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  Biggest Energy & Environmental Court Decisions Of 2025

  By Keith Goldberg and Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

  Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that erected stricter boundaries on federal environmental reviews and permitting ...(read more)

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  The Court Cases That Defined Sports Law In 2025

  By Alex Lawson

  From a landmark settlement that looks to reshape the future of college athletics to an eye-popping victory for a...(read more)

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• Sanofi Buys Hepatitis Vaccine Maker Dynavax For $2.2B

  By Najiyya Budaly

  French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA said Wednesday that it will buy Dynavax Technologies, a U.S. vaccine developer, for $2.2 billion in a recommended cash deal to expand its adult immunization products.

• Stonepeak Takes 65% In Castrol From BP In $10B Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  BP PLC said Wednesday that it is selling a majority stake in lubricants business Castrol to U.S. infrastructure investor Stonepeak in a $10.1 billion deal as the British oil and gas "supermajor" continues to streamline its business.

• Trump Admin Beats Chamber Suit Over $100K H-1B Visa Fee

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Tuesday refused to block the Trump administration's new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, ruling in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit challenging the fee that President Donald Trump has "broad authority" to restrict noncitizens' entry.

• Billionaire's Estate To Pay $750M To End Tax Fraud Case

  By Craig Clough

  The estate of late billionaire Robert Brockman, who died while awaiting a trial in the largest criminal tax fraud case against an individual in U.S. history, agreed Tuesday to pay roughly $750 million in back taxes and penalties, according to a filing in U.S. Tax Court. 

• Texas Phone App Age Law Blocked Days Before Taking Effect

  By Jared Foretek

  A Texas federal judge on Tuesday overturned a state law that would age-gate app downloads and require app stores to display age ratings, holding that the law failed the narrow-tailoring standard under strict scrutiny, just days before it was set to take effect.

• Top Gov't Contracts Policies Of 2025

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  The Trump administration made several prominent policy moves affecting contractors this year, including finalizing the U.S. Department of Defense's long-awaited rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program and releasing model deviation text slimming down the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Here, Law360 examines significant policy changes from 2025 that government contractors should know.

• ITC Atty's 1st Kids' Book Imagines A Santa-Less Christmas

  By Dani Kass

  Michelle Klancnik, assistant general counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, spends her days looking into when imports should be banned for violating intellectual property rights, but outside work, she​'s focused on one big question: What would happen if Santa took a year off?

• State Telecom Roundup: AGs Step Up War On Robocalls

  By Nadia Dreid

  Americans have been pummeled by more than 2.5 billion robocalls every month this year, and stanching the onslaught has become one of the more bipartisan issues in national politics. Federal and state authorities also agree on the magnitude of the issue, and the nation's attorneys general are teaming up for battle across the country at the state level.

• DHS Finalizes Rule Shifting H-1B Odds To Higher Earners

  By Britain Eakin

  The Trump administration finalized changes to the H-1B lottery Tuesday, unveiling a final rule it said will favor higher-paid and higher-skilled positions and tamp down on employers exploiting the program to hire low-wage workers and depress the wages of U.S. workers.

• 3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

  By Tracey Read

  Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

• 20 Years Later: How A Pink House Reshaped Takings Law

  By Aaron Keller

  The U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 holding in the controversial eminent domain case Kelo v. New London remains intact despite multiple challenges to urban development projects, but its unpopularity has spurred most states to spend the past 20 years reshaping their land-taking laws.

• Top International Trade Developments Of 2025

  By Dylan Moroses

  Importers faced novel levels of uncertainty in 2025 as President Donald Trump introduced several new tariff actions during his second term, including some that prompted importers to challenge a law used to authorize duties that had never been used before. Here, Law360 examines the year's top international trade developments.