Analysis

Clemency Was 'Broken' Long Before Trump. Can It Be Fixed?

By Phillip Bantz

President Donald Trump has transformed what has historically been a bureaucratic process for seeking federal pardons and commutations into a more freewheeling affair with few clear rules — and no easy solutions for reform, experts say.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Albright Axes Texas' Anti-ESG Law As Unconstitutional

By Lauren Berg

Texas' law restricting state investments with financial firms and businesses that want to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels is both "overbroad and unconstitutionally vague," a federal judge has ruled, handing a sustainability-focused business group a summary judgment victory.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

FERC Says Rejection Of PJM Grid-Planning Change Was Sound

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has defended its rejection of a plan that PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission organization, brokered with transmission owners to make grid-planning decisions without the approval of the regional grid operator's members committee, saying the plan would undermine the independence of PJM.

Brief attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Shipping Co. Eletson Can Seek Arrest Of Ex-Officials

By Alex Wittenberg

A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday allowed shipping group Eletson Holdings Inc. to seek the arrest and incarceration of former Eletson directors and others who the company says have failed to appear at court-ordered depositions.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Q&A

Ex-NJ Enviro Chief Credits Lawyering For Successes

By George Woolston

When he departed his job as an environmental lawyer at Gibbons PC to serve as New Jersey's environmental regulator in 2018, Shawn LaTourette showed up equipped with both public service and private practice experience in navigating the Garden State's notorious pollution.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

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.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

US To Work With Mexico, Others On Trade Of Critical Minerals

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. officials will coordinate efforts with Mexico, the European Union and Japan to secure critical minerals and develop trade policies around those resources, according to announcements Wednesday by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

EU Lawmakers May Vote On US Trade Deal This Month

By Dylan Moroses

The European Parliament will resume work on carrying out a framework trade agreement with the United States later this month following President Donald Trump's withdrawal of tariff threats in an effort to obtain Greenland, the parliament's trade committee chair said Wednesday.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Exxon, Shell Say Oil Cos. Can't Be Sued For Wash. Heat Death

By Rachel Riley

Fossil fuel giants including Exxon Mobil and Shell pressed a Washington state judge Tuesday to toss a first-of-its-kind lawsuit over a 2021 Seattle heat wave death, saying the plaintiff family cannot use Evergreen State law to extract damages from oil corporations for harm allegedly caused by more than a century of global greenhouse gas emissions.

4 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

EPA Can't OK Calif. Engine Emissions Rules, 9th Circ. Told

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to determine whether California's plan to set tighter emissions rules for off-road engines warranted a Clean Air Act waiver before giving the go-ahead to the Golden State, industry groups have told the Ninth Circuit.

Brief attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Kean Miller Powers Up Energy Team With Louisiana Boutique

By Adrian Cruz

Kean Miller LLP announced that the firm has combined with energy-focused boutique Hargrove Smelley & Strickland PLC, adding five attorneys, including four partners, to its Shreveport, Louisiana, office.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

PacifiCorp Urges Appeals Court To Scotch Broad Fire Liability

By Cara Salvatore

The power utility PacifiCorp argued to an Oregon appeals court Wednesday that broad-brush trial evidence and class certification issues require overturning a 2023 verdict that made the company liable to property owners for wildfires around the state on Labor Day 2020.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Loeb & Loeb To Guide SPAC's Merger With Packaging Co.

By Sydney Price

Loeb & Loeb LLP is advising a special purpose acquisition company on its proposed combination with Taiwan-based packaging solutions company Deluxe Technology Group, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Brief

EU Probes Chinese Wind Turbine Co. Over Foreign Subsidies

By Jack McLoone

The European Commission has opened what it is calling an in-depth investigation into a Chinese wind turbine company that may be receiving distortive foreign subsidies.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Coal Miner Accuses Colorado Energy Co. Of FLSA Violations

By Zach Dupont

A Kentucky coal miner accused a Colorado energy company in a proposed collective action Wednesday of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by forcing employees to work more than an hour of overtime every workday without pay.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Brief

Squire Patton Launches Korea Desk

By Anna Sanders

Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced the launch of a Korea desk on Wednesday to strengthen the firm's ability to serve local clients and companies with interests in the region.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

New State Regs On PFAS In Products Complicate Compliance

The new year brought new bans and reporting requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in half a dozen states — in many cases, targeting specific consumer product categories — so manufacturers, distributors and retailers must not only monitor their own supply chains, but also coordinate to ensure compliance, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience

Resilience is a skill acquired through daily practices that focus on learning from missteps, recovering quickly without internalizing defeat and moving forward with intention, says Nicholas Meza at Quarles & Brady.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Paul Weiss' Karp Steps Back After Epstein Email Revelations

By Hailey Konnath and Aebra Coe

Longtime Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP chair Brad S. Karp has resigned from his leadership role, the firm announced Wednesday, a move that comes after the U.S. Department of Justice released numerous emails between Karp and Jeffrey Epstein.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Baker McKenzie To Downsize Business Professional Jobs

By Tracey Read

Baker McKenzie, which has a legal services hub in Tampa, Florida, is in the process of downsizing business professionals' jobs, a firm spokesperson confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ex-DLA Piper Partner Aims To Toss Claim He Raped Associate

By Jack Karp

Allegations that an ex-DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware in 2022 should be tossed since the Massachusetts state court the case was filed in has no jurisdiction over the Delaware claim, according to the accused former partner.

6 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Goldstein Accountant Admits Tax Return Errors

By Jared Foretek

A star government witness and the top outside accountant for SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein and his law firm admitted to making mistakes on Goldstein's tax returns and offering the grand jury erroneous testimony, under cross-examination in the U.S. Supreme Court lawyer's tax fraud trial Wednesday.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Wachtel Missry Settles Liability In $26M Atty Malpractice Case

By Emily Sawicki

A dispute over who is liable for a former Wachtel Missry LLP partner's alleged exploitation of an elderly client has been settled on the eve of trial, while the Brooklyn federal judge declined to consider recusing himself despite "inadvertently" meeting with the firm's founding partner before the matter was fully put to rest.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ex-Fox News Host Decries Judge Pick's Arbitration Stance

By Courtney Buble

Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor and a leading advocate for ending forced arbitration of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace, has come out against a federal judicial nominee for Louisiana for her past comments on the issue.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Trump Bid To Move NY Appeal Faces 'Fatal' Error, Judge Says

By Frank G. Runyeon

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday repeatedly aired doubts that President Donald Trump can upend the pending New York state appeal of his hush-money conviction by moving the case to federal court.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »