Aircraft parts maker TransDigm has abandoned its $960 million plan to buy private equity-owned Stellant Systems after the U.S. Department of Justice told the companies it planned to take the matter to court if they decided to go through with it.
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TransDigm Won't Go Head To Head With DOJ On Stellant Deal

By Nadia Dreid

Aircraft parts maker TransDigm has abandoned its $960 million plan to buy private equity-owned Stellant Systems after the U.S. Department of Justice told the companies it planned to take the matter to court if they decided to go through with it.

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Bombardier Sued Over Flight That Killed Ex-White House Atty

By Carolyn Muyskens

Bombardier Inc. and a private chartered flight company were sued in Massachusetts state court Monday by the widower of a prominent Washington, D.C., lawyer who was fatally injured aboard a business jet when it shook violently midair.

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NY Times Says Gov't Can't Justify Concealing Boat Strike Videos

By Holly DeMuth

The New York Times told a New York federal judge that the U.S. Department of Defense's "vague and implausible" justification for withholding footage from several military strikes on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean is countered by its decision to release clips from the footage on social media.

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POLICY & REGULATION

CBP Sends Another $15B In Tariff Refunds To Treasury

By Dylan Moroses

Customs and Border Protection finalized over $15 billion more worth of tariff refunds in just under two weeks, according to a Monday declaration filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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ENFORCEMENT

UK, EU Impose Joint Sanctions On Russian Cybernetworks

By Christopher Crosby

Britain and the European Union imposed a new round of sanctions Monday on top Russian military intelligence officials and proxies the authorities said are behind attempts to sow chaos and division in Europe through cyberattacks and anti-Ukraine propaganda.

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Jury Finds Mass. Engineer Guilty Of Sharing Tech With Iran

By Carolyn Muyskens

A semiconductor company employee was convicted on Monday of sharing navigation technology with potential military applications with an Iranian business associate in violation of U.S. sanctions.

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Judge Newman Won't Reopen High Court Suspension Battle

By Theresa Schliep

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman did not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider her bid to save a suit against her fellow judges for suspending her from the bench over her refusal to undergo medical tests.

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LITIGATION

SpaceX Looks To Trim Damages From Suit Over Rocket Noise

By Spencer Brewer

SpaceX asked a Texas federal judge to trim a group of homeowners' claims alleging the company's rocket activity at its Starbase facility repeatedly damaged their homes with noise, vibrations and sonic booms, saying Texas law doesn't allow for noneconomic damages in this case.

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WebAI Says Ex-Engineers Recast Firing As Fraud Claims

By Abigail Harrison

WebAI Inc. has told a North Carolina federal court that a complaint by former engineers alleging an executive's conduct jeopardized huge deals is merely an attempt by disgruntled employees to conjure a multicount lawsuit from a lawful employment separation.

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GAO

Mass. Judge Hints At Fee Award In DOD Grant Cap Case

By Julie Manganis

The U.S. Department of Defense was "not substantially justified" in moving forward with a unilaterally imposed reimbursement limit for grant-funded research support costs, a Massachusetts federal judge said Monday while weighing whether to award legal fees to a group that successfully challenged the cap.

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DEALS & CONTRACTS

Strategics Dominated N. America Dealmaking In 1st Half Of '26

By Al Barbarino

Corporate buyers seized a record share of North American dealmaking in the first half of 2026, powering a surge in M&A volumes while private equity activity pulled back amid higher financing costs and valuation gaps, according to a Mergermarket report. 

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PEOPLE

Steptoe Adds Crowell & Moring Defense Pro As Cyber Lead

By Tracey Read

Steptoe LLP announced Monday that it has hired a former government contracts and cybersecurity partner from Crowell & Moring LLP who has held senior procurement roles at the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to lead the firm's cybersecurity practice.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Brief

Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

Analog Devices Inc.

Association of American Universities Inc.

Bombardier Inc.

Brennan Center for Justice

Brooklyn Defender Services

Burke Inc.

Center for Family Representation Inc.

CoStar Group Inc.

Dominion Energy Inc.

Financial Times Group Ltd.

Honeywell International Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

NextEra Energy Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Qantas Airways

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

State Bar of California

The Bronx Defenders

The New York Times Co.

TransDigm Group Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Atlas Hall

BCL Solicitors

Barnes Richardson

Clement & Murphy

Cravath Swaine

Crowell & Moring

Edwards Beightol

Esbrook PC

Fick & Marx

Gibson Dunn

Guerra LLP

Hogan Lovells

Hueston Hennigan

Jenner & Block

Kreindler & Kreindler

Latham & Watkins

Littler Mendelson

Paul LLP

Potomac Law Group

Quinn Emanuel

Steptoe LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell

WilmerHale

Zuckerman Spaeder

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

European Union

Internal Revenue Service

Millennium Challenge Corp.

National Transportation Safety Board

U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office

U.S. Air Force

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

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second 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 the Treasury

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

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget