The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first four cases of the new term this week, with most attention focused on a blockbuster hearing involving states' and cities' attempts to hold oil companies responsible for climate change.

Gibson Dunn, Thompson Hine, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells and Skadden are among the nearly two dozen law firms that guided the biggest real estate mergers in the third quarter, including a $5.5 billion real estate investment trust acquisition.

President Donald Trump has established a committee to investigate mortgage fraud allegations against Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook and to determine if they provide sufficient grounds to fire her.

Corporate America is gearing up for an onslaught of congressional investigations as ascendant Democrats are expected to probe companies with ties to the Trump administration, including the handful of BigLaw firms that cut deals to avoid punitive executive orders.

Quinn Emanuel, Sullivan & Cromwell and Alston & Bird lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Sixth Circuit overturned a pivotal decision in opioid litigation that had dramatically expanded claims against the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers.

The Tenth and Seventh circuits issued published opinions in two union retirement disputes, while the Sixth Circuit found that Kentucky's lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers does not belong in state court, citing colorable federal preemption arguments.

McKool Smith's work on an antitrust suit against Blue Cross Blue Shield and Vedder's handling of a novel manufacturing loan lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9

Maryland urged a federal court to reject a challenge to a state law that allows unauthorized immigrants to pay in-state college tuition, arguing the Trump administration has failed to identify any injury it has suffered from the law.

A coalition of New Mexico groups has accused the Trump administration of unlawfully transferring more than 110,000 acres of public land along the southern border to the U.S. Department of Defense to close it off and rope the military into immigration enforcement.

Victoria's Secret & Co. is in the market for a new top attorney as its legal chief is set to depart next year, the company said in a securities filing Friday.

A handful of players attracted an outsized share of the more than $1 billion in funding in the third quarter of 2026 as investors favored AI-powered execution over legal research.

From the vendors in the exhibit hall and lawyers' presentations to attendees' interactions with the robot Spot at the science museum, artificial intelligence took center stage at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual conference this week.

Squire Patton Boggs LLP and Holland & Knight LLP were hit with cyberattacks exposing sensitive information, according to disclosures filed this week.

Cooley LLP announced on Thursday a collaboration with Google Cloud to develop an artificial intelligence tool to help lawyers review court filings for confidential information and prepare proposed redactions.

Holtzman Vogel recently moved into a new office in Nashville, placing the firm's attorneys at what the office leader this week called the heart of "where Music Row meets the legal and business community."

The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first four cases of the new term this week Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.