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​She Has A Point: Porter Hedges' Sarah Ring

By Dani Kass

When Sarah Ring​ joined patent litigation over drilling fluids ​late in the game, opposing counsel Michelle Replogle was impressed, saying it was "a great example of how to capably handle the cards that you're dealt."

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FERC Orders Revisions Of Data Center Grid Access Policies

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday directed regional grid operators to craft their own policies that speed up the connection of data centers and other large facilities to the grid, eschewing a nationally applicable rule advocated by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Split 9th Circ. Says Feds Must Follow ESA In Water Project

By Ganesh Setty

A federal regulator must comply with the Endangered Species Act as it operates a water management initiative in southern Oregon and northern California, the Ninth Circuit ruled, without adjudicating particular usage rights among irrigators, tribes and others.

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Trade Court Backs Turkish Aluminum Duty After Third Remand

By Jack McLoone

A Turkish exporter of aluminum sheets will be assessed a 2.14% duty after the U.S. Court of International Trade signed off on a third reconsideration of the rate, agreeing with the government that the company's submission backing a duty refund was too late.

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DLA Couldn't Consider Contractor's Late Bid, Judge Rules

By Madeline Lyskawa

The Defense Logistics Agency's decision to not consider a company's bid for supplying fuel products to a Virginia airport after it got stuck in email filter system purgatory was not arbitrary nor capricious, a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge has ruled.

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Colo. Mine Says Permit Order Would Be 'Death Penalty'

By Zach Dupont

The owner of a Colorado mine claimed in state court Wednesday that regulators intentionally delayed a permitting process by misleading the owner to get the mine closed permanently, in violation of the owner's due process rights.

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Simpson Thacher Adds Energy Ace In Houston From Latham

By Lynn LaRowe

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has boosted its energy and infrastructure practice with a Houston-based partner who came aboard from Latham & Watkins LLP.

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Series

Founding An Autism Academy Made Me A Better Lawyer

Starting a nonprofit autism school with no building, no funding model and no guarantee that families would trust us taught me the importance of mission, patience and purpose — lessons that sharpened my practice and showed how meaningful work outside the office can make lawyers better, says Phillip Russell at Ogletree Deakins.

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Judiciary Cites AI Deepfakes In Opposing Courtroom Cameras

By Courtney Bublé

Two bipartisan bills to bring cameras into federal courtrooms advanced Thursday, but the policymaking body for the federal judiciary continues to oppose them and raised the issue of deepfakes in the age of artificial intelligence.

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Trump Lawyer Advances In Senate Judiciary Noms Vote

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Matthew Schwartz to be a judge on the Second Circuit advanced out of committee Thursday.

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'Mortified' Atty Takes Blame For Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight

By Ivan Moreno

A Connecticut attorney facing possible sanctions over fake case quotations in a taco restaurant trademark fight told a federal judge that he takes "full and unqualified responsibility" for the flawed filings, saying he is "mortified" and acknowledging that his verification process for AI-assisted legal work fell far short.

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Calif. Moves On Proposal To Allow Legal Aid By Nonlawyers

By Lynn LaRowe

The California Supreme Court has directed the state bar to solicit public comments on a proposed community justice worker program that would allow nonlawyers to provide limited legal assistance under the supervision of qualified legal aid organizations, according to a Thursday announcement.

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Analysis

Law Students Undeterred Under Trump's Immigration Climate

By Britain Eakin

In a climate where immigration lawyers are coming under the Trump administration’s scrutiny to tamp down on asylum fraud, law students are being ignited to enter the workforce early and rectify the injustices they see.

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Mich. Panel Sanctions Atty Over AI-Hallucinated Cases

By Susan Smiley

A medical malpractice suit in the Michigan Court of Appeals led to financial sanctions against an attorney who the court said during litigation repeatedly cited nonexistent cases that were generated by artificial intelligence.

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Ford Says 'Lemon Law' Firm Faked Bills Using Overseas Staff

By Linda Chiem

Ford Motor Co. accused California personal injury firm Quill & Arrow LLP of defrauding it out of more than $25 million in high-priced legal bills for work actually handled by virtual assistants overseas and non-lawyers in scores of product liability cases against the automaker.

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NY High Court Upholds Mandatory Judge Retirement Age

By Dorothy Atkins

New York's highest court Thursday affirmed a ruling that rejected jurists' challenges to the Empire State's mandatory retirement age of 70 for state judges and justices, finding that the centuries-old constitutional mandate doesn't conflict with a recent state civil rights amendment banning age discrimination.

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Tort Report: Meta Set To Face Facebook Sex Trafficking Trial

By Y. Peter Kang

An upcoming trial in Texas for a first-of-its-kind case against Meta and claims against a health clinic owned by a U.S. senator lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel may cringe at the news, but their chief financial officers will rejoice over a new study that shows the average spending by legal departments dropped to a six-year low in 2026. And two in-house Cigna lawyers are at the center of a finding of "improperly asserted privilege" over key company documents related to a payment lawsuit brought by three labs.

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