Analysis

$1T Tesla Pay Proposal Sets Ambitious Goals For Musk

By Kellie Mejdrich

A massive pay proposal for Tesla CEO Elon Musk contains performance metrics that would make it tough for Musk to pull in the maximum pay available, even if the deal gets a green light from shareholders in November. Here are four things about the $1 trillion pitch that have caught attorneys' attention.

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Calif. Gov. Newsom Inks Bill To Let Lyft, Uber Drivers Unionize

By Lauren Berg

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed into law legislation giving gig drivers the right to unionize and negotiate certain job terms and conditions, after state leaders reached a deal with Uber and Lyft to facilitate its passage.

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Trump Admin Hit With Suit Over $100K H-1B Fees

By Rae Ann Varona

Several groups sued Friday in California federal court to block the Trump administration's recent action slapping on a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, saying the new price tag was unconstitutionally ordered and will hurt more than just America's tech industry.

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6th Circ. Says FirstEnergy's Bribery Probe Docs Are Privileged

By Gina Kim

The Sixth Circuit on Friday vacated a district court's order forcing FirstEnergy to disclose to investors its internal investigation materials amid a $1 billion bribery scandal involving an Ohio lawmaker, ruling that the materials were "clearly" protected by the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine. 

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2nd Circ. Says Exxon Must Pay Atty Fees For 'Absurd' Args

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The Second Circuit on Friday said energy giants including Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay attorney fees to New York City, which is suing them for deceptive practices around climate change, for advancing "absurd" arguments in remand proceedings.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A new survey found that many U.S. companies aren't fully prepared to address key national security compliance risks, as most corporate decision-makers prioritize audits and incident response plans for addressing risk mitigation. Meanwhile, a senior legal adviser for Dell sued the company for firing her in the midst of her maternity leave. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America

By Katie Buehler and Jeff Overley

Twenty years after John Roberts became the 17th chief justice of the United States, he faces a U.S. Supreme Court term that's looking transformative for the country and its institutions. How Justice Roberts and his colleagues navigate mounting distrust in the judiciary and set the boundaries of presidential authority appear increasingly likely to define his time leading the court.

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Analysis

4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term

By Katie Buehler

After a busy summer of emergency rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its October 2025 term Monday with only a few big-ticket cases on its docket — over presidential authorities, transgender athletes and election law — in what might be a strategically slow start to a potentially momentous term. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most important cases on the court's docket so far.

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Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail. 

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Press Freedom Org. Backs Overturn Of SEC 'Gag Rule'

By Jessica Corso

The Freedom of the Press Foundation is urging the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its decision to uphold the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's "gag rule," arguing that preventing settling parties from speaking out harms the public's right to know what is happening inside the agency.

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Roundup

Employment Authority: Religion, Pregnancy Top EEOC Issues

Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on what the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission got up to over the last fiscal year, why Trump's National Labor Relations Board picks are set to face tough questions at their Senate confirmation hearings, and a roundup on where child labor laws stand in the United States. 

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9th Circ. Reopens Circle K Age Bias Suit Over Promotion

By Patrick Hoff

The Ninth Circuit on Friday revived a lawsuit alleging that Circle K passed over three former employees for promotion because they were in their 50s, saying the trial court was wrong to fault the workers for not applying to the job when the company never advertised the opening.

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Pa. Supreme Court Snapshot: Silent Witness, Corporate Veil

By Matthew Santoni

When its October session launches Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider issues such as the time limits on long-hidden crimes and long-undiscovered construction flaws, along with witnesses who say nothing on the stand and experts who opine on manner of death.

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Roundup

Real Estate Recap: How RE Attorneys Are Using AI

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including real estate attorney perspective on where artificial intelligence may be useful, how hospitals are leveraging real estate and one BigLaw practice chair's bullish take on deal flow.

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Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Cravath

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, video game maker Electronic Arts agrees to be acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners; online mortgage giant Rocket closes its acquisition of rival Mr. Cooper Group; and Berkshire Hathaway acquires international energy company Occidental's chemical business.

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Former Risk Officer Returns To Faegre Drinker In Philadelphia

By James Boyle

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP recently welcomed back to its Philadelphia office an attorney who spent nearly 14 years working in-house for international investment firm Aberdeen, including the past seven as the firm's chief risk officer.

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Series

NC Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

There were several impactful changes to the financial services landscape in North Carolina in the third quarter of the year, including statutory updates, enforcement developments from Office of the Commissioner of Banks, and notable mergers, acquisitions and branch expansions, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

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Grassley Probes Judges' Possible AI Use In Faulty Rulings

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed two federal judges on Monday about their possible use of artificial intelligence in court orders that contained a multitude of errors.

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Chief DC Judge Rejects Feds' Bid To Force Local Indictment

By Lauren Berg

The chief judge for the Washington, D.C., federal court rejected the government's request to make a magistrate judge accept an indictment secured through a local grand jury when the initial federal grand jury declined to indict, after prosecutors argued the tactic is legal and has been used for decades.

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Trump Names Investigator Of Russia Probe As DOJ Acting IG

By Jack Karp

The White House has tapped an experienced government attorney who investigated the FBI's probe into President Donald Trump's links with Russia to be the U.S. Department of Justice's acting inspector general, according to a notification sent to Congress.

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Atty Sanctioned For 'Reckless' AI Use In DC FCA Case

By Emily Sawicki

An attorney who admitted to relying on generative artificial intelligence to help craft a brief that contained errors in all of its nine citations, was ordered to pay fee sanctions in a judge's order that emphasized attorneys should stick to the fundamentals taught in law school: "check your legal citations for accuracy."

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Hagens Berman Fights Sanctions Over Thalidomide Suits

By Emma Cueto

Plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP strenuously denied claims that it should be sanctioned for filing since-dropped product liability cases, responding to a judge's show cause order by saying it spent hundreds of hours researching the legal theories it pursued before filing the cases and devoted substantial time and resources to them.

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Justices Won't Review Ex-BigLaw Atty's OneCoin Conviction

By Stewart Bishop

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a former Locke Lord LLP partner's appeal of his conviction and prison sentence for helping launder roughly $400 million in proceeds from the infamous OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme.

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Womble Bond Atty Tells 4th Circ. He Didn't Mislead Dutch Court

By Abigail Harrison

There's no evidence that Womble Bond Dickinson partner Pressly Millen misled a Dutch court or violated a federal judge's correction order in a $28 million trademark dispute, Millen has told the Fourth Circuit in a bid to reverse a contempt order against him.

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High Court Turns Down 6 Patent Cases At Start Of Term

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected six petitions in patent-related cases, taking some of its first actions on intellectual property matters this term.

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