Greystar Cuts $1.4M Deal To End DOJ's Military Lease Claims

By Isaac Monterose

Greystar Management Services LLC agreed to pay more than $1.4 million to resolve the federal government's claims that the company wrongfully charged U.S. service members for canceling their leases early when they were ordered to move elsewhere, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

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NTSB Flags Boeing Failures In 737 Max 9 Door Plug Blowout

By Linda Chiem

Poor training and persistent quality control lapses on Boeing's manufacturing and assembly lines, along with the Federal Aviation Administration's ineffective oversight of the plane-maker, led to the January 2024 door-plug blowout aboard a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

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Boeing Says COVID-Era Docs Needed In Suit Over 737 Sales

By Mike Curley

Boeing is urging a Washington federal court to compel a defunct South African airline to turn over documents about its financial state and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business from 2019 to 2021, as the plane maker fights a suit alleging it hid the flaws of its 737 Max line.

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State AGs Sue Trump Admin To Stop Billions In Grant Cuts

By Rae Ann Varona

A coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia filed suit Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully using a single clause "buried in federal regulations" to nix billions of dollars in federal grant funding to the states.

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Submarine Cable Cos. Seek Cautious FCC Reg Approach

By Nadia Dreid

Companies that run undersea telecommunications cables said they're worried the Federal Communications Commission might burden them with even more regulation than they already have to deal with, urging the agency to have a light touch when regulating the industry.

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AST Seeks FCC OK For Big Expansion Of Satellite Fleet

By Jared Foretek

AST SpaceMobile is seeking permission to launch hundreds of low-earth orbit satellites by the end of July to roll out its space-based cellular broadband network, which it says will eliminate coverage gaps and connect to standard smartphones across the country.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Revisit Ruling On Late Textron Pension Claim

By Tom Lotshaw

The Federal Circuit has denied Textron Aviation Defense LLC's request to reconsider a decision that affirmed the dismissal of its pension claims against the federal government as time-barred under the Contract Disputes Act's six-year statute of limitations.

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Honeywell, DuPont Say Firefighters' PFAS Suit Falls Short

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

Honeywell, DuPont and other companies on Monday asked a Connecticut federal judge to toss a group of firefighters' lawsuit over alleged exposure to dangerous levels of forever chemicals, saying there's no legal support for the claims.

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Board Backs Navy Nix Of Hovercraft Thruster Repair Contract

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Navy acted reasonably when it terminated a contract for an engineering company to refurbish eight hovercraft bow thruster nozzles after it failed to deliver any of them on time, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals has found.

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Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing

Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

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Kasowitz Rebrands Amid Shift To Streamlined Firm Names

By Andrea Keckley

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP announced Tuesday that it is rebranding to Kasowitz LLP, becoming the latest firm to shorten its name.

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3rd Circ. Pick Told DOJ To Defy Courts, Whistleblower Says

By Courtney Bublé

A top career official at the U.S. Department of Justice who was fired has come forward with a whistleblower complaint alleging Third Circuit judicial nominee Emil Bove, who was acting deputy attorney general at the beginning of the year, sought to defy court orders.

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Judiciary Warns Congress Of Cyber Risks To PACER

By Courtney Bublé

PACER, the online public repository of federal court documents, is vulnerable to cyberthreats, a top judiciary official told members of Congress on Tuesday.

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Former DOJ Antitrust Official Joins Latham

By Bryan Koenig

Latham & Watkins LLP on Wednesday announced the addition of a new D.C.-based antitrust partner with the hiring of Andrew Forman, a former deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division who is rejoining private practice after three years of helping lead civil competition enforcement.

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Winston & Strawn Sues Hunter Biden For 'Unpaid Legal Fees'

By Alison Knezevich

Winston & Strawn LLP is suing Hunter Biden in Washington, D.C., alleging he owes the BigLaw firm more than $50,000 for legal work related to his federal criminal case in Delaware and other matters.

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Another Musk Case, Another Judge Recusal

By Bryan Koenig

A California federal magistrate judge on Tuesday became the latest federal judge to recuse from a case involving Elon Musk, this time stepping down from handling his lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned transition to a for-profit enterprise.

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ABA Announces New Research Into Attorney Mental Health

By Emma Cueto

The American Bar Association announced Tuesday it is launching a national research project on attorney mental health, which will provide an updated benchmark of the issue nearly a decade after its 2016 study.

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Trump Hones Immunity Argument In 2nd Circ. Carroll Appeal

By Pete Brush

Counsel for President Donald Trump told the Second Circuit on Tuesday that he did not "unequivocally and explicitly" waive presidential immunity before a jury awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in their defamation battle, refining the theory that he cannot be held liable.

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Analysis

Anthropic Copyright Ruling May Spur More AI Licensing Deals

By Ivan Moreno

The first federal court decision on the fairness of taking copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence is a mixed outcome for tech companies and content creators that could prompt both parties to seek coexistence, according to attorneys, with the judge concluding that while the technology is "spectacularly" transformative, using pirated material is inexcusable.

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