California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent executive order directing state agencies to implement guardrails for contracting with artificial intelligence companies marks a rift with the Trump administration's deregulatory approach that could proliferate across other states.
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Calif. AI Guardrails Split From Feds, Other States May Follow

By Madeline Lyskawa

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent executive order directing state agencies to implement guardrails for contracting with artificial intelligence companies marks a rift with the Trump administration's deregulatory approach that could proliferate across other states.

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'Mark Of Autocracy': Court Says Pentagon Defied Press Order

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Defense has not complied with a court order barring the Pentagon from taking press passes away from journalists who report on matters not authorized by the government, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the department's revised rules "achieve that same unconstitutional result."

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FCC Plans To End '90s Framework For Satellite Power Limits

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission released details late Thursday of its plan to replace a 1990s-era framework for satellite power limits, saying the rules will be replaced with a system requiring space companies to coordinate to avoid signal disruption.

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Fed. Circ. Affirms Army Refund Over $73M Hangar Contract

By Ganesh Setty

A contractor must refund the U.S. Army roughly $494,000 under a nearly $73 million hangar contract after the Army deleted certain requirements, the Federal Circuit ruled Thursday, rejecting the contractor's position that performing the contract was already impossible.

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ENFORCEMENT

Rivera's Ex-Partner Kept Cut Of $50M Venezuela Contract

By Carolina Bolado

Real estate developer and convicted drug trafficker Hugo Perera told jurors Thursday he regretted "1,000%" getting involved with former U.S. Rep. David Rivera in a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company but admitted he kept his $5 million cut of the deal.

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Fuel Executive Gets 5 Years For $4.5M Navy Fraud Scheme

By Elaine Briseño

A Florida federal judge sentenced a former fuel executive to five years in prison after a jury found him guilty of defrauding the U.S. Department of Defense of more than $4.5 million.

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LITIGATION

Australian Court Affirms India's Immunity In $112M Award Suit

By Caroline Simson

Australia's highest court has upheld that India has sovereign immunity in an enforcement case involving a $112 million arbitral award issued in a dispute over a terminated deal to deliver communications services in the country.

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DEALS & CONTRACTS

6 Firms Steer Terra Quantum's Plans For $3.25B SPAC Merger

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Swiss quantum technology company Terra Quantum AG on Thursday unveiled plans to go public by merging with American special purpose acquisition company Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. II in a deal that values it at $3.25 billion and was built by six law firms.

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Deals Rumor Mill

SpaceX Plans Record Retail Slice In IPO, And Other Rumors

By Al Barbarino

As SpaceX prepares what could be the largest initial public offering ever, executives reportedly told the company's bankers that it plans to allocate a record portion of shares to retail investors, drawing comparisons to the so-called meme stock frenzy of 2021. 

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

'Made In America' Rules Raise Stakes For Gov't Contractors

The convergence of widely varying "buy American" requirements, increased enforcement efforts and continuing regulatory attempts to limit foreign sourcing suggests that government contractors should carefully review their supply chain and country-of-origin compliance to remain competitive, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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Series

Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Skiing has shaped habits I rely on daily as an attorney — focus, resilience and the ability to remain steady when circumstances shift rapidly — and influences the way I approach legal strategy, client counseling and teamwork, says Isaku Begert at Marshall Gerstein.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Law360 Pulse Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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Lewis Brisbois Accused Of Ignoring Racism, Unethical Billing

By Aebra Coe

A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and alleging unethical billing practices and even embezzlement.

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Trump Picks Ohio Ex-Solicitor General For 6th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he is tapping Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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DOJ Calls Immigrant Legal Aid Wasteful In Budget Push

By Courtney Bublé

Tucked into the Trump administration's budget request for fiscal 2027, the U.S. Department of Justice is trying once again to take an ax to a program that provides legal assistance to noncitizens.

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Fed. Circ. Chief Feels 'Bright-Line Rule Coming' For IP Marking

By Dani Kass

As a Federal Circuit panel reprimanded embattled attorney William Ramey on Thursday for the "disrespect" shown in his failed 3D glasses patent litigation against Volkswagen, the Federal Circuit's chief judge suggested precedent may be needed to define the role of marking in admissionless settlements.

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Trade Secrets Suit Is A 'Far-Flung Conspiracy,' Law Firm Says

By Adam Lidgett

A Georgia law firm wants a Nevada federal court to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets from litigation lead generator Archetype Capital Partners, calling the whole case "a far-flung conspiracy."

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MMA Law Accuses Lawyer, Insurance Co. Of RICO Scheme

By Emily Sawicki

Embattled Texas firm MMA Law has filed nearly a score of complaints amid an ongoing bankruptcy action, including accusing a Louisiana attorney, his wife and an insurer of working together to "target, dismantle and destroy" the firm in an effort to avoid sharing a cut of legal fees stemming from storm damage claims.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights

Anthropic PBC

Apollo Global Management LLC

Bank of America Corp.

Citigroup Inc.

Cosette Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Elite

Financial Times Group Ltd.

Google LLC

Hellman & Friedman LLC

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

KKR & Co. Inc.

Learning Resources Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Netflix Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Qatar Investment Authority

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

State Bar of Texas

The New York Times Co.

Volkswagen AG

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Albright Stoddard

Alexander Morrison & Fehr

Arnold & Porter

Banco Chambers

Blank Rome

Fabian VanCott

Finnegan

Gibson Dunn

Jones Day

Jones Walker LLP

Kellerhals Carrard

Lenz & Staehelin

Lewis Brisbois

Lowenstein Sandler

Markus Moss PLLC

Marshall Gerstein

McDonald Carano

Norton Rose

Pillsbury Winthrop

Ramey LLP

Sbaiti & Company

Seyfarth Shaw

Sidley Austin

The Monson Law Firm

UB Greensfelder

Walker and Patterson

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

Withersworldwide

Womble Bond

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Technology

City and County of San Francisco, California

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

International Chamber of Commerce

Louisiana Department of Insurance

Ohio Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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

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

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Navy

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Nevada

World Trade Organization