President Joe Biden is ordering a recent purchaser of real estate near an Air Force base in Wyoming to sell portions of the property, based on a public tip and a finding from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States that cryptocurrency mining there presents a national security risk.
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White House Bars Real Estate Deal Near Air Force Base

By Andrew McIntyre

President Joe Biden is ordering a recent purchaser of real estate near an Air Force base in Wyoming to sell portions of the property, based on a public tip and a finding from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States that cryptocurrency mining there presents a national security risk.

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Co. Says Typo Wrongly Cost It Shot At $10B Army IT Deal

By Daniel Wilson

An information technology firm has urged the Court of Federal Claims to restore its eligibility for a pending $10 billion U.S. Army IT hardware procurement, saying the Army wrongly excluded the company for one missing word in its proposal.

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Electric-Jet Startup Flouted Boeing Loan Deals, Judge Says

By Greg Lamm

A Washington state electric-jet startup breached its contracts with The Boeing Co. by not repaying $9 million in loans, a federal judge has ruled in an order rejecting an argument the loans were voided by the aviation giant's alleged theft of the startup's intellectual property.

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'Gamesmanship' Lecture Launches Menendez Bribery Trial

By Carla Baranauckas

The corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez started Monday with a stern admonition from U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein after the government and defense lawyers squabbled over pretrial disclosures, and a message that the jury may be in for a long haul. 

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POLICY & REGULATION

House Bill Seeks More Commerce Dept. Control Of AI Exports

By Katherine Smith

Technology companies may soon be required to implement security checks before collaborating with Chinese artificial intelligence labs with military ties, under a bipartisan bill introduced last week in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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LITIGATION

Camp Lejeune Plaintiffs Can't Appeal Jury Trial Denial Order

By Emily Field

The North Carolina federal court overseeing litigation over water contamination at the Camp Lejeune military base on Monday denied the service members' attempt to appeal an order that struck down their bid for jury trials, saying that it's not an issue that warrants appeal.

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SPAC Investor Says Insiders Overvalued Satellite Co. Deal

By Sydney Price

An investor has sued a blank-check company and several of its top brass in Delaware Chancery Court, alleging the defendants protected their buy-ins while leaving public investors to suffer losses following a merger with satellite imaging company BlackSky Holdings Inc.

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ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES

Watchdog Nixes Bidder's Protest To Low $159M Air Force Deal

By Alyssa Aquino

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said an aviation company couldn't question the feasibility of a rival's $159 million U.S. Air Force flight training contract, when the service branch never indicated it would check if bidders' prices were realistic.

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SEC, FinCEN Propose Money Manager Customer ID Rule

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on Monday proposed a rule that would require money managers such as hedge funds and private equity firms to document and maintain customer identification programs.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

What's Behind 'Nuclear' Verdicts? Skeptical Juries, Attys Say

By Spencer Brewer

Jurors becoming more skeptical of corporations are handing down sky-high verdicts, and trial attorneys say it's forcing a shift in the strategies they employ as they aim to score — or prevent — so-called nuclear verdicts.

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BigLaw Attys Fight Sanctions Over Alleged Judge Shopping

By Jack Karp

Attorneys from Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Cooley LLP, Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC and prominent LGBTQ rights organizations did not engage in judge-shopping when walking away from cases challenging an Alabama law banning certain medical procedures for transgender youth, the lawyers have told an Alabama federal court.

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BREAKING: Trump Attys Begin Pivotal Cross-Examination Of Cohen

By Frank G. Runyeon

Law360 reporters are providing live updates from the Manhattan criminal courthouse as Donald Trump goes on trial for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election. Follow along here as Trump's attorneys question key prosecution witness Michael Cohen.

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Bayer AG

Ford Motor Co.

Frito-Lay Inc.

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

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Lambda Legal Defense & Educational Fund

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC

Monsanto Co.

National Center for Lesbian Rights

Southern Poverty Law Center Inc.

The Boeing Co.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aldous Walker

Alston & Bird

Badham & Buck

Bainbridge Mims

Bell Legal Group LLC

Cooley LLP

Cooper & Kirk

Copeland Franco

Corr Cronin

Crowell & Moring

Dominick Feld

Farella Braun

Gibbons PC

Grant & Eisenhofer

Haynes & Boone

Holwell Shuster

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Keller Postman

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kline & Specter

Lieff Cabraser

Lightfoot Franklin

Paul Hastings

Perkins Coie

Schertler Onorato

Shook Hardy

The Law Firm of Cesar de Castro

Ward and Smith

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Industry and Security

California Civil Rights Department

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama