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May 20, 2025
Gov't Says Unions Too Slow In Calling For Halt Of Restructure
President Donald Trump called for a California federal judge to tank an injunction bid from unions and advocacy groups about his executive order instructing agencies to plan for reductions in force, arguing the request was delayed and the district court lacks jurisdiction.
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May 20, 2025
Injunction On Trump Order Limited To Perkins, Judge Clarifies
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday clarified the scope of her injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order targeting Perkins Coie LLP, explaining that her ruling prohibits the president from directing government agencies to investigate only Perkins Coie's employment practices and not the other BigLaw firms.
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May 20, 2025
Chicago Orgs Fight Feds' Bid To Drop Dredged Waste Suit
Two advocacy groups that challenged a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to expand a disposal facility that stores sediments dredged from Chicago waterways said Monday that the court retains jurisdiction even though the Army Corps has withdrawn that decision and should only dismiss the case on certain conditions.
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May 20, 2025
Trump Calls For FCC Spectrum Auctions In Budget Bill
President Donald Trump on Tuesday jumped into the ongoing debate about federal auctions of the airwaves by calling for inclusion of spectrum sales in the budget reconciliation bill pending in Congress.
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May 20, 2025
GAO Urges Audit Agency To Assess Public Accountant Plans
The Defense Contract Audit Agency should formally assess its future plans for a program that has independent public accountants performing some of the cost audits needed to close out certain defense contracts, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report released Monday.
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May 20, 2025
National Security Pro Joins Arnold & Porter White Collar Team
A former deputy assistant attorney general has left the U.S. Department of Justice to become a partner in Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP's white collar defense and investigations and national security practices in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.
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May 20, 2025
Veterans Seek Certification For VA Consultant Fee Claims
A proposed class of veterans urged a North Carolina federal judge to certify their claims against a consulting firm they allege charged them millions in illegal fees, arguing that the individual claims of thousands all hinge on a single statutory interpretation.
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May 19, 2025
Feds To Use FCA To Go After Antisemitism, DEI Policies
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it will use the False Claims Act to go after any recipients of federal funds that the agency determines promote diversity, equity and inclusion policies, and allow antisemitism to thrive.
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May 19, 2025
Feds Can Recoup Overpayment For Nixed Contract
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals ordered an engineering firm to repay $283,000 to the federal government, which alleged that it overpaid the company in connection with a contract to build a fuel-to-power generation system for unmanned vehicles.
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May 19, 2025
Terror Claimants Get OK To Serve Ex-Binance CEO's Counsel
A group of claimants suing Binance for allegedly abetting terrorist attacks have won permission to serve the cryptocurrency exchange's former CEO through his domestic counsel, after a New York federal judge found Friday that the plaintiffs had tried, unsuccessfully, to find his address in the United Arab Emirates.
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May 19, 2025
DuPont And Garden State Clash In PFAS Trial Opener
New Jersey and E.I. du Pont de Nemours were at odds on Monday in federal court over the risks and cleanup of "forever chemical" contamination at a Salem County manufacturing facility, with the state claiming it was intentionally misled and DuPont arguing the state is changing the rules.
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May 19, 2025
21 AGs Join Fight To Keep DHS Oversight Offices Open
A group of 21 attorneys general joined nonprofits Friday in urging a D.C. federal judge to force the Trump administration to reopen offices that oversee various U.S. Department of Homeland Security programs and investigate related civil rights claims, arguing that the DHS' abrupt closure of the offices could have devastating consequences.
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May 19, 2025
Ex-Navy Admiral Convicted Of Steering Contracts
A retired high-ranking U.S. Navy admiral was convicted Monday by a D.C. federal jury of bribery charges stemming from allegations that he steered Navy contracts to a consulting company whose executives promised him a lucrative post-retirement job.
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May 19, 2025
Coast Guard Told To Revisit Forced Retirees' Service Dates
The U.S. Coast Guard can't retroactively apply a policy to speculate that a class of 200-plus service members who were involuntarily retired through an unlawful process would have been involuntarily retired anyway, a Court of Federal Claims judge said Friday.
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May 19, 2025
2 Menendez Associates Must Await Appeal Behind Bars
The Second Circuit rejected bids by two of the businessmen convicted of bribing ex-U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez to avoid prison pending their appeal on a blockbuster corruption conviction.
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May 19, 2025
Fed. Circ. Says Board Must Rethink Afghan Lease Fight Ruling
A contract appeals board jumped the gun when it granted summary judgment to the U.S. government in a long-running row with Afghanistan residents who claim they weren't paid for the use of their land for a military base, the Federal Circuit ruled.
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May 19, 2025
Aircraft Parts Co. TransDigm Nabs Servotronics In $110M Deal
BakerHostetler-advised aircraft component producer TransDigm Group Inc. on Monday announced plans to acquire servo valve maker Servotronics Inc., led by Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC, in a $110 million deal.
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May 16, 2025
State Immunity In England Needs Clarification, Judge Says
Investors in an Indian satellite communications company have been granted permission to challenge a ruling allowing India's sovereign immunity defense in English litigation to enforce a $217 million arbitral award, after a judge in London ruled Friday that the immunity issue raises broader questions.
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May 16, 2025
IPO Pipeline Restarts As Tariff-Related Volatility Eases
Initial public offerings are showing life again after a tariff-induced slumber, buoyed by strong debuts and a growing pipeline as more venture-backed technology startups are lining up public listings before Memorial Day and into June.
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May 16, 2025
FCC Taking Steps To Expand Use Of 12 GHz, 42 GHz Bands
When the Federal Communications Commission gets together Thursday for their next monthly open meeting, they plan to get the ball rolling on a rulemaking to figure out ways the 12.7 GHz and 42 GHz bands "could be used more intensively by satellite communications."
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May 16, 2025
'Tuna Bond' Defendants Ordered To Pay $352M In Restitution
A Brooklyn federal judge ordered three former Credit Suisse bankers and the former finance minister of Mozambique to pay a combined $352 million in restitution Friday after they pled guilty or were convicted of scheming to defraud investors in a $2 billion state-backed development initiative involving tuna fishing.
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May 16, 2025
Judge Orders Feds To Answer Navy Housing Suit Questions
A Court of Federal Claims judge ordered the U.S. government to answer requests for admissions it refused to respond to in litigation alleging that it reduced housing stipends and breached contracts with companies that agreed to provide housing to U.S. Navy service members.
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May 16, 2025
Trump Calls On Justices To Stay Block Of Gov't Restructuring
President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to pause a California federal judge's order temporarily halting agencies from implementing an executive order to plan reorganizations and reductions in force, claiming the lower court's decision has caused confusion and wasted taxpayer dollars.
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May 16, 2025
Armory Sues Wayzata, Others Over 'Black Box' Funding Deals
Armory Capital Group LLC and three affiliates sued Wayzata Investment Partners, Houlihan Lokey Inc. and others in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Friday, alleging fiduciary breaches in connection with multiple unexplained and purportedly conflicted "black box" financing deals for Oregon-based aerospace venture Erickson Incorporated.
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May 16, 2025
Families Rip DOJ Bid To Ditch Boeing 737 Max Criminal Case
The U.S. Department of Justice might back down from criminally prosecuting Boeing over the deadly 737 Max crashes and save the American aerospace giant from a high-profile trial in Texas next month under a tentative deal that attorneys for crash victims' families decried Friday as offensive and "morally repugnant."
Expert Analysis
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6th Circ. Ruling Paves Path Out Of Loper Bright 'Twilight Zone'
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright ruling created a twilight zone between express statutory delegations that trigger agency deference and implicit ones that do not, but the Sixth Circuit’s recent ruling in Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland crafted a two-part test for resolving cases within this gray area, say attorneys at Wiley.
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Cos. Should Prepare For Mexican Payments Surveillance Tool
The recent designation of six Mexican cartels as "specially designated global terrorists" will allow the Treasury Department to scrutinize nearly any Mexico-related payment through its Terrorist Finance Tracking Program — a rigorous evaluation for which even sophisticated sanctions compliance programs are not prepared, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.
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Steps For Federal Grantees Affected By Stop-Work Orders
Broad changes in federal financial assistance programs are on the horizon, and organizations that may receive a stop-work order from a federal agency must prepare to be vigilant and nimble in a highly uncertain legal landscape, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Navigating The Uncertain Future Of The Superfund PFAS Rule
The D.C. Circuit's recent grant of a pause in litigation while the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reviews the Biden-era designation of two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as "hazardous" under the Superfund law creates new uncertainty for companies — but more lawsuits are likely as long as the rule remains in effect, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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Contractor Liability When Directing Subcontractor Workforce
A recent Virginia Court of Appeals decision that rejected a subcontractor employee’s tortious interference claim should prompt prime contractors to consider how to mitigate liability risk associated with directing a subcontractor to remove its employee from a federal project, say attorneys at Venable.
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What's Next For Russia Sanctions After Task Force Disbanded
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent disbanding of Task Force KleptoCapture, which was initially aimed at seizing Russian oligarchs’ funds and assets, is unlikely to mean the end of Russia sanctions enforcement and other economic countermeasures, as the architecture for criminal enforcement remains in place, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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How Rising Secondary Private Markets Affect Tech Disputes
The rise of secondaries is a natural by-product of growing and evolving private markets and, as such, we can expect their growth will continue, signaling an increase in the use of secondaries in damages as well as litigation revolving around secondaries themselves, says Farooq Javed at The Brattle Group.
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Contract Disputes Recap: Liability Test, Termination Claims
Zachary Jacobson at Seyfarth examines three recent decisions from the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals that examine the limits of designer liability under the architect-engineer clause and key processes for claim recovery when a contract is terminated for convenience.
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How Courts Can Filter Nonmeritorious Claims In Mass Torts
Nonmeritorious claims have been a key obstacle to settlement in many recent high-profile mass torts, but courts may be able to use tools they already have to solve this problem, says Samir Parikh at Wake Forest University.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.