Analysis

Trump's Trade Deals Face Tricky Path After Tariff Ruling

By Dylan Moroses

While President Donald Trump has said the trade agreements struck in response to tariffs that have now been invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court will be kept, navigating the terms of those deals in the aftermath is already proving complicated.

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Energy Transfer Secures $345M Greenpeace Judgment

By Hailey Konnath

A North Dakota state judge Friday entered final judgment in favor of Energy Transfer, finalizing a $345 million defamation and property damage verdict against Greenpeace in a dispute over the Dakota Access pipeline protests, according to a statement from Greenpeace.

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Calif. Bar Charges Atty With Misconduct In LA Utility Case

By Dorothy Atkins

The California State Bar has lobbed disciplinary charges against veteran plaintiffs attorney Paul Kiesel, accusing him of helping divert class action litigation against the city of Los Angeles over a botched utility billing system, allegations which he vigorously denied and slammed as "unfounded, misguided and fundamentally wrong."

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Trump Admin Says 9th Circ. Can't Revive Energy Orders Suit

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration has urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold the dismissal of a lawsuit by youths challenging President Donald Trump's energy-related emergency orders, saying the courts can't be used to micromanage U.S. energy policy.

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Energy Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

By Keith Goldberg

Mayer Brown LLP attorneys convinced the Delaware Supreme Court to reverse a $200 million judgment stemming from a $13 billion pipeline merger, and helped create a novel, cross-border clean energy development platform, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Energy Groups of the Year.

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Reed Smith Leads Climate Tech Biz In $850M US SPAC Deal

By Dawood Fakhir

Renewable energy investor ThomasLloyd said Friday that it has agreed to merge with a special purpose acquisition company, which will allow it to be listed on the Nasdaq stock market at a valuation of $850 million.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Linklaters, Wilson Sonsini

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, French electric utility Engie acquires UK Power Networks, Gilead Sciences Inc. buys clinical-stage biotechnology company Arcellx Inc., and The Brink's Co. acquires NCR Atleos in a deal that unites two major companies in the ATM business.

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Sunoco Sued Over Pipeline Leak In Philly-Area Neighborhood

By Jonathan Capriel

Homeowners in a community north of Philadelphia are suing Energy Transfer, PBF Energy, Delta Air Lines and a host of other energy companies, alleging that their negligence allowed a pipeline to leak a "massive" amount of jet fuel that contaminated the soil, drinking water and air, destroying their properties.

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Exxon's Bid To Pause Tribes' Climate Suit Met With Skepticism

By Rachel Riley

A Washington state judge expressed reluctance on Friday to grant Exxon and other oil giants' request to pause two tribal lawsuits alleging a decades-long campaign to downplay the harm of fossil fuels until the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on the viability of climate torts in a Colorado case.

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Roundup

Defamation Litigation Roundup: Exxon, Steelers, R&B Singer

By Theresa Schliep

In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights a decision from a Texas federal judge preserving Exxon Mobil's case against California's attorney general stemming from a fight over recycling technology, as well as a fan's suit against an NFL star.

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PG&E Investors' $100M Wildfire Suit Deal Gets Initial OK

By Sydney Price

California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co., its brass, underwriters and shareholders have received initial approval of their $100 million deal settling claims the company misled investors about its safety practices ahead of deadly wildfires in the past decade.

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Alabama ISP Wants To Pay Less For Rural Program Default

By Nadia Dreid

An Alabama telecom that won't be able to bring internet to five of the 26 rural census block groups it signed up for is hoping the Federal Communications Commission will allow it into a program that will give it time to pay back what it owes.

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State, Federal Policies Complicate Fuel And Carbon Markets

As federal and state regulators advance a complex web of mandatory and voluntary programs and incentives that shape how transportation fuels are produced, traded and valued, new compliance obligations present both risks and opportunities for fuel market and carbon market participants alike, says Sarah Grey at Arnold & Porter.

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After Learning Resources: A Practical Guide For US Importers

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Feb. 20 decision in Learning Resources v. Trump, U.S. importers and consumers on whom tariffs were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act can seek relief through existing administrative procedures or a yet-to-be-determined bespoke refund mechanism, and should plan for more changes in the tariff landscape, say attorneys at Baker Botts.

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Opinion

AI-Assisted Arbitration Needs Safeguards To Ensure Fairness

As tribunals and arbitral institutions increasingly use artificial intelligence tools in their decision-making processes, ​​​​​​​clear disclosure standards and procedural safeguards are necessary to ensure that efficiency gains do not erode the fairness principles on which arbitration depends, says Alexander Lima at Wesco International.

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Goldstein Testimony 'Solidified' Case, Juror Says

By Jared Foretek

One of the 12 jurors who convicted SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein on a slew of tax and mortgage charges on Feb. 25 told Law360 that the key moment in the 16-day trial was when the famed U.S. Supreme Court lawyer took the stand, with the juror calling the testimony "a performance."

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Up Next At High Court: Drug User Gun Possession

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its February oral argument session by hearing its newest Second Amendment case over a federal law that prohibits drug users from possessing firearms, as well as a dispute over whether motor carrier brokers can be held liable for truck crashes under state law.

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Del. Supreme Court OKs Disputed Corporate Law Rework

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's Supreme Court upheld Friday hotly contested legislation approved by state lawmakers in 2025 that expanded liability shields for some corporate acts involving controlling stockholders or potentially conflicted officers or directors, and narrowed public access to some corporate books and records.

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When Murder Charges Reach People Who Didn't Kill

By Marco Poggio

Felony murder murder charges permit people to be convicted of murder, even when they neither killed nor intended to kill. Critics say the charges drive excessive sentences, and a wave of reconsideration in courts and legislatures have led states like California to narrow their reach, while others are weighing whether the long prison terms tied to them are constitutional.

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Optimum Says Apollo, BlackRock Bullied Kirkland Withdrawal

By Bryan Koenig

Optimum Communications is escalating its fight accusing Apollo, Ares, BlackRock and other financial giants of an illegal joint campaign constricting its ability to refinance debt, amending its New York federal court complaint to also accuse the companies of "bullying" Kirkland & Ellis LLP into withdrawing as its transaction counsel.

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Calif. Mass Tort Firm Drops Suit Against ABS Fee-Sharing Ban

By James Mills

A California mass torts firm seeking to overturn the state's law banning alternative business structure fee sharing with out-of-state law firms owned by nonattorneys dropped its suit Thursday, three months after filing it.

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Marshall Dennehey Can't Arbitrate Atty's Sex Harassment Suit

By Grace Elletson

An Ohio appeals court declined Thursday to send a former Marshall Dennehey PC attorney's sexual harassment suit to arbitration, ruling that mocking comments he faced from a senior lawyer triggered the protection of a law that shields sex misconduct disputes from being kicked out of court.

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Injury Defense Atty Scolded For 'Gotcha' Litigation Tactic

By Y. Peter Kang

A Florida appellate panel on Friday upheld the dismissal of a car crash suit after plaintiffs' counsel failed to appear at a pretrial hearing due to illness, but also chastised defense counsel for a "gotcha" litigation tactic in not informing the judge of opposing counsel's illness despite knowing about it.

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Katten Pushes For Atty Immunity To Non-Clients' Suit In Texas

By Lynn LaRowe

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is asking the Texas Supreme Court to shut down a state court lawsuit brought by co-defendants of a client they successfully represented in a federal criminal investigation over alleged healthcare fraud, saying lower courts that refused to dismiss are seeking to limit the state's "hundred-year-old doctrine" of attorney immunity.

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Pro Bono Spotlight

NY Prisoner Gets Rare $600K Deal With Gibson Dunn's Help

By Parker Quinlan

A man incarcerated in a New York state prison who was placed in solitary confinement for over six years has obtained a $600,000 settlement after filing a pro se lawsuit that drew the aid of pro bono counsel from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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Markey Pushes Bill To Bolster Immigrant Legal Access

By Ganesh Setty

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., announced on Friday that he will introduce legislation to help immigrants secure legal counsel in deportation and other immigration proceedings via a $100 million grant program.

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Hub Hires: Seyfarth, Greenberg Traurig, Outside GC

By Chris Villani

Massachusetts may be buried under a blanket of snow, but the Boston legal market was anything but frozen in February. Seyfarth bolstered its depth in mergers and acquisitions, Greenberg Traurig snagged a benefits attorney, and Outside General Counsel hired a new managing partner.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Linklaters sue a shipping company, high-street clothing giant Urban Outfitters hit with an intellectual property claim, Ithaca Energy sue rival Chrysaor, and cabaret club magnate Alex Proud face legal action with his nightclubs in financial turmoil.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A proxy season preview report showed that nearly three-quarters of shareholder proposals for annual corporate meetings among Russell 3000 companies this year have gone to a vote. The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled the details of a long-awaited proposed rule to replace a previous administration's regulation outlining how to decide if a worker is an employee or independent contractor. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Milbank LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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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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