Analysis

Justices Give Tort Defendants Tool To Get To Federal Court

By Gautama Mehta

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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Feds Say Species Suit Is Moot After Gulf Drilling Exemption

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration has said that a federal committee's recent exemption of oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico from Endangered Species Act requirements moots a lawsuit challenging federal evaluations of offshore drilling's effects on endangered species.

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Texas High Court Orders Redo Of Oil Royalty Appeal

By José Luis Martínez

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday sent an oil royalty dispute back to an appellate court for a fresh review, saying the appellate justices wrongly declined to consider the presumed-grant doctrine alongside their interpretation of a deed containing a double fraction royalty clause.

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Nuclear Reactor Developer X-Energy Prices Upsized $1B IPO

By Nate Beck

Shares of X-Energy, a developer of nuclear reactors and fuel technology, began trading Friday after the company raised $1 billion in an upsized initial public offering advised by Latham & Watkins LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.

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US, EU Announce Key Mineral Supply Chain Action Plan

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. and European Union announced new agreements to further coordinate on strengthening critical mineral supply chains, in press releases published Friday.

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Feds Fight Ex-Rep.'s Acquittal Bid In Venezuela FARA Case

By Madeline Lyskawa

Federal prosecutors urged a Florida U.S. district judge to reject an attempt by politician David Rivera and a political consultant to escape charges for allegedly failing to register as foreign agents while secretly representing Venezuela's state-owned oil company, saying the charges aren't too late.

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Jury To Weigh Coverage Suit Over Ex-Chemoil CEO's Fee Deal

By Hope Patti

It is up to a jury to decide whether the ex-CEO of an oil company breached provisions of the company's directors and officers policy when he entered into a $1.2 million deal with his former employer without the insurers' approval, a New Jersey federal court ruled Friday.

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Tatneft Calls Stay Order In $173M Suit 'Checkmate'

By Joyce Hanson

One of Russia's largest oil companies has urged the D.C. Circuit to expedite its appeal of a lower court decision refusing to lift a stay order as PAO Tatneft looks to enforce a $173 million arbitral award against Ukraine, calling the order "checkmate with no way out."

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Union Fund Says Allied Owes $427K For Left-Out Workers

By Emily Brill

A Teamsters healthcare fund has asked a New York federal judge to award it a pretrial win on claims that Allied Aviation Services Inc. owes it about $427,000, saying the airline fueling company owes the money to cover eight workers the company forgot to enroll in the fund.

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Brief

Groups Agree To Drop, And Refile, Pipeline Permit Suit

By Gautama Mehta

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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Feds, Utility Defend Green Light For Nebraska Power Line

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Nebraska Public Power District have told a federal judge that conservation groups and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe cannot justify their bid to block construction of a 226-mile, 345-kilovolt electricity transmission line in central Nebraska.

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What Cos. Must Know As Energy Star Shifts To DOE Oversight

Congress saved the Energy Star program last year despite the Trump administration's attempt to defund it — but as its management shifts from one federal agency to another, industry participants need to track what's changing to stay abreast of compliance obligations, say attorneys at HWG.

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DLA Piper Clears Vote To End Verein, Unify Leadership

By Tracey Read

DLA Piper announced Friday that firm partners on both sides of the Atlantic have "overwhelmingly approved" a plan to dissolve its Swiss verein structure effective May 1.

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Exclusive

Judge Albright Reflects On 8 Years Shaping Patent Law

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright will be walking away from the Western District of Texas at the end of the summer, ready to head back into patent litigation work. He talked with Law360 on Friday about the rockier elements of his judgeship and lessons he'll take into private practice.

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Wigdor Sanctioned For Lying In Leon Black Rape Case

By Ryan Boysen

Prominent victims rights law firm Wigdor LLP has been sanctioned for lying to a New York federal judge while pursuing a lawsuit that claims ex-Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black raped a teenager provided to him by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Butler Prather LLP, Bowen Painter LLC and Cannella Snyder LLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Fluor Corp. can be held liable for a veteran's state-based injury claims stemming from a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

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Oregon Lawyer Ordered To Pay Attorney Fees For Use Of AI

By Matt Perez

An Oregon attorney was sanctioned by a state appellate court for filing a brief containing a fabricated list of authorities because she used generative artificial intelligence, marking the first case in the jurisdiction to present the option of awarding attorney fees as a sanction as opposed to fines payable to the court.

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Akin Can't 'Recast' Appeal As Good-Faith Effort, 9th Circ. Told

By Lauren Berg

A European winemaker slammed attempts by a U.S. importer and its Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys to "recast a frivolous appeal as a good-faith effort," saying they should have to pay monetary sanctions for pursuing what the Ninth Circuit called a "self-indulgent" appeal of a valid arbitration award.

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Analysis

One Certainty As Tariff Refunds Start: 'There Will Be Litigation'

By Chris Villani

The launch of the refund process for tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court marks the start of lengthy and multifaceted court battles as companies fight with consumers — and amongst themselves — about who gets a slice of the $166 billion pie, experts told Law360.

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Up Last At High Court: TPS, Geofence, Skinny Labels

By Katie Buehler

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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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen a Hong Kong company sue the government and a COVID-19 PPE company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone, an oligarch bring a fresh claim against a rival in a long-running feud, a rugby league club sue over a canceled mass dance event, and Visa and Mastercard hit with legal action from H&M, Eurostar, and Bang & Olufsen. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

In what may be a first, a federal judge has ordered BJ's Wholesale Club to put an investor's climate-related proxy proposal up for a vote of the shareholders at the company's annual meeting. And a new study shows that more in-house counsel are staying in place despite pay increases slowing amid less competition for talent.

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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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