The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a Thursday report that the U.S. Army has earmarked $3.3 billion this fiscal year for modernizing battlefield communication networks, but lacks enough information to determine if the program is sustainable.
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GAO Says Army Lacks Information To Plan Network Overhaul

By Elaine Briseño

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a Thursday report that the U.S. Army has earmarked $3.3 billion this fiscal year for modernizing battlefield communication networks, but lacks enough information to determine if the program is sustainable.

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HEICO Exec Arrested, Accused Of $1.8M Insider Trading Ploy

By Stewart Bishop

A senior HEICO Corp. executive was arrested Thursday and charged with securities fraud for what Manhattan federal prosecutors say were multiple instances of insider trading in the stock of the publicly traded aerospace and technology company.

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Defense Firm Says Air Force Can't Claw Back $135M Contract

By Elaine Briseño

A defense contractor said the U.S. Air Force cannot revoke acceptance of allegedly defective missile transport vehicles the company manufactured and demand repayment of the entire $135 million value of the contract after using flawed testing methods and keeping the vehicles.

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SBA Proposes Broad Changes To Small-Biz Size Standards

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Small Business Administration has moved to overhaul how the agency defines small businesses by proposing new standards that would simplify industry classifications and dramatically increase size thresholds, which would lead to about 114,000 more businesses being classified as small.

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LITIGATION

MoD Loses Battle To Keep Army Truck Repair Book Secret

By Robbie Kalus

The Ministry of Defence has lost a legal battle to keep secret a series of historical military vehicle maintenance manuals, after a tribunal ruled that officials failed to prove that publication would harm commercial interests and confidential relationships.

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Brief

Aerospace Co. Ends 'Copycat' Trade Secrets Suit

By Benjamin Morse

A Colorado state judge has dismissed a suit by an aerospace and defense manufacturer accusing its former business consultants of using confidential information to create a "copycat" rival.

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PEOPLE

McGuireWoods Hires Womble Bond Commercial Attys In DC

By Jack Rodgers

McGuireWoods LLP has hired two attorneys from Womble Bond Dickinson who focus their practice on postacquisition disputes, construction litigation and government contract matters, the firm announced Thursday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Monitor Exposure, Stay Flexible Amid Tariff Uncertainty

To navigate an unstable trade environment, businesses must evaluate their exposure to new tariffs invoked under a patchwork of statutory authorities and be prepared to adapt to further changes that may be on the horizon, says Bhargav Prajapati at Capital Trade.

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Series

Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer

Playing shows in storied New York City venues and rehearsing with my bandmates in poorly ventilated rooms helped develop the professional qualities I rely on as a litigator, including an ability to collaborate with strong-minded equals and the determination to treat each client with singular focus, says Eliad Shapiro at Herrick Feinstein.

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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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Analysis

The Race Is On To Confirm Trump's Judges By Year-End

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump nominated 11 judges this past week, meaning 19 nominees are now in the pipeline. But how many can the Senate confirm before the end of the year, given that it will mostly be absent and consumed by the midterm election? 

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Trump Admin Moves Toward Nixing ABA's Accreditor Status

By Emma Cueto

The Department of Education has made a preliminary finding that the American Bar Association is not in compliance with the department's regulations and standards as an accreditor of law schools, a move that comes as the ABA seeks to modify or repeal standards related to diversity, equity and inclusion in an attempt to preserve its accreditor status.

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Law Schools Flooded With Applicants For 3rd Straight Year

By Tracey Read

This year's U.S. law school applicant pool is up nearly 8% over 2025, with significant growth in Asian and Black prospective attorneys, according to new data from the Law School Admission Council.

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Divided 2nd Circ. Backs DQ Of Acting NDNY US Attorney

By Stewart Bishop

The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court's decision that found the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, John Sarcone III, was unlawfully serving in his position when he obtained grand jury subpoenas of the New York attorney general's office.

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Fla. Attorney Fined, Referred To Bar For Unapologetic AI Use

By Madison Arnold

A Florida attorney is the latest to be sanctioned for his use of artificial intelligence, after a Florida state appeals court found Friday that his filings contained at least 46 hallucinations.

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Wiley Data Breach Class Action Dropped As 2 Sides Confer

By Emily Sawicki

A Florida resident pursuing negligence and unjust-enrichment claims against Wiley Rein LLP over a data breach voluntarily dismissed his proposed class action on Friday while leaving the door open to refile, one day after the firm told the D.C. federal court that the two sides were "conferring" on next steps.

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Gov't To Take 9th Circ.'s Bar Of Nev. US Atty To High Court

By Madison Arnold

The U.S. government asked the Ninth Circuit to stay its ruling disqualifying Nevada's top prosecutor from assuming that role without Senate confirmation, saying it plans to take the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Trump Says Pardon Atty Ed Martin Leaving For Midterms

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. pardon attorney Ed Martin will be leaving the administration to work on the midterm elections, President Donald Trump announced on Friday.

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Judge's Job Bid Sinks Conn. Atty's Homicide Conviction

By Brian Steele

Former Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr. is entitled to a new manslaughter trial because the presiding judge at his original trial "created an appearance of a lack of impartiality" when he did not disclose to the parties that he had applied for an oversight job with the state prosecutor's office, an appeals court ruled Friday.

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Diminished Capacity, Sentencing Rules

By Orlando Lorenzo

The Michigan Supreme Court has overturned 25 years of state precedent by reviving the diminished capacity defense, and the justices in Pennsylvania said the Legislature is out of time to craft new sentencing guidelines for second-degree murder. Here, Law360 highlights access to justice stories arising from litigation, verdicts and judgments you may have missed.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen former Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten sue a fur auction house, private equity and pensions magnate Edmund Truell hit by a commercial fraud claim and Charles Russell Speechlys file a contract claim against two of its previous clients in the Middle East.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

A California federal judge told Meta that its in-house attorney was absolutely wrong about what constitutes attorney-client privilege and should take an ethics course. And a bipartisan group of 128 ex-judges have asked the Florida Bar to investigate Homeland Security's general counsel for his attacks on sitting judges. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Eversheds Sutherland, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after Maryland's tax court held that the state's first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax violates the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

Arthrex Inc.

Audi AG

Barclays PLC

Becton Dickinson & Co.

ByteDance Ltd.

Caesars Entertainment Inc.

Corinthian Colleges, Inc.

Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

Dropbox Inc.

Dubai International Financial Centre

Faiveley Transport SA

Ferrari SpA

George Washington University

Google LLC

HEICO Corp.

Instagram Inc.

Law School Admission Council Inc.

Learning Resources Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Los Angeles Lakers

Medtronic PLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

Network Rail Ltd.

Peacock TV

Peel Ports Ltd.

Quince

Smith & Nephew plc

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Stena Line Group

Tesla Inc.

The Florida Bar

The Walt Disney Co.

TikTok Inc.

TripAdvisor Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

U.S. Bancorp

Venus Aerospace Corp.

Vodafone Group PLC

Volkswagen AG

Zumba Fitness LLC

easyJet plc

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

11KBW

Ashurst Perkins

Baker & Hostetler

Ballard Spahr

Bass Berry

Beale & Co. Solicitors

Burges Salmon

CJ Jones Solicitors

Charles Russell Speechlys

Cleary Gottlieb

Clifford Chance

Clyde & Co

Conti Levy

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cramer & Anderson

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Davis Wright Tremaine

Devonshires Solicitors

Eversheds Sutherland

Farrell & Fuller

Fenwick & West

Fieldfisher

Finnegan

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Hancock Daniel Johnson & Nagle

Hedin LLP

Herrick Feinstein

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Howard Kennedy LLP

Hunton Andrews

Jon L. Schoenhorn & Associates

Jones Day

Kennedys Law LLP

Keoghs LLP

Keystone Law

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Silkin

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

Meyer Darragh

Miles & Stockbridge

Mills & Reeve

Motley Rice

Munger Tolles

Norton Rose

Orrick Herrington

Peters & Peters Solicitors

Pillsbury Winthrop

Polsinelli PC

Reed Smith

Reynolds Porter

Ropes & Gray

Seitles & Litwin

Spilman Thomas

Squire Patton

Stephensons Solicitors LLP

Stevens & Bolton

Troutman

Weightmans LLP

Wheeler Trigg

Wiley Rein

Womble Bond

gunnercooke LLP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Civil Rights Department

Companies House

Congressional Research Service

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

HMRC

Information Commissioner's Office

Los Angeles Superior Court

Michigan Supreme Court

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Attorney General's Office

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Small Business Administration

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

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

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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 State

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK First-tier Tribunal

UK High Court

United States District Court for the District of Nevada