Trump Orders Open Tariff Threat Over Oil Sales To Cuba

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on imports from countries that sell oil to Cuba, according to an executive order published Thursday evening.

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US Rebukes WTO Siding With China On Energy Tax Credits

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Trade Representative condemned the World Trade Organization's decision to side with China in a dispute over energy tax credits passed during former President Joe Biden's term Friday, calling the global body's dispute resolution mechanism inadequate.

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DOE-Created Climate Panel Was Unlawful, Judge Rules

By Rae Ann Varona

A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Energy violated the law when it formed a climate change science advisory panel that environmental groups alleged was created to undermine findings on the harmful impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Reed Smith Brings On Gibson Dunn In $102M Award Feud

By Yun Park

Reed Smith LLP has told a New York federal court that it has retained Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to represent it in connection with a motion for sanctions, stemming from a dispute tied to a joint venture involving international shipping company Eletson Holdings.

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Analysis

Real Estate Attys 'Not Going In Blind' Amid Data Center Boom

By Chris Villani

The explosion of artificial intelligence has created a sharp demand for new data centers with no signs of slowing down, posing challenges that have some real estate attorneys turning to well-worn playbooks from other industries.

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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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USTR Signs Trade Agreements With El Salvador, Guatemala

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. signed framework trade agreements with El Salvador and Guatemala, according to announcements from the U.S. Trade Representative's Office.

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8th Circ. Affirms Toss Of ND Tribal Landowners' Pipeline Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The Eighth Circuit Friday refused to revive a group of landowning Three Affiliated Tribes members' lawsuit accusing oil pipeline operator Andeavor of trespassing across their North Dakota reservation lands, with a panel majority concluding that the members had no federal common law trespass claim.

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Schlumberger Sues Ex-Employees Alleging Trade Secrets Theft

By Elliot Weld

Oil field services firm Schlumberger Technology Corp. sued two former longtime employees and two companies, alleging that its trade secrets were stolen during a business collaboration.

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4 Firms Build Sale Of $622M Energy Assets To GeoPark

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Canadian oil and natural gas company Frontera Energy Corp. on Friday announced plans to sell its Frontera Petroleum International Holdings B.V. to independent energy company GeoPark Ltd. in a deal that values the assets at $622 million and was built by four law firms.

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Ex-Fla. Rep. Says Prosecutor Has 'Personal Animus' In DQ Bid

By David Minsky

A former Florida congressman and a lobbyist charged with failing to register as foreign agents for Venezuela urged a federal court to disqualify an assistant U.S. attorney in the case, saying Friday that the prosecutor has a conflict of interest and "personal animus" toward defense counsel.

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3rd Circ. Backs ​​​​​​​'Modern Icarus' Conviction, Cuts Restitution

By Dorothy Atkins

The Third Circuit affirmed Friday the fraud and identify theft conviction of a former clean-energy company CEO who characterized himself as a "modern Icarus" in his appeal, but held that the lower court wrongly ordered him to pay $100,000 in victims' attorney fees in addition to $1.1 million in restitution.

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Judge Signs Off On Idaho Mine Pollution Settlement

By Tom Lotshaw

An Idaho federal judge has approved a proposed consent decree calling for two Itafos Inc. units and the U.S. government to share costs to implement remediation work for a North Maybe Mine site in Caribou County.

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Mining SPAC's $270M IPO Starts Trading As 3 Firms Advise

By Al Barbarino

Shares of M‑EVO Global Acquisition Corp II began trading Friday after the blank check company priced an upsized $270 million initial public offering, selling 27 million units at $10 each, according to a company statement.

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2 Rulings Showcase Fuzzy Limits Of 'Related To' Jurisdiction

The Fifth and Ninth Circuits recently handed down decisions, in Sanchez Energy and Sawtelle Partners, respectively, reminding practitioners that bankruptcy court jurisdiction over lingering disputes is not guaranteed, regardless of whether confirmation orders contain specific "retention of jurisdiction" language, says Brian Shaw at Cozen O’Connor.

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Aerospace And Defense Law: Trends To Follow In 2026

Some of the key 2026 developments to watch in aerospace and defense contracting law stem from provisions of this year's National Defense Authorization Act, a push to reform procurement, executive orders that announced Trump administration priorities, the upcoming Artemis space mission and continuing efforts to deploy artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

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4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue

Though the emotional wear and tear of legal work can trap attorneys in conflict fatigue — leaving them unable to shake off tense interactions or return to a calm baseline — simple therapeutic techniques for resetting the nervous system can help break the cycle, says Chantel Cohen at CWC Coaching & Therapy.

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FTC Warns 42 Law Firms Of DEI 'Anticompetitive Collusion'

By Sarah Jarvis

The Federal Trade Commission announced Friday that it has sent warning letters to 42 major law firms for their purported participation in an outside diversity, equity and inclusion program, alleging their participation could constitute anticompetitive collusion.

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Susman Faces Suit After Ex-Client's Arbitration Loss

By Adam Lidgett

Susman Godfrey LLP and a litigation funding business were hit with a lawsuit in Texas state court by an Irish patent litigation business that is challenging the outcome of an arbitration proceeding putting it on the hook for more than $37.8 million.

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Attys Rip Judge-Shopping Sanctions As Bid To 'Rewrite' Rules

By Jake Maher

Two Alabama attorneys who were sanctioned for allegedly judge shopping in a civil rights case urged the Eleventh Circuit to toss the sanctions Friday, arguing the judges accusing them were seeking to "rewrite" the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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Brief

Bill Regulating Attorney AI Use Passes California Senate

By Emily Sawicki

A proposed California law that would regulate attorneys and arbitrators' use of generative artificial intelligence statewide has headed to the Assembly after the state Senate unanimously approved the measure.

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Colo. Firm Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Data Breach

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado law firm failed to properly care for the personal information of clients and their customers and did not provide adequate notice of a February 2025 data breach, according to a proposed class action in state court.

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Litigation Funder Suit Against Janus Henderson Can Proceed

By Ryan Boysen

A lawsuit that claims a Janus Henderson Group subsidiary schemed to take over a mass torts litigation funder can go forward, after a Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled the funder's case was compelling enough to survive a motion to dismiss.

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House To Vote On Reform Of Court Nondisclosure Orders

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., fumed at the House on Friday for trying to undo a provision that allows him and other senators investigated by special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages and held up the government funding vote as a result. But a bill the House is poised to take up next week could alleviate some of his concerns.

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9th Circ. Says DOJ Can Withhold VW Grand Jury Records

By Emily Field

The Ninth Circuit on Friday held that the U.S. Department of Justice couldn't be forced to hand over about 6 million Volkswagen documents that were part of a Jones Day investigation into the automaker's 2015 emissions-cheating scandal, as the government obtained them through a grand jury subpoena.

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Analysis

The Message From Delaware Courts: Change Is Coming

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's Supreme Court delivered a reminder to the state's corporation law ecosystem recently with a reversal of a Court of Chancery decision invalidating a 7-year-old stockholder agreement that granted broad corporate powers to investment bank Moelis & Co.'s founder.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw collapsed solar bonds company Rockfire Capital sue the Royal Bank of Scotland, e-ticket platform Eventbrite target the owners of Salford Red Devils rugby club over an alleged contract breach, and Scottish distiller William Grant & Sons square off against a former MP in a trademark tussle tied to its Glenfiddich whisky. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

When Minnesota-based companies publicly called for de-escalation after two fatal shootings by federal ICE agents, the nation saw how CEOs and their general counsel can step up amid controversy. And a new study shows that white collar offenders received more than half of all recent pardons. These are some of 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

Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. Circuit panel revived a lawsuit that accuses pharmaceutical companies of aiding a Hezbollah-linked militia's terrorism in Iraq.

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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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