Mich. City Says Data Center Moratorium Suit Is Premature

By Keith Goldberg

A Michigan city has urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from developers that challenges a one-year moratorium on data center development, saying the pause doesn't represent a final land use decision that can be reviewed by a court.

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FERC Wrongly Segmented Pipeline's Water Eval, DC Circ. Told

By Keith Goldberg

Environmental groups have told the D.C. Circuit that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission botched its analysis of the effects of a Williams Cos. unit's pipeline expansion project on streams and other aquatic resources in Virginia and North Carolina.

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Ohio Justices Nix Data Center Voter Poll Over Citizen Suits

By Nate Beck

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a proposed ballot question that would change the zoning code in Wilmington, Ohio, and expand residents' lawsuit powers to enforce standards for data center developments, in a decision following a proposed $4 billion Amazon Web Services project in the area.

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Honeywell Aerospace Sues Electric Car Cos. Over Patents

By Adam Lidgett

Electric carmakers Lucid and Rivian are facing lawsuits accusing them of infringing automotive patents owned by Honeywell International spinoff Honeywell Aerospace.

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US, China Officials Discuss Trade Ahead Of Trump, Xi Meeting

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. and Chinese officials held talks in New York to discuss trade matters ahead of President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting this week, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.

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Funder Says $13M Albania Default Judgment Should Stand

By Corey Rothauser

Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has urged a D.C. federal court to preserve a default judgment enforcing a roughly $13 million arbitral award against Albanian state entities, arguing they waited an unreasonable 18 months to appear despite receiving repeated notice of the case.

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Deal Resolves Oil Pump Case After Final Albright Patent Trial

By Adam Lidgett

Texas-based manufacturer UTEX Industries and GD Energy Products have told a Texas federal judge they've agreed to the dismissal of a suit where a jury found last month that GD Energy didn't infringe a patent covering a packing assembly for pumps used in the oil and gas industry.

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Willkie Hires Ex-Gibson Dunn Energy Pro In Paris

By Isaac Monterose

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has picked ex-Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP attorney Pauline Portos for an energy and infrastructure-focused partner role in its Paris office, the firm announced.

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Legal Deserts: Millions Across America Struggle To Access Lawyers

Tens of millions of Americans live in towns and counties across the nation with limited or no access to legal services. By one estimate, at least a third of the nation's counties qualify as a "legal desert," having only one or no attorney per 1,000 residents. Roughly 24 million Americans reside in these counties.

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Greenberg Traurig Hit With Action Over Client Data Breach

By Matt Perez

A proposed class of Greenberg Traurig LLP clients said the New York law firm failed to secure their personal data prior to a preventable data breach and delayed notifying clients of the breach for two weeks, in an action filed over the weekend in New York federal court seeking injunctive and other equitable relief to protect client data.

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Tesla Atty Misled Witness Days Before Bias Trial, Judge Hears

By Dorothy Atkins

The California Civil Rights Department asked a California judge for a protective order Monday on the first day of a bench trial over claims Tesla Inc. fostered racism at its Fremont factory, after a witness testified that an in-house Tesla attorney recently called him and misled him into believing he represented the agency.

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New Calif. Law Bars Legal Funders From Influencing Litigation

By Jack Karp

Corporate investors and litigation funders will be barred from influencing litigation strategy in California under a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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She Has A Point: Fenwick's Jessica Kaempf

By Theresa Schliep

Jessica Kaempf of Fenwick & West LLP is a pragmatic yet tenacious attorney whose representation of her clients has earned her plaudits from Kathi Vidal of Winston Taylor, who praised Kaempf as part of a Law360 series celebrating women litigators.

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$1.35M Class Deal Reached Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam

By Emily Johnson

Takers of the February 2025 California bar exam that was marred by technical failures have agreed to settle their proposed class action against the proctor for $1.35 million, while the company also agreed to complete quality checks before proctoring future bar examinations, according to a motion seeking preliminary approval in federal court.

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Ex-Prosecutor Escapes Jan. 6 Atty's Defamation Suit

By Jared Foretek

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Monday won judgment on the pleadings in a defamation case brought by attorney Stefan Passantino, who had represented Cassidy Hutchinson, after Passantino alleged Weissmann had defamed him when saying he'd "coached" Hutchinson "to lie" to the January 6th Select Committee.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week dismissed a challenge to Alteryx Inc.'s $4.4 billion take-private sale, resolved a fight over the removal of a security technology company's director and declined to let Empery Digital Inc. immediately appeal a proxy contest ruling.

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