-
July 06, 2026
Defense contractors are struggling to navigate a new law that bars the Pentagon from contracting with companies that hire lobbyists for Chinese military companies, given the statute's broad definition of lobbying activities and lack of clarity surrounding its implementation.
-
July 06, 2026
A recently introduced bipartisan House bill would block the use of federal funds to purchase fiber-optic network gear from "countries of concern," as the bill's sponsors described foreign adversaries.
-
July 06, 2026
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said NASA was justified in eliminating an aerospace company from a competition for up to $20 billion in IT contracts, saying the company's proposal failed to verify compliance with industry standards for combating cybersecurity threats.
-
July 06, 2026
Following several U.S. Supreme Court terms teeming with reversals and rebukes of lower appeals courts, the justices this term found fault less often with rulings by circuit judges, who are likely becoming better attuned to the conservative supermajority, attorneys say.
-
July 06, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court justices forged unusual alliances when they ruled a federal statute preempts claims Monsanto failed to warn consumers its Roundup weed killer may cause cancer. Oral arguments provided insights on the 7-2 outcome, highlighting issues the jurists were grappling with and showcasing rationales that found their way into the opinion.
-
July 06, 2026
When one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most talkative members suddenly struggled to speak, the atmosphere at oral arguments grew increasingly anxious — until the justice deadpanned that it was an advocate's golden opportunity to avoid a grilling.
-
July 06, 2026
The federal government on Monday notified the D.C. Circuit that it is appealing a district judge's preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Defense's policy that reporters be escorted whenever they're in the Pentagon.
-
July 06, 2026
The U.S. Department of Defense and a Humana unit urged a D.C. federal court to toss allegations that they wrongfully denied Tricare coverage for a minor's inpatient mental health treatment, arguing the minor's parents lack standing because they weren't billed for the treatment at issue.
-
July 06, 2026
More than 20 union affiliates have filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court challenging a memorandum directing agencies in the U.S. Department of Defense to cancel hundreds of union contracts throughout the country, claiming that the memo and the following contract terminations were unlawful, arbitrary and capricious.
-
July 06, 2026
Federal agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission, have spelled out the roles of states, city police forces and other nonfederal authorities in reducing the safety risks of drones.
-
July 06, 2026
Industry associations urged the U.S. Trade Representative's Office to expand tariff exemptions for the 25% duty anticipated on Brazilian goods as a result of its alleged unfair trading practices, according to recently published comment letters.
-
July 06, 2026
A defense contractor urged a Colorado federal court to toss a female former executive's gender bias claim alleging she was fired for reporting a male manager's $1.9 million fraud scheme, arguing the claim belongs in Virginia because her employment stemmed from that state and the company is based there.
-
July 06, 2026
A New York federal judge rebuked Nadine Menendez's attorneys on Monday for publicly filing a request to delay her surrender date that included "extensive intimate details" of her medical condition, calling the disclosure "astonishing" and ordering the parties to refile a redacted version by Wednesday.
-
July 06, 2026
Several U.S. trading partners facing new tariffs over claims of failing to adequately protect against forced labor pushed back on the plan ahead of a public hearing Tuesday, raising concerns that ranged from too-generalized determinations to the U.S. improperly disregarding related measures.
-
July 06, 2026
Global defense company Lockheed Martin, advised by Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Monday unveiled plans to acquire private equity-backed undersea warfare solutions company Ultra Maritime in a $3.45 billion deal.
-
July 06, 2026
The first half of 2026 brought long-awaited rulings providing clarity on the punitive damages pleading standard in Florida and the extent of a law allowing U.S. victims of Cuban property seizures to seek damages, as well as a high-profile guilty verdict in a rare foreign agent criminal trial. Here, Law360 looks at these and other notable developments from Florida so far this year.
-
July 06, 2026
Solstice Advanced Materials, a company spun off from Honeywell, will acquire fellow chemical company Element Solutions for $14.5 billion, creating a larger supplier of components serving the data center and semiconductor manufacturing industries.
-
July 02, 2026
This U.S. Supreme Court term featured high-stakes oral arguments on issues including presidential power, immigration and voting regulations. Here's a look at the law firms that argued the most cases and how they fared.
-
July 02, 2026
The sharpest dissents this term often involved the president, and pitted conservative and liberal justices against each other on core constitutional issues and questions about the limits to executive power, with nearly a quarter of cases being decided squarely along ideological lines.
-
July 02, 2026
The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority and President Donald Trump largely aligned this year on issues of executive power, resulting in a series of decisions that significantly expanded presidential authority.
-
July 02, 2026
Nadine Menendez urged a New York federal judge Thursday to delay her prison surrender date four months to accommodate breast cancer-related surgeries, to which the judge ordered Menendez explain why her request came "90 minutes" before the Fourth of July long weekend and just days before her surrender date.
-
July 02, 2026
A split Fourth Circuit panel on Thursday affirmed an order requiring the CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence to allow intelligence officers who were fired for their involvement with DEI and accessibility-related assignments to appeal their terminations.
-
July 02, 2026
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report released Thursday found the U.S. Department of Defense has continued to struggle to deliver weapon systems quickly and within budget despite attempts to reform its acquisition strategy.
-
July 02, 2026
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has declined to accept fee deficiency payments from Avalanche Technology Inc. on four patents covering memory chips after a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission turned down a rival's request to toss an infringement case based on uncertainty over whether the office would accept the fees.
-
July 02, 2026
A class of Pentagon Federal Credit Union borrowers who allege that the lender illegally charged fees for making loan payments by phone or online have asked a West Virginia federal judge for an early win in the action, claiming facts are indisputable at this stage in the litigation.