Last week, Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel filed two lawsuits after U.S. President Joe Biden blocked a $14.9 billion buyout of the American steelmaker by the Japanese firm. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Monday.

The bid by Japan’s Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel may have a new lease on life, now that the Biden Administration pushed back the deadline it imposed for the Japanese steelmaker to abandon its plan to acquire the storied Pittsburgh company.

The Biden administration delayed until June an order for Nippon Steel to abandon its $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel , the companies said on Saturday, giving them some time to revive the politically contentious deal.

The suit, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, alleges that it was a political decision and violated the companies’ due process.

Local steelworkers are holding out hope that the U.S. Steel sale with Nippon Steel goes through. A Philadelphia sports fan, who went on a misogynistic tirade against a female Green Bay Packers fan in viral video,

The battle for the future of U.S. manufacturing dominance has taken a dramatic turn as Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel mobilize a legal counterattack, filing