The Trump administration's removal of the link between greenhouse gases and public health takes aim at the U.S. Supreme Court's 2007 landmark determination that GHGs are air pollutants, and will spark a prolonged battle with consequent uncertainty for industries.
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EPA Targets High Court Do-Over With GHG Rule Repeal

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration's removal of the link between greenhouse gases and public health takes aim at the U.S. Supreme Court's 2007 landmark determination that GHGs are air pollutants, and will spark a prolonged battle with consequent uncertainty for industries.

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EPA Sews Up Repeal Of GHG Endangerment Finding

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized the repeal of an Obama-era finding that greenhouse gases endanger people's health, and clawed back the vehicle emissions standards that relied upon that finding.

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Maxeon Dodges Investor Suit Over Financial Disclosures

By Sydney Price

Maxeon Solar Technologies has escaped a shareholder class action accusing it of misleading investors about its liquidity issues, with a California federal judge ruling that none of the challenged statements in the suit were shown to be false or misleading.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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POLICY & REGULATION

US Sets 15% Tariff On Taiwanese Imports In Trade Deal

By Hailey Konnath

Taiwan has agreed to lift nearly all of its tariffs on U.S. imports and pledged to purchase nearly $85 billion in American goods in exchange for a 15% tariff on Taiwanese goods, according to a reciprocal trade deal signed Thursday.

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USMCA Must Be Extended In Joint Review, Senators Told

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement should be strengthened and extended given the benefits it has generated for businesses, the former chair of the House Ways and Means Committee told the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday as President Donald Trump's actions cast doubt over the deal's future.

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OIL AND GAS

Greenberg Traurig Leads Arko Petroleum's Upsized $200M IPO

By Nate Beck

Fuel distribution company Arko Petroleum began trading Thursday after raising $200 million by expanding its offering of shares priced at the low end of its range in an initial public offering guided by Greenberg Traurig LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.

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UTILITIES AND POWER

Judge Says Utah Tribal Court Cures Still Exist In Contract Row

By Crystal Owens

A federal judge has determined that a Utah Indigenous nation's former energy manager has yet to exhaust all tribal court remedies in a 12-year-long breach of contract dispute, saying time and the case's increased complexity can't resurrect his challenge.

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Colo. Appeals Panel Backs Ex-Director's $3.36M Jury Award

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado appellate court panel affirmed on Thursday a $3.36 million jury verdict in favor of a natural gas marketing company ex-trading director, but denied him the $10 million in statutory penalties he sought, saying an earlier version of the Colorado Wage Claim Act applied.

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RENEWABLES

IRS Guidance Offers Relief In Energy Credits' Sourcing Limits

By Kat Lucero

The IRS issued interim guidance Thursday providing two safe harbor options for clean energy facilities or manufacturers of energy components to determine the extent to which they received material assistance from an entity tied to a foreign government that the U.S. deems adversarial.

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Solar Co. PosiGen Control Suit Dismissed In Conn.

By Jarek Rutz

A lawsuit accusing Brookfield affiliates of seizing control of solar company PosiGen and driving it deeper into insolvency has been dismissed with prejudice in Connecticut federal court, ending a closely watched dispute that preceded the company's Chapter 11 filing in Texas.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Brief

Trump Admin EV Funding Cuts Suits Merged In Wash. Court

By Jonathan Capriel

A Washington federal judge has consolidated two lawsuits seeking to stop the Trump administration from preventing nearly $2.5 billion in congressionally appropriated funds from going to electric vehicle charging infrastructure programs.

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MINING

Coal Exec Used 'Mr. Yen' To Talk Kickbacks, FBI Testifies

By Matthew Santoni

A former Corsa Coal Corp. executive exchanged messages with a sales agent in Egypt that appeared to reference splits of sales commissions among officials at the Al Nasr Co. for Coal and Coke, and used coded phrases like "meet Mr. Yen" to discuss sending money as kickbacks, an FBI agent told a Pittsburgh federal jury Thursday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Navigating the muddy, root-filled path of trail marathons and ultramarathons provides fertile training ground for my high-stakes fractional general counsel work, teaching me to slow down my mind when the terrain shifts, sharpen my focus and trust my training, says Eric Proos at Next Era Legal.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a former U.S. defense contractor convicted of tax evasion face legal action, French football club Olympique Lyonnais sued following a $97 million ruling against its owner John Textor, consulting giant Kroll targeted by a South African airline, and H&M hit with a claim alleging it copied protected sunglasses designs. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.

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Brief

Indiana AG Declines Intervention In Posner Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Indiana's attorney general has declined to intervene in a pro se plaintiff's suit seeking to revive $170,000 in wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, finding the case did not pose a "substantial" constitutional challenge to a state statute mandating that delayed contracts must be written and signed to be enforced.

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Louisiana Atty Takes Responsibility For AI Usage Snafu

By Christine DeRosa

After facing the threat of sanctions alongside three of his co-counsel, a Louisiana attorney told a federal judge that he was solely responsible for an error-riddled brief written with the assistance of artificial intelligence. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Taking heat from Republican senators over not notifying members of Congress about subpoenas for their phone records, Verizon's general counsel has pledged that in the future, the company will fight gag orders requiring it to keep silent. And taking heat from shareholders and colleagues over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Goldman Sachs' chief legal officer has agreed to leave the firm in June.

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Colorado Atty Delayed Filing, Gave Faulty Advice, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado attorney waited nearly five years to file a lawsuit on behalf of two clients and provided faulty advice, the former clients alleged Thursday in a malpractice lawsuit in state court.

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'Acqui-Hires' In AI Drawing Antitrust Scrutiny, Tech Attys Say

By Bonnie Eslinger

Attorneys with Nvidia, Google and Uber took the stage at a conference hosted Thursday by Baker McKenzie to discuss emerging trends in antitrust enforcement, including how booming AI investment has produced new regulatory scrutiny of "acqui-hires," in which large companies acquire startups primarily to hire their teams.

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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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6th Circ. Says Ch. 13 Motion Came 84 Minutes Too Late

By Vince Sullivan

A 2-1 split panel of the Sixth Circuit affirmed two lower court rulings from Michigan federal judges denying a Chapter 13 debtor's motion to dismiss his bankruptcy case because the request came 84 minutes after a bankruptcy court converted the case to a Chapter 7.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Bar Association

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Aux

Barclays PLC

Binance Holdings Ltd.

British Broadcasting Corp.

ByteDance Ltd.

Concord Energy LLC

Earthjustice

Google LLC

H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB

HTC Corporation

Independent Petroleum Association of America

Instagram Inc.

International Business Machines Corp.

Investments Ltd.

J Sainsbury PLC

Johnson & Johnson

Kyndryl Holdings Inc.

Laing O'Rourke

Leidos Holdings Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

Lloyd's America Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

Monsanto Co.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nasdaq Inc.

Natural Resources Defense Council

Navy Federal Credit Union

PPG Industries Inc.

Posigen LLC

Sierra Club

Sling TV LLC

Snap Inc.

SunPower Corporation

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Hershey Co.

The Home Depot Inc.

The Western Union Co.

TikTok Inc.

Transocean Ltd.

UBS Group AG

Uber Technologies Inc.

Valaris

Verizon Communications Inc.

Vodafone Group PLC

W.R. Berkley Corp.

W.R. Grace & Co.

Walmart Inc.

YouTube Inc.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Akin Gump

ArentFox Schiff

Baker Donelson

Baker McKenzie

Barclay Damon

Beasley Allen

Ben Crump Law

Bracewell LLP

Brockstedt Mandalas

CMS Cameron McKenna

Clyde & Co

Conyers Dill

Covington & Burling

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

Dean Omar

Dentons

DiCello Levitt

Eichhorn & Eichhorn

Faegre Drinker

Faruqi & Faruqi

Fenchurch Law

Foley Hoag

Gibbs Mura

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Gowling WLG

Greenberg Traurig

HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers

Hacker Stephens

Harrison Goddard Foote

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Homburger AG

Howes Percival

Hughes Hubbard

Hunton Andrews

Isom Law Firm

Jenner & Block

Jones Fussell

Keoghs LLP

Kessler Topaz

Kirkland & Ellis

LK Law Pty Ltd

Lacy Price

Latham & Watkins

Lenz & Staehelin

Levin Sedran

Lieff Cabraser

Liskow & Lewis

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

MoloLamken

Morgan Lewis

Motley Rice

Nabarro LLP

Osborne Clarke

Otteson Shapiro

Paul Weiss

Penningtons Manches

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

Reynolds Porter

Riess LeMieux

Seeger Weiss

Sharp Law LLP

Sherin & Lodgen

Skadden Arps

Snell & Wilmer

Sullivan & Cromwell

Taylor Rose

Thompsons Solicitors

Trethowans LLP

Trowers & Hamlins

Tycko & Zavareei

Vincents Solicitors

Wagstaff & Cartmell

Walker Morris LLP

Ward Hadaway

White & Case

Wiggin & Dana

WilmerHale

Womble Bond

Yetter Coleman

gunnercooke LLP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Supreme Court

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Food and Drug Administration

Indiana Attorney General's Office

Internal Revenue Service

National Labor Relations Board

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

United States District Court for the District of Utah

Ute Indian Tribe