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September 26, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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September 25, 2025
Standing Questions Loom In Mozambique LNG Loan Dispute
The requirements for organizational standing dominated much of Thursday's oral argument over the Export-Import Bank of the United States' decision to back a massive liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, as the challengers sought a preliminary injunction that could hinge on recent standing rulings from the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.
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September 25, 2025
Texas Wins Remand Of PFAS Lawsuit Targeting 3M, Corteva
A Texas federal judge has remanded the state's lawsuit alleging that chemical companies including 3M Co. marketed and sold products like Teflon, Stainmaster and Scotchgard despite being aware of the toxicity of the forever chemicals within them.
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September 25, 2025
Biogas Co., Lender End Biz Battle Ahead Of Trial
On the eve of a trial, a biogas project developer and its lenders have ended their legal battle over the financing and control of renewable energy projects and also finalized a roughly $734,000 judgment against the developer and its principal.
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September 25, 2025
NJ Amusement Park Co. Won't Get Hearing On Shore Project
New Jersey appeals court found Thursday that a Jersey Shore amusement park owner isn't entitled to a hearing before an agency that approved a grant making way for a luxury housing and retail development on the site of a nearby parking lot.
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September 25, 2025
Climate Activists Accuse US Of Human Rights Violations
The U.S. government is violating young people's human rights by "perpetuating fossil fuel-driven climate destruction," a group of litigants told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in a new petition.
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September 25, 2025
Feds Want USPTO Union Suits Over Trump Order Reassigned
The Trump administration has asked for two cases from labor unions that represent employees of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies challenging an executive order that ended their collective bargaining rights to be reassigned to different judges, saying the cases in D.C. federal court are unrelated to other suits challenging the order.
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September 25, 2025
Mich. Judge Won't Disqualify Expert From Edenville Dam Trial
A Michigan state judge overseeing litigation against regulatory agencies over a dam that collapsed and caused widespread flooding said he will not bar an expert from testifying that the government ignored risks and took actions that increased the danger of a dam failure.
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September 25, 2025
Tribal Co. Sues Feds Over $2M Military Bridge Project Loss
A California tribal company is seeking more than $2 million in damages after it says the U.S. Air Force breached a contract for construction of a bridge by providing it with an incomplete engineering report and failing to gain timely environmental approvals for the project.
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September 25, 2025
Judge Says NY Discharge Law Usurps Feds' Nuclear Authority
A federal judge has ruled that a New York law barring the release of radioactive materials into the Hudson River — which was passed in response to the decommissioning of the Indian Point Energy Center nuclear plant — infringed on the federal government's oversight of nuclear safety.
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September 25, 2025
Wis. Judge Backs Wildlife Refuge Land Swap Deal
A Wisconsin federal judge has granted summary judgment to the federal government and two utility companies against all claims in a suit filed by conservationist groups that alleged that the government wrongfully approved a land exchange deal with the utilities so the companies could build part of a 101-mile transmission line project through a wildlife refuge.
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September 25, 2025
Driver Says Mazda's Sanctions Bid Is Itself Sanctionable
The leader of a proposed class of Mazda drivers suing over an alleged oil burning defect is firing back at the automaker's call for sanctions for what it called "frivolous" postjudgment filings, saying Mazda's filing is legally baseless and filled with ad hominem attacks on his attorney, so the company is the one that should face sanctions.
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September 24, 2025
DC Judge Won't Reinstate IGs Over 'Obvious' Trump Violation
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday declined to reinstate eight inspectors general whom President Donald Trump fired without warning or rationale, finding that while it is "obvious" the president violated federal law governing the removal of inspectors general, the plaintiffs have not shown irreparable harm.
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September 24, 2025
Xcel Energy To Pay $640M To Settle Marshall Fire Lawsuit
Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest utility company, said Wednesday that it plans to pay roughly $640 million to settle litigation that accused it of causing or contributing to the state's devastating 2021 Marshall Fire.
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September 24, 2025
Tower Developer Linked To Menendez Ally Wants Suit Tossed
The developer behind a disputed high-rise project — once led by a businessman convicted in the bribery scheme involving former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez — is asking a New Jersey judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a neighboring municipality, arguing the case is incurably flawed.
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September 24, 2025
GAO Says Energy Dept. Must Review PFAS At Dozens Of Sites
The U.S. Department of Energy needs to speed up its review of how forever chemicals are and have been used at its sites across the nation, the congressional watchdog agency said Wednesday.
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September 24, 2025
Philly Alleges Companies Misled About Products' Recyclability
S.C. Johnson & Son and snack cake maker Bimbo Bakeries USA have been sued by the city of Philadelphia for allegedly misleading consumers about the recyclability of plastics they use in their products.
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September 24, 2025
Kirkland, Davis Polk Lead Mirion's $585M Paragon Buy
Radiation detection company Mirion, advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on Wednedsay announced that it has agreed to buy Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led nuclear power company Paragon Energy Solutions from private equity shop Windjammer Capital in a $585 million cash deal.
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September 24, 2025
Tribal Groups Back 9th Circ. Bid To Block Ariz. Land Transfer
Two tribal advocacy groups are backing a Ninth Circuit bid to block a 2,400-acre federal land exchange in Arizona to make way for a billion-dollar copper mining project they say will destroy an ancient worship site, arguing that federal policies are systematically stripping Indigenous nations of their homelands.
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September 24, 2025
Md. County Backs Landowners In 4th Circ. Power Line Dispute
A county board of commissioners in Maryland told the Fourth Circuit that a Public Service Energy Group unit trying to build a 67-mile transmission line has no right to conduct testing on private landowners' properties, saying a lower court erred in granting the company access.
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September 23, 2025
UC Researchers Win Expanded Injunction Against Grant Cuts
A California federal judge Monday issued another preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to reinstate grants awarded to University of California researchers, this time resurrecting grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Institutes of Health.
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September 23, 2025
5th Circ. Won't Disturb EPA's Denial Of Texas Ozone Plan
The Fifth Circuit on Monday refused to upend a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decision denying Texas' Clean Air Act implementation plans, finding that the EPA's procedure complied with the law and its reasoning for denying the plans "was sound."
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September 23, 2025
New Illinois Law Opens The Door To More Toxic Tort Litigation
A new Illinois law expanding the state's jurisdictional reach in toxic tort cases has drawn mixed reactions from attorneys, with some praising the law as an added accountability measure for toxic exposure and others decrying it as an open invitation for forum shopping that could clog the state's dockets.
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September 23, 2025
Enviro Orgs. Ask 5th Circ. To Review Delfin LNG Project License
Environmental groups on Monday asked the Fifth Circuit to find that the U.S. Department of Transportation violated federal law when it issued a license for the construction and operation of the Delfin LNG LLC deepwater liquefied natural gas project.
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September 23, 2025
Tax Court Slashes $38M In Easement Donation Deductions
The U.S. Tax Court on Tuesday slashed $38 million in deductions for donations of two conservation easements across hundreds of acres in Georgia, finding one lacked the required conservation purpose and neither was potentially headed for mining development as the donors had claimed.
Expert Analysis
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New DOJ Penalty Policy Could Spell Trouble For Cos.
In light of the U.S. Department of Justice’s recently published guidance making victim relief a core condition of coordinated resolution crediting, companies facing parallel investigations must carefully calibrate their negotiation strategies to minimize the risk of duplicative penalties, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Clean Energy Tax Changes Cut Timelines, Add Red Tape
With its dramatic changes to energy tax credits, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will reshape project financing and investment planning — and wind and solar developers, especially those in the early stages of projects, face stricter timelines and heightened compliance challenges, says Dan Ruth at Balch & Bingham.
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High Court Cert Spotlights Varying Tests For Federal Removal
A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish, a case involving the federal officer removal statute, highlights three other recent circuit court decisions raising federal removal questions, and serves as a reminder that defendants are the masters of removal actions, says Varun Aery at Hollingsworth.
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Trump Air Emissions Carveouts Cloud The Regulatory Picture
President Donald Trump's new proclamations temporarily exempting key U.S. industries from air toxics standards, issued under a narrow, rarely-used provision of the Clean Air Act, will likely lead to legal challenges and tighter standards in some states, contributing to further regulatory uncertainty, say attorneys at GableGotwals.
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How Property Insurers Serve As Climate Change Harbingers
Thomas Dawson at McDermott discusses the role that U.S. property insurers may play in identifying and assessing climate risk, as well as in financing climate change adaptation projects, in light of global warming and shifting geopolitical realities.
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Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.
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Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap
Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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A Deep Dive Into 14 Nixed Gensler-Era SEC Rule Proposals
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month formally withdrew 14 notices of proposed rulemaking, including several significant and widely criticized proposals that had been issued under former Chair Gary Gensler's leadership, signaling a clear and definitive shift away from the previous administration, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion
In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.
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A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far
The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.
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Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss
Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ
New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.
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What Calif. Insurance Ruling Means For Smoke Damage Limits
As California continues to grapple with an increasing number of wildfire claims, a state court's recent Aliff v. California FAIR Plan decision serves as a clear directive to insurers that policy language that narrows the scope of fire coverage below the California Insurance Code's minimum standards is impermissible, say attorneys at Wood Smith.
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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine
The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator
Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.