Aerospace & Defense

  • March 18, 2025

    Lab Co-Founder Takes Stand For Gov't In $40M Testing Case

    A co-founder of a laboratory accused of submitting $40 million in unnecessary COVID-19 and genetic testing claims to healthcare benefit programs took the stand for the government on Tuesday, first testifying that the lab used an unauthorized test to cut corners and save money before admitting on cross-examination that the test was chosen because it performed better.

  • March 18, 2025

    Novel Argument Can't Excuse Late $409M Army Deal Protest

    A Court of Federal Claims judge has denied a protest over a $408.7 million Army training contract, saying the protester waived its chance to dispute the Army's failure to conduct discussions with bidders by not filing that argument earlier.

  • March 18, 2025

    Trump Admin Asks 4th Circ. To Halt Employee Rehiring Order

    The Trump administration on Monday evening asked the Fourth Circuit for an emergency stay of a Maryland federal judge's restraining order requiring the reinstatement of probationary employees who were fired from 18 federal agencies, saying the suing states don't have standing to represent the fired workers.

  • March 18, 2025

    Judge Sets Deadline For DOJ Answers On Deportation Flights

    U.S. Chief District Judge James Boasberg gave the Trump administration until Wednesday at noon to provide more details about deportation flights that may have violated his order halting the deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

  • March 18, 2025

    FCC Dem Starks To Step Down This Spring

    The longest-serving Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, Geoffrey Starks, said Tuesday he will resign the post sometime this spring.

  • March 18, 2025

    Mistrial Declared In Magnet Co. Export Control Violation Case

    A Kentucky federal judge has declared a mistrial in a case accusing Quadrant Magnetics LLC of violating export control law by sending schematics from military contractors to Chinese companies, finding that the government withheld relevant documents from the company.

  • March 18, 2025

    4 Firms Lead Ukrainian Telecom Firm's $2.2B SPAC Merger

    The owner of Ukrainian telecommunications operator Kyivstar on Tuesday announced plans to merge with special purpose acquisition company Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I in a deal that will take Kyivstar public at an estimated $2.2 billion valuation, guided by four law firms.

  • March 18, 2025

    Ancora Wants US Steel Meeting Delayed After Blocked Sale

    U.S. Steel Corp. shareholder Ancora Holdings Group on Tuesday urged the company's board to delay its upcoming 2025 annual meeting of shareholders until more information comes out about the company's blocked $14.9 billion deal with Japan's Nippon Steel Corp.

  • March 17, 2025

    Judge Extends Block On Data Sharing With DOGE

    A Maryland federal judge extended her temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Office of Personnel Management from turning over sensitive personal information on federal employees to Department of Government Efficiency workers Monday, giving herself another week to rule on the workers' preliminary injunction request.

  • March 17, 2025

    Judge Questions DOJ Timing Of Deportations After Injunction

    U.S. Chief District Judge James Boasberg admonished the Trump administration Monday for its seeming noncompliance with an oral order to turn around flights carrying Venezuelans who were deported under a presidential proclamation invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

  • March 17, 2025

    Private Equity Billionaire Greenlighted As Pentagon's No. 2

    Private equity billionaire Stephen Feinberg was confirmed as deputy defense secretary on Friday by a 59-40 vote in the U.S. Senate.

  • March 17, 2025

    DJI Says DOD Chinese Military Co. Listing Was Irrational

    Drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd. has urged a D.C. federal judge to order the U.S. Department of Defense to take the company off a list of Chinese military companies, saying the listing was based on faulty reasoning and a failure to consider relevant evidence.

  • March 17, 2025

    VA To End Medical Care For Gender Dysphoria

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will stop offering medical treatments for gender dysphoria in order to comply with an executive order by President Donald Trump, the agency announced Monday.

  • March 17, 2025

    SpaceX Hopes For Faster Commercial Launch Coordination

    SpaceX has asked the Federal Communications Commission to set up spectrum coordination among commercial space launches on tighter time frames to make it easier to avoid signal interference between users.

  • March 17, 2025

    Split 9th Circ. Won't Halt Federal Workers Reinstatement Order

    A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Monday denied President Donald Trump's administration an immediate administrative stay of a California district court order requiring reinstatement of some probationary federal workers fired from six agencies, the majority saying a pause "would disrupt the status quo and turn it on its head."

  • March 17, 2025

    Army Can Reject $435M TNT Plant Bidder Over China Ties

    The U.S. Government Accountability Office has rejected a protest over a $435 million U.S. Army contract to design and build a TNT production facility, saying the Army reasonably rejected a bidder for security concerns over ties to China.

  • March 17, 2025

    RRJ Capital Leads $600M Investment In Aviation Biz Vista

    Private aviation group Vista, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Monday revealed that it secured a $600 million equity investment from a group of investors led by Asian investment firm RRJ Capital.

  • March 17, 2025

    Former DOJ, FCC Official Joins Morgan Lewis In DC

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has grown its telecommunications, media and technology practice in Washington, D.C., with the addition of a former senior Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Department of Justice official, the firm announced on Monday.

  • March 14, 2025

    Trump Revokes Paul Weiss Security Clearances

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP became the third law firm to have workers' security clearances suspended by President Donald Trump, who signed the executive order Friday, citing the firm's DEI hiring practices and the decision by a former attorney there to assist the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of Trump.

  • March 14, 2025

    4th Circ. Lets White House Anti-DEI Efforts Proceed

    The Fourth Circuit on Friday lifted a temporary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's administration from implementing the bulk of his executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs, though each judge on the panel had differing views on the matter. 

  • March 14, 2025

    Boeing NASA Tech IP Claims Survive Dismissal In Wash.

    A Washington federal judge has narrowed a Colorado firm's suit accusing The Boeing Co. of using stolen technology to support NASA's Artemis moon exploration program, preserving some claims for copyright and trade secret theft while dismissing trademark and counterfeiting allegations.

  • March 14, 2025

    Fort Worth's Unwieldy PFAS Suit Against Gov't, Cos. Gets Split

    A Texas federal judge on Friday ruled that Fort Worth's $420.6 million suit seeking to hold the federal government and various manufacturers liable for PFAS contamination must be split into separate cases, or risk being too unwieldy and confusing for jurors.

  • March 14, 2025

    Md. Judge Joins Calif. In Reversing Federal Workers' Firing

    A Maryland federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of thousands of probationary employees who were abruptly fired from 18 federal agencies, saying the Trump administration's lack of required notice left states "scrambling" to pick up the pieces.

  • March 14, 2025

    Claims Court Judge Says GSA Was Wrong To DQ OASIS+ Bid

    A Court of Federal Claims judge on Friday ruled in favor of government contractor Q2 Impact in a spat over its disqualification from bidding in the General Services Administration's massive OASIS+ professional services contract, saying the GSA misinterpreted the 2019 defense bill barring contractors from using Chinese-made telecommunications equipment.

  • March 14, 2025

    Senate Approves Full-Year Funding Resolution

    The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a continuing resolution funding the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2025, after a small group of Democrats sided with Republicans to end debate on the bill.

Expert Analysis

  • Cos. Should Prepare For Mexican Payments Surveillance Tool

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    The recent designation of six Mexican cartels as "specially designated global terrorists" will allow the Treasury Department to scrutinize nearly any Mexico-related payment through its Terrorist Finance Tracking Program — a rigorous evaluation for which even sophisticated sanctions compliance programs are not prepared, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.

  • Steps For Federal Grantees Affected By Stop-Work Orders

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    Broad changes in federal financial assistance programs are on the horizon, and organizations that may receive a stop-work order from a federal agency must prepare to be vigilant and nimble in a highly uncertain legal landscape, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Navigating The Uncertain Future Of The Superfund PFAS Rule

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    The D.C. Circuit's recent grant of a pause in litigation while the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reviews the Biden-era designation of two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as "hazardous" under the Superfund law creates new uncertainty for companies — but more lawsuits are likely as long as the rule remains in effect, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • 7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments

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    As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Series

    Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.

  • Contractor Liability When Directing Subcontractor Workforce

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    A recent Virginia Court of Appeals decision that rejected a subcontractor employee’s tortious interference claim should prompt prime contractors to consider how to mitigate liability risk associated with directing a subcontractor to remove its employee from a federal project, say attorneys at Venable.

  • What's Next For Russia Sanctions After Task Force Disbanded

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    Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent disbanding of Task Force KleptoCapture, which was initially aimed at seizing Russian oligarchs’ funds and assets, is unlikely to mean the end of Russia sanctions enforcement and other economic countermeasures, as the architecture for criminal enforcement remains in place, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.

  • How Rising Secondary Private Markets Affect Tech Disputes

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    The rise of secondaries is a natural by-product of growing and evolving private markets and, as such, we can expect their growth will continue, signaling an increase in the use of secondaries in damages as well as litigation revolving around secondaries themselves, says Farooq Javed at The Brattle Group.

  • Contract Disputes Recap: Liability Test, Termination Claims

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    Zachary Jacobson at Seyfarth examines three recent decisions from the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals that examine the limits of designer liability under the architect-engineer clause and key processes for claim recovery when a contract is terminated for convenience.

  • How Courts Can Filter Nonmeritorious Claims In Mass Torts

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    Nonmeritorious claims have been a key obstacle to settlement in many recent high-profile mass torts, but courts may be able to use tools they already have to solve this problem, says Samir Parikh at Wake Forest University.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

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