The First Circuit suggested Tuesday that major automakers and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office should work together to resolve a suit over compliance with a state law requiring open access to vehicle telematics systems.
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1st Circ. Pushes For Settlement In Mass. 'Right-To-Repair' Suit

By Chris Villani

The First Circuit suggested Tuesday that major automakers and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office should work together to resolve a suit over compliance with a state law requiring open access to vehicle telematics systems.

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J&J Beats Proposed Class Action Over Band-Aid PFAS

By Emily Field

A New Jersey federal judge on Monday tossed claims by a proposed class of consumers alleging that Kenvue Inc. and Johnson & Johnson hid the presence of a group of chemicals known as PFAS in Band-Aid products, saying the consumers hadn't shown that they were harmed.

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Trump's Iron Ore Pollution Exemption Is Unlawful, Enviros Say

By Tom Lotshaw

Environmental groups asked a D.C. federal judge to overturn a Trump administration decision to exempt low-grade iron ore processing facilities from new emission standards for mercury and acidic gases, alleging the president abused a provision in the Clean Air Act.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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POLICY & REGULATION

IRS Floats Clean Fuel Credit Rules With Foreign Restrictions

By Kat Lucero

The Internal Revenue Service released long-awaited proposed regulations Tuesday clarifying how domestic transportation fuel producers can qualify for the clean energy fuel tax credit under changes made by Republicans' 2025 budget law, including new foreign restrictions on business owners and feedstock sources.

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FERC Members Say High Court Helped Speed Up Gas Reviews

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision last year that curtailed federal environmental reviews has translated to faster Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approvals of gas infrastructure projects, commissioners told a congressional energy panel Tuesday.

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LITIGATION

Feds Look To Trim Cross-Claims In Yellowstone Bison Suit

By Joyce Hanson

The Interior Department has asked a Montana federal judge to toss the Cottonwood Environmental Law Center's challenge to the government's bison population management plan in Yellowstone National Park, saying it does not have a legally protectable interest in the case.

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PROPERTY INSURANCE

Insurer Must Defend Church Against Lead Exposure Suit

By Gianna Ferrarin

Cincinnati Insurance Co. has a duty to defend a church from allegations it negligently exposed children to lead, a Tennessee federal judge ruled Tuesday, finding a pollutant-related exclusion in its professional liability coverage does not apply to lead.

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DEALS

Greenberg Traurig, Latham Steer Arko Petroleum's $200M IPO

By Grace Dixon

Arko Petroleum revealed plans on Tuesday to sell shares of its common stock at an estimated $18 to $20 per share via an initial public offering, teeing it up to raise $200 million at midpoint, guided by Greenberg Traurig LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.

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PEOPLE

Clark Hill Expands Energy, Lobbying Teams With Hinshaw Atty

By James Boyle

An attorney with more than 20 years of experience advising clients on energy litigation matters and policy has moved her practice to Clark Hill PLC's Washington, D.C., office after nearly three years with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Ex-Pentagon GC Joins Bradley Arant's National Security Team

By Jack Rodgers

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has hired the former legal adviser to the National Security Council, who is joining the team in Nashville, Tennessee and Washington, D.C., to work with the firm's Government Enforcement & Investigations and Defense & National Security teams, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Cooley, Ropes & Gray Transactional Attys Move To Latham

By Andrea Keckley

Latham & Watkins LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired two partners to help the firm meet evolving capital and growth demands — a Los Angeles-based emerging companies attorney from Cooley LLP and a New York-based capital markets attorney from Ropes & Gray LLP.

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Wachtel Missry Settles Liability In $26M Atty Malpractice Case

By Emily Sawicki

A dispute over who is liable for a former Wachtel Missry LLP partner's alleged exploitation of an elderly client has been settled on the eve of trial, while the Brooklyn federal judge declined to consider recusing himself despite "inadvertently" meeting with the firm's founding partner before the matter was fully put to rest.

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Fla. Judge Can't Nix Death Penalty Ethics Case, Panel Says

By Madison Arnold

A Florida judicial ethics panel has pushed back on an appellate judge's effort to dismiss ethics charges over her purported attempt to influence postconviction litigation in a death penalty case via text messages with a state attorney, rejecting her argument that the charges violate her First Amendment rights.

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Ex-DLA Piper Partner Aims To Toss Claim He Raped Associate

By Jack Karp

Allegations that an ex-DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware in 2022 should be tossed since the Massachusetts state court the case was filed in has no jurisdiction over the Delaware claim, according to the accused former partner.

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Baker McKenzie To Downsize Business Professional Jobs

By Tracey Read

Baker McKenzie, which has a legal services hub in Tampa, Florida, is in the process of downsizing business professionals' jobs, a firm spokesperson confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

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Ex-Top Public Corruption Prosecutor Rejoins King & Spalding

By Alison Knezevich

The former chief public corruption prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice has returned to King & Spalding LLP, where he worked early in his career, the firm announced Wednesday.

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O'Melveny Supreme Court Ace Joins Hecker Fink

By James Mills

Litigation firm Hecker Fink LLP is expanding its appellate team, announcing Wednesday that an O'Melveny & Myers LLP Supreme Court expert is joining as of counsel.

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Trump Bid To Move NY Appeal Faces 'Fatal' Error, Judge Says

By Frank G. Runyeon

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday repeatedly aired doubts that President Donald Trump can upend the pending New York state appeal of his hush-money conviction by moving the case to federal court.

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Ex-Fox News Host Decries Judge Pick's Arbitration Stance

By Courtney Buble

Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor and a leading advocate for ending forced arbitration of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace, has come out against a federal judicial nominee for Louisiana for her past comments on the issue.

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Analysis

Clemency Was 'Broken' Long Before Trump. Can It Be Fixed?

By Phillip Bantz

President Donald Trump has transformed what has historically been a bureaucratic process for seeking federal pardons and commutations into a more freewheeling affair with few clear rules — and no easy solutions for reform, experts say.

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DiCello Levitt Taps SEC Vets For Whistleblower Practice

By Emilie Ruscoe

DiCello Levitt has acquired a boutique practice that represents U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblowers, bringing on a pair of former SEC attorneys whose clients have helped the government secure more than $2 billion in monetary sanctions, according to the firm.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ashby & Geddes

Baker Donelson

Baker McKenzie

Barnes & Thornburg

Bedell Dittmar

Bradley Arant

Bryson Harris Suciu & DeMay

Carella Byrne

Ciardi Ciardi

Clark Hill

Cooley LLP

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

DiCello Levitt

Gibson Dunn

Greenberg Traurig

Hamilton Lincoln

Hecker Fink

Hinshaw & Culbertson

King & Spalding

Kopelowitz Ostrow

Labaton Keller

Latham & Watkins

Lehotsky Keller

Levin Sedran

Libby Hoopes

Matthew G. Miller PC

Mayer Brown

Miller & Martin

Mintz Levin

Nelson Mullins

O'Melveny & Myers

Pollard PLLC

Pryor Cashman

Ropes & Gray

Seeger Weiss

Seyfarth Shaw

Shah Litigation

Shapiro Arato

Slattery Marino

Sullivan & Cromwell

Wachtel Missry

Wachtell Lipton

Weitz & Luxenberg

Whiteford Taylor

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alliance for Automotive Innovation

Binance Holdings Ltd.

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Duke University

Earthjustice

Johnson & Johnson

Kenvue Inc.

Kitchen United Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

Momentus Inc.

Nasdaq Inc.

Natural Resources Defense Council

New York University

Stanford University

Stellantis NV

The Catholic University of America

The New York Times Co.

UBS Group AG

United States Steel Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alaska Department of Law

Executive Office of the President

Federal Election Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Florida Supreme Court

House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Internal Revenue Service

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Manhattan District Attorney's Office

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Park Service

National Security Council

Superior Court of Massachusetts

Tennessee Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Montana