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  Jury Deadlocks In Ex-NY Gov. Aide's Foreign Agent Case

  By Stewart Bishop

  A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday declared a mistrial in a case alleging a former top aide to two New York gove...(read more)

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  Mercedes Inks $150M Deal In Emissions Cheating Claims

  By Brian Steele

  Mercedes-Benz USA LLC and Mercedes-Benz Group AG have reached a nearly $150 million national settlement with sta...(read more)

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• DHS Finalizes Rule Shifting H-1B Odds To Higher Earners

  By Britain Eakin

  The Trump administration finalized changes to the H-1B lottery Tuesday, unveiling a final rule it said will favor higher-paid and higher-skilled positions and tamp down on employers exploiting the program to hire low-wage workers and depress the wages of U.S. workers.

• 3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

  By Tracey Read

  Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

• 20 Years Later: How A Pink House Reshaped Takings Law

  By Aaron Keller

  The U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 holding in the controversial eminent domain case Kelo v. New London remains intact despite multiple challenges to urban development projects, but its unpopularity has spurred most states to spend the past 20 years reshaping their land-taking laws.

• Top International Trade Developments Of 2025

  By Dylan Moroses

  Importers faced novel levels of uncertainty in 2025 as President Donald Trump introduced several new tariff actions during his second term, including some that prompted importers to challenge a law used to authorize duties that had never been used before. Here, Law360 examines the year's top international trade developments.

• Fast-Track Court Fights Shaped Immigration Litigation In 2025

  By Britain Eakin

  The U.S. Supreme Court’s use of the emergency docket drove 2025’s biggest immigration decisions, with the justices stepping in repeatedly to stay nationwide injunctions, green-light key parts of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, and in some cases preserve due process rights. Here, Law360 looks at the year’s key immigration decisions.

• BREAKING: Justices Deny Trump's Bid To Send Nat'l Guard To Chicago

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot send hundreds of federalized National Guard troops into Chicago to aid federal immigration enforcement, leaving in place an Illinois federal judge's order temporarily barring the deployment amid a legal challenge.

• Top Delaware Chancery Cases Of 2025: A Year-End Report

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court closed out 2025 amid a period of institutional uncertainty, as landmark cases addressing fiduciary duty, executive compensation, board oversight and the limits of equitable power unfolded against the backdrop of sweeping legislative changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

• NYC Bar Issues Opinion On AI Use For Recording Client Calls

  By Tracey Read

  The New York City Bar Association's Professional Ethics Committee has issued an opinion addressing how the New York Rules of Professional Conduct impacts the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and create summaries of conversations in audio and video calls between attorneys and their clients.

• Partnership Targets $9.4B Data Center Spend In Europe

  By Nate Beck

  The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Australia-based infrastructure firm Goodman Group on Tuesday said they have struck a deal to develop data centers in Europe, beginning with a $2.6 billion plan to build projects in Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt.

• DHS Ordered To Restore $233M Grants To 'Sanctuary' States

  By Chris Villani

  A Rhode Island federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate $233 million in funding to immigration "sanctuary jurisdictions," finding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had illegally terminated the grants for political reasons.

• Johnson & Johnson Hit With $1.5B Talc Verdict In Baltimore

  By Emily Field

  A Baltimore jury late Monday returned a walloping verdict of more than $1.5 billion in favor of a woman who claimed that Johnson & Johnson talc products caused her mesothelioma, which her attorneys say is the largest verdict against the company for a single plaintiff.

• Freshfields-Led ServiceNow Buys Armis In $7.75B Cash Deal

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Artificial intelligence control tower company ServiceNow, led by Freshfields LLP, on Tuesday announced plans to acquire cyber exposure management company Armis, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, in a $7.75 billion cash deal.