A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of military members challenging the Trump administration's ban on transgender troops, but she raised significant concerns about the proposed class counsel's ability to represent thousands of members.
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Trans Troops Class Certified Despite Representation Concerns

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of military members challenging the Trump administration's ban on transgender troops, but she raised significant concerns about the proposed class counsel's ability to represent thousands of members.

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Pharma Co. Seeks Injunction Over Chinese Military Co. Label

By Madeline Lyskawa

Chinese pharmaceutical company WuXi AppTec is urging a D.C. federal court judge to block the Pentagon from enforcing its designation of the company as a "Chinese military company," arguing the listing is unsupported by facts and was imposed without due process.

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DC Judge Blocks DoD Escort Rule For NYT Reporters

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday preliminarily blocked the U.S. Department of Defense from enforcing its rule requiring reporters to be escorted at all times inside the Pentagon.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Dems Grill NTIA Head Over Stalled BEAD Applications

By Nadia Dreid

The BEAD program was on everyone's mind on Capitol Hill when National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Arielle Roth appeared before a House subcommittee Tuesday morning for an oversight hearing, with Democrats questioning her about when states could expect to get their money.

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FCC Plans To Build 'Superband' With Major Spectrum Auction

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote on whether to auction 160 megahertz of spectrum for new wireless services at its July meeting, part of an envisioned "superband" of prime midband airwaves ready for commercial use by 2030.

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Brief

Canada, Germany Pledge Closer Cooperation On Chips

By Dylan Moroses

Canadian and German officials signed a joint declaration committing to work together on policy matters involving semiconductor supply chains, according to a Tuesday news release by the Canadian government.

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LITIGATION

Mitsubishi Chemical Settles Ex-Workers' 401(k) Fund Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

A New York federal judge agreed Tuesday to stay deadlines in a proposed class action from Mitsubishi Chemical America ex-workers who alleged their 401(k) savings were dragged down by lackluster fund offerings, after the parties told the court Monday that they had settled their dispute.

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DEALS & CONTRACTS

Fed. Circ. Rejects Canal Contractor's $4M Adjustment Claim

By Ganesh Setty

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday declined to grant a construction company's bid for a nearly $4 million adjustment under a U.S. Army flood control contract at a Louisiana canal after encountering construction issues, finding the solicitation did not mislead the company.

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SpaceX, Feds Say Texas Is Proper Venue For Land Swap Suit

By Ganesh Setty

A D.C. federal court on Tuesday ordered expedited briefing over motions by SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking to transfer to the Southern District of Texas a lawsuit from environmental groups challenging their land-exchange deal there.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Perfectus Deal Raises Trade Missteps To Enterprise Risk Level

Former inspector general Parisa Salehi at Parker Poe discusses what the U.S. Department of Justice's recently settled False Claims Act case against Perfectus Aluminum can teach companies about satisfying trade reporting obligations as agencies increasingly coordinate enforcement.

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Series

Power To The Paralegals: Burnout As A Structural Problem

Law firm leadership can best retain their paralegals not by encouraging self-care, but by seeking top-down structural solutions for the quiet proliferation of responsibilities and the vicarious exposure to client trauma that particularly drive burnout in this vital role, says Erika Sneeringer at Brockstedt Mandalas.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

2 Ex-Clifford Chance Attys Say Firm Wants To Claw Back $6M

By Jake Maher

Two former practice group leaders at Clifford Chance LLP have sued in New York federal court alleging the firm is trying to claw back nearly $6 million in total from the pair after they moved to Sidley Austin LLP early this year.

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Trump Nominates Just Confirmed La. Judge For 5th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

Judge Anna St. John has been on the federal bench for less than four months, and now she's being put forth for a higher court.

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McCarter Atty Says He Didn't Know NY Law Before $20M Deals

By Brian Steele

A onetime McCarter & English LLP partner in Hartford testified Tuesday that he did not research New York's municipal contracting laws before helping two insurers enter into doomed $20 million loan repayment agreements with a Long Island town, but contended that he was under no obligation to do so.

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NJ Assembly Passes Litigation Funding Disclosure Bill

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Assembly passed a bill requiring the disclosure of third-party litigation funding arrangements on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin after similar pending legislation in the state Senate received pushback from trial lawyers and litigation finance representatives.

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Apple Gets High Court Review Of Epic Case Sanctions

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up Apple's challenge to a California federal court contempt order against it for violating a ban, won by Epic Games, on company policies that barred app developers from steering users to outside payment options.

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Analysis

Justices' Birthright Ruling Leaves Little Room For Congress

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 holding Tuesday that President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional did more than invalidate the policy, it effectively foreclosed Congress from trying to implement the executive order through legislation, experts told Law360.

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High Court Scraps Caps On Coordinated Campaign Spending

By Katie Buehler and Jeff Overley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down federal limits on political party spending in coordination with individual candidates, agreeing with a Republican-led challenge that the caps violate the First Amendment.

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Uber, FedEx Slam Pa. Law Firm Counterclaims In RICO Suit

By James Boyle

Philadelphia-based personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC and its founder have failed to support a counterclaim in Pennsylvania federal court saying Uber Technologies Inc. and FedEx Corp. filed a sham litigation and abused the legal process with their ongoing RICO complaint against the firm, the companies argued Monday.

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NY State Bar Wants New Bar Exam Rules For Emergencies

By Kevin Penton

Following two recent incidents that drew scrutiny over their handling, the New York State Bar Association is calling for new standardized protocols to be followed should emergencies occur during the administration of the bar exam.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Apple Inc.

Bauer Inc.

Cato Institute

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Democratic National Committee

Epic Games Inc.

FedEx Corp.

Fordham University

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

Google LLC

Hamilton Lincoln

International Legal Finance Association

LinkedIn Corp.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings

National Center for Lesbian Rights

New Jersey Association for Justice

New Jersey State Bar Association

New York State Bar Association

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Starbucks Corp.

The New York Times Co.

Uber Technologies Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Balch & Bingham

Blank Rome

Brockstedt Mandalas

Clifford Chance

Cravath Swaine

Duane Morris

Elias Law Group LLP

Faegre Drinker

Gibson Dunn

Harris Beach Murtha

Jones Day

Kropf Moseley

Latham & Watkins

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

Parker Poe

Perkins Coie

Pomerantz LLP

Reeves Immigration Law Group

Sidley Austin

Silver Golub

Simon & Simon PC

Venable LLP

Wiggin & Dana

Wilson Sonsini

Zalkind Duncan

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Election Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Homeland Security Investigations

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

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 Eastern District of Louisiana

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

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Senate

U.S. Sentencing Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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