FERC Commissioners Back Fed-State Push For PJM Changes

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday backed plans from the Trump administration, state governors and PJM Interconnection to address escalating power prices amid data center-fueled increases in electricity demand, and encouraged the nation's largest grid operator to promptly submit policy proposals.

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AGs Target Investor Advocacy Group As 'Climate Cartel'

By Carolina Bolado

A group of state attorneys general led by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a warning letter Wednesday to climate advocacy organization Ceres claiming concerns about violations of antitrust and consumer protection laws.

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Ethanol Biz Loses Bid To Overturn €48M Price-Fixing Fine

By William Janes

A Swedish ethanol producer failed on Thursday to overturn a €47.7 million ($55.9 million) fine for colluding to maintain high prices by market manipulation after a European appeals court ruled that a competition watchdog did not presume it was guilty.

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Poland Faces $40M Award Revival Bid In DC Circ.

By Caroline Simson

Mercuria Energy Group urged the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to revive the Cypriot commodities trader's bid to enforce a since-annulled $40 million arbitral award against Poland, saying the United States' commitment to its arbitration-related treaty obligations is at stake.

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Judge Severs Tax Charges From Ex-Rep's Foreign Agent Case

By Jack McLoone

A former Florida congressman will get to contest tax charges against him separately from a criminal indictment alleging he and a political consultant failed to register as foreign agents while lobbying on behalf of Venezuela's state oil company, a federal judge ruled.

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Brief

Washington Drops $9M Climate Fund Suit Against NOAA

By Elaine Briseño

Washington state dropped its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce after a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from withholding more than $9 million meant to shore up the state's resiliency to climate change.

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2 Firms Advise Energy Infrastructure Co.'s Go-Public Deal

By Nate Beck

Utility-scale energy infrastructure developer Hecate Energy Group said Thursday that it is set to become a public company valued at $1.2 billion under a merger advised by Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP and Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP.

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Nevada Solar Project Files Ch. 11 For 2nd Time In 5 Years

By Rick Archer

A Nevada solar project is seeking Chapter 11 protection in a Delaware bankruptcy court with more than $180 million in debt, saying the same technical issues that sent it into bankruptcy in 2020 have kept it from operating at full power.

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General Fusion To Go Public In $1B Nasdaq Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity-backed General Fusion on Thursday announced plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III in a deal that provides the combined company a roughly $1 billion pro forma equity value and was built by four law firms.

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Deals Rumor Mill

SpaceX Eyes IPO, Spirit Mulls PE Owner, And Other Rumors

By Al Barbarino

Elon Musk's SpaceX is putting together a group of Wall Street investment banks for a potential IPO, Spirit Airlines is in talks with investment firm Castlelake to help lead it out of bankruptcy, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks to the Middle East to potentially raise tens of billions of dollars. 

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What Texas Can Learn From La. About CO2 Well Primacy

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's granting Texas primary authority over wells used to inject carbon dioxide into deep rock formations is a significant step forward for carbon capture and storage projects in the state — but Louisiana's experience after it was granted primacy offers a cautionary tale, say attorneys at Phelps Dunbar.

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Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year

The False Claims Act remains a powerful enforcement tool after some record verdicts and settlements in 2025, and while traditional fraud areas remain a priority, new initiatives are raising questions about its expanding application, says Veronica Nannis at Joseph Greenwald.

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Series

Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Opening my home to foreign exchange students makes me a better lawyer not just because prioritizing visiting high schoolers forces me to hone my organization and time management skills but also because sharing the study-abroad experience with newcomers and locals reconnects me to my community, says Alison Lippa at Nicolaides Fink.

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Analysis

Supreme Court Caseload Hits 160-Year Low

By Katie Buehler

Not since the Civil War has the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in as few cases as it will this term — the latest milestone for the court's shrinking docket, and one attorneys say might have more to do with the high court's culture than its expanding emergency appeals caseload.

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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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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw Travelers Insurance hit with a claim from a property buyer over a payout tied to collapsed law firm Axiom Ince, Swedish music group Pophouse Entertainment clash with the production company that helped it create the ABBA Voyage experience, and biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals sue rival entity ToolGen for patent infringement.

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Analysis

More Push In The 'Push-Pull' As DOJ Targets 'Gamesmanship'

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice continues to build its task force targeting "gamesmanship" that it says BigLaw attorneys for major companies, especially technology platforms, are using to obstruct antitrust investigations — an effort that has been welcomed by some practitioners and questioned by others.

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5 Arrests Made In Shooting Of Indiana Judge, Wife

By Lynn LaRowe

Five people have been charged in connection with the shooting of an Indiana Superior Court Judge and his wife at their home Sunday following an investigation involving state law enforcement in Indiana and Kentucky and federal agencies.

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Shook Hardy Adds 2 E-Discovery-Focused Partners

By Matt Perez

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has hired two e-discovery experts as partners for its complex litigation strategic counseling practice in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

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Dems Push For Another Round Of Jack Smith Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

Following former special counsel Jack Smith's congressional appearance, Democrats are looking for him to return once he is able to speak about the second volume of his report on President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents after he left office.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Williams & Connolly LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous opinion that restitution is a criminal punishment subject to the Constitution's ban on increasing punishment retroactively.

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DOJ Alumni Back Maurene Comey In Effort To Keep Suit Alive

By Rose Krebs

U.S. Department of Justice alumni and a group that includes attorneys, law professors and former judges have filed briefs supporting former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey's call for a New York federal court to reject the DOJ's bid to dismiss a suit over her firing.

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How Attorneys Can Balance Careers With Caring For Parents

By Kevin Penton

As baby boomers get older and develop more intense healthcare needs, attorneys in the prime of their careers are increasingly pressed to also provide care to their elderly parents.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The EEOC voted to retract major harassment and discrimination protections as civil rights advocates protested. And Goldman Sachs denied rumors it was easing out its prominent chief legal officer despite the lingering stigma over her association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Embezzler's Legal Malpractice Claims Too Late, Court Says

By Julie Manganis

A convicted embezzler who accused her attorneys of botching her defenses in criminal and civil cases cannot rely on a longer six-year statute of repose for breach of contract claims to overcome her delay in filing a legal malpractice case, an intermediate Massachusetts appellate court said Friday.

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