Anthropic has urged a California federal judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing an order designating the artificial intelligence company a supply chain risk to national security, arguing the government has retaliated against Anthropic for its constitutionally protected speech.
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Anthropic Asks Judge To Block DOD's Security Risk Label

By Madeline Lyskawa

Anthropic has urged a California federal judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing an order designating the artificial intelligence company a supply chain risk to national security, arguing the government has retaliated against Anthropic for its constitutionally protected speech.

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Military Attys In DOJ 'Erodes Democratic Norms,' Ex-JAGs Say

By Lauren Berg

Nearly a dozen former military lawyers raised the alarm about the Trump administration appointing judge advocate officers to U.S. attorneys' offices, urging a Minnesota federal judge Tuesday to bar an Army lawyer from prosecuting a case that accuses a civilian of assaulting federal immigration enforcement agents.

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CFTC Urged To Halt War Bets Over Insider Trading Fears

By Elaine Briseño

Two Democratic lawmakers from Colorado and Rhode Island have urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to "immediately halt" wagers on events tied to U.S. military operations, arguing those types of offerings on prediction markets threaten national security.

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M&A Value Surged In Record Start To 2026, Deal Volumes Drop

By Al Barbarino

Global mergers and acquisitions values had a record start to the year, reaching roughly $813.3 billion through Thursday, even as transaction numbers dipped to historic lows, according to PitchBook data.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

Russian Palladium Getting 110% Subsidies, Commerce Says

By Kevin Pinner

Russian producers of unwrought palladium are receiving countervailable subsidies equal to nearly 110% the value of their merchandise, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Tuesday, weeks after making a preliminary determination that the metal should face a triple-digit tariff.

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LITIGATION

Claims Court Judge Upholds Fuel Card Award Decision

By Ganesh Setty

A Court of Federal Claims judge found no fault with his determination that Associated Energy Group LLC failed to submit its proposal for a fuel card contract on time, saying its arguments for reconsideration cannot escape that basic fact.

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$1.3B Award Set-Aside Decision Captures 9th Circ.'s Attention

By Caroline Simson

A lawyer representing satellite communications company shareholders looking to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award found himself in the hot seat during a Ninth Circuit hearing Tuesday, as U.S. Circuit Judge Lucy Koh sharply questioned him about the effect of an Indian court ruling setting aside the award.

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GAO

GAO Backs Navy Call To Award $250M Support Deal

By Tom Lotshaw

A Virginia Beach company challenging a $250 million Navy award for career center support services failed to show that its lower-cost proposal was unfairly shortchanged, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Lessons From Justices' Split On Major Questions Doctrine

The justices' varied opinions in Learning Resources v. Trump, which held the International Emergency Economy Powers Act did not confer the power to impose tariffs, offer a meaningful window into the U.S. Supreme Court's perspective on the major questions doctrine that will likely shape lower courts' approach to executive action challenges, say attorneys at Venable.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Ex-DOJ Atty Who Said 'This Job Sucks' Running For Congress

By Courtney Bublé

The former federal government lawyer detailed to Minnesota to help with immigration cases who last month told a federal judge "this job sucks" says she is running for Congress in the state.

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$600M IP Award, Quinn Emanuel Contempt Faulted On Appeal

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday vacated a verdict against the maker of Norton antivirus software for infringing Columbia University patents and reversed a contempt ruling against Norton's former law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP that had caused the judgment to grow to just over $600 million.

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Feature

Exxon Cements Texas As Delaware's Emerging Rival

By Spencer Brewer

Last year, Vinson & Elkins partner Katherine Frank fielded about one call a week from companies thinking about redomiciling in Texas. Speaking to Law360 the day after ExxonMobil announced its plan to reincorporate in the Lone Star State due to its business-forward courts and policies, Frank said the callers fell into three categories.

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Firm Probed In $4B LA Sex Abuse Deal Hit With UPL Charges

By Rachel Rippetoe

A co-founder of the Los Angeles personal injury firm facing investigation for its involvement in a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement against Los Angeles County was hit with disciplinary charges by the California State Bar, alleging the firm illegally practiced law outside the state.

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Analysis

Trump Cybercrime Order Creates New Compliance To-Do List

By Phillip Bantz

President Donald Trump's recent executive order calling for a coalition of government agencies to combat cybercrime is far more forceful than efforts under prior administrations, according to white collar lawyers, who tentatively applaud the proposal while warning it could raise new compliance risks.

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3 Attys Escape Ford's 'Retaliatory' Lemon Law RICO Suit

By Linda Chiem

A California federal judge has shut down Ford Motor Co.'s revised racketeering lawsuit accusing three attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group LLP of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, saying the attorneys' underlying conduct in pursuing lemon law litigation is shielded by First Amendment protections.

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Judges, Lawmakers Urge 4th Circ. To Affirm Halligan Ruling

By Ryan Boysen

Members of Congress and former federal judges have urged the Fourth Circuit to affirm that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, saying the episode exemplifies why there are guardrails against installing political loyalists as federal prosecutors.

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VA, DOJ Cut Deal To Make Attys Mental Health Guardians

By Mark Payne

Under a new initiative, attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice will serve as legal guardians for some homeless veterans, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday, though some veterans advocates expressed concern that the new program could involuntarily coerce veterans experiencing mental health issues into institutional care.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amicus

Anthropic PBC

Associated Energy Group LLC

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Coinbase Global Inc.

Colonial Pipeline Co.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Ford Motor Co.

Gen Digital Inc.

Learning Resources Inc.

Los Angeles Times

Norfolk Southern Corp.

NortonLifeLock Inc.

Pacific Legal Foundation

Protect Democracy Project Inc.

Skydance Media LLC

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

State Bar of California

States United Democracy Center

Tesla Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aberrant Law

Arnold & Porter

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Beins Axelrod

Bryan Cave

Carmichael Ellis

Clement & Murphy

Cooley LLP

Crowell & Moring

Dilworth Paxson

Dorsey & Whitney

Downtown LA Law Group

Erickson Bell

Fenwick & West

Foley & Lardner

Freshfields

Karns & Karns

Kasowitz LLP

King & Spalding

Knight Law Group

Latham & Watkins

Leach & Walker

Lind Jensen

Lowell & Associates

Milbank LLP

O'Meara Wagner

Pillsbury Winthrop

Quinn Emanuel

Skadden Arps

Sullivan & Cromwell

Teplinsky Law Group

Todd & Weld

Venable LLP

Vinson & Elkins

Weil Gotshal

Williams & Connolly

Williams Mullen

WilmerHale

Wirtz Law APC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

City and County of San Francisco, California

City of New York

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Defense Information Systems Agency

Defense Logistics Agency

Federal Bureau of Investigation

International Chamber of Commerce

International Trade Commission

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

Supreme Court of India

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Navy

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court