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  Trump Won't Sign Housing Bill Set To Become Law

  By Nate Beck

  President Donald Trump tied a lack of support for a bill imposing federal voter ID rules to a vow Friday to with...(read more)

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  Clifford Chance-Led EasyJet Agrees To £5.7B Bid From Apollo

  By Dawood Fakhir

  EasyJet PLC said Friday that it has agreed to support a takeover offer of approximately £5.7 billion ($7.6 billi...(read more)

• Kalshi's Contracts 'Sound Like A Bet,' 9th Circ. Judge Says

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A Ninth Circuit panel appeared open Friday to preliminarily blocking Kalshi and Robinhood from offering sports contracts on tribal land, with one judge saying Kalshi's contracts "sound like a bet" subject to Native American gambling laws and another saying it "wouldn't be so unreasonable" to exclude tribes from federal oversight in this area.

• Top 5 Enviro Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

  By Gautama Mehta

  The second half of 2026 could see courts delivering important rulings that will determine whether municipalities can set their own building emissions laws, the extent of California's authority to regulate pollution and citizens' power to enforce the Clean Air Act. Here, Law360 takes a look at five environmental cases that could be resolved before the end of the year.

• Keystone Pipeline Operator To Pay $30M For Kansas Oil Spill

  By Hailey Konnath

  The Keystone Pipeline's owner and operator has agreed to pay a $26.8 million civil penalty plus $3 million for natural resource restoration projects in Kansas for a 2022 rupture of the pipeline that spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil, according to a Friday announcement.

• Del. Justices Nix $16M Fee Award In SpaceX Investment Fight

  By Katryna Perera

  The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday erased a $16 million fee award stemming from a dispute over a fund manager's handling of a failed $50 million SpaceX investment, concluding that although the fund manager committed a limited breach of a "duty of candor," shifting all litigation expenses to him was unwarranted.

• Fed. Circ. Affirms Sony's PTAB Win Over Digital Imaging IP

  By Dani Kass

  The Patent Trial and Appeal Board stayed in bounds when deciding to invalidate claims of an Intellectual Pixels Ltd. digital image generation patent on remand, the Federal Circuit said Friday.

• Union Can't Force Ex-Aides Into Arbitration, 2nd Circ. Says

  By Benjamin Morse

  A union cannot automatically bind former New York City home health aides to mandatory arbitration through an agreement signed after they left their jobs, the Second Circuit ruled Friday, allowing 17 former workers to press their cases outside a roughly $30 million fund.

• 4 Benefits Policy Issues To Watch In 2026's 2nd Half

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The U.S. Department of Labor's work to finalize a 401(k) investment selection safe harbor and plans for a new mental health parity rule are among the top employee benefits policy issues that attorneys are watching for in the latter half of 2026. Here, Law360 looks at four that practitioners say they're keeping an eye on.

• 4 Firms Steer Chip Giant SK Hynix's Historic $26.5B IPO

  By Isaac Monterose

  South Korea-based memory semiconductor company SK Hynix Inc. rose in debut trading Friday after pricing a $26.5 billion initial public offering, the largest-ever foreign company listing in U.S. markets, guided by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Paul Hastings LLP, Shin & Kim LLC and Kim & Chang.

• 7th Circ. Revives BIPA Suit Over Virtual Try-On Tool

  By Celeste Bott

  The Seventh Circuit on Friday revived a proposed class action against an eyewear company accused of violating Illinois' biometric privacy law with its online "virtual try-on" tool, saying a lower court dismissed the case too early and more evidence is needed to see if the law's exemption for data collected for health care purposes bars the claims.

• The Biggest TM Rulings Of 2026: A Midyear Report

  By Ivan Moreno

  The Seventh Circuit placed limits on trademark plaintiffs in cases against foreign online sellers accused of counterfeiting, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued precedential decisions with fresh guidance on what marks can get on — or stay on — the federal trademark register. Here is Law360's list of the biggest trademark rulings so far this year.

• Over 2,600 Attys, Professionals Urge Blocking Blanche As AG

  By Emma Cueto

  More than 2,600 lawyers and legal professionals on Friday urged lawmakers to oppose the nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general, saying Blanche's dismissal of the idea that the U.S. Department of Justice should be independent from the White House and his record as interim attorney general make him unfit for the role.

• US-Canada Stalemate Expected To Hold Amid USMCA Review

  By Dylan Moroses

  The trade stalemate between the U.S. and Canada is likely to continue through a drawn-out review process for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, though companies will benefit from an underlying level of stability as the deal remains in effect, trade lawyers said.