EPA Faces Skepticism Over Steel Mill Rule Deadline Delay

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. Circuit panel appeared to splinter Monday on whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act when it delayed compliance deadlines for iron and steel mill pollution standards and said that the previous deadlines would be impracticable.

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Trump Asks Federal Circuit To Pause Trade Court Tariff Ruling

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump on Monday asked the Federal Circuit to block the U.S. Court of International Trade's order last week deeming his temporary global 10% tariffs unlawful, arguing the trade court misinterpreted the legislative history of the Trade Act.

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ND Justices Limit Greenpeace Pipeline Claims In Dutch Court

By Crystal Owens

The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that Greenpeace International can't relitigate in a Dutch court claims against the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline that resulted in a $345 million defamation and property damage state jury verdict, saying the "collateral attack" would erase any final damage awards.

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Blackstone, Halliburton Plug $1B In Energy Startup VoltaGrid

By Nate Beck

Behind-the-meter power generation company VoltaGrid said Monday that it plans to acquire a supplier and expand its offerings for data centers, microgrids and industrial uses with a $1 billion investment from Blackstone and Haliburton Co., advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Mogan Daniels Slager LLP.

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Feds Say Congress Barred Challenge To Gulf Lease Sale

By Keith Goldberg

Federal regulators have said that environmental groups can't challenge the first in a series of offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated by last year's budget reconciliation bill, telling a D.C. federal judge that Congress' instructions were clear and precise.

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DOJ Says Issue Preclusion 'May Apply' In Russia Cases

By Caroline Simson

The Trump administration told federal judges in Washington, D.C., on Friday that as far as it's concerned, they can consider decisions by foreign courts in cases involving jurisdictional questions under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as they weigh whether to enforce billions of dollars' worth of arbitral awards against Russia.

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Ex-US Rep. Faces $1.4M Sanction In Venezuela Contract Fight

By Carolina Bolado

Former Florida Congressman David Rivera, who was found guilty this month of failing to register as a foreign agent, is now facing a nearly $1.4 million sanction in New York, where the U.S. affiliate of Venezuela's state-owned oil company sued his consulting firm over a $50 million agreement that fell apart.

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OpenAI Launches New Venture With $4B Initial Investment

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI on Monday announced plans to form a new company meant to increase adoption of its software across enterprises, which will launch with $4 billion of private equity investments, as well as the acquisition of an artificial intelligence consulting firm, Tomoro.

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NC Tech Co. Says Supplier Botched Raytheon Battery Deal

By Elaine Briseño

A manufacturer hired by defense contractor Raytheon to develop 270-volt battery packs for powering a weapon on the military's Apache helicopters has accused a business partner of repeatedly failing to meet various delivery deadlines for parts needed to produce the units.

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The Growing Importance Of Nature-Related Disclosures

The International Sustainability Standards Board's recent vote to develop nonmandatory nature‑related disclosure guidance reduces immediate compliance pressure, but it does not eliminate the practical relevance of such risks for companies that already prepare sustainability reports or operate across jurisdictions with differing expectations, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

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Heppner Ruling Left AI Privilege Risk For Lawyers Unresolved

While a New York federal judge’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner resolved a privilege question surrounding client-side artificial intelligence use, it did not address how to mitigate the risks that can arise when confidential information enters the operative context of an AI system used by an attorney, says Jianfei Chen at Quarles & Brady​​​​​​​.

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Analysis

Trading Scheme Is A 'Wake-Up Call' For BigLaw Compliance

By Chris Villani

The breadth of a decade-long insider trading scheme prosecutors say was fueled by stolen BigLaw merger information should jolt firms to reexamine their practices to close gaps in internal security, experts told Law360, even if totally eliminating bad actors is nearly impossible.

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Quinn Emanuel Founder Exiting Executive Chair Role

By Tracey Read

Four decades after high-stakes litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan first opened in Los Angeles, founding partner John B. Quinn is stepping down as executive chairman of the firm effective immediately.

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NY Ethics Panel Finds US Attorney Committed Misconduct

By Courtney Bublé

The New York Attorney Grievance Committee has found that President Donald Trump's pick leading the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York engaged in "professional misconduct" last summer, according to a letter released on Monday.

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Trump Taps 6 Judges, Including Picks Needing Blue Slips

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced six judicial nominees on Monday, including picks for the Eighth and Tenth Circuits and two district court picks that needed support from Democrats.

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ChatGPT Suit Points To Ups And Downs Of Pro Se AI Use

By Cara Bayles

A recent lawsuit against OpenAI highlights many of the hopes and anxieties about pro se litigants using generative artificial intelligence to churn out legal arguments. The technology raises concerns about confidentiality, hallucinations and ethical issues, but some access-to-justice advocates worry the lawsuit may hinder technology that might democratize legal services.

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Plaintiffs' Attys Sanctioned In Tylenol MDL, Sparking Appeal

By Gianna Ferrarin

A New York federal court sanctioned a plaintiffs' firm and its co-founder in federal multidistrict litigation by families alleging that prenatal exposure to acetaminophen can cause autism, saying they improperly shared confidential information from the case in related state court actions.

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Senate Confirms 13 US Attorneys In En Bloc Vote

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 46-45, along party lines, to confirm 13 U.S. attorneys on Monday as part of a larger nominations package.

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Pa. Law Firm, Doctors Can't Shake Uber, FedEx RICO Suit

By Linda Chiem

A Pennsylvania federal judge said Monday that Uber and FedEx offered extensive and detailed allegations to press ahead with their racketeering lawsuit accusing a Philadelphia personal injury firm and local healthcare providers of scheming to fabricate medical records to inflate accident claims.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a varied mix of settlement approvals, political office disputes, transaction fights, emergency injunction bids and questions over how far the court can go to preserve records for litigation outside Delaware.

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