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  • May 21, 2025

    Solvay Wants Sanctions For 3 Firms Over Confidential Info

    Lawyers at three plaintiffs law firms were hit Wednesday with a bid for sanctions by a polymer company that claims the attorneys used confidential discovery in federal multidistrict litigation in New Jersey to file a new action.

  • May 21, 2025

    Ky. Judge Nixes Treasury's Bid To End Labor Contracts

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury lacks standing to seek an order allowing it to lawfully terminate its labor contracts with a federal employee union, a Kentucky federal judge ruled, finding the agency's alleged harm is based on speculation about the potential consequences of enforcing an executive order.

  • May 21, 2025

    Distributor Can't Duck Revised Crab Price-Fixing Suit

    A California federal magistrate judge added Ocean King Fish Inc. to a list of more than a dozen distributors that must face a proposed class action from crabbers alleging a conspiracy to cap prices paid to fishermen for Dungeness crab in the Pacific Northwest.

  • May 21, 2025

    Simpson Thacher, Hogan Lovells Guide $1.75B Shipping Deal

    Typewriter Ascend Ltd., an entity backed by Stonepeak and affiliated with container leasing firm Textainer, has agreed to acquire Global Sea Containers Ltd. from China's Bohai Leasing Co. in a deal valued at $1.75 billion.

  • May 20, 2025

    FWS' New 'Harm' Proposal Draws Praise, Concern For Species

    Fossil fuel, construction and other industry groups say they support the Trump administration's plan to weaken regulatory protections under the Endangered Species Act, while blue state attorneys general and environmental groups urged the government to back off its proposal.

  • May 20, 2025

    Tax Credit Repeal Would Deflate US Hydrogen Development

    The Republicans' proposal to eliminate tax credits for producing clean hydrogen in the budget reconciliation bill threatens to kneecap the nascent alternative fuel industry in the U.S. while pushing investments overseas to friendlier markets.

  • May 20, 2025

    No Bad Faith Means $461K Case Returns To Fla. State Court

    A Florida federal court sent a $461,000 property damage dispute back to state court Tuesday, finding that while a condo association's timing in serving one insurer prevented the carrier from removing the case to federal court, there wasn't bad faith so a deadline applied.

  • May 20, 2025

    Nonprofits Seek To Block 'Sweeping' AmeriCorps Cuts

    A number of education, environmental and housing nonprofits have asked a Maryland federal judge to block the firing of thousands of AmeriCorps employees and the cancellation of $400 million to its programs, saying the move violates core constitutional principles regarding separation of powers that have already had severe consequences.

  • May 20, 2025

    State AGs Say No To Nixing Wireless Site NHPA Reviews

    Eight states are calling on the Federal Communications Commission not to listen to a major wireless trade group's petition encouraging it to cut "burdensome ... red tape," which the states say are actually mandates of the National Historic Preservation Act.

  • May 20, 2025

    Gov't Says Unions Too Slow In Calling For Halt Of Restructure

    President Donald Trump called for a California federal judge to tank an injunction bid from unions and advocacy groups about his executive order instructing agencies to plan for reductions in force, arguing the request was delayed and the district court lacks jurisdiction.

  • May 20, 2025

    Chicago Orgs Fight Feds' Bid To Drop Dredged Waste Suit

    Two advocacy groups that challenged a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to expand a disposal facility that stores sediments dredged from Chicago waterways said Monday that the court retains jurisdiction even though the Army Corps has withdrawn that decision and should only dismiss the case on certain conditions.

  • May 20, 2025

    Health Clinics Say Fake Trash Fee Scheme Cost Them Millions

    Republic Services Inc. got hit with a proposed class action by health clinics in Michigan and Ohio that claim the waste disposal company breached its contracts with them by charging "tens of millions" in excess fees without any legal justification.

  • May 20, 2025

    Russia Challenges EU Carbon Border Tax At WTO

    Russia formally initiated a dispute at the World Trade Organization over the European Union's carbon border adjustment mechanism, suggesting that the emissions pricing system violates multilateral trade agreements, according to documents released by the organization.

  • May 20, 2025

    GOP Will Push Calif. Waiver Vote, Dems Will Jam EPA Noms

    Senate Republicans vowed Tuesday to forge ahead with Congressional Review Act resolutions that would repeal clean-vehicle waivers for California that were approved by the Biden administration, while Democrats said they'll throw roadblocks in front of presidential nominees in retaliation.

  • May 20, 2025

    Former Hemp Worker Brings Paraquat Suit Against Syngenta

    A Colorado man formerly employed in the hemp industry alleged in a new federal lawsuit that his exposure to the herbicide paraquat while at work is responsible for his Parkinson's disease.

  • May 20, 2025

    Judge Revives Suit Challenging BLM Lease Sales In Utah

    A Utah federal judge said she erred when she tossed a lawsuit challenging multiple U.S. Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sales in the state, as she failed to recognize that the agency had recently issued drilling permits for some of the transactions.

  • May 20, 2025

    2 More Countries Sign WTO Fishing Trade Pact

    Two more countries, Georgia and Lesotho, have signed on to a World Trade Organization agreement to improve regulations around fishing industry subsidies. 

  • May 19, 2025

    DC Circ. Ponders Letting Gov't Claw Back $20B In Green Funds

    The D.C. Circuit didn't seem convinced Monday morning that the Trump administration can't claw back $20 billion in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants that it's trying to cancel and divert elsewhere, hearing arguments over a preliminary injunction blocking the government from doing just that.

  • May 19, 2025

    Carrier's Kidde-Fenwal Ch. 11 Deal Barred By Purdue, AGs Say

    Connecticut and other states Monday objected to Carrier Global Corp.'s proposed $540 million deal releasing it from "forever chemicals" litigation liability through its ownership of bankrupt firefighting foam manufacturer Kidde-Fenwal Inc., saying the U.S. Supreme Court shot down a similar deal in drugmaker Purdue Pharma LP's bankruptcy case.

  • May 19, 2025

    Interior Dept. Lifts Freeze On Empire Wind Project

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has lifted its stop-work order, allowing construction to resume on the Empire Wind offshore wind energy project south of New York's Long Island, according to an announcement made Monday.

  • May 19, 2025

    Chicago's Climate Deception Suit Heads Back To State Court

    An Illinois federal judge has found that the city of Chicago's lawsuit looking to hold the nation's largest oil producers liable for allegedly deceiving the public about fossil fuel consumption should be litigated in state court.

  • May 19, 2025

    DuPont And Garden State Clash In PFAS Trial Opener

    New Jersey and E.I. du Pont de Nemours were at odds on Monday in federal court over the risks and cleanup of "forever chemical" contamination at a Salem County manufacturing facility, with the state claiming it was intentionally misled and DuPont arguing the state is changing the rules.

  • May 19, 2025

    5th Circ. Says EPA Flubbed Texas Air Finding, Must Redo

    A Fifth Circuit panel on Friday said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency erred in determining that two Texas counties had failed to meet air quality standards for sulfur dioxide, handing a victory to the state and Vistra Corp.

  • May 19, 2025

    NC Gov. Tacks On $891M To Hurricane Recovery Plan

    North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Monday recommended adding $891 million to the funds earmarked for Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in the western region of the state, the largest chunk of which would go toward rebuilding the economy with small business loans and tourism promotion.

  • May 19, 2025

    Energy Cos. Escape Pa. County's Climate Change Suit

    A Pennsylvania state judge threw out Bucks County's Big-Tobacco style lawsuit against 14 oil companies, concluding that neither Pennsylvania law nor any state law can address the greenhouse gas emissions-related claims raised in the county's complaint.

Expert Analysis

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Impact Of Successful Challenges To SEC's Rulemaking Ability

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    In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faced significant legal challenges to its aggressive rulemaking agenda as several of its rules were vacated by the Fifth Circuit, which could hinder the SEC's ability to enact rules extending beyond express statutory authority in the future, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Justices Seem Focused On NEPA's Limits In Utah Rail Case

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    After last month's oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, the court appears poised to forcefully reiterate that the National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to review only those environmental impacts within their control, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

  • How Trial Attys Can Wield Amended Federal Evidence Rules

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    Trial lawyers should assess recent amendments to four Federal Rules of Evidence and a newly enacted rule on illustrative aids to determine how to best use the rules to enhance pretrial discovery and trial strategy, says Stewart Edelstein, former litigation chair at Cohen & Wolf.

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    Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.

  • Top 10 Legal Issues This Year For Transportation Industry GCs

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    General counsel must carefully consider numerous legal and policy challenges facing the automotive and transportation industry in the year to come, especially while navigating new technologies, regulations and global markets, says Francesco Liberatore at Squire Patton.

  • Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation

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    Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.

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    Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.

  • Identifying Deepfakes During Evidence Collection, Discovery

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    Attorneys must familiarize themselves with the tools used to create and detect deepfakes — media manipulated by artificial intelligence to convincingly mimic real people and events — as well as best practices for keeping this fabricated evidence out of court, says Bijan Ghom at Saxton & Stump.

  • Expect Continued Momentum For Nuclear Power In 2025

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    With increasing electricity demand, growing interest in carbon-free energy and recent policy initiatives favoring atomic power, the future is looking bright for the U.S. nuclear energy industry — and the imminent switch of administrations in Washington is unlikely to change that, say attorneys at Venable.

  • The Securities Litigation Trends That Will Matter Most In 2025

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    2025 is shaping up to be a significant year for securities litigation, as plaintiffs and defendants alike navigate shifting standards for omission theories of liability, class certification, risk disclosure claims and more, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025

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    As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.

  • What To Watch For In The 2025 Benefits Landscape

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    While planning for 2025, retirement plan sponsors and service providers should set their focus on phased implementation deadlines under both Secure 1.0 and 2.0, an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and the fate of several U.S. Department of Labor regulations, says Allie Itami at Lathrop GPM.

  • How White Collar Enforcement May Shift In Trump's 2nd Term

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    After President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House next month, the administration’s emphasis on immigration laws, drug offenses and violent crime will likely reduce the focus on white collar crime overall, but certain areas within the white collar world may see increased activity, say attorneys at Keker Van Nest.

  • COP29 Offers Pathway To A Global Carbon Market

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    COP29, the recently concluded United Nations climate conference, represented a breakthrough in the establishment of standards for a global carbon market — and voluntary carbon market participants in the U.S. and elsewhere can enhance the value of their projects by aligning them with these standards, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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