A California tribe is asking a federal court to order the Indian Health Service to approve a proposed agreement for an opioid treatment center, arguing that the funding is desperately needed after multiple tragedies due to drug addiction in and outside its reservation.
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Calif. Tribe Sues IHS Over Opioid Center Compact Denial

By Crystal Owens

A California tribe is asking a federal court to order the Indian Health Service to approve a proposed agreement for an opioid treatment center, arguing that the funding is desperately needed after multiple tragedies due to drug addiction in and outside its reservation.

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House To Review Trump's Veto On Tribal Everglades Bill

By Crystal Owens

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to consider Thursday objections to President Donald Trump's veto of bipartisan legislation that would save a Florida tribe's camp within Everglades National Park from flooding.

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Wireless Builders Say FCC Powers Back Deployment Reforms

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has "ample" legal authority to make changes sought by the agency's Republican leadership to more easily deploy cell sites around the country, a group of wireless tower builders has argued.

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POLICY & REGULATION

GAO Rejects Protest Of $20M Noncompetitive DOD Award

By Madeline Lyskawa

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.

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Brief

DC Circ. Says It Won't Rethink Emergency Air Rule Decision

By Nadia Dreid

The full D.C. Circuit will not reconsider a panel's decision restoring air pollution-emitting facilities' right to defend themselves against violations of the Clean Air Act by blaming emergency circumstances.

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LITIGATION

Tribe Seeks $662K Atty Fees After RICO Win Over Pot Shop

By Jonathan Capriel

After successfully winning its RICO trial but securing an underwhelming monetary award, the Cayuga Nation urged a New York federal court to force the retailers who operated an illicit smoke shop on tribal land to cover the costs of the nation's legal fees.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Average Quinn Emanuel Partner Payouts Rise To $9.5M

By Aebra Coe

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.

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Feature

His Client Got A Pro Se Suit. Then The AI Filings Started.

By Chris Villani

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.

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McGuireWoods Atty Fined Over Citation Errors In BoA Suit

By Chart Riggall

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.

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Quinn Emanuel Contempt In $600M Row Probed By Fed. Circ.

By Ryan Davis

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.

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Wis. Judge Resigns After Conviction In ICE Arrest Case

By Jack Karp

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.

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Federal Court Wrong Place For Judges' Suit, Justices Told

By Elaine Briseño

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.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of December

By Michele Gorman

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.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Barclay Damon

Bricker Graydon

Buckley LLP

Clement & Murphy

Cohen & Gresser

FryeLaw

Jackson Lewis PC

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lowenstein Sandler

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

Munger Tolles

Nelson Mullins

Nixon Peabody

Quinn Emanuel

Reston Law Group

Schwartz White

Seyfarth Shaw

Sherin & Lodgen

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Sonosky Chambers

Stanley Esrey

Stites & Harbison

Sullivan & Cromwell

Victor M. Glasberg & Associates

Weil Gotshal

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

23andMe Inc.

Agiloft Inc.

Apple Inc.

Bank of America Corp.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Earthjustice

Environmental Integrity Project

GE Aerospace

Gen Digital Inc.

Gilead Sciences Inc.

IHS Markit Ltd.

LPL Financial

Maximus Inc.

MetLife Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Morgan Stanley

Morningstar, Inc.

Natural Resources Defense Council

NortonLifeLock Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Parsons Corp.

Pfizer Inc.

S&P Global Inc.

Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Sierra Club

Snap Inc.

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

Subaru of America Inc.

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.

Webtrends Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

City of New York

Defense Health Agency

Douglas County, Georgia

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Communications Commission

Indian Health Service

Pechanga Band of Indians

Small Business Administration

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court