GAO Says DHS Is Unlikely To Save $10.5B From Contract Cuts

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is unlikely to realize $10.5 billion in projected savings after terminating 438 contracts because the agency can obtain many of the same services through existing contracts. 

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Maduro Says Narco-Terrorism Charge Has No US Link

By Madeline Lyskawa

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pressed a New York federal judge to throw out his narco-terrorism conspiracy charge, arguing that the U.S. government cannot indict him for something that took place entirely in another country and did not involve the U.S.

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Boeing Investors Say 4th Circ. Ruling Imperils Class Actions

By Katryna Perera

Boeing investors have asked the full Fourth Circuit to rehear a panel's "extreme" decision overturning class certification in a suit against the aerospace company over its alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet, arguing that the panel decision will create a "vague and unworkable standard" in the circuit if left intact.

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Feds Will Pay $11M To End Suit Over Newborn's Brain Damage

By Y. Peter Kang

The federal government has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a suit in Tennessee federal court accusing a U.S. Army hospital of negligently causing a newborn's catastrophic brain injury, according to counsel for the plaintiffs and documents filed Thursday.

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Wireless Tower Group Urges FCC To Back GPS Alternatives

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Wireless tower builders have asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider new rules that will promote the development of new positioning, navigation and timing technologies that can complement GPS technology.

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Nippon Tells 9th Circ. Not To Revive US Steel Merger Case

By Bryan Koenig

Nippon Steel urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday not to revive a consumer lawsuit challenging its now-completed purchase of U.S. Steel Corp., arguing the district court rightly found the plaintiffs too far removed from the steel market to allege higher prices when buying steel-containing products.

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Army Corps Contractor Disputes $345K Repayment Demand

By Elaine Briseño

A former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor told the Court of Federal Claims on Thursday that it does not owe the government nearly $345,000, arguing it incurred various costs when the agency terminated the company's border wall-related contract early.

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Brief

Colo. Labor Department Nabs $1.9B Navy Food Contract

By Elaine Briseño

The U.S. Navy has awarded the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Division a $1.9 billion contract to provide full food services at 46 U.S. Marine Corps mess halls, according to a recent announcement.

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How Orbital Data Centers May Test NEPA's Reach

With environmental and scientific groups recently pushing back against the Federal Communications Commission's proposal to exempt massive data center satellite constellations from review under the National Environmental Policy Act, the question of whether NEPA even applies to projects in space turns on three closely related issues, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Series

Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer

A lifetime of learning and performing ballet taught me that success — whether in dance or practicing law — comes only through hours of thorough preparation, boundless energy and relentless effort, says Sharon Katz-Pearlman at Greenberg Traurig.

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Quinn Emanuel, McDermott Hit By Data Breaches

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP both recently suffered data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026.

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Analysis

Boutique Firms Emerge As Trump Admin's 'Achilles' Heel'

By Phillip Bantz

Less fearful of retribution than some of their BigLaw counterparts, small law firms are taking on an outsize role handling cases seen as adversarial to the Trump administration.

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Interview

Federal Judge Warns Threats Imperil Judicial Independence

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida told Law360 that judges and members of the bar need to educate the public on the judiciary's important role in American democracy to combat increasing threats, speaking following the release of two reports this week that warn of safety concerns for judges and that defiance of court orders is undermining the federal judiciary's independence.

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Husch Blackwell Gets Early Win In Ex-Partner's 401(k) Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A Missouri federal court granted Husch Blackwell LLP an early win over a former employee's proposed class action alleging the firm illegally withheld retirement contributions and mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan, finding the ex-partner couldn't prove violations of federal benefits law.

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Former Girardi Keese CFO Drops Appeal Of 5-Year Fraud Term

By Emily Sawicki

The Seventh Circuit has granted onetime Girardi Keese financial chief Christopher Kamon's request to drop the appeal he lodged fighting an Illinois federal judge's order adding five concurrent years onto the 10 he is already serving for his role helping Tom Girardi, the head of the firm, steal millions from plane crash clients who settled cases in Chicago.

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Pirro Urges House Ethics Panel To Refer Crime Claims To DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has told the House Ethics Committee that as cases involving criminal misconduct come before it, her office should be involved too.

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Fox Rothschild Says Adult Day Care Suit Rehashes Claims

By Rose Krebs

Fox Rothschild LLP is urging a New Jersey state court to toss claims against the firm and one of its attorneys in a complaint related to the firm's prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm.

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