In Industry First, Cannabis Co. Trulieve Will List On NYSE

By Sam Reisman

Multistate marijuana company Trulieve Cannabis Corp. announced Friday that in response to a Trump administration rule loosening federal restrictions on medical cannabis, it would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange beginning next week, a first for the marijuana industry.

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First Democrat Returns A Blue Slip For Judicial Nominee

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is the first Democratic senator in the second Trump administration to return a blue slip for a judicial nominee.

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7th Circ. Says Ind. Can Bar Press From Attending Executions

By Parker Quinlan

A divided Seventh Circuit panel on Friday ruled that an Indiana prison rule restricting journalists' access to inmate executions does not violate the First Amendment, as reporters are not actually prevented from covering executions.

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Judge Asks How FCC Ruling Affects $6.6M IRS Penalty Fight

By Kat Lucero

A Pennsylvania federal judge ordered briefing on how the U.S. Supreme Court's new decision upholding agency fines without a jury trial affects a $6.6 million tax penalty dispute, signaling potential reconsideration of last year's opinion in the case.

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Trust Tells DC Circ. Security Isn't Viable Reason For Ballroom

By Courtney Bublé

The National Trust for Historic Preservation argued to the D.C. Circuit on Friday that the administration can't use national security as a reason to build the ballroom at the White House.

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Berkeley Dean Views 1952 Opinion As Executive Power Test

By Aaron Keller

Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, has urged the courts to examine a lesser-known concurring opinion in a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court decision on a steel mill case when judging the modern limits of presidential power.

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Analysis

Claims Over Russia Sanctions Test Investment Treaty Limits

By Caroline Simson

A spate of recent investor-state claims initiated by sanctioned Russian oligarchs seeking billions of dollars from European nations are relying on investment treaties in ways their drafters probably never envisioned, raising difficult questions for the tribunals tasked with adjudication.

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Chancery Judge Zurn Nominated For Del. Supreme Court Seat

By Jake Maher

Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer on Friday nominated a vice chancellor on the Delaware Court of Chancery for a spot on the state Supreme Court held by a retiring justice.

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DC Circ. Backs FERC In Midwest Grid Rate Refund Fight

By Keith Goldberg

The D.C. Circuit on Friday affirmed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's order of refunds in a long-running dispute over rates charged by Midwest transmission owners, saying the agency heeded instructions the court gave in 2022 when it nixed previous FERC orders in the rate case.

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DOE Announces More Financial Support For US Coal Industry

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration Thursday said it will steer hundreds of millions of dollars to projects in the U.S. coal industry, asserting it has a critical role to play in the country's energy sector.

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EPA Asks 4th Circ. To Back 'Streamlined' Haze Plan Reviews

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged the Fourth Circuit to deny a petition challenging its approval of West Virginia's regional haze plan, saying it reasonably accepted the plan after proposing to reject it based on a new policy to streamline reviews.

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Alaska Says No Need For July Ruling In Refuge Road Dispute

By Crystal Owens

Alaska is asking a federal court to reject an environmental group and Indigenous villages' bid for a July 15 judgment in their challenge to a federal government decision to allow a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, saying a date for its construction has not yet been solidified.

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HHS Can Issue Medicare Fines Without Jury, 4th Circ. Says

By Hailey Konnath

The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services can seek monetary penalties from Medicare participants for violating program requirements without a jury trial, rejecting a Maryland nursing home operator's argument that Medicare participants are guaranteed that right.

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Trans Patients Urge Blocking DOJ 'Campaign Of Harassment'

By Dorothy Atkins

Transgender adolescents urged a California federal judge Friday to block a Stanford Medicine hospital from sharing gender-related care medical records in response to a Texas grand jury criminal subpoena, arguing that other courts have rebuffed similar government subpoena attempts and the judge should end the DOJ's "campaign of harassment."

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GOP Lawmakers Target China With 2 Patent Bills

By Adam Lidgett

Republican lawmakers are floating a pair of bills that would block anyone who is considered a national security threat from gaining a U.S. patent and require anyone with connections to "foreign adversaries" to list the association on an application.

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Paramount Criticizes Consumers' Antitrust Suit As Unserious

By Bonnie Eslinger

Paramount Skydance has asked a California federal judge to toss a consumer antitrust challenge to its pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying the lawsuit lacks essential elements to state a claim and criticizing the opposition for treating the litigation like a "sport" rather than a "serious matter."

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Rail Co. Loses DC Circ. Appeal Challenging State Forest Law

By Dorothy Atkins

The D.C. Circuit rejected Grafton & Upton Railroad Co.'s effort to preempt a Massachusetts town's claim over forest land the railroad wants to use for a new transloading facility, finding Friday that the federal Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act doesn't preempt a state right-of-first-refusal law.

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Quinnipiac Hit With Title IX Suit After Dropping Rugby Team

By David Steele

Current and future players for a women's rugby team eliminated by Quinnipiac University sued in Connecticut federal court Friday to reinstate the team, accusing the school of Title IX discrimination and of using NCAA revenue-sharing rules as an excuse to cut it.

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Diocese Says Feds Already Working On Land Before Taking

By Britain Eakin

Attorneys for the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces in New Mexico clashed with the government Friday over reports that Border Patrol contractors are already working on a stretch of church-owned land the government wants for border wall construction but has not won the title to.

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Builders Seek Redo On Biden-Era Labor Mandate Ruling

By Madeline Lyskawa

An association of builders has urged the en banc Eleventh Circuit to rethink a panel's decision rejecting its attempt to secure an injunction blocking a Biden-era executive order requiring labor agreements for all federal contracts exceeding $35 million.

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NYC Beats Taxi Drivers' Unfair Suspensions Suit

By Linda Chiem

A New York federal judge has said the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission had probable cause for summarily suspending the licenses for taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers who've been arrested, but not convicted, rejecting a proposed class action alleging the drivers were maliciously prosecuted.

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Epic Fights Apple's Bid For High Court Sanctions Review

By Bryan Koenig

Epic Games told the U.S. Supreme Court there's no need for high court review of a California federal court's contempt order against Apple for violating a ban on company policies that barred app developers from steering users to outside payment options.

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Trump Signs Memo To Speed Up AI Use For National Security

By Madeline Lyskawa

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday aimed at accelerating the development and use of artificial intelligence for national security applications and barring companies from preventing the U.S. military from using their AI systems unless they get approval to.

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Equifax Accused Of Listing Cell Numbers Without Consent

By Rachel Konieczny

Equifax listed the cellphone numbers of thousands of Colorado residents in its for-sale and for-profit directories without their consent, according to a proposed class action in Colorado state court.

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NY Bill To Ban Surveillance Pricing Heads To Gov.'s Desk

By Allison Grande

New York is on the brink of becoming the third state to prohibit companies from using consumer data to set individualized prices for certain products and services, as policymakers across the country continue to ramp up scrutiny on the increasingly prevalent practice known as surveillance pricing. 

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Coalition Urges Court To Halt Gov't Contractor DEI Order

By Katherine Smith

A coalition of nonprofits, university professors, federal contractors and subcontractors has asked a Maryland federal court to halt an executive order requiring government contractors to agree not to engage in "racially discriminatory DEI activities," arguing that they will continue to suffer irreparable harm if the order is not enjoined and stayed.

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USDA Food Assistance Conditions Halted By Mass. Judge

By Lauren Berg

A Massachusetts federal judge Friday blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture from conditioning funding for programs like school lunches and food assistance on compliance with Trump administration policies on gender, women's sports, diversity and immigration.

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Brief

House Armed Services Committee Passes Draft Defense Bill

By Madeline Lyskawa

The House Armed Services Committee late Thursday passed Chairman Mike Rogers' draft of the nearly $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027, which focuses on revitalizing the U.S. defense industrial base and supporting small businesses.  

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Trade Court Backs Off Making CBP Chief Testify On Refunds

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Court of International Trade judge handling the tariff refund cases for importers seeking refunds of unlawful duties amended his order that instructed the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to appear at a hearing.

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Senate Signs Off On Nearly $70B More For ICE, Border Patrol

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Senate voted early Friday to pass a budget reconciliation bill that will see another roughly $70 billion allocated to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol to field President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda.

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Judge Slams Gov't For 'Pretextual' Immigration Filing Pause

By Britain Eakin

A Rhode Island federal judge ruled on Friday that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' indefinite hold on processing immigration applications for individuals from the 39 countries on President Donald Trump's travel ban list is unlawful.

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FinCEN, CFPB Flag Immigration-Linked Risks In Banking Push

By Jon Hill and Ganesh Setty

Federal regulators on Friday pressed banks to apply greater immigration-related customer scrutiny, issuing guidance that urges closer monitoring to flag employment of unauthorized workers and cautions immigration status may need to factor into some lending decisions.

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Ex-City Council Member's 2nd Daughter Cops To COVID Fraud

By Hayley Fowler

The second daughter of a former city council member in Charlotte, North Carolina, has pled guilty to her role in the family's alleged scheme to submit fake applications for federal loan assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, court records show.

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9th Circ. Revives Tribal Smoke Shop Owner's RICO Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

Officials with the Colorado River Indian Tribes must face a lawsuit brought by a smoke shop owner who claims they wrongfully evicted his business and stole its inventory, the Ninth Circuit ruled in a published opinion, saying tribal employees aren't automatically shielded by sovereign immunity.

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FCC Grants Amazon Leo's Waiver For Deployment Milestones

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Federal Communications Commission has granted Amazon some leniency in meeting the deployment milestones of its Leo satellite system, which is meant to provide high-speed internet.

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Texas Justices Say Cities Sued Wrong Party In Telecom Row

By José Luis Martínez

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday tossed a group of cities' challenge to state laws limiting what they can charge telecommunications companies to use public rights-of-way, finding the cities sued the wrong defendant and leaving the constitutional fight unresolved.

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Top Groups Lobbying The FCC

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission heard from lobbyists more than 100 times in May on issues ranging from 5G wireless in the C-band airwaves to a new foreign-made router ban, satellite spectrum, efforts to cut the volume on TV ads, next-gen 911 and more.

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FCC's Trusty Says Network Vandalism Is Getting Worse

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Infrastructure vandalism damaging high-speed networks is getting worse despite warnings about the problem, a member of the Federal Communications Commission, Commissioner Olivia Trusty, said during remarks addressing critical communications infrastructure.

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CMS Hemp Program Foes Take Standing Fight To DC Circ.

By Sam Reisman

A group challenging a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program to give patients access to federally legal hemp products will bring their case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals after a federal judge tossed their petition for lack of standing last month.

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Hemp Sellers Say Ohio Law Can't Mandate In-State Retail

By Jonathan Capriel

Hemp product manufacturers and sellers are looking to block an Ohio state law that reclassified their products as marijuana, which effectively handed the hemp market over to state-approved dispensaries, according to a federal lawsuit, which claims the statute violates the U.S. Constitution.

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Wash. Says 40-Year DV Gun Ban In Line With 2nd Amendment

By Elizabeth Daley

The Washington State Attorney General urged an Evergreen State federal court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a man prevented from gun ownership for 40 years due to his history of domestic violence against his ex-wife, arguing there was nothing unconstitutional about preventing him from owning weapons.

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How End Of SEC 'Gag Rule' Affects Free Speech Certiorari Bid

The Securities and Exchange Commission's recent rescission of the so-called gag rule, which forbade defendants in settlements from denying the SEC’s allegations, may sway the outcome of a petition to the Supreme Court in a case challenging the rule on First Amendment grounds, say attorneys at Troutman.

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Series

The Biz Court Digest: Shoring Up Corporate Law In Maryland

Launched more than 20 years ago to improve complex corporate adjudication, Maryland's Business and Technology Case Management Program has been a solid success in some areas, but there always is room for improvement, says Bill Krulak at Miles & Stockbridge.

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Legal Job Market Surges With Special Litigation, Gov't Work

By Tracey Read

The legal sector saw 1,200 more jobs in May after gaining 1,900 positions the month before, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Winston Taylor leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ended a patent suit over Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s generic version of a heart drug that uses a so-called skinny label.

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​​​​​​​Judge Seeks Discipline For DOJ Trans Care Subpoena Tactics

By Mark Payne

A Rhode Island federal judge on Friday referred Justice Department attorneys seeking gender-affirming care records from Rhode Island Hospital via a HIPAA subpoena to a court disciplinary committee for potential punishment after they allegedly misled the court. 

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Katten Is Latest Firm To Match Milbank Associate Pay Raise

By Kevin Penton

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has joined the growing list of firms that are largely matching a new pay scale for associates set earlier this week by Milbank LLP, with attorneys set to see annual pay increases of $10,000 to $20,000.

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Morgan & Morgan Explores Private Equity Investment Options

By Emma Cueto

The nation's largest personal injury firm, Morgan & Morgan, is exploring its options with regard to a potential private equity investment, with the firm saying Friday it is in the early stages of understanding what such an investment might mean and whether it is a good opportunity or "fool's gold."

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Bonus Spotlight

Dunn Isaacson Announces Bonuses Of Up To $25K

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Litigation boutique Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP is the latest firm to announce midyear associate bonuses and is distributing payouts of between $10,000 and $25,000, according to an internal memo viewed by Law360.

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Leon Black Seeks $1.6M In Fees After Wigdor Sanction

By Ryan Boysen

Scandal-plagued financier Leon Black wants Wigdor LLP to pay $1.6 million as a sanction for lying to a New York federal judge while representing a woman who claims she was raped by Black at notorious accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's home.

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Analysis

Will WDTX Remain A Patent Fixture Without Albright?

By Dani Kass

Whether the Western District of Texas will continue drawing in hordes of patent cases after U.S. District Judge Alan Albright leaves this summer has attorneys torn, given that he's no longer the top patent judge in his district, let alone the country.

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Analysis

Justices Signal Openness To Future SEC Disgorgement Cases

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's victory before the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday is likely to give the agency a leg up in settlement negotiations, but attorneys say that some defendants will continue to press judges to review the agency's disgorgement requests based on questions that the high court still hasn't answered.

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DLA Piper Urges 2nd Circ. To End 'Vexatious' Malpractice Suit

By Emily Sawicki

The Second Circuit should uphold the dismissal of a Chinese software company's legal malpractice suit and $635,000 in sanctions against it and its lawyers, DLA Piper has argued, citing previous favorable rulings in the matter by a federal magistrate judge, district court judge, state justice and five-judge panel of the New York state appeals court.

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ICE Atty's Bid To Ax Contempt Order Is 'Absurd,' Amicus Says

By Emily Sawicki

A court-appointed amicus curae has told the Eighth Circuit that a Minnesota federal judge was right to hold a government attorney in contempt after finding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flouted a court order, leading to a detained man being released hundreds of miles from his home without legal identification.

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GrayRobinson Data Breach Suits Get Consolidated

By Adrian Cruz

A Florida magistrate judge has decided to consolidate three nearly identical suits accusing GrayRobinson PA of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach, simultaneously denying the plaintiffs' bid to have interim class counsel appointed.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week, investor advocates have questioned the legality of the SEC's plan to withdraw corporate climate disclosure regulations, and an insurance broker's report found claims made under policies for mergers and acquisitions have risen in frequency and severity.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen the U.K.'s oldest Indian restaurant launch an appeal against King Charles III's property company in an effort to stop its eviction, trustees of a bankrupt former EY tax partner file a claim against his wife, and 37 leading insurers bring a lawsuit against agrichemical company Syngenta over an insurance dispute. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis

By Matt Perez

John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan PA has been at the forefront of data privacy litigation for nearly three decades, but what stands out to his colleague Ryan McGee is not the litany of wins but the attorney's humility.

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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.

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