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August 21, 2026
A Colorado federal judge temporarily blocked part of a new state law imposing additional inspections and penalties on The GEO Group Inc.'s immigration detention facility in Aurora, finding the provisions likely unlawfully discriminate against the company as a federal contractor.
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August 21, 2026
The Trump administration must continue to address the "severe and inhumane deficiencies" a California federal court identified at an immigrant detention facility in the Mojave Desert, the Ninth Circuit has ruled, finding it unlikely to prevail in detainees' constitutional challenge.
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August 21, 2026
In our latest Law360 Transportation Tracker, an Illinois jury awarded $29 million to the family of a U.N. worker killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8, while freight broker C.H. Robinson was hit with a blockbuster $604 million verdict in Texas over a fatal 2021 trucking accident.
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August 20, 2026
The U.S. Small Business Administration has moved to overhaul how the agency defines small businesses by proposing new standards that would simplify industry classifications and dramatically increase size thresholds, which would lead to about 114,000 more businesses being classified as small.
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August 20, 2026
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a Thursday report that the U.S. Army has earmarked $3.3 billion this fiscal year for modernizing battlefield communication networks, but lacks enough information to determine if the program is sustainable.
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August 20, 2026
The chief financial officer for a Garden State municipality alleged in New Jersey state court that her job duties were diminished in retaliation for her reporting improper cash handling and requesting time off to undergo cancer treatment.
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August 20, 2026
A defense contractor said the U.S. Air Force cannot revoke acceptance of allegedly defective missile transport vehicles the company manufactured and demand repayment of the entire $135 million value of the contract after using flawed testing methods and keeping the vehicles.
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August 20, 2026
A federal jury in Oklahoma found a highway runoff contracting business and two of its employees guilty of antitrust violations for a price-fixing conspiracy that allegedly impacted $100 million in publicly funded construction contracts in the state.
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August 19, 2026
Counsel for a group of nonprofits on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Brooklyn to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from sharing personal information, including immigration status, of recipients of financial assistance with the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies, saying the proposed disclosure has "no statutory authority whatsoever."
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August 19, 2026
A Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected the protest of an artificial intelligence firm over a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency contract, criticizing the company's "kitchen sink" approach to litigating the matter.
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August 19, 2026
A public health nonprofit on Wednesday urged a D.C. federal court to order the federal government to withdraw dietary guidelines it issued earlier this year, arguing that reviewers who advised on the guidelines had significant conflicts of interest and were selected without public oversight.
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August 19, 2026
Two conservation groups have sued to stop the sale of deep-sea mining rights across 31 million acres of seabed around American Samoa, arguing the National Marine Fisheries Service unlawfully determined the activity would not adversely affect endangered species and their habitat.
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August 19, 2026
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge declined to upend the U.S. Army's award of a $375 million contract for maintaining a base in Germany, finding the agency reasonably credited the winning contractor for past projects performed by corporate affiliates.
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August 19, 2026
The federal government won dismissal of most claims from environmental groups challenging a gold mining project, but the presiding federal Idaho judge did order the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise a statement estimating harm to wolverine and bull trout.
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August 19, 2026
A prison phone service provider told a New York federal judge that three field service technicians who installed and maintained telecommunications systems in hospitals and prisons did not agree to a "public works" contract and aren't guaranteed higher pay under state labor laws.
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August 19, 2026
The Trump administration urged a Washington federal court to deny a labor union's bid to block the government from terminating a collective bargaining agreement covering hydropower dam workers, arguing that appellate courts have rejected similar injunction requests from other unions.
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August 18, 2026
Trump administration officials forged ahead with investigations into Harvard, Columbia and other universities despite its own lawyers raising legal concerns and, in some cases, finding "little to no factual predicate justifying opening them," according to a whistleblower disclosure from a former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer made public Tuesday.
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August 18, 2026
The School District of Philadelphia owes a contractor $4.5 million for changes made to the original plans in three school construction and renovation projects caused by unforeseen problems and cost increases, claims a lawsuit filed in the city's court system.
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August 18, 2026
The pharmaceutical industry's far-flung crusade against Medicare's new negotiation powers suffered a fresh setback Tuesday as the D.C. Circuit joined sister circuits in upholding the landmark pricing program, but the defeat contained consolation prizes that will fuel further litigation.
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August 18, 2026
A New York federal judge has largely granted a dismissal bid in an investor class action over the collapse of the Easterly ROCMuni High Income Municipal Bond Fund, tossing challenged statements in the suit about the fund's valuation and investments in defaulted securities, but keeping claims tied to the fund's illiquid investments.
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August 18, 2026
Wilson Aerospace LLC asked a Washington federal judge to compel the Boeing Co. Inc. to turn over financial materials and other documents that have information relevant to their dispute over technology used in NASA's moon program.
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August 18, 2026
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge ordered the Navy to cancel an $82 million contract for base operations support services at Naval Base Coronado in Southern California, finding the Navy failed to consider the winning contractor's negative performance under a prior contract.
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August 18, 2026
A Federal Aviation Administration contractor asked a Virginia federal court to prohibit its former vice president and his new company from recruiting the firm's employees and using its proprietary information, saying their actions could cause irreparable harm to its business.
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August 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court must deny President Donald Trump's bid to lift a ban on construction of a White House ballroom, a historical preservation nonprofit told the justices Tuesday, contending that a ruling in the president's favor would wrongly enable him to continue usurping Congress' authority and dodging judicial review.
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August 18, 2026
A CEO of a development company said his lawsuit over a dismissed criminal racketeering case against him and New Jersey power broker George E. Norcross III should survive former state Attorney General Matt Platkin's dismissal bid, arguing that Platkin, once the state's chief prosecutor, is not entitled to any immunity.