Trump's SDNY Pick Steps In As Clayton Focuses On DC

By Pete Brush

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's pick to succeed him, James McDonald, will assume a leadership role as Clayton works on his own nomination for director of national intelligence in Washington.

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Interview

Trump's Ex-Labor Secretary Talks New PAC, Legacy

By Max Kutner

In her first interview since stepping down as secretary of labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer told Law360 about the political action committee she’s starting with President Donald Trump’s blessing and what she’s proudest of from her time running the U.S. Department of Labor.

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ABA Seeks Trump Docs In Suit Alleging Law Firm Intimidation

By Emily Sawicki

The Trump administration cannot rely on the presidential communications privilege to block disclosure of communications related to allegations that the president sought to intimidate BigLaw firms into conforming with his policy initiatives, the American Bar Association told a D.C. federal judge.

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Trump's $5M Loss Ordered To Be Paid Out To E. Jean Carroll

By Lauren Berg

It's time for President Donald Trump to pay a $5 million jury verdict finding he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room, a New York federal judge ruled on Wednesday, after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the case.

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Ga. Watchdog Seeks Dismissal Of Judicial Candidates' Suit

By Emily Johnson

Georgia's judicial ethics commission has asked a federal judge to dismiss a suit filed by two unsuccessful state Supreme Court justice candidates, arguing that an Eleventh Circuit decision allowing it to release public statements accusing them of possible ethical violations can't be undone.

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Analysis

4 Colorado Cases To Watch For The Rest Of 2026

By Rachel Konieczny

A federal judge's ruling on whether the Trump administration can move U.S. Space Command's headquarters from Colorado to Alabama and a jury's determination of liability for a private prison operator in a forced labor class action are among the Colorado court cases to watch in the coming months. Here, Law360 looks at four Colorado cases to watch for during the rest of 2026.

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CFPB Calls For Input On Mortgage Rule Changes To Cut Costs

By Jon Hill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is kicking off a broad review of its mortgage disclosure rules that is aimed at identifying ways to ease compliance costs for lenders and expand credit access for borrowers, according to a new regulatory notice.

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States Warn SEC Of Semiannual Reporting Fraud Concerns

By Jessica Corso

State securities regulators have joined investors and asset managers in urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission not to adopt a semiannual reporting structure, arguing the move away from quarterly reporting by publicly traded companies could lead to more insider trading and accounting fraud.

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Citi Should Be Shrinking, Not Shopping, Sen. Warren Says

By Jon Hill

If Citigroup thinks now is a good time to expand its "financial empire" with a major acquisition, its already-mammoth size and past compliance troubles should make it think again, the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee told the bank on Wednesday.

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Analysis

Energy Litigation To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

By Keith Goldberg

The energy litigation landscape for the rest of 2026 features high-profile lawsuits over climate change, including a potential moment of truth for climate tort litigation, as well as challenges to Trump administration efforts to boost fossil fuel development. Here are several energy-related lawsuits on attorneys' radar for the second half of the year.

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3rd Circ. Wonders If Pipeline Approval Passed CWA Muster

By George Woolston

The Third Circuit on Wednesday pressed New Jersey's environmental regulator to show that the revived Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline plan complied with the Clean Water Act, considering it lacked details about how state water quality standards would be monitored.

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Vax Skeptics Push To Advance Publisher Boycott Claims

By Gianna Ferrarin

A vaccine skepticism advocacy group once tied to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a D.C. federal court it's considering a mandamus petition to move forward its lawsuit claiming news organizations colluded with social media platforms to censor rivals.

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PBMs Fight Bid To Add Pharmacy Group To Price-Fixing Suit

By Parker Quinlan

Two pharmacy benefit managers have told a Michigan federal judge that a trade association for small pharmacies should not be allowed to intervene in a price-fixing lawsuit brought by the state's attorney general.

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Jazz Patent Suit Over Xyrem Survives Dismissal In NJ

By Adam Lidgett

A New Jersey federal judge has refused to let generic-drug company Tris Pharma Inc. escape a suit claiming its attempt to sell a competing version of Jazz Pharmaceuticals' narcolepsy drug Xyrem infringes a series of patents.

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Miami Herald Beats $885M Suit For Reporting Bribery Scandal

By David Minsky

A Florida state court judge dismissed an $885 million defamation lawsuit brought by a billionaire couple against the Miami Herald for its coverage of a bribery scandal involving an elected city official, finding that the newspaper didn't recklessly report false information. 

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Boston Jumps Into Social Media Addiction MDL

By Julie Manganis

The city of Boston said Wednesday it has joined the sweeping multidistrict social-media-addiction litigation against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat.

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NY Kalshi Ruling Should Inform Conn. Cases, AG Says

By Tom Lotshaw

A New York federal judge's denial of Kalshi's push to block the state from regulating sports-related offerings on its prediction market platform should inform litigation the company and Coinbase have brought against Connecticut, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General has said.

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NC Will Tax Prediction Markets, Nix Break For Data Centers

By Maria Koklanaris

North Carolina will become the latest state to tax prediction markets, in addition to increasing taxes on sports betting and rolling back a tax break for data centers, under a budget signed by its governor.

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Split 3rd Circ. Revives UPMC Doc's Suit Over Anti-DEI Article

By Matthew Santoni

The Third Circuit partly revived a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center cardiologist's lawsuit over the professional backlash he faced for publishing an article criticizing race-based "affirmative action" in choosing medical students, with the court majority calling his bosses' reaction a defamatory "hit job."

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Ga. Judge Rejects UPS Plaintiff's Bid To Force Recusal

By Madison Arnold

A Georgia federal judge reportedly disciplined for having sexual intercourse in her chambers and attending a political event has opted not to recuse herself in the case of a former UPS employee in his dismissed racial discrimination lawsuit.

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NC Treasurer Can Now Tap Private Attys To Rep Pension Plans

By Hayley Fowler

A bill that crossed the North Carolina governor's desk Tuesday will let the state treasurer hire private outside counsel to represent the state's retirement systems instead of relying on attorneys in the state Department of Justice.

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Brief

Snack Cos. Say DOJ Deal Demands Price-Fix Verdict Revisit

By Nadia Dreid

Kraft, Kellogg, Nestle and General Mills want an Illinois federal judge to schedule a status conference "imminently" in their long-running antitrust suit to ask Cal-Maine Foods Inc. about a deal it recently reached with the government over claims it inflated the price of eggs and how it affects their $53 million jury verdict.

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Costco Sued Over Reports Of Heavy Metals In Protein Powder

By Gina Kim

Costco was hit with a proposed class action in Washington federal court Tuesday alleging the wholesale retailer knew the Orgain protein powders it sold at its warehouses and online risked containing dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals, but marketed them as providing "good, clean nutrition" and having "quality ingredients."

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Trump Threatens To Cut Spanish Relations Over Defense Rift

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to cut off relations entirely with Spain, calling the country an unreliable partner during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

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EU Parliament Approves Mexico Trade Agreement

By Dylan Moroses

The European Parliament approved two pieces of legislation to implement the modernized trade agreement between the bloc and Mexico on Wednesday.

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EU Duty On Indonesian Fatty Acids Too High, WTO Says

By Jack McLoone

The European Union's anti-dumping margin on fatty acids imported from Indonesia exceeds the margin that should have been set under World Trade Organization standards, a WTO panel said Wednesday while rejecting other concerns raised by Indonesia.

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IRS Targets Certain Annuity Trusts As Potential Tax Shelters

By Kat Lucero

The IRS unveiled final rules Wednesday designating certain charitable remainder annuity trusts as reportable transactions because they involve abusive tax avoidance practices, subjecting participants to potential penalties if they do not disclose such arrangements.

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EU's Top Court Rules Out Joint VAT Liability In Greek Case

By Jack McLoone

A person classified as liable for paying value-added taxes in one European Union member country owed by an entity established in another member country cannot also be held jointly and severally liable for those taxes, the EU's top court said Wednesday.

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Aussies Seek Input On 30% Min. Tax For Discretionary Trusts

By Kevin Pinner

Australia is seeking feedback on plans to introduce a 30% minimum tax on taxable income held in discretionary trusts, the Department of the Treasury said in a consultation.

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Judge Limits Wayne County Surplus Property Tax Settlements

By Melanie Dorsey

Former property owners seeking surpluses from Wayne County tax foreclosure proceedings got a partial restriction of the county's settlement practices when a Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday that former owners must be notified of a pending constitutional challenge before the county seeks releases beyond state law claims.

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Ore. Court Denies Tax Break For Church Leader's Home

By Sanjay Talwani

An Oregon church leader's residence that is also used for storage of religious products and other activities does not qualify for a property tax exemption as a house of worship, the state tax court said, affirming the finding of a local assessor.

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Colo. County's Mill Increases Unconstitutional, Court Told

By Jaqueline McCool

A Colorado county violated the state's constitution by continuing to increase its property tax mill without voter approval and failing to reduce the levy or refund taxpayers when excess revenue was collected, a taxpayer told a state court.

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Analysis

Top 5 Immigration Court Rulings Of 2026: Midyear Report

By Britain Eakin

President Donald Trump's immigration agenda has largely prevailed in federal courts so far this year, with one glaring exception: when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his birthright citizenship executive order as unconstitutional. Here, Law360 examines five of the year's most significant decisions in immigration litigation so far.

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Immigration Board Rejects Asylum Tied To Conscription

By Elaine Briseño

The Board of Immigration Appeals said a fear of conscription alone was not enough to establish that a Russian man was a refugee facing persecution in his home country, overturning an immigration judge's decision that granted him asylum.

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2nd Circ. Says Salvadoran Prison Conditions Were Overlooked

By Elaine Briseño

The Second Circuit on Wednesday said an immigration judge failed to consider the possible abuse a man fighting deportation could face in El Salvadoran prisons because of inhumane conditions and human rights abuses.

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Ill. Feds Fight Discovery, But Not Fees, In ICE Protest Case

By Celeste Bott

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago has agreed that a group of anti-ICE protesters whose criminal case was dismissed when prosecutorial misconduct before the grand jury that indicted them came to light is entitled to recover attorney fees, but argued Tuesday that their bid to conduct discovery into any bad faith by the government amounted to a "fishing expedition."

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Guantánamo Detentions Within Removal Authority, Gov't Says

By Ganesh Setty

The Trump administration told a D.C. federal court that it acted within its statutory authority to detain noncitizens at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba who've been ordered to be deported, arguing their presence outside U.S. borders doesn't mean removal has already been completed.

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NY Fights H-2A Farmworker's Bid To Block Union Contract

By Katherine Smith

The state of New York has asked a federal judge to reject a farmworker's bid to block the state from imposing a union contract on him and his co-workers, arguing the farmworker failed to show he will face irreparable harm without an injunction.

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Nadine Menendez Loses Bid To Delay Prison For Surgery

By Carla Baranauckas

A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied Nadine Menendez's request to postpone her prison surrender by more than three months so she could complete breast cancer-related reconstructive surgeries, rejecting the request after a telephone conference with the parties.

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Former DOE Worker Avoids Prison For Bribery Scheme

By Carolyn Muyskens

A former U.S. Department of Energy employee who pled guilty to trying to bribe a colleague in exchange for government contracts for his consulting company was sentenced Wednesday to probation in Massachusetts federal court.

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California Judge Says Tribe Can't Stop Wild Horse Roundup

By Crystal Owens

A California judge said the U.S. Department of the Interior can remove hundreds of horses from a 200,000-acre protected habitat after determining that an Indigenous nation's efforts to block the endeavor fail because evidence proves the tribe didn't respond to the federal agency's repeated attempts to consult with it.

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DHS Says Tribe Has No Veto Over Arizona Border Wall

By Crystal Owens

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with the backing of Arizona's top legislative leaders, is seeking to dismiss the Tohono O'odham Nation's bid to block construction of 62 miles of border wall, arguing it's well within its authority to build the structure to address national and public safety threats.

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FCC Says OK To New Foreign Investors In IHeart Radio

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission has already given auto industry bigwig iHeartMedia Inc. permission to be partially owned by some foreign investors, but the company is looking to increase that number, and the agency has just given it the green light.

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FCC Cuts Space License Backlog In Half, Bureau Chief Says

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has cut a backlog of applications for space-based industry licenses by more than half since adopting an "assembly line" approach to clearing paperwork, the agency's top official on space policy said Wednesday.

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USTelecom Backs AT&T Bid To Escape Calif. Carrier Rules

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

USTelecom is urging the Federal Communications Commission to grant AT&T's petition to preempt California's "carrier of last resort" rules that the company says are delaying its rollout of all-IP phone networks.

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Comcast Says Power Co. Still Flouts FCC Pole Upgrade Order

By Nadia Dreid

Comcast says it's time for the Federal Communications Commission to step in and force Appalachian Power Co. to follow the agency's orders when it comes to covering the cost of fixing utility poles for broadband upgrades.

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FCC Using AI To Modernize Operations, Says Top Legal Aide

By Christopher Cole

While the Federal Communications Commission is emerging as a key federal agency tackling artificial intelligence policy, the FCC itself is taking advantage of the technology to make its operations run more smoothly, a top official says.

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K&L Gates Adds Ex-CFTC Chief Counsel From Willkie Farr

By Tracey Read

K&L Gates LLP has brought on a Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP attorney who is a former chief counsel to ex-Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson, the firm said Wednesday.

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Another OFAC Official Joins Akin's DC Practice

By Jack Rodgers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has added another international trade partner from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control in Washington, D.C., who began his legal career with the firm more than a decade ago, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Greenberg Traurig Hires Former Commerce Dept. Deputy

By Jack Rodgers

Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a former deputy undersecretary in the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, who joined the firm as a senior director to work with several of its practices, the firm has announced.

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Series

Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

The year's second quarter brought several noteworthy financial services developments to California, including activity around a commercial finance oversight bill, the former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head's appointment to lead a new consumer agency, and a ruling reinforcing viable bank-fintech partnerships, say attorneys at Manatt.

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Texas Business Court Rulings Show Deal Terms Paramount

As the courts within the Texas Business Court system have begun reaching the substantive merits of the cases before them, they are persuasively demonstrating they will not only enforce the terms of transactions as written, but will also embrace a holistic approach to complex transaction documentation interpretation, says Christopher Pace at Winston Taylor.

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Coordinating Life Sciences IP Strategies In The US And EU

As postgrant practice for life sciences patents is restructured in the U.S. and European Union simultaneously, patent owners will need to implement transatlantic coordination that treats international proceedings as components of a single intellectual property risk architecture, says Paul Calvo at Sterne Kessler.

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Structuring Space Nuclear Deals For Regulatory Risk

With the White House's recent focus on space nuclear power, a highly important question for companies that want to build orbital reactors, lunar surface systems or critical components is whether the transaction documents can handle foreign investment constraints, export controls and treaty-linked liability, says Kristie Blase at Frazer + Blase.

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Proof, Not Just Timing, Will Decide Clean Energy Credits

For wind and solar projects that sprinted to begin construction before the accelerated placed-in-service deadline of July 4, project owners must now assemble and maintain documentation to qualify the project and defend against a potential clean energy credit audit, says Peter Lowy at Nelson Mullins.

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Attys Win $2.5M Fee Award After $63K Native Bias Verdict

By Joyce Hanson

A South Dakota hotel must pay an Indigenous advocacy group about $2.5 million in attorney fees following a trial jury's $63,191 verdict in a civil rights case claiming the business discriminated against Native American tribe members based on race, a federal judge has ruled.

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Conn. To Develop Pilot Behavioral Health Court In New Haven

By Christine DeRosa

A new task force has been formed in Connecticut aimed at developing a pilot behavioral health court in New Haven, with an eye toward expanding the program throughout the state.

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Ex-Associate Says Jackson Lewis Pushed Her Out After Leave

By MJ Koo

A former associate attorney who was on the partnership track at Jackson Lewis PC has brought suit against the employment law firm in California state court, alleging that it refused to accommodate her temporary medical restrictions after she returned from leave and pressured her to accept a demotion or resign.

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Squire Patton Adds Atty From House Epstein, Trump Probes

By Tracey Read

A key player in government investigations into Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump has joined Squire Patton Boggs LLP to lead the firm's congressional investigations group, the firm announced Thursday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Appeals Conviction In ICE Obstruction Case

By Ganesh Setty

A former Wisconsin state judge convicted of obstructing immigration authorities trying to arrest a defendant after he appeared in her courtroom lodged an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on Thursday, after avoiding a prison sentence but being fined $5,000.

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