Ariz. Tribes, Groups Seek Stay In SunZia Power Line Ruling

By Crystal Owens

Native American tribes and environmentalists are asking an Arizona federal district court for an emergency injunction that would stay a ruling that rejected their bid to block work on SunZia's $10 billion transmission line while they appeal the decision, arguing that construction is already going ahead in culturally sensitive locations.

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Feds Lose Bid To Toss SD Tribe's School Funding Suit

By Joyce Hanson

A South Dakota federal judge has denied the Bureau of Indian Affairs' attempt to dismiss a tribe's lawsuit accusing the BIA of over-collecting on a $1 million school debt obligation, finding there are enough factual allegations asserted in the amended suit to keep it alive.

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Tribes, Enviros Want A Say In Grand Canyon Monument Suits

By Crystal Owens

Three Native American tribes and a slew of conservation groups are asking an Arizona federal district court to intervene in separate lawsuits, seeking to protect an Indigenous sacred site in the Grand Canyon region from losing its National Monument designation.

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Biden Permitting Reform To Fast-Track Power Line Approvals

By Peter McGuire

Streamlined federal permitting for electric transmission projects is expected to shave years off the authorization process and speed up development of new power connections, according to a final new rule released on Thursday by the Biden administration.

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Gov't To Use Tribal Energy Purchase Preference For First Time

By Daniel Wilson

The Biden administration announced Thursday that it intends to purchase thousands of megawatts of carbon-pollution-free electricity certificates from tribal sources, marking the first time the government will use a nearly two-decade-old procurement preference for tribally sourced energy.

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Biden Admin's Gas Venting Curbs Are Illegal, ND Says

By Peter McGuire

A North Dakota-led alliance of states has accused the Biden administration of pushing through limits on greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector illegally disguised as a rule to reduce industry waste, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

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Series

Being An Equestrian Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Beyond getting experience thinking on my feet and tackling stressful situations, the skills I've gained from horseback riding have considerable overlap with the skills used to practice law, particularly in terms of team building, continuing education, and making an effort to reset and recharge, says Kerry Irwin at Moore & Van Allen.

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Paul Weiss Partner Gertzman Remembered As Moral Leader

By Aebra Coe

Michael E. Gertzman, the former chair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's litigation department who died Wednesday, is being remembered "as a mentor, role model, partner and friend."

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Senators Urge ABA To Look Into Rape Questions On Bar Apps

By Cara Bayles

Several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to the American Bar Association on Friday urging it to study how state bar applications require would-be attorneys to disclose sexual violence.

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Analysis

Thomas' Long Quest To Undo A 'Grave Constitutional Error'

By Jeff Overley

A quarter-century after Justice Clarence Thomas cast a pivotal vote against jury trial rights and rapidly regretted it, his relentless campaign to undo the controversial precedent is suddenly center stage with a serious shot at succeeding, as judges and lawyers increasingly deem the decision dubious and the U.S. Supreme Court chips away at its edges.

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Analysis

How Legos, 'Working Girl' Sealed $10B Sibling Rivalry Win

By Craig Clough

A father-son attorney team used Legos and an argument borrowed from the 1988 film "Working Girl" to help a Los Angeles jury understand how their client's own brother illegally stole his multibillion-dollar real estate business, leading to a $10 billion verdict for their client and his other brothers, the attorneys told Law360.

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Coverage Recap: Day 4 Of Trump's NY Hush Money Trial

By Stewart Bishop

Law360 reporters are providing live updates from the Manhattan criminal courthouse as Donald Trump goes on trial for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election. Here's a recap from day four.

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The Week In Trump: Tabloid Testimony, High Court Drama

By Phillip Bantz

Donald Trump and his attorneys have been fighting high-stakes legal battles on several fronts as they grappled with a criminal hush money trial in Manhattan, argued at the U.S. Supreme Court for presidential immunity and tried to quash criminal election interference-related charges in Georgia.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A report by LexisNexis' CounselLink found that average law firm partner billing rates rose 5.4% in 2023, and a federal jury in Colorado rejected a former in-house attorney's claim that Loeb & Loeb LLP and one of its ex-partners acted outrageously in filing a lawsuit accusing him of stealing a medical device company's trade secrets.

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Florida's Top Judge Tapped For 2nd Term As Chief Justice

By Madison Arnold

Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz will serve a second term as the top administrative officer of the state's judicial system.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Aidala Bertuna & Kamins PC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after New York's highest state court overturned Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction in a contentious, split opinion that found the former movie mogul's first jury proceeding was unfair.

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen budget airline Ryanair file a claim against NATS PLC after the air traffic controller's system collapsed, Mastercard and Visa Europe face group claims from Christian Dior and dozens of other beauty retailers, an intellectual property clash between the publisher of The Sun and ITV, and ISC Europe sue a former director for alleged money laundering. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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