Judge Allows Air Force Contractor To Pursue Follow-On Award

By Madeline Lyskawa

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge said a defense contractor can challenge the U.S. Air Force's refusal to award a Phase III contract for surveillance software, prompting the agency to reconsider its decision to not award the follow-on deal.

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TransDigm To Buy Aerospace Manufacturer In $1.1B Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Aircraft company TransDigm, advised by BakerHostetler, unveiled plans Monday to acquire manufacturing company Prince & Izant from Paul Hastings LLP-led Industrial Growth Partners in a roughly $1.1 billion cash deal.

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DOD Strikes Deals To Boost Missile Defense Production

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of Defense announced agreements with L3Harris and Lockheed Martin on Monday aimed at boosting production capacity for key components of two major missile defense systems, the PAC-3 missile segment enhancement interceptor and THAAD missile system.

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FedEx Will Pay $900K To End Military Leave Bias Fight

By Grace Elletson

FedEx agreed to pay $900,000 to close a suit claiming the company didn't compensate its service member employees who took short-term military leave but provided pay for other short-term leave such as jury duty and bereavement time, according to a Georgia federal court filing.

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Oryx Says Constellis' Fee Bid Appears Hallucination-Based

By Tom Lotshaw

An Afghanistan camp operator asked a Virginia federal judge to throw out counterclaims brought by defense contractors it sued, asserting that one seeking costs and fees appears to be based on hallucinated language not found in cited agreements.

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Groups Say National Pipeline Permit Harms Rivers, Wetlands

By Tom Lotshaw

Environmental organizations asked a Washington federal judge Monday to overturn a nationwide permit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reissued for oil and gas pipelines, accusing the agency of allowing companies to fast-track stream crossings without the appropriate considerations or safeguards.

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Antares Raises $470M For Military Nuclear Reactor Push

By Elaine Briseño

U.S. Department of Energy Reactor Pilot Program participant Antares announced Monday that it had raised $470 million in its Series C funding, which will allow the company to accelerate the commercialization of its nuclear power systems.

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Fried Frank, Kirkland Steer $466M Luxfer Go-Private Deal

By Al Barbarino

Wynnchurch Capital has agreed to buy aerospace materials maker Luxfer Holdings in a nearly $466 million deal, the companies announced Monday, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP advising Wynnchurch and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP advising Luxfer. 

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Alkegen Files Ch. 11 In Texas To Shed $3.1B In Debt

By Vince Sullivan

Alkegen and dozens of affiliates filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 case in Texas bankruptcy court, where the specialty materials maker intends to cut the bulk of its $3.3 billion of funded debt obligations.

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USDA, Treasury Moves May Widen Agricultural Deal Scrutiny

Two agency actions that identify weaknesses in the government’s foreign investment screening architecture signal a broadening of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ jurisdiction over agricultural real estate transactions, more demanding beneficial-ownership resolutions and the coming integration of agency disclosure systems, says researcher Robert Green.

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Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing for hearings or drafting opinions, thereby affording judges more time to resolve contested issues.

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Milbank Issues Bonuses To Associates, Special Counsel

By Andrea Keckley

Milbank LLP is continuing to lead the way on bonuses, confirming Monday it has issued a round of special bonuses ranging from $6,000 for the class of 2026 and 2025 associates to $25,000 for the class of 2021 associates and beyond.

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Cooley Owes $25.4M Judgment To NJ Biotech Co. Founder

By Brian Steele

A New Jersey state court on Monday entered a $25.4 million judgment against Cooley LLP after a jury found the multinational firm had committed malpractice in its representation of a biotech founder who said his own lawyers assisted in shoving him out of his company.

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ABA Says Feds' Susman Godfrey DQ Bid Is More Intimidation

By Lauren Berg

The American Bar Association on Monday urged the D.C. federal judge overseeing its lawsuit challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms to reject the Trump administration's bid to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, calling it the latest "effort to intimidate" the American legal profession.

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Quinn Emanuel's Ethics Training 'Promising,' Judge Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Monday approved a court-ordered ethics training program prepared by Quinn Emanuel in the wake of misrepresentations the firm made concerning an expert in a false advertising suit brought by Guardant Health against its client Natera, saying the firm had designed an "extremely promising" eight-hour program.

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Simpson Thacher Atty Says Patriot Nat'l Founder Sank Co.

By Madison Arnold

A Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner wrapped up her testimony Monday in a Florida state malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc., telling the jury that the founder was willing to forgo establishing a floor on the value of so-called Series B warrants, which he says contributed to the company's demise.

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300+ Public Defenders Strike In The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley and Daniel Moritz-Rabson

More than 300 attorneys and staff with the Bronx Defenders Union went on strike Monday, one year after the last time the union walked off the job.

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Comey Says Seashell Post No Threat To Trump

By Abigail Harrison

Former FBI Director James Comey urged a North Carolina federal court Monday to dismiss an indictment stemming from a social media post he made last year, arguing the post doesn't constitute a "true threat" to President Donald Trump.

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