5th Circ. Says Texas Can Block China-Linked Energy Deal

By Mike Curley

The Fifth Circuit has affirmed an order dismissing a suit from the subsidiary of a Chinese company over the blockage of its investment into Texas energy grid assets, finding that federal regulations don't preempt a state law blocking energy investments by China and other countries.

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Justices Won't Hear Challenge To Chicago Towing Practices

By Celeste Bott

The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to take up the constitutionality of Chicago's vehicle booting, towing, impounding and disposal practices, with two justices expressing "serious concerns" over the idea of leaving the Seventh Circuit's blessing in place.

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Texas Justices Won't Review Union Pacific Death Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

The Texas Supreme Court refused to undo a win for Union Pacific, which was accused of causing the death of a father of three by failing to correct an "extra-hazardous" railroad crossing with a history of near misses and collisions.

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Delta Accused Of Wage Abuse By Calif. Flight Attendants

By Gina Kim

Delta Air Lines Inc. cheated nonexempt flight attendants out of overtime wages by failing to compensate them for time they spent undergoing security checks, yearly staff training, preparing aircraft for boarding, cleaning planes and other work-related duties, alleges a proposed class action lodged Friday in California state court.

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Jeep Drivers Say Windshield-Maker's Glass Cracks Too Easily

By Emily Field

A windshield manufacturer was hit with a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court alleging that the windshields it supplied to FCA US for Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators crack and chip for no reason, causing a safety hazard.

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KKR, Ares Units Agree To $2.9B Infinity Transportation Deal

By Al Barbarino

KKR & Co. has agreed to sell Infinity Transportation to business units of Ares Management for an enterprise value of approximately $2.9 billion, the private equity giants said Monday, in a deal steered by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP. 

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Justices Remand 3rd Circ. Arbitration Ruling

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated and remanded a Third Circuit decision dismissing on jurisdictional grounds a bid by litigation funder Burford Capital to arbitrate a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation.

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Amazon Union Pans Co.'s Case In 5th Circ. Election Challenge

By Braden Campbell

Amazon's challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's order to bargain with workers at a Staten Island warehouse relies on "extraordinarily strained readings of the board's decision" to reject its objections to an election the union won handily, the Teamsters told the Fifth Circuit.

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Port Of Seattle Challenges Trump Grant Terms Targeting DEI

By Elaine Briseño

The Port of Seattle and several Washington cities and counties asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing new grant conditions that would threaten $87 million in funding, arguing the restrictions lack clear standards of conduct.

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NY, Pa. Secure Divestments For Road Repair Cos. Merger

By Matthew Perlman

New York and Pennsylvania said on Monday they reached a settlement allowing Colas Inc. to move ahead with its planned purchase of Suit-Kote Corp., conditioned on the sale of several facilities over concerns about competition for municipal road repair contracts.

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High Court Won't Hear Google's 'Settled Expectations' Case

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case in which Google argued that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has exceeded its authority by using the age of patents as a reason to refuse to review them.

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Puerto Rico Towns Say Climate Suit Deadline Creates 'Trap'

By Keith Goldberg

Puerto Rico municipalities have told the First Circuit that a lower court dismissing as untimely their antitrust and racketeering lawsuit saying energy companies concealed the climate change dangers of fossil fuel products "presents a trap" for any such claims.

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Oil Titans Denied 2029 Trial Date In Wash. Tribes' Climate Suits

By Rachel Riley

A Washington state judge has set a February 2028 trial date in two Native American tribes' cases accusing Exxon, Chevron and other petroleum giants of a decades-long campaign to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, spurning the companies' bid for an October 2029 trial date.

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How Bipartisan Permitting Reform May Boost Green Energy

After years of false starts, Congress may finally be nearing a meaningful overhaul of the federal permitting process — and the proposed legislation could provide renewable energy developers with faster project reviews, more durable permits and greater protections from litigation, says Jon Micah Goeller at Husch Blackwell.

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When Indemnity, Purchase Price Adjustment Claims Overlap

The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in WSP v. Versar highlights that courts are willing to enable a buyer to select either indemnity or purchase price adjustment mechanisms, even if the parties did not envision that when negotiating the purchase agreement, says Claire Frost at Arnold & Porter.

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DOJ Or Trump: Judge Asks Who Is Deciding Golf Course Plan

By Jared Foretek

Trump administration lawyers continued to insist at a hearing Monday there is no final plan to remake East Potomac Golf Course, and they changed their tune about whether one would require environmental review, despite new social media posts from the president announcing that work on the overhaul would begin "immediately."

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Wood Smith, Charlesbank Capital Ink Pioneering MSO Deal

By Emma Cueto

Insurance defense firm Wood Smith Henning & Berman has inked a deal to take investment from middle market investment firm Charlesbank Capital Partners via a managed services organization, according to an announcement Monday, the largest U.S. firm to announce such a move.

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Arizona Court Approves State's First Non-ABA Law School

By Emma Cueto

The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the state's first law school not accredited by the American Bar Association, citing the need to increase the number of lawyers per capita in the state and provide more affordable options for legal education.

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Court Denies Gov't Bid To DQ Susman Godfrey In ABA's Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's executive orders against multiple major law firms. 

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Trump Taps DOJ Official, Federal Prosecutor For Judgeships

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated a senior U.S. Department of Justice attorney for a Nebraska federal judgeship and an assistant U.S. attorney for a seat on the Northern District of Indiana bench.

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Rogoff Tells 9th Circ. Firing Furthers 'Evil' Framers Opposed

By Ben Adlin

Roger Rogoff urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm a lower judge's order reinstating him as Seattle's top federal prosecutor, asserting in a filing Friday that he's entitled to keep the court-appointed U.S. attorney position until President Donald Trump fills the role with a Senate-confirmed nominee.

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Proskauer Says It Didn't Drop Reddit To Defend Perplexity

By Lauren Berg

Proskauer Rose LLP and Perplexity AI are urging a New York federal judge to allow the law firm to represent the artificial intelligence company in Reddit's suit over alleged data scraping, balking at the social media platform's argument that its one-time law firm can't represent its current opponent.

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What The Justices Won't Hear: A Roundup Of Cert Denials

By Taylor Bowie

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up cases from Google, a U.S. Navy contractor, and other appellate hopefuls on Monday, according to an order list.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week blocked Cloudflare Inc. from completing a restructuring meant to preserve its founders' voting control, while Tower Semiconductor Ltd. accused Intel Corp. of backing out of a semiconductor manufacturing agreement and social media company Triller Group Inc. challenged its removal from Nasdaq.

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