President Donald Trump's administration on Friday appealed the U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling deeming his temporary global tariff unlawful to the Federal Circuit, where judges may view the executive action with more deference than the measures it immediately replaced.
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Analysis

Why Trump's 2nd Global Tariff May Fare Better On Appeal

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump's administration on Friday appealed the U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling deeming his temporary global tariff unlawful to the Federal Circuit, where judges may view the executive action with more deference than the measures it immediately replaced.

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Exxon Asks For Midtrial Judgment In Investor Class Action

By Spencer Brewer

Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a motion midtrial claiming that no reasonable jury could find that the energy giant breached securities laws with its representations of how much money some of its operations were making, saying that investors' class action claims failed as a matter of law.

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Oil Groups Say Offshore Drilling Exemption Moots Lawsuit

By Keith Goldberg

Chevron and offshore industry groups have told a federal judge that the recent exemption of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities from Endangered Species Act requirements moots a lawsuit challenging federal evaluations of offshore drilling's effects on endangered species.

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Mich. Panel Says Renewable Energy Siting Order Too Limiting

By Elaine Briseño

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the state's energy regulatory body unlawfully limited which local governments can participate in the siting process for large renewable energy projects.

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Canceled Solar Grants Suit In Wrong Court, Wash. Judge Hints

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge on Friday hinted that she lacks jurisdiction over a multistate challenge to the federal government's cancellation of a solar energy project grant program, citing recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent indicating that a bid to reinstate the funding would belong in the Court of Federal Claims.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Clarity Sought On Energy Tax Credits And Foreign Debt

By Kat Lucero

The IRS should issue more guidance on what kind of debt arrangements can limit a development project's access to clean energy tax credits under new prohibited foreign entity requirements as uncertainty over financial liability and ownership becomes a major market concern, practitioners said Friday.

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OIL AND GAS

Interior Dept. Transfers 1.4M Acres To Alaska For Development

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced it made 1.4 million acres of federal land available to Alaska to make way for more state energy production, as part of its broader land transfer program under the Alaska Statehood Act.

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Venezuela Oil Co. Seeks Redo On Rig Seizure Claims

By Caroline Simson

Venezuela's state-owned oil company is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a D.C. Circuit opinion ordering the company to face long-pending allegations of unlawfully seizing an Oklahoma-based oil drilling company's rigs, arguing the ruling upends decades of precedent on the act of state doctrine.

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Vartabedian Katz Sanctioned Over Atty Privilege Violation

By Lynn LaRowe

A Texas state court has leveled $120,000 in sanctions against Vartabedian Katz Hester & Haynes LLP for wrongfully obtaining privileged information through discussions with a former in-house counsel of Pioneer Natural Resources in connection with a dispute over oil and gas leases.

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Pro Energy Granted $1.85M Refunds Over Pulled Tax License

By Gina Kim

A Florida federal judge on Friday ruled Pro Energy LLC can recover $1.85 million in refunds from fuel excise taxes it paid despite being registered as an ultimate vendor, which should have allowed it to make tax-free fuel and gas sales to state and local governments.

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Poland Tells DC Circ. Trader Can't Revive Annulled Award

By Joyce Hanson

Poland has asked the D.C. Circuit to affirm a lower court's decision denying confirmation of Mercuria Energy Group's annulled $40 million arbitral award, saying the Cypriot commodities trading firm's disappointment with the annulment doesn't mean the appeals court should deviate from controlling precedent.

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UTILITIES AND POWER

Hydroturbine Buyer Said Seller Hid $10M In Liabilities

By Jarek Rutz

A hydroturbine business and its parent company have sued Wärtsilä in Delaware Chancery Court, saying the company hid or failed to properly account for liabilities before selling American Hydro and then refused to send a postclosing purchase price dispute to an agreed-upon accounting arbiter.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Tort Report: Tesla's Legal Exposure Seen As High As $14.5B

By Y. Peter Kang

A new report stating that Tesla faces billions in legal liabilities and a $140 million football brain injury verdict against the NCAA lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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MINING

Trump Illegally Fired Mine Safety Commissioner, Suit Says

By Grace Elletson

A Biden-era appointee to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission sued President Donald Trump in D.C. federal court, claiming the president illegally fired him from the adjudication body before his six-year term was up without justification.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Rightsizing Regulation To Usher In Next-Generation Nuclear

Next-generation nuclear seems to be having its moment as a recent flurry of Nuclear Regulatory Commission rulemaking aims to fast-track the licensing and deployment of such technologies, says Hilary Jacobs at Beveridge & Diamond.

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Expect Trade Enforcers' Cartel Crackdown To Continue

Since agencies’ coordinated enforcement efforts targeting cartel-related activity have not slowed, U.S. companies in Latin America should assess new business lines for designated-cartel ties, scrutinize highest-risk third parties, and enhance training and internal investigation practices, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.

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Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

Notable insurance class action decisions from the first quarter of the year included reminders about the statute of limitations as a key defense for claims relating to allegedly deficient forms, the importance of focus on the specific contract at issue and further guidance on the contours of Rule 23, says Kevin Zimmerman at BakerHostetler.

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The Ethics And Practicalities Of Representing AI Agents

With autonomous artificial intelligence agents now able to take action without explicit instructions from — or the awareness of — their human owners, the bar must confront whether existing frameworks like informed consent and client privilege will be sufficient on the day an AI agent calls seeking counsel, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Ex-Wachtell Lipton Atty Tied To Stolen BigLaw Info Trades

By Chris Villani

A former Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz attorney who later worked for investment bank LionTree LLC is an unindicted co-conspirator in a sweeping alleged insider trading scheme that involved stolen information from several prominent law firms, according to a review of publicly available information.

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Legal Industry Bounces Back, Gaining 2,400 Jobs In April

By Tracey Read

The legal sector is once again on a positive trajectory, gaining 2,400 jobs last month, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Top Atty In DOJ Appeal Over Law Firm Exec Orders To Depart

By Jake Maher

The lead federal prosecutor on the Trump administration's appeal to reinstate executive orders targeting four law firms is stepping down from his government role at the end of May, he publicly announced this week.

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DLA Piper Accused Of 'Frivolous' Suit To Please Chipotle GC

By Gina Kim

DLA Piper aggressively litigated a "frivolous" computer fraud lawsuit against a nonprofit volunteer in order to appease the then-general counsel of Chipotle, a client, who referred the case to the firm, according to a malicious-prosecution complaint filed Thursday in California state court. 

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Prosecutor Faces Probe Into Withheld Immigration Case Info

By Bonnie Eslinger

The lead assistant federal prosecutor for Rhode Island's civil division is under investigation for allegedly withholding information in an immigration case, according to an order from the Ocean State's top federal judge.

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Prosecutors Oppose Move To Put Off Goldstein Sentencing

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors are claiming that SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein may have violated his pretrial release conditions when he racked up over $1.7 million in gambling income last year, telling a federal judge not to delay sentencing for the famed U.S. Supreme Court lawyer.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Morrisons sued by a former logistics partner, EDF and Cripps LLP face a claim brought by a family estate near Hinkley Point C and a former BBC broadcaster file a defamation claim against a Welsh news site over articles linking her to Russian state media and conspiracy theories. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

The head of the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits section said agency investigations will focus on benefit plan managers' loyalty conflicts, including pursuit of socially conscious goals. Meanwhile, Dell became the latest company to consider Texas as its new legal home. 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

The National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a split Seventh Circuit panel rejected the Trump administration's argument that immigrants unlawfully in the United States have no due process rights.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

By Adam LoBelia

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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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

A.P. Moller-Maersk

ACT Corp

AT&T Inc.

Actelion Ltd.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Express Global Business Travel

American Petroleum Institute Inc.

American Public Health Association

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Apollo Global Management LLC

Basic Fun Inc.

Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc.

Bridge Investment Group LLC

British Broadcasting Corp.

Burger King Holdings Inc.

C.R. Bard Inc.

Cargill Inc.

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

Church Mutual Insurance Co.

Columbia Sportswear Co.

Comerica Inc.

Dell Technologies Inc.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

Duke University

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Fun

Genworth Financial Inc.

Gilbarco Inc.

Google LLC

Hatch Henderson Fivel LLC

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

IMG Academy LLC

International Business Machines Corp.

International Trademark Association

Investments Ltd.

Johnson & Johnson

Legoland Discovery Centre Us LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

LionTree LLC

Logitech International SA

Mercuria Energy Group Ltd.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Moen Inc.

Nasdaq Inc.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Natural Resources Defense Council

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Permira

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

Plantronics Inc.

QUALCOMM Inc.

Samba Financial Group

Sierra Club

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

Sopra Steria Group

Sovereign Arbitration Advisors LLC

Tanana Chiefs Conference

Tesla Inc.

The Cigna Group

The University of Alabama System

The Whitlock Co.

Tim Hortons Inc.

Twitter Inc.

UBS Group AG

V2X Inc.

Vinci SA

Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

eBay Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Baker & Hostetler

Balon B. Bradley Law Firm

Beck Redden

Bevan Brittan

Beveridge & Diamond

Bracewell LLP

Browne Jacobson LLP

Buchalter LLP

Burges Salmon

Clark Hill

Clement & Murphy

Clyde & Co

Covington & Burling

Cripps LLP

DLA Piper

Fogarty Mueller

Foster Swift

Foy & Seplowitz

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Gowling WLG

Haynes Boone

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Husch Blackwell

JMW Solicitors LLP

Jenner & Block

Julander Brown

K&L Gates

Katz Banks

Kendall Law Group PLLC

Kennedys Law LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Krevolin & Horst

Latham & Watkins

Law Office of Melanie Shapiro

Lester Aldridge

Lowenstein Sandler

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

Milbank LLP

Miller & Chevalier

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Morrison Cohen

Munger Tolles

Norton Rose

Osborne Clarke

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Pinsent Masons

Potter Anderson

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Robbins Geller

Santoyo Wehmeyer

Schwabe Williamson

Seyfarth Shaw

Shoosmiths LLP

Shrader & Associates

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Squire Patton

Stephenson Harwood

Sterne Kessler

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

TLT LLP

Taft Stettinius

Vinson & Elkins

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

WilmerHale

Withersworldwide

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Land Management

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Companies House

Dallas County, Texas

Delaware Court of Chancery

Department for Work & Pensions

Employee Benefits Security Administration

European Union

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Fish and Wildlife Service

Government of Mexico

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Institutes of Health

National Marine Fisheries Service

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Office of Foreign Assets Control

State of Michigan

Texas Supreme Court

Texas Tenth Court of Appeals

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

UK Ministry of Justice

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Washington Attorney General's Office