A Colorado district judge has partially blocked the federal government's approval of a 226-mile, 345-kilovolt electricity transmission line in the Nebraska Sandhills, finding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bypassed required cultural resource and environmental consultations without proving that an emergency existed under a presidential executive order.
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Judge Blocks Nebraska Power Permit's Emergency Use

By Crystal Owens

A Colorado district judge has partially blocked the federal government's approval of a 226-mile, 345-kilovolt electricity transmission line in the Nebraska Sandhills, finding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bypassed required cultural resource and environmental consultations without proving that an emergency existed under a presidential executive order.

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Environmentalists Challenge EPA Methane Rule Rollback

By Jared Foretek

The Environmental Defense Fund will challenge a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule loosening methane emission standards for the oil and gas industry in the D.C. Circuit.

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CIT Judge Skeptical Of Gov't's IEEPA Refund Appeal

By Jack McLoone

A U.S. Court of International Trade judge spent much of an hour-plus hearing Tuesday attempting to talk the federal government out of appealing his order requiring immediate refunds of President Donald Trump's invalidated tariffs, but he seemed to make little headway.

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The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

By Xiumei Dong

The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.

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OIL AND GAS

RICO Trade Secret Suit Can Survive In Texas, 5th Circ. Says

By Adam Lidgett

The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision dismissing a lawsuit against the head of an industrial cleaning services company over allegations that his business routinely steals employees from competitors, finding there was a plausible claim against him personally.

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Latham, V&E Lead WhiteHawk Minerals' Upsized $200M IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Natural gas mineral and royalty interests company WhiteHawk Income Corp. began trading publicly Tuesday after raising $200 million in its upsized initial public offering.

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Phillips 66 Workers Seek $4M Atty Fees In $12.5M Wage Deal

By Gina Kim

Phillips 66 employees who reached a $12.5 million settlement to resolve their wage-and-hour class action over unpaid don-doff time and missed breaks have asked a California federal judge to grant their attorneys' request for about $4.17 million in fees, highlighting the work they've spent in the eight-year litigation on a contingency basis.

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Wash. Man Gets 5 Years For $100M Oil Investor Crypto Con

By Gina Kim

A Washington man was sentenced to five years in prison by a federal judge on Tuesday stemming from a scheme where he conned unwitting victims out of nearly $100 million after falsely promising them their funds would go toward oil and gas investments, and routing them to cryptocurrency wallets instead. 

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DATA CENTERS

XAI, SpaceX Sued Over Data Center Plant's 'Intrusive' Noises

By Rae Ann Varona

Residents of a Mississippi suburb have accused Elon Musk's xAI and SpaceX companies of upending their community's "small-town charm" by operating a noisy power plant to power massive artificial intelligence data centers, saying in a proposed federal class action that the operations diminish their home values and quality of life.

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UTILITIES AND POWER

Ex-Fla. Rep. Asks For Trial Redo On Foreign Agent Charges

By David Minsky

A former congressman urged a Florida federal court to overturn a jury verdict finding him guilty of secretly lobbying for Venezuela's leftist regime for $50 million, arguing several missteps by the court resulted in his conviction.

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MINING

Crystallex Warns Of Delay Tactic In Citgo Sale Appeal

By Caroline Simson

Defunct Canadian miner Crystallex on Friday urged the Third Circuit to order Venezuela's counsel to prove its authority as the country challenges an order greenlighting the nearly $6 billion sale of Citgo to satisfy billions of dollars of its debt, pointing to the new administration of Delcy Rodriguez. PC: Elliott Affiliate Urges 3rd Circ. To Keep Citgo Sale On Track.

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Sand Miners Say They Are Nearing Ch. 11 Sale Deal

By Emily Lever

Two bankrupt fracking sand miners on Tuesday asked a Texas bankruptcy judge for one more week to reach a deal for a cash offer outbidding the current $21 million stalking horse credit bid for their businesses.

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PEOPLE

Orrick Adds Energy Partner In Houston From King & Spalding

By Rose Krebs

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Tuesday that it has expanded its energy and infrastructure team in Texas by bringing on a partner from King & Spalding LLP who helps energy clients engineer, design and construct projects.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

At High Court, Oil Cos.' Suncor Preemption Claims Fall Short

In Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, oil and gas companies argue that municipalities' climate deception claims are equivalent to emissions standards for their industry — but the suit is ultimately incapable of imposing such standards, say Thomas McGarity at the University of Texas School of Law and James Goodwin at the Center for Progressive Reform.

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Checking For AI Errors Is Now A Two-Way Street

A handful of recent federal and state cases demonstrate the importance of checking for errors generated by artificial intelligence not only in your own court submissions, but also your opponent's, as well as when catching opposing counsel's AI mistakes could result in an award for attorney fees, says Tamara Barago at Hollingsworth.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Trial Boutiques Roll Out Associate Pay Raises

By Andrea Keckley

Three trial boutiques are planning to bump associate salaries by at least $10,000 next month, the firms confirmed to Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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Interview

Burford Sees Growing Market For Stakes In Elite Firms

By Marialuisa Taddia

Burford Capital plans to step up minority equity investments in elite law firms in the U.K. and U.S. that already use its litigation finance, as investor appetite for law firm equity increases, the firm's new London-based chief operating officer told Law360.

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Fox Rothschild Sued Over Data Breach Tied To Ransom Group

By Allison Grande

Fox Rothschild LLP was hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday accusing the national law firm of failing to adequately protect the "highly sensitive and confidential" personal data entrusted to it from being exposed to a prominent ransomware group in a data breach last month. 

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All Attys In Miss. Suit DQd For Back-To-Back-To-Back AI Flubs

By Emily Sawicki

A Mississippi federal judge who found herself in the "unusual scenario" of reviewing briefs with artificial intelligence-created errors filed by both parties in a lawyer's fee dispute against a Magnolia State municipality has terminated all four attorneys from the case.

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Q&A

Next ABA International Ethics Chair Looks To Year Ahead

By Emily Sawicki

Rob Misey, incoming chair of the American Bar Association's International Ethics Committee, brings a passion for international dialogue to his new role, set to begin in September. Misey discussed his goals of initiating ethics conversations throughout the ABA and with counterparts overseas.

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Analysis

Fed. Circ. 'Recalibrates' Analysis For Constitutional Standing

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit eased the line between constitutional and statutory standing last month when reviving A.L.M. Holding Co.'s infringement suit against Zydex Industries Private Ltd., in a decision attorneys say makes standing more accessible and clarifies how patent licensors can maintain their rights.

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5 Firms Barred From Handling NFL Parkinson's Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Five law firms have been disqualified from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds for running a scheme that "laundered" questionable Parkinson's disease claims through the system to obtain $95 million, including $20 million in fees, a special masters' report issued Monday says.

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Pa. Law Firm Calls Uber and FedEx's RICO Suit A 'Sham'

By James Boyle

Nearly a month after its motion to dismiss a RICO suit filed by Uber and FedEx was denied by a Philadelphia federal judge, personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC has lodged a counterclaim against the companies, saying their complaint is a "frivolous sham."

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Senate Confirms Longtime Kan. Prosecutor, KBI Chief To Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, to serve on the bench in the District of Kansas.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Acquira

Advanced Bionics AG

American Bar Association

Audi AG

Binance Holdings Ltd.

Burford Capital LLC

Burke Inc.

CITGO Petroleum Corp.

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Clean Air Council

Crystallex International Corp

Elliott Investment Management LP

Environmental Defense Fund Inc.

Ethereum GmbH

FSI International, Inc.

FedEx Corp.

Gold Reserve Inc

Herzog

Ingevity Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

Microsoft Corp.

NFL Enterprises LLC

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Phillips 66

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Suncor Energy Inc.

T. Rowe Price Group Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Home Depot Inc.

The University of Alabama System

USA DeBusk LLC

Uber Technologies Inc.

Union Internationale des Avocats

WestRock Co.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Akerman LLP

Akin Gump

Allensworth & Porter

Alston & Bird

ArentFox Schiff

Arnold & Porter

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Donelson

Baker McKenzie

Ballard Spahr

Baratta Law

Barnes & Thornburg

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Bradley Arant

Bricker Graydon

Buchalter LLP

Carlton Fields

Christian & Small

Clark Hill

Cleary Gottlieb

Cooley LLP

Corr Cronin

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Crowell & Moring

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Daniel Williams & Associates

Davis Polk

Davis Wright Tremaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Dentons

Dilworth Paxson

Dinsmore & Shohl

Donahue Goldberg

Dorsey & Whitney

Duane Morris

Eimer Stahl

Elsberg Baker

Eubanks & Associates

FBT Gibbons

Faegre Drinker

Federman & Sherwood

Fenwick & West

Fish & Richardson

Fisher & Phillips

Foley & Lardner

Fox Rothschild

Frederick M. Lehrer Attorney at Law

Fried Frank

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Hall Maines

Haynes Boone

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Hollingsworth LLP

Honigman LLP

Hunton Andrews

Husch Blackwell

Jackson Lewis PC

Jones Day

Jones Walker LLP

K&L Gates

Kane Russell

Katten Muchin

Kellogg Hansen

Kilpatrick Townsend

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kopelowitz Ostrow

Kutak Rock

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Brisbois

Littler Mendelson

Mayer Brown

Maynard Nexsen

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

Milbank LLP

Milberg PLLC

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Munsch Hardt

Nelson Mullins

Nixon Peabody

Norton Rose

O'Melveny & Myers

Ogletree Deakins

Okin Adams

Orrick Herrington

PCB Byrne

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Pillsbury Winthrop

Polsinelli PC

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Quintairos Prieto

Reed Smith

Reinhart Boerner

Richards Law PLLC

Richards Layton

Ropes & Gray

Setareh Law Group

Seyfarth Shaw

Sheppard Mullin

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Simon & Simon PC

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skadden Arps

Spencer Fane

Squire Patton

Sterne Kessler

Streusand Landon

Sullivan & Cromwell

Taft Stettinius

Troutman

Venable LLP

Vinson & Elkins

Waltzer Wiygul

Watkins Calcara

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Wilkinson Stekloff

William A. Cohan PC

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wilson Elser

Wilson Sonsini

Winston Taylor

Withersworldwide

Womble Bond

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

California Supreme Court

European Union

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fish and Wildlife Service

Internal Revenue Service

Kansas Attorney General's Office

Nebraska Public Power District

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

Unified Patent Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Western Area Power Administration