The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fourth Circuit decision ruling that lawsuits against 3M Co. from state attorneys general over environmental contamination from forever chemicals belong in federal court.
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Justices Reject Jurisdiction Row In PFAS Suit Against 3M

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fourth Circuit decision ruling that lawsuits against 3M Co. from state attorneys general over environmental contamination from forever chemicals belong in federal court.

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SEC Drops Negligence Suit Against Ex-View CFO

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to dismiss with prejudice its negligence claim against a former chief financial officer of "smart" glassmaker View Inc., after the agency secured partial summary judgment on other claims in the case last year.

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Justices Pass On Challenge To $600M Norfolk Southern Deal

By Chart Riggall

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a push Monday to reconsider objections to a $600 million class settlement between Norfolk Southern Corp. and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment after the deal was upheld by the Sixth Circuit late last year.

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Scientists Slam 'Political Attack' On Judges' Reference Book

By Lauren Berg

Partisan politics is interfering with a reference manual judges routinely rely on to understand complicated scientific evidence, according to more than two dozen contributors who on Monday raised the alarm about Republican attorneys general successfully lobbying for a chapter on climate change to be deleted.

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Judge Delays Line 5 Pipeline Removal On Wis. Tribal Lands

By Crystal Owens

A Wisconsin federal judge paused a June 16 deadline requiring Enbridge Energy to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on Wisconsin tribal lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, citing concern over energy prices, local economies and foreign relations with Canada.

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Skadden-Led Energy Co. AES Agrees To $10.7B Buyout

By Al Barbarino

AES Corp., guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, said Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by a consortium of infrastructure investors led by Blackrock's Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT Infrastructure VI in a deal with a $10.7 billion equity value and a $33.4 billion enterprise value. 

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UTILITIES AND POWER

NextEra Inks $8M Deal In 401(k) Fee, Forfeiture Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

NextEra Energy will pay $8 million to end a class action from 20,000 former employees who alleged the company misspent forfeited 401(k) plan funds and allowed plan recordkeeper Fidelity to charge excessive fees, according to filings in Florida federal court.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured headline-grabbing disputes involving fast food giant Jack in the Box and boxing legend Mike Tyson's cannabis venture, alongside high-stakes fights over merger documents, appraisal rights and a $75 million renewable energy funding clash.

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PEOPLE

White & Case Adds Mayer Brown Energy M&A Pro In Houston

By Lynn LaRowe

White & Case LLP announced Monday it expanded its global mergers and acquisitions practice and global energy industry group with a Houston-based partner who came aboard from Mayer Brown LLP.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Preferred Equity Monetizations Unlock Energy Tax Credits

As private capital funds more energy and infrastructure projects, preferred equity monetization structures — combining elements of tax credit transfers and tax equity partnership-flip transactions with hybrid capital structures — can help project sponsors monetize federal tax credits, access private capital markets and gain structuring flexibility, say attorneys at Willkie.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings from January and identifies practice tips from cases involving allegations of violations of consumer fraud regulations, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, employment law and breach of contract statutes.

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5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privileged, only addressed one narrow artificial intelligence system, but lawyers must recognize that the spectrum of AI tools raises different confidentiality and privilege questions, says Heidi Nadel at HP.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

DOJ Nixes Plan To Drop Law Firm EO Appeals In About-Face

By Emma Cueto

A day after informing the D.C. Circuit that it would no longer seek to defend the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump against four law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice reversed course Tuesday, requesting permission to withdraw its motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeals.

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NY Judicial Watchdog Says Complaints Break Record Again

By Andrea Keckley

New York's judicial watchdog has reported a record number of new complaints filed against judges for the fourth year in a row in 2025.

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DOJ Turns To 2nd Circ. In Bid To Revive James Subpoenas

By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. Department of Justice is urging the Second Circuit to revive an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James launched by a federal prosecutor later found to have been serving unlawfully, arguing the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York had been rightfully appointed when he launched the probe.

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Winston & Strawn Hires Antitrust Partner From DOJ In DC

By Jack Rodgers

A Justice Department trial attorney who helped represent the government in its ad technology monopolization fight against Google has joined Winston & Strawn LLP's Washington, D.C., team.

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Buchalter Taps Product Liability Atty As Orange County Head

By James Mills

Buchalter PC has promoted a longtime products liability litigator to be the new head of its Orange County, California, office.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice got its antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster teed up for trial, as a court continues mulling the department's settlement last year in a case challenging a deal by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and lawmakers call for scrutiny of Paramount Skydance's blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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DC Circ. Urged To Aid Discovery In ICE-IRS Data-Sharing Case

By Anna Scott Farrell

A taxpayer group challenging the legality of a deal allowing the Internal Revenue Service to share taxpayer location information with immigration authorities asked the D.C. Circuit to remand part of the case to investigate the IRS' admission that it improperly shared addresses under the agreement.

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Early Publicity Could Poison DOJ's Criminal Cases, Attys Say

By Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has shrugged off long-standing prosecutorial policies against publicizing criminal probes in their early stages and disparaging the targets, an "unusual" and "troubling" development that threatens the integrity of investigations, grand jury proceedings and the right to a fair trial, experts tell Law360.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

American Bar Association

Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Co.

Anthropic PBC

Assa Abloy AB

Biglari Holdings Inc.

Continental Resources Inc.

Cox Communications Inc.

Delta Air Lines Inc.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Downtown Music Holdings LLC

EQT Corp.

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

EnerVest Ltd.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Getty Images Holdings Inc.

Global Infrastructure Partners

Google LLC

Grupo Aeromexico SAB de CV

HP Inc.

Hawaiian Holdings Inc.

Hecate Energy LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JUUL Labs Inc.

Jack In The Box Inc.

Jenzabar Inc.

JetBlue Airways Corp.

Juniper Networks Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Milliman Inc.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

National Rifle Association of America

Nestle SA

Netflix Inc.

NextEra Energy Inc.

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

Progress Rail Services Corp.

Qatar Investment Authority

Qorvo Inc.

Shutterstock Inc.

Skydance Media LLC

Spectrum Brands Inc.

The AES Corp.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.

TransUnion LLC

U.S. Anesthesia Partners

United Airlines Holdings Inc.

Universal Music Group NV

View Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Akin Gump

ArentFox Schiff

Buchalter LLP

Clement & Murphy

Cooley LLP

David Graham Law

Davis Polk

Dema Law

Fried Frank

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Fournaris

Hewitt Wolensky

Holland & Knight

Hooper Hathaway

Husch Blackwell

Jenner & Block

Kanji & Katzen

Kelley Drye

Kellogg Hansen

Kirkland & Ellis

Larson LLP

Lauro & Singer

Lawson Huck

Mayer Brown

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Nelson Mullins

O'Melveny & Myers

Orrick Herrington

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Savage Royall

Sher Edling

Shook Hardy

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skadden Arps

Snell & Wilmer

Speights & Solomons

Steptoe LLP

Susman Godfrey

UB Greensfelder

Venable LLP

Wenzel Fenton

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE)

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe

California Public Employees' Retirement System

California Public Utilities Commission

Competition and Markets Authority

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Commission

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

Maryland Attorney General's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Ofcom

Oklahoma Supreme Court

South Carolina Attorney General's Office

State of Maryland

Surface Transportation Board

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

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 Eastern District of New York

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

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

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

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

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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Virginia Attorney General's Office

West Virginia Attorney General's Office

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources