Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced three new judicial nominees for the state's intermediate and lower courts on Wednesday, including a senior litigation attorney at National Grid.
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National Grid Attorney Among Picks For Mass. State Bench

By Carolyn Muyskens

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced three new judicial nominees for the state's intermediate and lower courts on Wednesday, including a senior litigation attorney at National Grid.

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States Say Trump's DEI Rule For Contractors Is Unclear, Illegal

By Ben Adlin

Attorneys general from 19 states and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sued numerous federal officials and agencies in an attempt to block the Trump administration's March 26 executive order prohibiting government contractors — including states — from engaging in "racially discriminatory" activity around diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Abbott Wants Ratepayer Protections From Data Center Costs

By Isaac Monterose

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Wednesday to do what they can to shield the state's ratepayers from the costs of data center expansion projects.

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POLICY & REGULATION

EU, African Countries Reach First-Of-Its-Kind Trade Deal

By Jack McLoone

The European Union and four African countries have reached a deal on the bloc's first free trade agreement with sub-Saharan African nations in the hopes of mutual economic benefits, the European Commission said Wednesday.

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OIL AND GAS

Elliott, Stronghold Clash Over Oil And Gas Asset Wind-Down

By Jarek Rutz

Elliott Investment Management LP and Stronghold Resource Partners urged the Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday to adopt competing readings of a settlement agreement governing the wind-down of an oil and gas investment fund, with each side saying the contract's language supports a different path for liquidating the fund's remaining holdings.

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Feds Say Species Exemption Suits Belong In Appeals Court

By Ganesh Setty

The "God Squad" that waived Endangered Species Act requirements for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico urged a Washington, D.C., federal district court to toss conservation groups' legal challenges over the move, arguing they've chosen the wrong forum.

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Brief

CNA Units, Gas Co. Settle Explosion Coverage Dispute

By Hope Patti

Two CNA Financial units and a natural gas utility company have agreed to settle a coverage dispute over underlying litigation stemming from a July 2021 explosion, according to a notice filed in Louisiana federal court Wednesday.

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DATA CENTERS

Gibson Dunn Leads Data Center Power Provider's $600M IPO

By Nate Beck

Houston, Texas-based ERock, which supplies natural gas power systems to data centers, began trading Wednesday after raising $600 million at the midpoint of its range with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising.

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UTILITIES AND POWER

Electric Co-Op Says Texas Is Wrong Venue For $120M Suit

By Spencer Brewer

An electric cooperative told a federal court that Texas is the wrong place for an infrastructure company to pursue claims that it backed out of a contract after the infrastructure company had already racked up $120 million in costs, saying the work took place in North Dakota.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

FCA, Drivers Spar Over Pacifica Battery Fires, Recall Fix

By Melanie Dorsey

Multidistrict litigation plaintiffs alleging certain Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivans are prone to battery fires faced pointed questions alongside FCA US LLC on Wednesday from a Michigan federal judge over whether the automaker knew about the alleged defect before selling the vehicles and whether a later recall cured the warranty claims at the center of the case.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Trump's Nuclear EO Has Transformed The NRC

In the year since President Donald Trump issued Executive Order No. 14300, directing sweeping reforms of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the agency has revised key oversight programs and proposed major rulemakings and new licensing frameworks — but the NRC must continue to center transparency and trust as key values, says Brooke Clark at Morgan Lewis.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Anthropic PBC

Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Boston College

CNA Financial Corp.

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

Commonwealth Edison Co.

Earthjustice

Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc.

Elliott Investment Management LP

Energy Impact Partners

Entergy Corp.

FCA US LLC

Foxconn

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Magnolia River Services Inc.

McAfee Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Morgan Stanley

National Grid PLC

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Natural Resources Defense Council

Northeastern University

Oceana Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Sierra Club

TerraPower LLC

The Florida Bar

TikTok Inc.

Walmart Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisors LLC

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Baker McKenzie

Barnes & Thornburg

Beal & Hebert

Bingham McCutchen

Broussard & David

Carlton Fields

Collins Bargione

Davis Polk

Elsberg Baker

Foley & Lardner

Frilot LLC

Gibson Dunn

Hagens Berman

Holwell Shuster

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Klein Thomas

Kluger Kaplan

Lisinski Law Firm

Lubin Austermuehle

Matthew G. Miller PC

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Plauche Maselli

Podhurst Orseck

Quinn Emanuel

Richards Layton

Ross Aronstam

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Taft Stettinius

Williams & Connolly

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Committee for Public Counsel Services

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Commission

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Florida Supreme Court

Maryland Attorney General's Office

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Public Utility Commission of Texas

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

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

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

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

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 Louisiana

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget