Justices Reject Jurisdiction Row In PFAS Suit Against 3M

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fourth Circuit decision ruling that lawsuits against 3M Co. from state attorneys general over environmental contamination from forever chemicals belong in federal court.

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SEC Drops Negligence Suit Against Ex-View CFO

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to dismiss with prejudice its negligence claim against a former chief financial officer of "smart" glassmaker View Inc., after the agency secured partial summary judgment on other claims in the case last year.

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Justices Pass On Challenge To $600M Norfolk Southern Deal

By Chart Riggall

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a push Monday to reconsider objections to a $600 million class settlement between Norfolk Southern Corp. and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment after the deal was upheld by the Sixth Circuit late last year.

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Scientists Slam 'Political Attack' On Judges' Reference Book

By Lauren Berg

Partisan politics is interfering with a reference manual judges routinely rely on to understand complicated scientific evidence, according to more than two dozen contributors who on Monday raised the alarm about Republican attorneys general successfully lobbying for a chapter on climate change to be deleted.

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Judge Delays Line 5 Pipeline Removal On Wis. Tribal Lands

By Crystal Owens

A Wisconsin federal judge paused a June 16 deadline requiring Enbridge Energy to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on Wisconsin tribal lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, citing concern over energy prices, local economies and foreign relations with Canada.

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Skadden-Led Energy Co. AES Agrees To $10.7B Buyout

By Al Barbarino

AES Corp., guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, said Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by a consortium of infrastructure investors led by Blackrock's Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT Infrastructure VI in a deal with a $10.7 billion equity value and a $33.4 billion enterprise value. 

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NextEra Inks $8M Deal In 401(k) Fee, Forfeiture Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

NextEra Energy will pay $8 million to end a class action from 20,000 former employees who alleged the company misspent forfeited 401(k) plan funds and allowed plan recordkeeper Fidelity to charge excessive fees, according to filings in Florida federal court.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured headline-grabbing disputes involving fast food giant Jack in the Box and boxing legend Mike Tyson's cannabis venture, alongside high-stakes fights over merger documents, appraisal rights and a $75 million renewable energy funding clash.

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White & Case Adds Mayer Brown Energy M&A Pro In Houston

By Lynn LaRowe

White & Case LLP announced Monday it expanded its global mergers and acquisitions practice and global energy industry group with a Houston-based partner who came aboard from Mayer Brown LLP.

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Preferred Equity Monetizations Unlock Energy Tax Credits

As private capital funds more energy and infrastructure projects, preferred equity monetization structures — combining elements of tax credit transfers and tax equity partnership-flip transactions with hybrid capital structures — can help project sponsors monetize federal tax credits, access private capital markets and gain structuring flexibility, say attorneys at Willkie.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings from January and identifies practice tips from cases involving allegations of violations of consumer fraud regulations, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, employment law and breach of contract statutes.

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5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privileged, only addressed one narrow artificial intelligence system, but lawyers must recognize that the spectrum of AI tools raises different confidentiality and privilege questions, says Heidi Nadel at HP.

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DOJ Nixes Plan To Drop Law Firm EO Appeals In About-Face

By Emma Cueto

A day after informing the D.C. Circuit that it would no longer seek to defend the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump against four law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice reversed course Tuesday, requesting permission to withdraw its motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeals.

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NY Judicial Watchdog Says Complaints Break Record Again

By Andrea Keckley

New York's judicial watchdog has reported a record number of new complaints filed against judges for the fourth year in a row in 2025.

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DOJ Turns To 2nd Circ. In Bid To Revive James Subpoenas

By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. Department of Justice is urging the Second Circuit to revive an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James launched by a federal prosecutor later found to have been serving unlawfully, arguing the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York had been rightfully appointed when he launched the probe.

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Winston & Strawn Hires Antitrust Partner From DOJ In DC

By Jack Rodgers

A Justice Department trial attorney who helped represent the government in its ad technology monopolization fight against Google has joined Winston & Strawn LLP's Washington, D.C., team.

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Buchalter Taps Product Liability Atty As Orange County Head

By James Mills

Buchalter PC has promoted a longtime products liability litigator to be the new head of its Orange County, California, office.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice got its antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster teed up for trial, as a court continues mulling the department's settlement last year in a case challenging a deal by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and lawmakers call for scrutiny of Paramount Skydance's blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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DC Circ. Urged To Aid Discovery In ICE-IRS Data-Sharing Case

By Anna Scott Farrell

A taxpayer group challenging the legality of a deal allowing the Internal Revenue Service to share taxpayer location information with immigration authorities asked the D.C. Circuit to remand part of the case to investigate the IRS' admission that it improperly shared addresses under the agreement.

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Early Publicity Could Poison DOJ's Criminal Cases, Attys Say

By Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has shrugged off long-standing prosecutorial policies against publicizing criminal probes in their early stages and disparaging the targets, an "unusual" and "troubling" development that threatens the integrity of investigations, grand jury proceedings and the right to a fair trial, experts tell Law360.

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