Analysis

After Big Win For 2 Trump Foes, A Third Faces 'Tougher Job'

By Phillip Bantz

The recent dismissal of federal criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey does little to help President Donald Trump's ex-national security adviser John Bolton, whose defense in a classified-materials case presents a thornier set of legal and factual issues, experts say.

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Honeywell Faces New Tariffs After Trade Court Reverses

By Dylan Moroses

Honeywell will face 7% duties on various imports after a trade court granted the government's motion for a rehearing and reversed a ruling that supported the company's tariff classifications, according to a recent U.S. Court of International Trade opinion.

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Fla. Energy Co. Hit With $5.3M Suit For Generator Sale

By Ganesh Setty

An Israeli company told a Florida state court that a Miami-based energy services company owes it a $5.3 million commission for the sale of a specialized generator, saying it found the buyer for the Miami company's sale.

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Brief

Hegseth Wants Navy Brief On Kelly Probe By Dec. 10

By Madeline Lyskawa

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked the U.S. Navy to brief him on the outcome of its investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Navy captain, for telling members of the military to not follow illegal orders, by Dec. 10.

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Boeing Says Colo. Co. Waived Privilege For Shared Docs

By Tom Lotshaw

Mistakes can happen, but a Colorado company accusing The Boeing Co. of using stolen tech for a NASA moon program shouldn't be allowed to claw back hundreds of likely privileged documents shared in a discovery production, Boeing told a Washington federal judge Tuesday.

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Air Force Ignored Supervisor's Sexist Comments, Suit Says

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Air Force failed to intervene when a prevention analyst complained that her supervisor made derogatory comments about women and minimized LGBTQ-focused efforts while promoting "alpha male education," the former civilian employee said in a Wednesday complaint in Washington federal court.

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NJ County Wants Out Of State's $400M PFAS Deal With 3M

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

A New Jersey county is asking a federal court to exclude it from 3M Co.'s $400 million forever chemical pollution settlement with the state, saying it would rather go after the company on its own for more money.

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Fire Alarm Co. Says Contractors Altered Camp Lejeune Plans

By Abigail Harrison

A fire alarm system design company has told a North Carolina federal court that a pair of government contractors working on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune altered building plans and removed copyright information without consent.

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Nukkleus Exec's SPAC Begins Trading After $150M IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

A special purpose acquisition company led by the CEO of defense company Nukkleus began trading publicly on Wednesday after raising $150 million in its initial public offering built by three law firms.

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Brief

Boeing Nabs $7B For Apache, Pegasus DOD Contracts

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded The Boeing Co. a more than $4.6 billion contract for the procurement of new Apache helicopters, as well as a more than $2.4 billion contract modification for 15 additional Pegasus tankers. 

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Suspension And Debarment: FY 2025 By The Numbers

With the multiyear, downward trend in suspensions and debarments of government contractors continuing in fiscal year 2025, questions about the future of suspension and debarment practices, such as what may necessitate an immediate exclusion, and why we're not seeing a corresponding drop in activity levels across all federal agencies, come to mind, say David Robbins at Jenner and Duc Nguyen at Fluet. 

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Bonus Spotlight

Magic Circle Firms Enchant Associates With Top-Tier Bonuses

By Tracey Read

U.S. associates at Linklaters LLP and Clifford Chance LLP have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, as the Magic Circle firms Wednesday became the latest to match the BigLaw standard for this year's associate bonuses.

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Roundup

Up Next At High Court: ISP Liability & State Subpoena Suits

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for the first week of its December oral argument session, during which the justices will consider whether internet service providers can be held liable for contributing to their customers' infringing activity online and whether the subjects of state subpoenas are required to first challenge them in state court. 

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Interview

For Covington's Adrian Perry, Music Is A Family Affair

By Theresa Schliep

Despite having a famous rock star dad, Covington & Burling LLP partner Adrian J. Perry wasn't all that interested in being a musician as a young child, but he knew as early as 6 years old that he wanted to be a lawyer.

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Analysis

Calif. Privacy Agency Gaining Steam Ahead Of 5th Anniversary

By Allison Grande

California's data privacy regulator has taken several notable steps in recent months, including handing down its first penalty upward of $1 million and finalizing long-awaited rules on topics such as cybersecurity audits and technologies that use artificial intelligence, and the groundbreaking agency shows no signs of slowing down as its fifth anniversary approaches. 

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Split 6th Circ. Shields Baker Donelson, Not City Councilman

By Matt Perez

In a published opinion, the Sixth Circuit has found that Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC is shielded by qualified immunity as outside counsel for the city of Nashville in litigation over the law firm's firing of a city election commission chair and member of the firm.

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Foley & Lardner Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Chancery Loss

By Rose Krebs

Foley & Lardner LLP has been sued in Delaware Superior Court by three officers of a now-defunct food recycling company who say the firm was negligent when representing them in a Chancery Court case that led to a $1.6 million judgment against them and another officer.

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DOJ Asks Court If It Can Release Epstein Files Under New Law

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a New York federal court's permission to publicly release the files related to the investigation of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, clarifying Wednesday that it wants to release search warrant results, travel and financial records, police reports, and other materials.

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Keesal Young Poaching Suit Against Stradley Ronon Trimmed

By Madison Arnold

A California state judge cleared Keesal Young & Logan to pursue most of its lawsuit alleging Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young crossed the line when it recruited 10 former Keesal Young attorneys, finding that claims such as inducing breach of contract could move forward, in part, because of conversations among the attorneys.

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DOJ Says Ex-Employees Can't Challenge Firings In Fed. Court

By Rose Krebs

The government says a D.C. federal court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate a lawsuit filed by a former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and two other ex-Department of Justice employees, alleging they were unlawfully fired.

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Hub Hires: Todd & Weld, Freshfields, Shipman

By Julie Manganis

It was a busy November in Boston's legal community as another firm expanded into the market, and a longtime judge traded his gavel for the ability to address his growing concerns about the Trump administration.

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