President Donald Trump’s attacks on major law firms “pose a severe threat to the legal profession and the rule of law,” attorneys for WilmerHale told a federal appeals court Friday.

Japan’s US natural gas hedge bet is paying off for some of the Asian country’s largest companies and the large local law firms helping them gobble up natural gas assets.

A Manhattan federal judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging the New York State court system discriminates against blind prospective jurors.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments April 29 in a case testing the legality of President Donald Trump’s attempt to take away a legal shield that prevents some 350,000 Haitians and Syrians from deportation.

Argentina scored a major victory as a US appeals court reversed a ruling ordering it to pay $16.1 billion over the seizure more than a decade ago of state-run oil company YPF SA.

David J. Karp joined Polsinelli as a shareholder and co-head of its special situations and alternative investment practice in New York, the firm announced Thursday.

An Alabama federal district court denied dismissal of a Black police sergeant’s Title VII race discrimination claim, finding that verbal discipline could be an adverse action, and that the Black sergeant adequately alleged a white sergeant wasn’t disciplined for the same conduct. Tolliver v. City of Birmingham, 2026 BL 104001, N.D. Ala., 2:25-cv-812-HDM, 3/25/26

A Missouri federal district court granted summary judgment to Union Pacific Railroad on race discrimination and retaliation claims brought by a Black employee, finding no inference of discrimination despite increased workload and no causal connection for retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Collins v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 2026 BL 103140, W.D. Mo., 4:21-CV-0634-DGK, 3/25/26

United Parcel Service Inc. lost its legal bid to block the OSHA from conducting heat-stress monitoring of its company trucks that stemmed from a now-defunct Biden-era initiative.

Newmark Group Inc. investors who negotiated a court settlement clawing back a $50 million bonus from US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick lost their bid Friday for $5 million more in legal fees.

Gilbane Inc. was sued Friday by a former employee who says the real estate and construction firm’s 401(k) plan charges excessive administrative fees while offering poorly performing target-date funds.

An Oregon federal district court denied motion to dismiss overtime claims, ruling equitable tolling applied because the Augusta Sportswear, Inc. IT coordinator couldn’t know of his FLSA claims until his employer admitted misclassifying him as exempt. Denley v. Augusta Sportswear, Inc., 2026 BL 101491, D. Or., 6:25-cv-02018-MC, 3/24/26

The Trump administration is talking with some offshore wind developers about buying back the leases they purchased from the federal government years ago to develop energy projects along the US coast.

The school district for one of the most sparsely populated counties in the US failed to convince a Texas appeals court to reject the comptroller’s plan to increase property tax values there.

Canada is overhauling its rules governing intercompany transactions, handing the tax authority greater powers to adjust corporate tax bills.

EU countries are considering whether to tax the profits of energy companies amid a surge of oil and gas prices due to the war in Iran.

The IRS has spent more than half of the money designated for long-term improvements, according to a Friday report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

President Donald Trump announced new loan guarantees for farmers and food suppliers, a bid to bolster US agricultural communities squeezed by the impact of the Iran war, tariffs and other challenges.

The Trump administration is talking with some offshore wind developers about buying back the leases they purchased from the federal government years ago to develop energy projects along the US coast.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. has faced an intense spotlight over the past few weeks as dozens of state attorneys general sought to persuade a New York jury that the company used its various businesses to illegally monopolize the market for live events.

Newmark Group Inc. investors who negotiated a court settlement clawing back a $50 million bonus from US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick lost their bid Friday for $5 million more in legal fees.

The Trump administration unveiled long-awaited biofuels blending standards, imposing a stronger mandate than a plan proposed last year in a further show of support for producers and American farmers.

President Donald Trump announced new loan guarantees for farmers and food suppliers, a bid to bolster US agricultural communities squeezed by the impact of the Iran war, tariffs and other challenges.

China started a pair of investigations into US trade practices, retaliating against similar probes by the Trump administration as the superpowers stake out positions before an expected presidential summit in May.