Chinese device-maker Hikvision hoped to convince the D.C. Circuit Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the authority to strip a company's existing authorizations for national security reasons, but the judges did not seem persuaded.
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DC Circ. Wary Of Hikvision Appeal Over FCC Device Denials

By Nadia Dreid

Chinese device-maker Hikvision hoped to convince the D.C. Circuit Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the authority to strip a company's existing authorizations for national security reasons, but the judges did not seem persuaded.

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Judge Newman Gets Suspension Fight Moved To 11th Circ.

By Dani Kass

Chief Justice John Roberts has transferred the Federal Circuit's investigation of suspended U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman to the Eleventh Circuit, the latter court said Tuesday.

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Ex-FBI Analyst Says Bove Ordered Illegal Protester Probe

By Courtney Bublé

A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters.

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Afghan UN Rep Tells Justices To Not Review Central Bank Suit

By Madeline Lyskawa

Afghanistan's representative at the United Nations has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject requests by terrorist attack victims to review their cases seeking to secure funds held by Afghanistan's central bank, saying they cannot be compensated by the Afghan people. 

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Justices Won't Hear Ex-Theranos Exec's Conviction Challenge

By Emily Field

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, former executive of the blood-testing startup Theranos, of his criminal fraud conviction and nearly 13-year prison sentence,

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ENFORCEMENT

Texas Senior Care Facility Ends DOJ Military Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A Texas memory care facility agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging it fired an employee after trying to demote her for taking military leave, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

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Hess, Gunpowder Co. Resolve NJ Pollution Suits For $24M

By Carla Baranauckas

Hess and a former munitions manufacturer will collectively pay $24 million to resolve the state of New Jersey's natural resource damages claims over alleged contamination from operations spanning five industrial sites, state officials announced this week.

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LITIGATION

Brief

DOD Seeks 1st Circ. Relief Over Fee Award In Grant Cap Case

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Department of Defense is appealing a Massachusetts federal court's decision awarding attorney fees to an academic organization that helped successfully argue that the department's cap on reimbursing indirect costs from universities' grant-funded research was unlawful.

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GAO

GAO Nixes Protests Over $50B Army 'Marketplace' Solicitation

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied numerous protests over the U.S. Army's multi-award, $50 billion solicitation seeking a "marketplace" for professional services acquisition, upholding its mixed use of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the Trump administration's "Revolutionary FAR Overhaul."

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

FCC Covered List Is Pushing Limits Of Supply Chain Scrutiny

Companies outside the traditional telecommunications sector may now need to factor the Federal Communications Commission's equipment authorization requirements into supply chain compliance as the FCC covered list continues to expand as a national security tool, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

3rd Circ. Judge Faces Ethics Complaint For Managing PR Firm

By Adrian Cruz

A pair of U.S. senators from Delaware have filed an ethics complaint with the Third Circuit raising concerns over U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott's purported operation of a public affairs agency, months after she was officially confirmed to the appellate court.

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Cornell Hires Ex-Deputy AG Yates To Lead Internal Review

By Christine DeRosa

Following widespread public outrage over how a former student's rape allegations were handled, Cornell University has hired former deputy U.S. attorney general and King & Spalding LLP partner Sally Yates to lead an internal review of its policies and procedures.

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Texas Justices Leery Of Banning AI Deposition Transcripts

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Supreme Court justices seemed hesitant to bar attorneys outright from using artificial intelligence voice transcription software during depositions, pointing out Tuesday that multiple safeguards exist to ensure accuracy.

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DOJ Says 12-Juror Rule Would Cause Unwarranted 'Upheaval'

By Brandon Lowrey

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to uphold precedent allowing states to use juries of fewer than 12 people in serious criminal cases, saying overruling it could unsettle thousands of convictions and force many states to change their criminal procedure laws.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Panter On Mediating Vs. Judging

By Cara Bayles and Kelley Marcano

When attorneys come before retired Judge Michael Panter, a former circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois, they sometimes forget that he is not there to decide their cases, but to resolve them.

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UVA Law Prof Takes On Role Of USPTO General Counsel

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said University of Virginia School of Law professor John F. Duffy has joined the agency as its general counsel and acting solicitor.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ADR Systems

American Council on Education

Apple Inc.

Association of American Universities Inc.

Canon Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Cornell University

Dahua Technology Co. Ltd.

George Washington University

Government Accountability Project

Harvard University

IDIQ

Kearney & Co.

LinkedIn Corp.

National Women's Soccer League LLC

New Civil Liberties Alliance

New York University

Spotify Technology SA

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

TikTok Inc.

United States Soccer Federation Inc.

University of Virginia

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Archer & Greiner

Arnold & Porter

Bays Firm

Beasley Firm

Boies Schiller

Butler Snow LLP

Clement & Murphy

Corr Cronin

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Crowell & Moring

Dunlap Bennett

Ellis George

FBT Gibbons

Goldfarb PLLC

HWG LLP

Jenner & Block

King & Spalding

Kreindler & Kreindler

Miles & Stockbridge

Morgan Lewis

Sidley Austin

Speiser Krause

Thomas Williams McConnell

Wiggins Childs

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Florida Supreme Court

Iowa Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

New York Attorney General's Office

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

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 Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations