Analysis

Congress' Limited Tariff Role May Persist After Justices Rule

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs could leave the door open for Congress to play a larger role in trade policy heading into November's midterms, but that opportunity may pose few political incentives for lawmakers.

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US Gives Green Light For Venezuela Oil Sales

By Caroline Simson

The Trump administration on Thursday authorized U.S. companies to conduct activities needed to export, refine and sell Venezuelan oil, provided any related contracts are governed by U.S. law, disputes are resolved in the United States and payments to sanctioned entities are made into designated U.S. Treasury accounts.

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DC Circ. Urged To Revive PJM Watchdog's Access Fight

By Keith Goldberg

The electricity market watchdog for PJM Interconnection on Thursday urged the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its dismissal of its lawsuit over the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denying it access to certain committee meetings held by the regional grid operator.

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4th Circ. Told EPA's W.Va. Haze Approval Broke Law

By Elaine Briseño

Two environmental groups have urged the Fourth Circuit to vacate the U.S. Environmental Protection's approval of a regional air quality plan in West Virginia, arguing it allows power plants in the area to skirt required pollution controls.

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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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Defunct Energy Co. Challenges Indian Oil Corp.'s $9.2M Award

By Joyce Hanson

A defunct energy trading company has asked a New York federal judge to toss Indian Oil Corp.'s bid to confirm and enforce a $9.2 million arbitral award, arguing that the state-owned refiner never properly served the petition.

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JB Hunt Accused Of Blocking Pipeline With Parking Lot Plan

By Elaine Briseño

A petroleum transporter sued the shipping giant J.B. Hunt over alleged plans to erect a parking lot over its pipeline, saying the shipping company failed to provide a reasonable alternative to relocate the pipeline as required under an agreement.

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5 Indicted In €20M VAT Fraud Involving 'Designer Fuels'

By Jack McLoone

The European Public Prosecutor's Office indicted five people in Luxembourg suspected of committing €20 million ($23.9 million) in value-added tax fraud through a criminal scheme that traded in what are known as designer fuels, it said Thursday.

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SpaceX Eyes IPO At $1.5 Trillion Value, Plus More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing plans to launch an initial public offering that would value it at a massive $1.5 trillion, Chevron is seeking better terms from Iraq before buying Russia's Lukoil assets, and cryptocurrency wallet Ledger is weighing a $4 billion U.S. IPO.

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Rick Perry's AI Energy Co. Ensnared In Broker's Fee Suit

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas energy broker affiliate has alleged that a "calculated scheme" deprived the broker of a nearly $6 million commission fee after it helped secure a $399 million natural gas turbine contract between a liquefied natural gas company and a data center developer.

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Interior Dept. Says NY Can't Overcome Offshore Wind Halt

By Ganesh Setty

The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal court to reject New York's attempt to undo the suspension of an Ørsted subsidiary's offshore wind project, saying the state has only claimed distant and derivative economic harm.

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Colo. Mining Co. Denied Workers Overtime, Ex-Welder Says

By Benjamin Morse

A Colorado mining company rounded employees' hours, forced them to work off the clock and failed to include bonuses in their overtime rates, according to a proposed collective action filed in federal court.

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Key Policy Moves Are Powering Nuclear Growth

The past year has seen a shift toward strong federal support for new nuclear power generation, and both recent and anticipated policy developments are likely to encourage progress toward that goal — but making sure that this momentum continues may be the hard part, say attorneys at Balch & Bingham.

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Series

Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

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Feature

From TikTok To The Courtroom, The Rise Of Lawfluencers

By Chris Villani

A growing group of legal influencers with huge followings say social media use is helping them expand their practices along with their brands and offering marketing lessons that even BigLaw can learn from.

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Ex-Worker Says Goldstein Offered Crypto, Gifts As IRS Probed

By Jared Foretek

A former employee at Thomas Goldstein's law firm who resigned after the Internal Revenue Service began investigating the firm said that the SCOTUSblog founder suddenly began offering her bitcoin, payment from case settlements and potential student loan relief after federal agents visited the office.

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Clemency Favors White Collar Offenders, New Study Shows

By Phillip Bantz

White collar criminal defendants are more likely than other types of offenders to receive presidential pardons, especially under the Trump administration, a new analysis of clemency actions shows, raising concerns about a system one expert called "broken."

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Attacks Haven't Killed Judiciary's AI Rule, May Strengthen It

By Jeff Overley

Federal judiciary advisers Thursday confronted the most extensive opposition yet in their campaign to ensure the reliability of evidence utilizing artificial intelligence, but the criticism appeared constructive, possibly upping the odds of a digital age addition to U.S. court rules.

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DOJ Awards $1M In First For Antitrust Whistleblower Program

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division awarded a whistleblower $1 million for providing information that led to charges and a $3.28 million criminal fine against used-vehicle auction site EBlock, marking the first-ever award under a new antitrust whistleblower program, the DOJ announced Thursday.

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Crowell & Moring Loses DC Appeal In $30M COVID Rent Dispute

By Isaac Monterose

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled against Crowell & Moring LLP's appeal for its $30 million rent dispute with a D.C. office landlord that refused to grant a coronavirus-related rent abatement.

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Bondi Elevates Pa. US Atty Amid Appointments Scrutiny

By Matthew Santoni

The first assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania is being retained and elevated to full U.S. attorney, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced Thursday, though the appointment will have to remain temporary or he could face the same questions about his appointment as other top prosecutors in President Donald Trump's administration.

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