suits Say

By Elliot Weld

National law firm Polsinelli PC was accused of sending letters to two medical device companies with meritless claims of patent infringement, the companies claimed in a pair of malpractice suits.

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Another Record-Breaking Year For NY Lobbying: Watchdog

By Andrea Keckley

The amount of money spent on lobbying in New York state reached a new high — again — in 2025 despite lower dollar amounts from that year's top spenders, a state ethics and lobbying watchdog said Thursday.

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NY High Court Suspends Judge Over Racist Remarks

By Elizabeth Daley

A veteran judge who used the N-word among colleagues and claimed in court that a Black defendant was likely to be violent and "played the race card" has been suspended without pay by New York's highest court.

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Balancing The Scales: Juror Bias, First For Revenge Porn Law

By Orlando Lorenzo

The California Supreme Court tossed the conviction and death sentence in a double slaying over the trial court's failures to investigate claims of juror bias, and an Ohio man is believed to be the first person in the nation convicted under a federal law intended to battle revenge porn.

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Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Judge Mulls DQ Over O'Melveny Ties

By Craig Clough

The parties in a consumer lawsuit challenging Alaska Airlines' 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines have been notified that the federal judge recently assigned to the case intends to disqualify himself unless they sign a waiver over one of his retirement accounts being tied to O'Melveny & Myers LLP, which is representing Alaska Airlines.

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Nussbaum-Linked Law Firms Hit Ch. 11 Facing Scheme Suits

By Vince Sullivan

Two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York, listing at least $353 million in disputed unsecured claims tied to the firms' hard money lending practices that have been described in litigation as a Ponzi scheme.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Aston Martin file an appeal in a row with Chinese carmaker Geely over its winged logo for London black cabs, Ineos sue Ben Ainslie's America's Cup team for a £180 million ($244 million) boat, White & Case face a claim from two energy storage companies, and a golf tour company bring a claim against Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after the fund invested in its rival.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

New data found that some companies are being wary during the 2026 proxy season by negotiating deals behind closed doors rather than allowing shareholders to vote on issues. In the meantime, a report showed that the higher annual rate growth for outside counsel fees that began in 2022 has become the new normal. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Winston & Strawn LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary harmed competition in the live entertainment sector by willfully monopolizing ticketing services.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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