Three Democratic lawmakers wrote to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing concern over the Pentagon's growing reliance on private equity-backed defense contractors, which they said could pose risks to taxpayers and national security.
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Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over PE-Backed DOD Contractors

By Madeline Lyskawa

Three Democratic lawmakers wrote to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing concern over the Pentagon's growing reliance on private equity-backed defense contractors, which they said could pose risks to taxpayers and national security.

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Aerospace Co. Must Pay $2M In Network System Contract Trial

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal judge has entered a final judgment ordering aerospace manufacturer Cabin Management Solutions Inc. to pay nearly $2 million to an audio-video network transmission company that accused it of reneging on a negotiated fee for the use of a signal transmission system.

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Senate Democrats Seek CBO Tally Of Iran War Costs

By Tom Lotshaw

A coalition of Democratic senators asked the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to weigh in on the cost of the Trump administration's war in Iran, expressing concern that it has not been transparent in its public accounting.

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LITIGATION

Army Contractor Seeks $1.8M For Unknown Well Conditions

By Elaine Briseño

An environmental services contractor has filed a U.S. Court of Federal Claims lawsuit seeking $1.82 million from the U.S. Army for additional work required after crews encountered unexpected site conditions while shuttering two artesian wells in New Mexico.

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3M, DuPont Lose PFAS Forum-Shopping Sanctions Bid

By Hailey Konnath

A Montana federal judge Thursday declined to sanction Connecticut municipalities for moving firefighter turnout gear PFAS claims to his jurisdiction after roughly two years of litigation on the East Coast, ruling that consolidation of the claims "regardless of district" is "beneficial to all parties."

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Shield AI Worker Alleges Data Fraud, 'Sexual Violence' By Exec

By Spencer Brewer

An employee hit Shield AI Inc. with a suit in Texas federal court Thursday, alleging the defense technology company engaged in data fraud, allowed a company executive to perpetuate "egregious acts of sexual violence," and retaliated against him after he spoke up.

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PEOPLE

Commerce Department Senior Counsel Joins MoFo In DC

By Jack Rodgers

A senior counsel in a U.S. Commerce Department office focused on providing legal support to the Bureau of Industry and Security has moved to Morrison Foerster LLP's national security group in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Wednesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Studying Foreign Languages Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Studying Italian and Japanese has shown me that learning a new language can benefit a legal career in several ways, including by demonstrating the importance of approaching problems from a fresh perspective and the value of practicing patience with colleagues and clients, says Anna King at Genworth Financial.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Florida High Court Adopts AI Policy For Lawyers

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday amended the state's rules to require those filing court documents to check any artificial intelligence-generated content for accuracy, and allow for sanctions if the content contains errors.

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Goldstein Says Bad Jury Instructions Warrant New Trial

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein said that the prosecutors who convicted him on 12 tax and mortgage fraud charges in February are now contradicting arguments they made at the end of his trial in their attempt to deny him a bench acquittal or new trial.

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King & Spalding Blocked From Exiting $300M Fraud Lawsuit

By Brian Steele

King & Spalding LLP and Lennon Murphy & Phillips LLC can't withdraw from representing clients in consolidated litigation over an alleged $300 million stock swindle, a Connecticut state court judge has ruled, saying the firms' motions ahead of a June trial lack good cause.

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Fla. Court Refers Atty To Bar Over Bogus Case Citations

By Madison Arnold

A Florida state appeals court has referred an appellant's attorney to the state's bar for disciplinary proceedings after filing a petition that appears to be generated by artificial intelligence and "raises frivolous arguments, misstates the law, and cites non-existent case law."

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Parents Demand 'Bad Faith' Sanctions In Camp Mystic Case

By Lynn LaRowe

Camp Mystic in Texas' Hill Country should be sanctioned over "bad faith" conduct in litigation over flooding deaths last summer, including purported misrepresentations to courts and regulators and an alleged remark by one of its attorneys to a plaintiffs' lawyer that he would "burn in hell," a state court has been told.

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Trump Considers Tech Entrepreneur For DOJ Grants Post

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump appears poised to nominate a real estate attorney turned tech entrepreneur for a top U.S. Department of Justice post that oversees grants and criminal justice programs.

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Dem Sens. Ask DOJ To Preserve Trump-IRS Settlement Docs

By Jack McLoone

Two Democratic Senate leaders asked the U.S. Department of Justice to preserve any records related to the settlement of President Donald Trump's suit against the IRS in a letter published Thursday, signaling that further investigations may be coming.

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Roundup

Injury Law Roundup: Freight Brokers, Uber Lose Key Cases

By Y. Peter Kang

The U.S. Supreme Court's green light of negligent hiring claims against freight brokers in highway crash cases and an adverse verdict against Uber in the sexual assault multidistrict litigation lead Law360's Injury Law Roundup.

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Ex-Fla. Chief Justice Fred Lewis Dies At 78

By Carolina Bolado

Former Florida Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis, who spent two decades on the bench of the Florida Supreme Court, has died at 78, the court announced Thursday.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Gupta Wessler's Deepak Gupta

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

In the decade and a half since starting his own firm, Deepak Gupta has argued seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, has won matters in state high courts from coast to coast, and has become a mainstay in federal appellate courts while building his plaintiff-side litigation boutique into a sought-after juggernaut.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

Air Methods Corp.

Alliance for Cooperative Energy Services

Audi AG

Banyan

Boston University

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CATIC Financial Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Corteva Inc.

Council on Criminal Justice

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Genworth Financial Inc.

Gerald Holdings LLC

Google LLC

Harvard University

LinkedIn Corp.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Merck & Co. Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Monsanto Co.

NVIDIA Corp.

Quince

Shield AI Inc.

Snap Inc.

Stavvy Inc.

The Chemours Co.

The Florida Bar

TikTok Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

University of Miami

Volkswagen AG

YouTube Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Fried Goldberg

Allegaert Berger

Arnold & Itkin

Bliven Law Firm

Browning Kaleczyc

Carlton Fields

Castagna Scott

Cohen Milstein

Cokinos Young

Cooley LLP

Freiwald Law

Garlington Lohn

Gibson Dunn

Gilmartin Magence

Grant & Eisenhofer

Gupta Wessler

Hagens Berman

Heenan & Cook

Holland & Hart

King & Spalding

Leavitt & Eldredge

Lennon Murphy

Lewis Brisbois

Ligris & Associates

McCarter & English

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Nix Patterson

Orrick Herrington

Ross LLP

Shook Hardy

Silver Golub

Townsend Law Firm

Watts Law Firm

Wiggin & Dana

Wright Close Barger & Guzman

Yetter Coleman

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Industry and Security

Congressional Budget Office

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Executive Office of the President

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Florida Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

Office of Justice Programs

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Supreme Court of Nevada

Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Texas Tenth Court of Appeals

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

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

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

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Montana