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Gov't Contracting Policies To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

By Madeline Lyskawa

The Trump administration's final rule expanding foreign ownership requirements to more than 37,000 defense contractors and subcontractors and the Pentagon's review of the second phase of cybersecurity requirements headline five policy initiatives that government contractors should look for in the second half of this year.

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Analysis

SpaceX May Not Escape Shareholder Suits' Orbit So Easily

By Sarah Jarvis

SpaceX's recent blockbuster initial public offering includes a novel and untested framework to steer shareholder disputes to Texas' Business Court and arbitration while prohibiting investor class actions, in a move attorneys said will certainly be challenged in court and could lead to the company facing an impractical number of arbitration proceedings.

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Judge Skeptical Of Harm From Chinese Military Co. Label

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday appeared skeptical of a Chinese pharmaceutical company's claims that it has suffered irreparable damage from the U.S. Department of Defense's recommendation that it be designated a "Chinese military company."

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OpenAI Says AI Agent Hacked Startup Platform During Testing

By Allison Grande

OpenAI disclosed "an unprecedented cyber incident" that occurred when two of its artificial intelligence models broke out of their testing environment and accessed the servers of Hugging Face, a third-party AI and machine learning startup that operates an open-source platform for developers and others to share models and datasets.

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FCC Clears Way For Upper C-Band Auction To Sell 160 MHz

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to set up an auction to sell exclusive licenses in the upper C-band airwaves, getting the process moving at what FCC Chair Brendan Carr called an "unprecedented" speed following Congress' order last year to expedite the sale long awaited by wireless carriers.

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Reps. Hit With Robocalls As They Discuss How To Stop Them

By Nadia Dreid

Robocalls were the thing on everyone's mind Wednesday morning as a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee heard from witnesses about a half dozen bills that lawmakers hope will protect the nation's telecommunications networks.

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Huawei Loses Bid To Block Laptop Evidence In NY RICO Case

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A New York federal judge has refused to grant a motion to suppress four laptops and two recordings involving Huawei employees that the government obtained during its lengthy investigation of the Chinese telecommunications company.

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Maduro Gets 2027 Trial Date, Plans To Challenge Indictment

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday scheduled a 2027 trial date for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, after hearing that Maduro plans in the coming weeks to claim immunity as a sovereign leader from charges of narco-terrorism.

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States Seek Win Over Trump Admin In DEI Contracts Dispute

By Madeline Lyskawa

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia are urging a Maryland federal judge to vacate federal agencies' implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order requiring government contractors to agree that they won't engage in "racially discriminatory" diversity, equity and inclusion activities.

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Subcontractor Says Lockheed Ignored Claims In Dismissal Bid

By Zach Dupont

A Lockheed Martin subcontractor said the court can't dismiss the bulk of its claims accusing the defense contractor of failing to pay back costs incurred from another subcontractor's alleged failures because the company's motion to dismiss mischaracterizes the complaint's allegations, according to a response brief filed Tuesday.

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Lockheed Guard Wants Video In Gun Handling Dispute

By Corey Rothauser

A former Sikorsky Aircraft security officer has asked a Connecticut state court to order Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and parent company Lockheed Martin Corp. to turn over surveillance footage that he says is critical to determining whether he can bring legal claims over his termination after his union declined to take his grievance to arbitration.

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GAO Says Army Properly Rejected Expired Contract Proposal

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Army reasonably excluded a company's proposal from being considered for several multiple-award task order contracts because it had expired, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said, rejecting the company's claim that it emailed the Army to extend the proposal's validity. 

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Sullivan & Cromwell Adds National Security, Investment Atty

By Jack Rodgers

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has hired a new national security and foreign investments and trade regulations practice partner for its Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Tuesday.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Simpson Thacher Warned Co. About Deal Terms, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising vehicle alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. told a Florida jury Thursday that he flagged deal terms that later became detrimental to the insurance services company.

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ABA Rips DOJ's 'Absurd' Firm Subpoenas In Documents Fight

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association has blasted as "absurd" the government's move to subpoena law firms as an attempt to avoid a documents request from the organization amid allegations the Trump administration worked to intimidate law firms into conforming with his policy goals through executive orders last year.

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Judge's Deportation Probe 'Off The Rails,' DOJ Tells DC Circ.

By Britain Eakin

The Trump administration urged the full D.C. Circuit to either order U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to terminate his criminal contempt inquiry into the administration's Alien Enemies Act removals last year, or order him to forgo live testimony in the probe.

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Jack Smith's Lawyers Say Criminal Referral Twists Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

Former special counsel Jack Smith's legal team has said the criminal referral a U.S. Congress member sent the Department of Justice to investigate Smith is based on a "spurious claim."

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500-Member NYC Public Defender Union Ends Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The first and so far only New York City public defender union to go on strike this year announced on Wednesday that its approximately 500 members are returning to work after reaching a tentative agreement with their managers.

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Patent Atty Sues USPTO Over 'Flawed' Disciplinary Procedure

By Hailey Konnath

An Ohio patent lawyer Thursday accused the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of using an unlawful "pay for play" system for its disciplinary proceedings against attorneys, claiming the disciplinary proceedings are "inherently biased" and rigged against him and others facing discipline.

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Senate Confirms 2 Judges, Advances Ohio And Colo. Picks

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Thursday voted 48-47 to confirm Judge Daniel Traynor of the District of North Dakota to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and 49-44 to confirm Antonio M. Pozos, a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, as a judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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