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March 25, 2025
Venezuelan Law Invalidates $2B Bonds, PDVSA Argues
Venezuela's state-owned oil company is fighting back against efforts by creditors to enforce some $2 billion in defaulted bonds, dismissing as "illogical" the creditors' argument that the underlying bond documents were exempt from a requirement for National Assembly approval.
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March 25, 2025
Canadian Miner Faces Deadline Over $10M Romania Award
A cash-strapped Canadian mining company is nearing a deadline to put up security for an approximately $10 million costs award issued to Romania after the country prevailed in the company's $4.4 billion arbitration over a blocked gold and silver mining project.
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March 25, 2025
Contractor Drops $1.1M Bond Dispute Against Liberty Mutual
A Delaware-based plumbing and HVAC company has withdrawn its federal suit claiming that a general contractor and Liberty Mutual improperly withheld $1.1 million in payments for work the company completed on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers elementary school project.
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March 25, 2025
Nelson Mullins Welcomes Alt Energy Transactions Atty In NY
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is bringing a Clean Energy Counsel attorney to its New York office, touting his more than three decades of experience with distributed and utility-scale energy and infrastructure projects in the United States and Latin America, especially in renewable and alternative energy finance and development.
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March 24, 2025
Canadian Miner Now Seeks $1B From Mexico Over Project
A Canadian mining company has quintupled the amount it's seeking in damages from Mexico in arbitration over the loss of its precious metals project, saying it now wants $1 billion due to the country's breach of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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March 24, 2025
FINRA Fines Pa. Broker-Dealer $1M Over Muni Bond Sales
A Pittsburgh-based brokerage has agreed to penalties and disgorgement totaling over $1 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims it got undue order priority for certain new municipal bond orders by failing to mention those orders were for its own dealer account.
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March 24, 2025
Investor Says It Was Conned Out Of $42M In Real Estate Deals
A Las Vegas investment company alleged that four businessmen fleeced it out of more than $42 million by convincing the company to invest in a Washington real estate project that collapsed when the developer was convicted of rape and also luring the firm into another bad deal under false promises.
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March 22, 2025
Up Next At High Court: Non-Delegation & Clean Air Fights
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to hear arguments in a dispute that could revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle and trigger a regulatory power shift.Â
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March 21, 2025
Texas Regulator Says Scammers Recruited Game Developers
The Texas State Securities Board entered an emergency cease-and-desist order to stop offers of an allegedly fraudulent blockchain token called Apertum, saying its creators successfully recruited developers behind "Grand Theft Auto V" to launch a new game requiring the purchase of the token.
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March 21, 2025
Ex-Cognizant CLO Reconsidering Dismissal Of Paul Weiss
A former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing bribery charges indicated Friday that he may reconsider his decision to fire Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as his trial counsel, now that President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order limiting the firm's access to federal buildings and officials.
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March 21, 2025
DOJ Ends Glencore Monitorships Under Bribery Deal Early
The U.S. Department of Justice has ended early two monitorships imposed as part of mining giant Glencore's 2022 bribery and market manipulation case settlement, in the wake of President Donald Trump's directive pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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March 21, 2025
Apollo, BP Ink $1B Deal For Stake In European Gas Pipeline
BP has agreed to sell a 25% noncontrolling stake in a BP entity invested in the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline, or TANAP, to funds managed by Apollo Global Management for $1 billion, the companies said Friday.
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March 20, 2025
Senate Panel To Weigh NTIA Nom Next Week
A U.S. Senate panel next week will consider President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce branch that oversees federal spectrum policy.
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March 20, 2025
FCC Eases Regs To Hasten Switch From Copper Lines
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday waived several longstanding rules in an effort to clear what FCC Chair Brendan Carr characterized as "red tape" delaying telecoms from putting legacy copper lines out to pasture.
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March 20, 2025
Ex-Cognizant CLO Seeks Trial Delay After Hiring New Counsel
After hiring new trial counsel Wednesday, a former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing bribery charges asked a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday for an adjournment of the April 7 trial date so his new attorney can review the evidence and the history of the case, which has been pending for more than six years.
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March 19, 2025
Broadband Pole Upgrades Depend On States, Pew Says
States need to make sure their pole attachment process is running smoothly, or it could be the cause for a lot of broadband deployment holdups, according to a new study released by Pew Charitable Trusts.
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March 19, 2025
NY DOT Says Feds' Bid To Kill Congestion Pricing Is 'Unlawful'
The New York State Department of Transportation told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that the Trump administration's efforts to kill New York City's congestion pricing program unlawfully interfere with the Empire State's authority to implement state law and protect New Yorkers' health and welfare.
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March 19, 2025
Bondholders Say $2B Venezuelan Bond Contracts Are Valid
The holders of approximately $2 billion in defaulted bonds issued by Venezuela's state-owned oil company PetrĂłleos de Venezuela SA have urged a New York federal court to enforce their contracts with PDVSA, saying the country hasn't shown how its domestic law makes the bonds invalid.
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March 19, 2025
Greenpeace Owes More Than $660M In Dakota Pipeline Case
A jury has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $666 million in a suit alleging the group falsely disparaged the Dakota Access Pipeline project amid environmental protests, a case the organization has called a threat to its future and an attack on free speech.
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March 19, 2025
Ex-Cognizant CLO Fires Paul Weiss After Trump Order
A former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing a bribery trial next month has fired Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP from his defense team following the Trump administration's revocation of the firm's security clearances, according to a withdrawal motion filed Wednesday by firm partner Roberto Finzi.
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March 19, 2025
Norton Rose Continues Energy Growth With 4 Houston Attys
Norton Rose Fulbright announced the additions of four energy attorneys from Texas boutique Alvarez Stauffer Bremer PLLC on Wednesday, bringing complex commercial litigation and catastrophic incident response experience as the firm continues to build on its momentum in the energy market.
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March 19, 2025
Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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March 19, 2025
FCPA Uncertainty May Lead Attys To 'Gamble' On Disclosure
The Trump administration's pullback on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement is sowing confusion in the white collar bar, as companies consider whether to voluntarily disclose potential violations of the anti-bribery law while the chances of getting a favorable resolution seem good or keep quiet until the dust settles.
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March 18, 2025
Crypto Firms Tied To Milei-Promoted Libra Token Face NY Suit
A trio of crypto firms linked to a token known as Libra face a proposed class action accusing them of fraudulently raising $107 million from the controversial project, which was promoted by Argentine President Javier Milei prior to its collapse.
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March 18, 2025
Tribe Members Complicate Tesoro Pipeline Row, 8th Circ. Told
Tesoro High Plains Pipeline Co. has urged the Eighth Circuit to deny landowning tribe members' bid to intervene in the company's lawsuit challenging the federal government's right-of-way trespassing claims against it, saying that the United States adequately represents their interests and that they would only complicate the case.
Expert Analysis
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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Opinion
Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.
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Series
The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spain Faces Award Enforcement
Spain's loss in its Australian court case against Infrastructure Services Luxembourg underlines the resilience of international arbitration enforcement mechanisms, with implications extending far beyond this case, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.
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Defining All-Risk: Despite $30M Loss, Loose Bolt Not 'Damage'
A Massachusetts federal court’s recent ruling in AMAG Pharmaceuticals v. American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co., denying coverage for $30 million in damages claimed when a loose bolt caused an air leak, highlights an ongoing debate over the definition of “direct physical loss or damage,” say Josh Tumen and Paul Ferland at Cozen O'Connor.
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8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.
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How The 2025 Tax Policy Debate Will Affect The Energy Sector
Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming U.S. election, 2025 will bring a major tax policy debate that could affect the energy sector more than any other part of the economy — so stakeholders who could be affected should be engaging now to make sure they understand the stakes, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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Sublimit And Policy Interpretation Lessons From Amtrak Case
The recently settled dispute between Amtrak and its insurers over sublimit coverage illustrates that parties with unclear manuscript policies may wish to avoid litigation in favor of settlement — as the New York federal court declined to decide the case by applying prior term interpretations, says Laura Maletta at Chartwell Law.
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3rd Circ. Hertz Ruling Highlights Flawed Bankruptcy Theory
The Third Circuit, in its recent Hertz bankruptcy decision, became the latest appeals court to hold that noteholders were entitled to interest before shareholders under the absolute priority rule, but risked going astray by invoking the flawed theory of code impairment, say Matthew McGill and David Casazza at Gibson Dunn.
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Opinion
This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Series
Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.
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Applying High Court's Domestic Corruption Rulings To FCPA
After the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the domestic corruption statutes in three decisions over the past year and a half, it’s worth evaluating whether these rulings may have an impact on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, and if attorneys can use the court’s reasoning in international bribery cases, says James Koukios at MoFo.
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How Multifamily Property Owners Can Plan For The EV Future
As the electric vehicle market expands, and federal and state incentives and mandates intended to promote EV use come into effect, owners and operators of multifamily residential properties should be prepared to meet the growing demand for onsite EV charging infrastructure, say Sydney Tucker and Andreas Wokutch at Frost Brown.
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Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.