NY Power Plant Hits Chapter 11 After Nixing Revamp Plans

By Clara Geoghegan

Danskammer Energy, a Hudson Valley power plant operator, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware, nearly two years after it pulled the plug on redevelopment plans that faced legal challenges and community pushback.

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Fed. Circ. Pauses Trade Court's Limited Block Of Global Tariffs

By Dylan Moroses

The Federal Circuit halted a U.S. Court of International Trade ruling prohibiting the government from collecting temporary global tariffs on two retailers and the state of Washington while it considers whether those duties are lawful, according to an order Thursday.

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4th Circ. Unswayed By Groups Seeking Pipeline Work Pause

By Abigail Harrison

In a pair of published opinions filed Thursday, a Fourth Circuit panel explained its late-April decision to refuse to curb construction on an interstate gas pipeline project pending review of state water quality certifications, after the judges found environmental groups were unlikely to prevail on the merits.

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Feds Illegally Axed Enviro Justice Grant Funds, Judge Says

By Linda Chiem

A South Carolina federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated a $2.8 billion environmental and climate justice grant funding program that was authorized by Congress in 2022's Inflation Reduction Act.

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Analysis

Fed. Circ. Won't Trade Detailed Verdicts For Efficiency

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit has again faulted U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap's use of jury verdict forms that collapse all infringement allegations down to checking simply "yes" or "no," a decision attorneys say complicates how to present more individualized patent information without additional trial time.

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North Dakota, DOJ Settle DAPL Case For Verdict Amount

By Cara Salvatore

The state of North Dakota announced Thursday it has settled its claims that the federal government failed to control Dakota Access pipeline protesters for $27.8 million, the full amount of an earlier bench verdict.

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Venezuela Turns To Greenberg Traurig In Citgo Sale Appeal

By Caroline Simson

Venezuela has tapped heavyweight lawyers from Greenberg Traurig LLP as its new counsel in a Third Circuit appeal challenging a Delaware judge's order greenlighting the nearly $6 billion sale of Citgo to satisfy billions of dollars of the country's debt.

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Shell Says Enviro Group Can't Delay Handing Over AI Prompts

By Gina Kim

Shell Oil told a Connecticut federal judge Wednesday an environmental advocacy group can't delay turning over artificial intelligence prompts its expert witness might've used to craft her opinions in their Clean Water Act dispute and the generated outputs, arguing that "AI is not entitled to any special, unwritten discovery rules."

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Kan. AG Can't Try To Stop Shale Oil Claims From Local Gov'ts

By Bryan Koenig

A New Mexico federal judge refused Thursday to let Kansas' attorney general intervene in multidistrict litigation accusing U.S. shale oil producers of conspiring with OPEC to inflate oil and fuel prices, concluding that the enforcer has no grounds or authority to try to block the claims from local governments.

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Mexico Beats Bid To Halt Bond Claims In ICSID Dispute

By Joyce Hanson

An international tribunal has declined to grant a request from Texas-based investors that Mexico be ordered to halt the country's alleged wrongful conduct stemming from a dispute over the termination of an oil drilling contract and a related performance bond.

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Brief

Quinn Emanuel Settles International Oil Feud With Ex-Client

By Emily Sawicki

Quinn Emanuel and a Mexican oil company told a Miami federal court they have reached a settlement in a bitter dispute stemming from the firm's representation of the company amid a New York bankruptcy, resolving claims in U.S., Mexican and Singaporean courts.

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KKR, Partners Back Helix AI Infrastructure Venture With $10B

By Nate Beck

Private equity firm KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority and Texas-based power generation company Vistra said Thursday they've launched a $10 billion company to deliver infrastructure needed for hyperscalers to meet demand for artificial intelligence technology.

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3 Firms Guide AI Power Provider ZincFive's $752M SPAC Deal

By Nate Beck

ZincFive, a company providing nickel-zinc batteries for data center and artificial intelligence markets, said Thursday it will go public using a special purpose acquisition company merger valuing the enterprise at $752 million, advised by Cooley LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Latham & Watkins LLP.

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Conn. Asks FERC To Scrap 'Unjust' Electric Co. Grid Bonuses

By Aaron Keller

Eversource Energy and Avangrid units were named Thursday in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission complaint by three Connecticut agencies plus the state attorney general, alleging in-state ratepayers are incorrectly being charged millions for the utilities' once-voluntary participation in a regional transmission grid.

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Automaker Group Wants Wash. Biz Licensing Regs Shut Down

By Rae Ann Varona

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation has urged a Washington federal court to invalidate a pair of state business licensing rules, including one that expanded the definition of "soliciting," saying the regulations are unconstitutional and beyond the authority of the state's licensing department.

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Mayer Brown Adds McGuireWoods Energy Pro In Houston

By Lynn LaRowe

Mayer Brown LLP announced Thursday that it has added a Houston-based partner to its projects and infrastructure and global energy practices who came aboard from McGuireWoods.

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USTR Forced Labor Tariff Plan Pushes Trade Recourse Limits

Tariffs recently proposed by the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office, which determined that 60 countries failed to implement adequate forced labor protections, expand the use of existing trade remedies to address global supply chain labor standards, potentially inviting both practical adjustments by businesses and careful legal scrutiny, says attorney Sohan Dasgupta.

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Series

Cow Horse Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Moving an unwilling 800-pound cow while riding a horse at high speed is exhilarating, a little unhinged and, at least for me, a surprisingly effective training ground for litigation — both demand focus, preparation over rigid planning and the willingness to act despite fear, says Ashley Zitrin at Glenn Agre.

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The 2026 Law360 400

By Daniela Porat

Law360 is pleased to announce its list of the 400 largest U.S. firms by headcount.

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Kellogg Hansen Bests Susman Godfrey's Associate Pay Hikes

By Andrea Keckley

More litigation boutiques are joining the growing number of firms raising their base salaries for associates, with Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC exceeding the scale Susman Godfrey LLP set earlier this week.

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SDNY US Atty Jay Clayton Picked For DNI After Pulte Pushback

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he's nominating Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence.

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Widow Sues Podhurst Orseck Over $4M 737 Max Settlement

By Mike Curley

An Indonesian widow is suing Podhurst Orseck PA and one of its attorneys in Illinois federal court, alleging they failed to keep her informed or get her all the money she was entitled to in a $4 million settlement with Boeing over the fatal crash of Lion Air Flight 610.

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Miss America CEO Wants Ex-Atty Barred From Court

By Emily Lever

The CEO of Miss America and companies linked to the pageant asked a Florida federal court on Thursday to bar their former counsel Carlton Fields from a status conference in their litigation over Miss America's bankruptcy, arguing the firm is not a party and is no longer counsel of record.

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Immigration Firm Says Attys Fraudulently Poached Clients

By Britain Eakin

A law firm recently accused of running a volume-driven immigration filing mill claimed in a new lawsuit in Ohio federal court that three attorneys and a TikTok personality orchestrated a social media campaign falsely accusing it of visa fraud as a way to poach its clients.

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Ex-Trump Atty Chesebro Gets Fla. Law License Back

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro after his conviction in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was eventually cleared by a court order invalidating the charge.

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Mass. Attys Ding Watchdog's 'Myopic' Public Defense Report

By Julie Manganis

The leader of a group of Massachusetts attorneys who stopped taking court-appointed cases last year over what they say are inadequate hourly rates on Thursday slammed a state inspector general's highly critical report on the state's indigent defense system as "myopic."

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