The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is rolling out plans to narrow how it defines and watches out for lending discrimination, even as the Trump administration casts fresh doubt on any plans to fund the agency once its reserves dry up. www.law360.com/artic...

The Eleventh Circuit halted the U.S. Department of Transportation's order directing Delta Air Lines and Aeroméxico to scuttle their joint venture by Jan. 1, while the airlines pursue their petition asking the appellate court to void the government's order. www.law360.com/artic...

Good news: It's already Thursday! Start your morning with this roundup of Law360's can't-miss news and analysis.

Minnesota's capital city and several clean energy advocates have sued the U.S. Energy Department over its termination of over $7.5 billion in grants for energy projects, accusing the agency of unconstitutionally targeting projects primarily in blue states.

A Kaiser unit care manager was unlawfully terminated after being wrongfully denied a religious exemption to its policy requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, she told a Georgia federal court. www.law360.com/artic...

The Fourth Circuit scolded a Virginia police officer who testified that he draws his gun when "there's any type of crime committed," saying unwarranted threats of deadly force are dangerous and can violate constitutional rights.

A Texas Business Court judge found in favor of Marathon Oil after a bench trial earlier this month, ruling that Winter Storm Uri absolved Marathon from having to buy natural gas to make up for delivery shortfalls to a commodity trading company.

Enbridge and the state of Michigan on Wednesday debated before a federal judge whether state or federal authority should win the day in their long-running dispute over the future of a petroleum pipeline that crosses the Great Lakes.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Harris County in state court for allocating $1.34 million to several nonprofits that provide legal services to immigrants facing removal, alleging the expenditures are unconstitutional.

Nasdaq on Wednesday announced plans to launch a Texas-based exchange in the hopes of joining a startup group that has already received permission to allow companies to publicly list in the Lone Star State next year. www.law360.com/artic...

Congress needs to reauthorize the national FirstNet public safety response network before it expires in just over a year, an advocacy group said, touting a survey of first responders who largely back the measure.

A federal judge declined to put an end to litigation that Deutsche Bank brought against billionaire Alexander Vik and his daughter in Norway, deferring instead to a state court judge who is considering the same request. www.law360.com/artic...

The Second Circuit rejected Exxon, BP, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute's bid for en banc review of a decision to award attorney fees to New York City, which is suing them over allegations of deceptive practices around climate change. www.law360.com/artic...

The general counsel of the U.S. Energy Department during President Donald Trump's first term has joined Torridon Law, a boutique launched in 2022 by Trump's former Attorney General William Barr and former Facebook general counsel Ted Ullyot.

The city and county of Boulder, Colorado, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy's request that it review the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to allow the city's climate change tort against the companies to proceed in state court. www.law360.com/artic...

Morgan & Morgan dropped its suit against Disney that asked a Florida federal court to declare that an ad the firm planned to run featuring elements from the animated short film "Steamboat Willie" does not infringe Disney's intellectual property.

Edelson has submitted a "clean and unadulterated" dismissal of its conversion case against two former attorneys from the now-defunct law firm Girardi Keese after a federal judge took issue with a previous version of the stipulation.

A Washington federal judge rejected the Trump administration's bid to halt a temporary injunction, which blocks federal officials from withholding federal healthcare funds to hospitals in four states that provide gender-affirming care.

The Trump administration has said the IRS complied with regulations when considering information requests from immigration enforcement officials. www.law360.com/artic...

A federal judge forcefully rejected claims that supposed witness-coaching tainted a recent trial during which Sudanese refugees won a $20 million bellwether verdict against BNP Paribas for allegedly contributing to former dictator Omar al-Bashir's atrocities.

A New York appellate court has granted posthumous state bar admission to a 19th century Seneca Nation leader and Indigenous rights activist who was denied the ability to practice law because he was a Native American.

Cultivating a network isn't part of the law school curriculum, but learning the soft skills needed to do so may be the key to establishing a solid professional reputation, nurturing relationships and building business, says Sharon Crane at Practising Law Institute. www.law360.com/artic...

An Illinois federal judge and attorneys representing detainees who have alleged "inhumane" conditions at an immigration holding center in Broadview are set to visit and inspect the facility on Thursday.

The Supreme Court raised concerns about spurring a flood of compassionate release motions from prisoners if it allows judges to have wide discretion to find "extraordinary and compelling reasons" to pare down sentences for criminal defendants under the First Step Act. www.law360.com/artic...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that House Republicans will be introducing stand-alone legislation to repeal a provision tucked into the government funding package that would allow Republican senators investigated by special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages. www.law360.com/artic...

The NCAA has agreed to pay $303 million to resolve antitrust claims by a class of more than 7,700 current and former NCAA Division I volunteer coaches whose wages were illegally suppressed by the athletic organization's former bylaw. www.law360.com/artic...

Hilgers Graben said Tuesday that the commercial litigation and discovery counsel services firm has new leadership and a shortened name that reflects both its current status and future goals. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw

As Wednesday winds down, take a minute to peruse the latest in legal news.

The U.S. government said Camp Lejeune toxic water litigants leaned on "empty accusations of bias" in an effort to exclude an expert witness, telling a federal court that the expert has a decades-long track record of using reliable scientific methods.

BREAKING: An Illinois federal jury awarded more than $28 million Wednesday to the estate of a United Nations environmental scientist who died in the 2019 crash of a Boeing jet flying Ethiopian Airlines ET Flight 302. www.law360.com/artic...

A pitcher for Major League Baseball's Cleveland Guardians denied accusations in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday that he conspired with others to throw his pitches a certain way to secure gambling payouts.

The EPA wants to back off parts of a rule requiring forever chemical manufacturers to provide information about the amount and type of chemicals they have produced, citing compliance costs and difficulties. www.law360.com/artic...

General Counsel AI Inc., a legal artificial intelligence platform for in-house counsel, announced on Wednesday a $60 million Series B funding round that values the company at $555 million.

The Federal Circuit refused to revive a patent on technology for providing wireless connections in sports and entertainment venues, shooting down a patent-holding company's appeal in its suit against the New England Patriots.

Pillsbury Winthrop has hired the co-head of Crowell & Moring LLP's Asia intellectual property specialty practice, the firm said in an announcement this week.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is backing four tribes in their efforts to reverse and remand two gaming compacts, saying he must ensure the state isn't obligated to contracts agreed upon by state officials who lacked the authority to do so.

Twitter's former chief marketing officer can't move forward with the state law claims in her $20 million severance suit while the company asks the Ninth Circuit to kick the allegations to arbitration, a California federal judge ruled. www.law360.com/artic...

A Vermont federal court correctly imposed a reduction in attorney fees in a retaliation case based on billed hours but should not have further reduced the fees based on the worker's overall success, the Second Circuit has ruled. www.law360.com/artic...

Georgia has called for a federal judge to toss a legal challenge to its new law revoking funding for gender-affirming healthcare in state prisons. www.law360.com/artic...

The Federal Trade Commission has requested additional information from MasterBrand and American Woodmark about the planned $3.6 billion merger between the cabinet manufacturers.

A New Jersey state appeals panel on Wednesday rejected a request for disability benefits from a former state trial court judge who was disciplined for harboring her then-fugitive boyfriend in a 2013 incident.

The Financial Conduct Authority's new powers to police lawyers and other professionals could place law firms under a heightened supervisory regime similar to that of banks and other high-risk financial institutions, experts say. www.law360.com/artic... #Law360UK

A D.C. attorney with BigLaw chops who has spent more than four years writing a daily column on U.S. copyright law for Intellectual Property Law Daily has hung out his own shingle. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw

BREAKING: President Donald Trump announced three nominees for federal judgeships in Texas, Arkansas, Alaska, which have been anticipated for a few weeks. www.law360.com/artic...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared reluctant to adopt GEO Group's interpretation of an 85-year-old ruling as extending immunity to contractors facing lawsuits, as the private prison operator stands accused of forcing immigrant detainees to clean a detention facility. www.law360.com/pulse...

Konner Gershburg Melnick Darouvar LLP and Okin Edelman PC guided the biggest New York City real estate deals made public last week, including the sale of a former school and adjoining Gilded Age mansions formerly owned by The Met. www.law360.com/real-... #RealEstateAuthority

Nevada's high court is the latest to say state wage and hour laws don't incorporate a federal amendment under which employers aren't required to pay for security screening time, and as Connecticut and Illinois weigh the question, the issue is making its way around the U.S.

The high court appeared to doubt that a Rastafarian could hold prison guards responsible for allegedly violating his rights when they forcibly shaved off his dreadlocks, with justices splitting ideologically over whether a law gave the guards enough warning about liability. www.law360.com/artic...

A jury sided with Novo Nordisk in a suit alleging the company defrauded Washington state Medicaid and Medicare systems out of nearly $100 million, while OpenAI faced a wave of suits alleging that a version of ChatGPT encouraged users' suicidal ideation. www.law360.com/healt... #HealthcareAuthority

A Texas federal judge said a fiber-optics company should be required to refile its copyright infringement and antitrust claims against Parker-Hannifin Corp., but that a trade secret misappropriation claim should be left to stand as is.