Sens. Renew Bipartisan Push To Fund Schools On Federal Lands

By Crystal Owens

A group of U.S. senators have reintroduced legislation that would increase funding over a five-year period from the U.S. Department of Education's Impact Aid program for public schools located on federal lands.

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Climate Activists Accuse US Of Human Rights Violations

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

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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Tribal Co. Sues Feds Over $2M Military Bridge Project Loss

By Crystal Owens

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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CashCall Urges Justices To Overturn $134M CFPB Award

By Aislinn Keely

CashCall is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit order that left the loan company on the hook for $134 million in restitution to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, despite the firm's insistence that conflicting precedent deprived it of its right to a jury trial.

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Series

Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.

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Bryan Cave Taps Debevoise White Collar Litigator In Paris

By Joyce Hanson

Bryan Cave said this month it has hired a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP litigator to serve as the law firm's new white-collar crime and compliance lead in Paris.

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Analysis

How Attys' Pursuit Of Truth Got ICE To Release An Ohio Imam

By Britain Eakin

Kathryn Brady with the Muslim Legal Fund of America called it a "miracle." With no warning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released her client — Egyptian imam and chaplain Ayman Soliman — on Sept. 19 and reinstated his asylum protections after keeping him locked up for 73 days and threatening to deport him to a country where he said he would face certain death.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

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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Orrick Closing Switzerland Office To Invest In Other Markets

By Tracey Read

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Friday that it will wind down its 10-year-old Geneva office by the end of the year.

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Texas' Eastern District Tightens Sealed-Document Procedures

By Matt Perez

Chief U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the Eastern District of Texas issued new protocols Wednesday for filing sealed documents that will prohibit electronic access effective immediately, a move that comes amid escalating cyberattacks on the federal judiciary's case management system.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Baker Botts LLP and MoloLamken LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit wiped out a $181 million jury verdict against AT&T and Nokia in a patent infringement case.

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The Comey Case Was Hard To Bring. It May Be Harder To Win.

By Phillip Bantz

The government faces steep challenges in proving key elements of its bare-bones indictment of former FBI Director James B. Comey, including his state of mind during 2020 testimony before Congress and the potential lack of a credible star witness, experts say.

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Texas Justices Move To Nix ABA Approval In Bar Admissions

By Lynn LaRowe

The Supreme Court of Texas on Friday preliminarily approved ending a rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the Lone Star State bar, with the court giving itself the authority for accreditation.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Tech industry giant Oracle will monitor the U.S. operations of social media platform TikTok after a Thursday deal turns 80% of the formerly Chinese-owned subsidiary over to a U.S.-based joint venture. And a new compensation study of large company general counsel finds steady growth since 2020, although it still trails pay for chief financial officers.

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Calif. Justices Approve Changes To Bar Exam Oversight Rule

By Emily Sawicki

The California Supreme Court has approved amendments to the state rules of court, in part to clarify oversight of the California bar exam in the wake of a botched administration in February.

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Former SGR Atty Accused Of Forcing Client Into Settlement

By Zach Dupont

A man who sued his sister on claims of undue influence over their mother's estate claims his former attorney's malpractice led to him taking a settlement worth "at least three times" less than what he should have received.

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