Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

DC Circ. Backs FERC's Revised Grid Hookup Policy

By Keith Goldberg

The D.C. Circuit on Friday endorsed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's revised policy for hooking up new power projects to the grid, saying the agency clearly acted within its authority to address growing interconnection backlogs.

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

Goldman Jury Sees Cash Talk In Energy Deal Email Deluge

By Stewart Bishop

Jurors weighing the fate of an ex-Goldman Sachs banker accused of coordinating a plan to bribe a client's way to a lucrative energy deal Friday saw a slew of payoff banter in his emails that prosecutors say show a pipeline of dirty money flowing from Turkey to a wide variety of government officials and agencies in Ghana.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ala. Localities Can't Tax Only Railroads, 11th Circ. Says

By Jaqueline McCool

A federal court correctly ruled that Alabama localities could not impose sales taxes on rail carriers' diesel fuel purchases, because a corresponding state-level tax was found to be discriminatory and the authority to tax at the local level is granted by the state, the Eleventh Circuit said Friday.

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

Mich. Justices Say Enbridge Line 5 Permits Need Reevaluation

By Melanie Dorsey

The Michigan Supreme Court threw out state regulators' approval of Enbridge Energy LP's proposed Line 5 tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac, ruling that the Michigan Public Service Commission failed to properly analyze the project's environmental impacts under the Michigan Environmental Protection Act and must reconsider the application. 

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

DHS Adds Over 40 Cos. To Forced Labor Import Ban List

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security added 43 new entities to its blacklist of companies from which goods are banned from entering the U.S. due to their presumed use of forced labor, according to a notice published Friday.

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

BP Preparing Sale Of North Sea Business In Strategy Revamp

By Najiyya Budaly

BP PLC said Friday it has put its North Sea business up for sale after six decades of operations, as industry groups urged the new prime minister to provide "certainty, stability and a policy framework" to prevent an exodus of employers from the region.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Oil Cos. Say Estate Can't Expand Heat Wave Death Theory

By Rachel Riley

Exxon, Chevron and other oil conglomerates have accused a Washington woman suing over a 2021 heat wave death of seeking to retroactively push the boundaries of the legal theory she's posited to the court, while she fired back on Friday that the petroleum companies continue to mischaracterize her claims.

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

Energy Co. Hid Reliance On Chinese Raw Materials, Suit Says

By Katryna Perera

Bloom Energy Corp. has been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court alleging the renewable energy company and its top brass misled shareholders by understating the extent to which it depended on Chinese scandium, a critical raw material used in its fuel cells.

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

Freedom Forever To Liquidate After Ch. 11 Sale Collapses

By Vince Sullivan

Insolvent solar panel installation company Freedom Forever told a Delaware bankruptcy court Friday it will seek conversion of its Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation and terminate most of its employees, after a proposed sale of assets to its CEO did not gain the approval of unsecured creditors.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Teck Asks Justices To Ax Wash. Tribal Cultural Loss Claims

By Crystal Owens

A Canadian mining company is asking the Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling that revived Washington tribes' natural resource damages claims for alleged pollution of the Columbia River, arguing the appellate court upended an environmental cleanup statute's tradeoff between broad liability and limited remedies.

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

Why Courts Are Pushing Back On Greenwashing Laws

Recent Fourth Circuit and California federal court decisions blocking state greenwashing statutes on First Amendment grounds reveal a tension at the heart of environmental marketing regulation — while states want clarity, courts aren't prepared to let legislatures flatly ban categories of truthful commercial speech, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Andrea Keckley

Two Texas personal injury firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions for their work securing a $604 million verdict against a freight broker and logistics company for their roles in a deadly 2021 highway collision.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Goldstein Launches Appeal Of Tax, Mortgage Fraud Case

By Jared Foretek

Imprisoned SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein is formally launching a Fourth Circuit appeal challenging his 12 convictions for tax and mortgage fraud, as well as his six-year prison sentence and the $3.1 million restitution judgment against him, according to a new filing from his attorneys.

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

Judges Rip DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts As Intimidation Campaign

By Jake Maher

Sitting federal judges on Friday blasted the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for "painting a target" on judges' backs in a recent series of social media posts attacking judges who ruled against the Trump administration in immigration cases and called on him to take them down.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

NY Public Defense Org. Denies Union's ULP Claims

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem's leadership on Friday denied allegations from the union representing its more than 100 employees that it has offered unlawful incentives to break its ongoing strike.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Hub Hires: Pierson Ferdinand, Biogen, FisherBroyles

By Chris Villani

While not as sizzling as the temperatures or the Red Sox, the Boston legal market remained hot through the month of July, with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader adding a mergers and acquisitions partner, Pierson Ferdinand snagging a veteran litigator and Foley & Lardner hiring a finance attorney.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

There has been a wave of cases alleging employers and their insurance brokers violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and experts say this marks an increasing litigation trend. In the meantime, the American Bar Association is eyeing the elimination of the first of multiple diversity-related law school standards. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

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

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.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »