A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge said a defense contractor can challenge the U.S. Air Force's refusal to award a Phase III contract for surveillance software, prompting the agency to reconsider its decision to not award the follow-on deal.
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Judge Allows Air Force Contractor To Pursue Follow-On Award

By Madeline Lyskawa

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge said a defense contractor can challenge the U.S. Air Force's refusal to award a Phase III contract for surveillance software, prompting the agency to reconsider its decision to not award the follow-on deal.

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TransDigm To Buy Aerospace Manufacturer In $1.1B Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Aircraft company TransDigm, advised by BakerHostetler, unveiled plans Monday to acquire manufacturing company Prince & Izant from Paul Hastings LLP-led Industrial Growth Partners in a roughly $1.1 billion cash deal.

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DOD Strikes Deals To Boost Missile Defense Production

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of Defense announced agreements with L3Harris and Lockheed Martin on Monday aimed at boosting production capacity for key components of two major missile defense systems, the PAC-3 missile segment enhancement interceptor and THAAD missile system.

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LITIGATION

FedEx Will Pay $900K To End Military Leave Bias Fight

By Grace Elletson

FedEx agreed to pay $900,000 to close a suit claiming the company didn't compensate its service member employees who took short-term military leave but provided pay for other short-term leave such as jury duty and bereavement time, according to a Georgia federal court filing.

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Oryx Says Constellis' Fee Bid Appears Hallucination-Based

By Tom Lotshaw

An Afghanistan camp operator asked a Virginia federal judge to throw out counterclaims brought by defense contractors it sued, asserting that one seeking costs and fees appears to be based on hallucinated language not found in cited agreements.

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Groups Say National Pipeline Permit Harms Rivers, Wetlands

By Tom Lotshaw

Environmental organizations asked a Washington federal judge Monday to overturn a nationwide permit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reissued for oil and gas pipelines, accusing the agency of allowing companies to fast-track stream crossings without the appropriate considerations or safeguards.

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DEALS & CONTRACTS

Antares Raises $470M For Military Nuclear Reactor Push

By Elaine Briseño

U.S. Department of Energy Reactor Pilot Program participant Antares announced Monday that it had raised $470 million in its Series C funding, which will allow the company to accelerate the commercialization of its nuclear power systems.

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Fried Frank, Kirkland Steer $466M Luxfer Go-Private Deal

By Al Barbarino

Wynnchurch Capital has agreed to buy aerospace materials maker Luxfer Holdings in a nearly $466 million deal, the companies announced Monday, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP advising Wynnchurch and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP advising Luxfer. 

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BANKRUPTCY

Alkegen Files Ch. 11 In Texas To Shed $3.1B In Debt

By Vince Sullivan

Alkegen and dozens of affiliates filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 case in Texas bankruptcy court, where the specialty materials maker intends to cut the bulk of its $3.3 billion of funded debt obligations.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

USDA, Treasury Moves May Widen Agricultural Deal Scrutiny

Two agency actions that identify weaknesses in the government’s foreign investment screening architecture signal a broadening of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ jurisdiction over agricultural real estate transactions, more demanding beneficial-ownership resolutions and the coming integration of agency disclosure systems, says researcher Robert Green.

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Series

Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing for hearings or drafting opinions, thereby affording judges more time to resolve contested issues.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Trader In BigLaw Deal-Tipping Scheme To Plead Guilty

By Chris Villani

A Florida resident is set to plead guilty to his alleged role in a sweeping scheme to trade on insider information about impending acquisitions that was stolen from major law firms, according to a court filing Tuesday.

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Simpson Thacher Stock Work Hurt 2 Companies, Jury Told

By Madison Arnold

The chief financial officer for an insurance company told a Florida jury Tuesday that a stock drop for Patriot National Inc. — which is suing Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for malpractice for allegedly putting together a shoddy securities offering — dramatically affected his own business as well.

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AT&T Whistleblower Told To Cut Facts From Ethics Case Filing

By Sue Reisinger

Former AT&T in-house counsel and whistleblower Theodore Marcus has been asked to delete part of his response to professional misconduct charges pending against him in Washington, D.C., because the filing allegedly contains privileged information.

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1st Circ. Asked To Save Mayer Brown $21M Fee Bid In RI Suit

By Linda Chiem

The American Trucking Associations told the First Circuit that its attorneys at Mayer Brown LLP reasonably justified their request for $21 million in fees and costs after securing "substantial" wins in long-running litigation over Rhode Island's truck tolling program, disputing a district court's determination that the trucking trade group wasn't actually a "prevailing party."

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Winston Taylor Seeks Sanction Against Ex-Client Hunter Biden

By Rae Ann Varona

Winston Taylor urged a D.C. state court on Monday to sanction its former client Hunter Biden in its legal bills collection suit, saying the former president's son destroyed Signal communications that would have proved he understood that he owes the law firm more than $50,000.

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Court Is In Session Whenever A Judge Says It Is, 6th Circ. Told

By Susan Smiley

Court is wherever and whenever a judge says it is, counsel for a Detroit judge told a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday, arguing that subjecting a student to a mock arrest and trial because she fell asleep during a field trip was within his jurisdiction.

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Senate Confirms Jay Clayton As National Intelligence Chief

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, two weeks after Clayton, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, refused to answer who he thought won the 2020 election during his confirmation hearing.

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Queens Defenders Head Gets 3.5 Years For Looting The Nonprofit

By Pete Brush

A Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former director of the Queens Defenders to more than 3.5 years in prison after the longtime attorney admitted to a course of embezzlement that destroyed the group dedicated to legal services for the poor.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Air Force One

Alvarez & Marsal Holdings LLC

American Trucking Associations Inc.

Brooklyn Defender Services

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Centerview Partners Holdings LP

Citrix Systems Inc.

Constellis Group Inc.

Cumberland Farms Inc.

Enstar Group Ltd.

FedEx Corp.

Ferguson Enterprises Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Lydall, Inc.

Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Patriot National Inc.

Point72 Ventures

Poshmark Inc.

Sierra Club

Southern Environmental Law Center

Syngenta AG

The District of Columbia Bar

TransDigm Group Inc.

Wynnchurch Capital LLC

YouTube Inc.

iRobot Corporation

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Adler Pollock

Baker & Hostetler

Burns Charest

Caplan Cobb

Clinton & Peed

Conrad & Scherer

Davis Polk

Fieger Law

Fried Frank

Goodwin Procter

Gray Reed

Jones Walker LLP

Kenneth S. Nugent PC

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Mayer Brown

Morrison & Foerster

O'Melveny & Myers

Paul Hastings

Perkins Law

Perkins Law Group PLLC

Riverside NW Law Group

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Spencer Fane

Stearns Weaver

The Barton Firm LLP

Whiteford Taylor

Williams & Connolly

Winston Taylor

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Farm Service Agency

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Fish and Wildlife Service

Idaho National Laboratory

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence