The First Circuit on Monday affirmed a Massachusetts federal judge's order permanently blocking the Trump administration from gutting National Institutes of Health funding for biomedical research, agreeing that the government didn't have the authority to cap indirect costs for research grants.
The First Circuit on Monday affirmed a Massachusetts federal judge's order permanently blocking the Trump administration from gutting National Institutes of Health funding for biomedical research, agreeing that the government didn't have the authority to cap indirect costs for research grants.
A naval architecture and marine engineering firm has settled claims it participated in an illegal conspiracy to suppress wages alongside some of the country's biggest warship makers, according to recent federal court filings.
The new chief judge for Michigan's largest and busiest circuit court and his immediate predecessor tell Law360 that judicial safety, technology and staffing are the most pressing issues facing the court as they start the year.
The U.S. Department of Justice struck a $1.5 million deal with a California aerospace and defense electronics company on Monday, resolving claims that the company supplied aircraft parts to the military that failed to meet contract specifications.
A contractor doing work for Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority on several maintenance projects has alleged that the utility stopped work on repairs and replacements based on an incorrect accusation that the contractor violated state environmental rules, according to a recently filed lawsuit.
A suit from an ex-building inspector against the city of Atlanta alleging his boss denied him a promotion because of his age can continue, a federal judge said, finding that a jury needed to weigh his claim that his boss told him someone younger was wanted instead.
The Ninth Circuit on Monday refused to revisit a three-judge panel's decision rejecting the Trump administration's challenge of a lower court's ruling requiring production of its plans for large-scale layoffs and reorganizations at various federal agencies, a decision that was met with fiery dissent from several of the court's Republican-appointed judges.
A Georgia federal judge has denied Atlanta's ex-police chief's bid to escape a defamation suit from a protester who says he was falsely accused of being a violent gang member, ruling that the suit sufficiently substantiated that the chief deliberately lied in public statements.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office rejected two companies' protest of the Defense Health Agency's decision to award a nearly $20 million noncompetitive contract to an Alaska Native corporation under the Small Business Administration's Section 8(a) program.
Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies Inc. announced on Monday that it will sell a controlling interest in its space propulsion and power systems business to a Florida-based private equity firm for $845 million, as part of a broader business reorganization.
2026 will be a consequential year for congressional oversight as the upcoming midterm elections may yield bolder investigations and more aggressive state attorneys general coalitions, so companies should consider adopting risk management measures to get ahead of potential changes, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP saw a 10% uptick in its profits per equity partner in 2025, bringing the firm's average partner pay up over $9 million last year amid an active litigation market, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.
Employment attorneys say the increased use of AI by pro se plaintiffs has the potential to clog dockets, drag out cases and make litigation significantly more expensive.
A Georgia federal judge has slapped a McGuireWoods LLP attorney with a $1,500 fine for using incorrect citations in a brief lodged in a recently dismissed mortgage suit against Bank of America.
A contempt finding against Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP that contributed to a more than $600 million patent judgment against the firm's former client NortonLifeLock was scrutinized by a Federal Circuit panel on Monday, with one judge saying the order appeared to be invalid.
A Wisconsin state judge has resigned from the bench after being convicted of felony obstruction for helping an unauthorized immigrant in her court evade arrest by federal immigration officers, the Wisconsin Assembly speaker confirmed to Law360 Monday.
Federal immigration officials have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appellate decision that allowed immigration judges to hash out their spat over a newly created speech policy in district court instead of within the congressionally designated special review system.
Legal department hires during the last month of 2025 included high-profile appointments at Apple, Berkshire Hathaway and LPL Financial. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from December.
