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July 08, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission has cut a backlog of applications for space-based industry licenses by more than half since adopting an "assembly line" approach to clearing paperwork, the agency's top official on space policy said Wednesday.
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July 08, 2026
The European Parliament approved two pieces of legislation to implement the modernized trade agreement between the bloc and Mexico on Wednesday.
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July 08, 2026
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's pick to succeed him, James McDonald, will assume a leadership role as Clayton works on his own nomination for director of national intelligence in Washington.
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July 08, 2026
A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied Nadine Menendez's request to postpone her prison surrender by more than three months so she could complete breast cancer-related reconstructive surgeries, rejecting the request after a telephone conference with the parties.
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July 08, 2026
The Trump administration told a D.C. federal court that it acted within its statutory authority to detain noncitizens at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba who've been ordered to be deported, arguing their presence outside U.S. borders doesn't mean removal has already been completed.
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July 08, 2026
Drone-maker Red Cat Holdings Inc. asked a New Jersey federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing it of misleading investors, asserting that it is "doing very well" and that the suit's "fraud-by-hindsight" allegations cannot get off the ground.
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July 08, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court clarified the pleading standard for induced infringement of skinny labels, and the Federal Circuit opened the door to increased damages for patent owners. Here's what you need to know about these patent cases and other major decisions from the beginning of 2026.
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July 08, 2026
A federal judge's ruling on whether the Trump administration can move U.S. Space Command's headquarters from Colorado to Alabama and a jury's determination of liability for a private prison operator in a forced labor class action are among the Colorado court cases to watch in the coming months. Here, Law360 looks at four Colorado cases to watch for during the rest of 2026.
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July 07, 2026
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims said the Defense Logistics Agency was justified in restricting full and open competition over requests for a lubricant helping vehicles run on a flat tire, finding authorization under simplified and emergency acquisition regulations.
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July 07, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission heard from lobbyists more than 140 times in June, with AT&T at the front of the pack hoping to convince the agency to preempt California rules that the telecom giant says are hindering network modernization.
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July 07, 2026
A Court of Federal Claims judge has scrapped a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers award for a river lock and dam project in Oklahoma, ruling that a disparity in its evaluation of proposals may have caused one company to land the deal over another.
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July 07, 2026
When SpaceX completed its record-breaking $75 billion initial public offering last month, the transaction was notable not only for its size — the largest IPO ever — but also for breaking new ground in how public offerings can be structured to reach retail investors around the world.
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July 07, 2026
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is planning to launch projects in Georgia and Alabama to connect historically Black colleges and universities in those states with partners to help develop and commercialize inventions.
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July 07, 2026
A political consultant convicted of knowingly failing to register as a foreign agent as she helped draft a $50 million contract involving a former congressman and Venezuela's state-owned oil enterprise continues to argue she should be acquitted or given a new trial, saying the verdict was "against the great weight of the evidence."
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July 07, 2026
Legal tech company Legion has voluntarily dropped its claims against the Commerce Department over an order forcing artificial intelligence platform Anthropic to shut down two of its advanced models to foreigners, days after news broke that the government had rescinded the directive.
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July 07, 2026
Hundreds of former Justice Department employees and appointees urged the Senate in a Tuesday letter to reject the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for the permanent role, particularly noting what they called Blanche's work toward politicizing the department.
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July 07, 2026
Defense and aerospace group Thales has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Exail Technologies and plans to buy its remaining shares, a transaction that values the maritime drone-maker at €3.9 billion ($4.5 billion).
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July 06, 2026
A recent executive order intended to boost the security of advanced artificial intelligence systems hinges on developers voluntarily making their models available to the government for prerelease testing, but lingering questions about the potential trade-offs of this exchange raise doubts about the ultimate effectiveness of this model.
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July 06, 2026
Defense contractors are struggling to navigate a new law that bars the Pentagon from contracting with companies that hire lobbyists for Chinese military companies, given the statute's broad definition of lobbying activities and lack of clarity surrounding its implementation.
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July 06, 2026
A recently introduced bipartisan House bill would block the use of federal funds to purchase fiber-optic network gear from "countries of concern," as the bill's sponsors described foreign adversaries.
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July 06, 2026
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said NASA was justified in eliminating an aerospace company from a competition for up to $20 billion in IT contracts, saying the company's proposal failed to verify compliance with industry standards for combating cybersecurity threats.
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July 06, 2026
Following several U.S. Supreme Court terms teeming with reversals and rebukes of lower appeals courts, the justices this term found fault less often with rulings by circuit judges, who are likely becoming better attuned to the conservative supermajority, attorneys say.
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July 06, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court justices forged unusual alliances when they ruled a federal statute preempts claims Monsanto failed to warn consumers its Roundup weed killer may cause cancer. Oral arguments provided insights on the 7-2 outcome, highlighting issues the jurists were grappling with and showcasing rationales that found their way into the opinion.
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July 06, 2026
When one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most talkative members suddenly struggled to speak, the atmosphere at oral arguments grew increasingly anxious — until the justice deadpanned that it was an advocate's golden opportunity to avoid a grilling.
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July 06, 2026
The federal government on Monday notified the D.C. Circuit that it is appealing a district judge's preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Defense's policy that reporters be escorted whenever they're in the Pentagon.