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August 06, 2025
Broadcasters Worry Upper C-Band Moves Could Cause Harm
Broadcasters are concerned about a federal plan to turn over more midband airwaves for next-generation mobile use since networks depend on satellites in the existing band to deliver interference-free programs to affiliate stations.
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August 06, 2025
Battle Lines Form Around Interior's Updated NEPA Rule
The U.S. Department of the Interior is facing stiff resistance from green groups and blue states that oppose its new environmental review process for infrastructure projects, but some industry groups said the agency has taken the right approach.
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August 06, 2025
FAR Council Issues Final Rule On SAM Registration
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a final rule on Wednesday clarifying that contractors don't need to be continuously registered in a federal database between bidding and contract award.
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August 06, 2025
NC Consulting Co. Says Veterans Are Overreaching In Fee Fight
A consulting business in North Carolina has told a federal court that a proposed class of veterans who are accusing it of charging illegal fees to help with initial disability claims cannot show the company acted without proper accreditation, and that their claims alleging it violated a state consumer protection law is doomed.
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August 06, 2025
LA Seeks To Nix Attys In Ex-Cop's Military Leave Bias Suit
Attorneys for a former Los Angeles Police Department lieutenant improperly obtained and tried to use a privileged email between a city attorney and a current LAPD lieutenant in a military bias suit, the city said, urging a California federal court to disqualify them from the case.
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August 06, 2025
Tornado Founder Gets Partial Mistrial, Convicted On 1 Count
A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday convicted Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm of conspiring to operate the crypto mixer as an unlicensed money transmitting business, but deadlocked on money laundering and sanctions charges.
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August 05, 2025
Tornado Cash Jury Still Out, SEC Leader Backs Privacy Tech
Jury deliberations in the money laundering and sanctions trial of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm continued Tuesday with no verdict, one day after a top securities regulator championed the legitimacy of privacy-protecting technologies, much like defense claims about the cryptocurrency tumbler.
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August 05, 2025
Feds Float Long-Awaited Drone Rule For Beyond Line Of Sight
The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a long-awaited rule that would allow commercial drones to be flown beyond an operator's visual line of sight, paving the way for drones to be used for longer-range purposes like fighting wildfires and inspecting infrastructure.
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August 05, 2025
Gov't Owed $559K For Delayed Hurricane Protection Project
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals said a Louisiana construction company can't get out of paying the federal government more than $559,000 in liquidated damages for failing to meet the completion date for a hurricane protection project by 264 days.
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August 05, 2025
CSIS Launches Commission on Cyber Force Generation
The Center for Strategic and International Studies said a new commission will pull together recommendations for the implementation and organization of a possible new U.S. military service focused on cyberspace.
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August 05, 2025
Ex-Officer Says LAPD Withheld Info In Military Leave Bias Suit
A former Los Angeles Police Department officer claiming he was passed over for a promotion because of his military status said he has not received the records he requested containing information about similarly situated employees.
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August 05, 2025
Drone Cos. Sue Former Exec For Alleged Trade Secret Theft
Red Cat Holdings Inc. and its Teal Drones Inc. unit accused a former executive of sabotaging a major product development deal and using their trade secrets to launch a rival drone company to compete for government sales.
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August 05, 2025
Alaska Airlines Can't Nix Flight Attendant's Surgery Win
A Washington state appeals court won't disturb a jury's finding that a flight attendant was entitled to coverage of a spine surgery for an injury she sustained while working for Alaska Airlines, saying the trial court judge rightly rejected the airline's proposed jury instruction for its confusion.
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August 04, 2025
CIA Officers Press 4th Circ. To Uphold Bar On DEIA Firings
A group of intelligence officers urged the Fourth Circuit on Friday to affirm a federal judge's order blocking the Trump administration from terminating them for their involvement with diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility-related assignments in the CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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August 04, 2025
Judge Newman Contests Suspension Renewal At DC Circ.
The Federal Circuit's recent recommendation to continue U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension makes clear her colleagues are looking to permanently remove her, the judge's attorney told the D.C. Circuit Monday.
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August 04, 2025
Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
Lobbying heated up in July as the Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates close to 200 times on issues ranging from spectrum deals to regulatory cuts, spacecraft licensing, undersea cable security, broadband deployment hurdles and more.
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August 04, 2025
GAO Denies Va. Co's Protest Of $972M Air Force Contract
The Government Accountability Office has denied a Virginia-based company's protest of the Air Force's decision to exclude its offer from the competitive range of proposals considered for a potentially $972 million contract to provide modeling and support simulation services.
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August 04, 2025
Boeing Settles Defunct African Airline's 737 Max Fraud Suit
Boeing has resolved a lawsuit accusing it of duping a South African airline into purchasing faulty 737 Max jets, the parties told a Washington federal judge, ending a case marked by discovery disputes that the judge recently said had "spiraled out of control."
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August 04, 2025
Construction Co.'s Breach Suit Crumbles In Claims Court
A Court of Federal Claims judge ruled that a Pennsylvania construction company tapped to demolish nine buildings at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia had no grounds to seek additional payment after the U.S. Air Force terminated its $969,000 contract over performance problems.
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August 04, 2025
DuPont Inks $2.5B Deal With NJ Over PFAS Pollution
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and New Jersey have reached a more than $2 billion landmark deal to remedy long-standing "forever chemical" contamination at the company's manufacturing sites across the Garden State, including a longtime facility in Salem County.
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August 01, 2025
States Can't Block Trump Admin's Cuts To Science Grants
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday rejected a request from 16 states to block the Trump administration from cutting millions of dollars in grant funds from the National Science Foundation for scientific research and programs aimed at enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields and environmental justice.
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August 01, 2025
9th Circ. Lifts Order Halting Trump From Curbing Fed Unions
The Ninth Circuit on Aug. 1 granted the Trump administration's bid to halt an injunction blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order axing labor contracts covering agencies with "national security" aims, saying in a published opinion that the government was likely to succeed against six unions' First Amendment retaliation claim.
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August 01, 2025
$316M Booz Allen VA IT Services Award Upheld At Claims Court
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected a protest alleging a $316 million contract the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. for info tech services should be overturned due to an organizational conflict of interest.
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August 01, 2025
9th Circ. Sees 'Everest-Like' Preemption For Credit Union Fees
A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday rejected a consumer's bid to revive his California class action claims over bounced-check fees at Navy Federal Credit Union, ruling that federal credit unions are exempt from state laws that regulate account fees.
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August 01, 2025
Boeing Sued By Alaska Air Crew Over Door Plug Blowout
Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants aboard the 737 Max 9 jet that experienced a midair door plug blowout have sued jet-maker Boeing in Washington state court alleging the harrowing January 2024 incident left them with physical and mental injuries, including severe emotional distress.
Expert Analysis
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What's Next For Russia Sanctions After Task Force Disbanded
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.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
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.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
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.
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How Rising Secondary Private Markets Affect Tech Disputes
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.
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Contract Disputes Recap: Liability Test, Termination Claims
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.
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How Courts Can Filter Nonmeritorious Claims In Mass Torts
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.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
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.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“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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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Opinion
US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked
The Biden administration's block of the U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel merger on national security grounds was unconstitutional overreach and needs to be overturned, with the harms remedied in federal court, says attorney Chuck Meyer.
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10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration’s efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Compliance Pointers For DOJ's Sweeping Data Security Rule
A new Justice Department rule broadly restricts many common data transactions with the goal of preventing access by countries of concern, and with an effective date of April 8, U.S. companies must quickly assess practices related to employee, customer and vendor data, says Sam Castic at Hintze Law.
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Bid Protest Spotlight: Registration, Substantiation, Experience
In this month's bid protest roundup, Krista Nunez at MoFo looks at three recent decisions that consider the timing of System for Award Management registration, agencies’ increasing reliance on technology in procurement-related decision-making, and when small businesses can lawfully rely on a subcontractor's past-performance experience.
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Defense Strategies For Politically Charged Prosecutions
Politically charged prosecutions have captured the headlines in recent years, providing lessons for defense counsel on how to navigate the distinct challenges, and seize the unique opportunities, such cases present, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.