Harvard, Boston Hospitals Block Power Plant's Fee Hike

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts judge ruled that Harvard University and a group of major Boston-area hospitals do not have to pay higher fees that a power plant imposed unilaterally, but he rejected their request for treble damages under the state's consumer protection laws.

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4 Firms Steer Rowan's $1.5B Deal For Data Center Pipeline

By Nate Beck

Blackstone-backed data center builder Rowan Digital Infrastructure said Thursday that it secured $1.5 billion in total financing to support its development work in transactions advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Dechert LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Milbank LLP.

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Trump Admin Sued Over Revival Of Arctic Drilling Leases

By Gina Kim

The Center for Biological Diversity and Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court Thursday over its reinstatement of Hilcorp Alaska's expired offshore oil and gas drilling leases in the Arctic, arguing that the decision failed to consider oil spill risks and environmental harms. 

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Zenith Energy Says Tunisia Won't Pay Its Share In ICSID Feud

By Joyce Hanson

Canadian oil and gas company Zenith Energy Ltd. has accused Tunisia of failing to honor its payment obligations in the company's $573 million claim before an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes tribunal.

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Deals Rumor Mill

Fox Aims To Raise $8B For Roku Buy, Plus More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Media giant Fox is looking to raise around $8 billion to help fund its Roku acquisition, iHeartMedia has dispelled rumors it was considering selling its podcasting unit, and British oil giant BP is in talks to sell a portion of its Brazilian oil block assets.

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Brief

Colo. Appeals Court Won't Rehear Emissions Rule Challenge

By Rachel Konieczny

The Colorado Court of Appeals said Thursday that it would not rehear environmental advocacy groups' challenge to a state agency rule on emissions monitoring, leaving intact a panel's October ruling that determined the rule "heightens, increases or raises" criteria for pollution permits beyond those already in place.

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NextEra Says Avangrid Wants To Show Dems 'Parroted' Claims

By Bryan Koenig

NextEra Energy Inc. sparred with developer Avangrid Inc. in dueling Massachusetts federal court briefs over the latter's bid to restart discovery, which NextEra cast as an attempt solely to show that Democratic state attorneys general and senators have "parroted" Avangrid's allegations of blocked competition.

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3rd Circ. Backs Union In Utility Co. Doctor's Note Dispute

By Katherine Smith

An electric utility must reimburse a lineman for a doctor's note he was asked to provide after calling out sick, the Third Circuit has ruled, finding that a lower court erred by rejecting an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local's bid to enforce an award ordering the reimbursement.

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Trade Court OKs Adjusted Indian Brass Rod Duty Rates

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce appropriately walked back some of its adjustments to antidumping duty rates for brass rods from India after reconsidering certain data submissions, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled, locking in the redone duties.

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Data Center Injury Claims Require Broader Investigations

Due to the complexity of data center construction projects, plaintiffs attorneys representing workers injured at such worksites need to look beyond immediate hazards and examine the chain of decisions and constraints that may support an injury claim, say attorneys at Kherkher Garcia.

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Ex-Cravath Staffer Charged With Insider Trading

By Stewart Bishop

A former employee at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Thursday was arrested and charged with insider trading for allegedly exploiting nonpublic information about major deals involving the firm's clients, including Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

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Posner Remembered For Wide Influence, Pragmatic Approach

By Ryan Boysen

The iconoclastic, prolific and hugely influential U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard A. Posner is being remembered for a lifetime of relentless advocacy for a more pragmatic approach to the law and a legacy that will ripple through American jurisprudence for decades to come.

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Remembering Richard Posner: A Prolific Jurist

Judge Richard Posner died Tuesday at age 87, leaving a legacy as one of the most influential members of the judiciary who never served on the U.S. Supreme Court. Here, Law360 revisits its coverage over the years of the prolific retired Seventh Circuit judge, including interviews with him about his pragmatic approach to the law, his belief that the courts mistreat pro se litigants and his love of felines.

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Foley Revamps Associate Pay, Advancement Structure

By James Boyle

Foley & Lardner LLP is the latest law firm to alter the way it handles associate compensation and advancement to keep in line with Milbank LLP's update of its own associate pay scale in July.

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Weil's 1,000 Staff Face 'Absorption' Issue In Hunt For Roles

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

As the approximately 1,000 professional staff members at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP look for new roles, they're likely to encounter a more difficult job market than the firm's attorneys, recruiters told Law360 Pulse.

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DOJ Exodus Leaves Trump Facing Confirmation Crunch

By Courtney Bublé

Since the Democrats' sweeping victories on Election Day, there has been an exodus of top officials at the U.S. Department of Justice and prospects for confirming permanent replacement are slim.

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Feature

The Go-To Firms For Insurance Litigation In 2026

By Hope Patti

A Florida-based law firm filed the most insurance coverage actions in the first half of 2026, primarily representing policyholders in property damage disputes, while BigLaw firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani was the most frequent choice among insurer defendants.

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Senate Confirms First Judge Of Lame-Duck Period

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate confirmed Alabama Supreme Court Justice Gregory Cook to the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday, marking the first judicial confirmation of the lame-duck period.

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Proskauer Won't Rep Perplexity In Reddit Data-Scraping Suit

By Matthew Perlman

Perplexity AI Inc. has abandoned its effort to have Proskauer Rose LLP defend against a data-scraping lawsuit from Reddit Inc. after Reddit raised concerns about the law firm's past representation of the social media company.

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Arbitration Assoc. Wants Consumers' Monopoly Suit Tossed

By Rae Ann Varona

The American Arbitration Association urged an Arizona federal court Thursday to toss a proposed class action that accuses the organization of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the plaintiff consumers are trying to hold it liable for contracts it never entered into.

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