An Oregon federal judge on Thursday halted the U.S. Department of Defense's freeze of wind projects, finding renewable energy groups and environmental nonprofits are likely to succeed in showing the agency violated deadlines for reviewing the projects' impact on military readiness.
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Ore. Judge Says DOD Wind Project Blockage Was Unlawful

By Madeline Lyskawa

An Oregon federal judge on Thursday halted the U.S. Department of Defense's freeze of wind projects, finding renewable energy groups and environmental nonprofits are likely to succeed in showing the agency violated deadlines for reviewing the projects' impact on military readiness.

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Judge Backs Arbitration In Veterans' Suit Against Bank

By Ganesh Setty

A North Carolina federal judge upheld a magistrate judge's finding that two Synchrony Bank customers must arbitrate their proposed class action challenging Synchrony's allegedly misleading 0% interest rate for military service members, though he partially disagreed with the magistrate judge's rationale.

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Citibank Can Arbitrate Most Of Veteran Fee Suit, Judge Says

By Sydney Price

A North Carolina federal judge partly adopted a magistrate judge's decision to pause a military consumer lawsuit accusing Citibank NA of misleading service members about interest and fees after the Fourth Circuit determined that the arbitration agreements were enforceable.

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Spirit Aero Fights Damages Ask In Boeing 737 Blowout Suit

By Rachel Riley

Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems on Wednesday said punitive damages aren't available to a mother and son suing it in federal court over a midair door plug blowout on a 737 Max jet flying out of Oregon because they have not alleged any misconduct by the supplier in the state.

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POLICY & REGULATION

GAO Pans DOGE's Savings Claims, Ethics Practices

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said on Thursday that the Department of Government Efficiency's claim to have saved $110 billion from terminated contracts, grants and leases is based on incorrect and opaque cost estimates.

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FCC Floats Plan To Clear 200 MHz For Direct-To-Device Use

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission proposed Thursday to open up more than 200 megahertz of the airwaves used by unlicensed devices for direct-to-device service from low Earth orbit satellites.

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China Announces Trade Countermeasures After US Actions

By Dylan Moroses

China's government will strengthen export controls on drones and their components as well as suspend coordinated inspections with U.S. officials and start new investigations into American businesses as countermeasures in response to recent U.S. actions implicating Chinese companies.

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ENFORCEMENT

UK Sanctions Russian Banks, Metals Firms, Oil Tankers

By Eddie Beaver

The U.K. government issued fresh sanctions against Russia on Thursday, targeting 19 entities including banks, shadow fleet tankers and companies that import rare metals used for producing military equipment.

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LITIGATION

Va. Judge Sinks General Dynamics' Fee Bid For No-Poach Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

A Virginia federal judge denied General Dynamics Corp.'s attempt to recoup millions in costs and attorney fees from engineers who dropped claims against the company from a larger suit accusing U.S. shipbuilders of conspiring to suppress wages through no-poach agreements.

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Sikorsky Accuses Tech Supplier Of Deception In $24.7M Job

By Brian Steele

Lockheed Martin unit Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. told a federal court that a subcontractor tricked the Connecticut company into believing it could complete a deal for two software and hardware components critical to a multibillion-dollar military helicopter program, defeating the claims in a suit alleging a $14 million underpayment.

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DEALS & CONTRACTS

3 Firms Guide Reusable Spacecraft Maker's $380M SPAC Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Orbital spacecraft maker Blackstar Orbital Technologies Corp. on Thursday unveiled plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company Pono Capital Four Inc. in a deal that values it at $380 million and was built by three law firms.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

A New Era Of Scrutiny For China-Linked Pharma Deals

As Congress considers bipartisan legislation that would heighten regulatory scrutiny for life sciences deals involving Chinese biotech entities, companies should reassess the risks and due diligence requirements that will come with using heavily China-dependent pipelines, says Jen Maki at Ankura.

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9th Circ. Rule Block Unlikely To Deter FinCEN Cartel Focus

The Ninth Circuit recently blocked the Financial Crimes Enforcement Unit's border cash reporting rule, interpreting it as an impermissible use of an emergency anti-money laundering tool, but regulators are more likely to see the opinion as a road map for building a more defensible rule, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

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Series

Being A Sommelier Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Being a sommelier has quietly shaped how I practice law by changing the way I think, communicate and connect with people, and offers a constant reminder that expertise is about making your knowledge useful and accessible to others, says Kara Du at Sheppard.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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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No Simpson Thacher Malpractice In PIPE Case, Jury Finds

By Madison Arnold

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP escaped a malpractice lawsuit late Thursday over its representation of Patriot National Inc. in a private investment in public equity transaction in the years before the company's downfall.

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Dems Slam Skadden's 'Nothing To See Here' Trump Deal Reply

By Hailey Konnath

Three Democratic lawmakers on Thursday criticized Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's response to their request that the firm disclose details of its pro bono arrangement with the Trump administration, saying the firm's "three sentence letter essentially saying 'nothing to see here'" is "not going to cut it."

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New ABA Chief Seeks To 'Streamline' Org., Defend Democracy

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association's new president, Barbara J. Howard, will focus on twin goals of defending democracy against expected unprecedented attacks associated with this year's midterm elections, while also reorganizing the association to run more efficiently, as she kicks off her one-year term this month.

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Richards Layton Under Fire Amid Bid To Avoid AI Sanctions

By Rose Krebs

A firm has asked a Delaware vice chancellor to allow it to submit more "factual information" regarding what it says are inconsistencies in Richards Layton & Finger PA's attempt to avoid sanctions for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence.

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Analysis

The Dramatic Moments Set To Shape Tom Goldstein's Appeal

By Jeff Overley and Jared Foretek

Prurient revelations, brash recriminations and purportedly glaring judicial errors in Tom Goldstein's criminal case have captivated the appellate bar for nearly 19 months, and many of those moments will be center stage in the star attorney's imminent appeal.

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2nd Circ. Says Pillsbury Must Surrender $3.6M Retainer

By Jessica Corso

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP was ordered on Thursday to hand over a $3.6 million retainer it was paid to defend a client against criminal and civil fraud charges, with the Second Circuit upholding a ruling that the funds were part of an asset freeze order issued in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission case.

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Ex-GC Hijacked Accounts And Posted Klan Imagery, Suit Says

By Ben Adlin

A Washington state court granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday in a school fundraising company's lawsuit accusing its former general counsel of taking control of its social media accounts and allegedly replacing its LinkedIn photo with a manipulated image of its president in a Ku Klux Klan robe.

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Ex-Girardi Atty Gets Probation For Keeping Silent On Theft

By Lauraann Wood

A former Girardi Keese attorney was sentenced to one day time-served and two years of probation Thursday for staying quiet and failing to report disgraced plaintiff's attorney Tom Girardi's theft of millions of settlement dollars owed to Lion Air Flight 620 plane crash victims.

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Wash. Justices Offer Bar Waiver After July Exam Tech Failure

By Rachel Riley

The Washington State Supreme Court said Thursday it's offering to waive the bar exam requirement for first-time applicants who were unable to take the test last week due to an abrupt cancellation driven by technical issues at the Yakima Convention Center where it was scheduled to be administered.   

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Justices' FTC Ruling Weakens Qui Tam's Constitutional Base

The U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Trump v. Slaughter, expanding presidential control over those exercising executive power, suggests that courts may be receptive to arguments challenging the constitutional foundations of the False Claims Act’s qui tam mechanism, says Daniel Passeser at Wiggin.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AbbVie Inc.

American Bar Association

Amgen Inc.

Ankura Consulting Group LLC

AstraZeneca PLC

Bollinger Shipyards Inc.

CACI International Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Environmental Defense Fund Inc.

Executive Health Resources Inc.

General Dynamics Corp.

Google LLC

Hard Yaka Inc.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

Innovent Biologics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd

Intel Corp.

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.

LinkedIn Corp.

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Patriot National Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board

RWE AG

Serco Group PLC

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.

Synchrony Financial

The Boeing Co.

Universal Service Administrative Co.

Vimeo Inc.

Washington State Bar Association

Yelp Inc.

YouTube Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alexander Ricks

Anderson Kill

Ashurst Perkins

BCL Solicitors

Berger Montague

Bradley Arant

Burns Charest

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Cohen Milstein

Conrad & Scherer

Crowell & Moring

Day Pitney

Fox Rothschild

Freshfields

Girardi & Keese

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

HSF Kramer

Hagens Berman

Handley Farah

Hughes Hubbard

Jenner & Block

Latham & Watkins

Lockridge Grindal

Loeb & Loeb

Mayer Brown

Morgan Lewis

Morrison Cohen

Paul Hastings

Pillsbury Winthrop

Richards Layton

Seila Law

Sheppard Mullin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skadden Arps

Smith & Lowney

Stearns Weaver

Stokes Lawrence

Susman Godfrey

Troutman

Werksman Jackson

Wiggin & Dana

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wilson Elser

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

National Transportation Safety Board

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Transportation Security Administration

U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

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

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

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

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

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

US Government