Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., secured a court order on Thursday blocking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from reducing his U.S. Navy rank after he told members of the military they don't have to follow unlawful orders.
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Hegseth Blocked From Reducing Sen. Kelly's Navy Rank

By Madeline Lyskawa

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., secured a court order on Thursday blocking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from reducing his U.S. Navy rank after he told members of the military they don't have to follow unlawful orders.

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Telecom Execs Lose Bid To Overturn $5.8M Arbitration Award

By Joyce Hanson

A California federal judge has confirmed a $5.8 million arbitration cost award stemming from a dispute over a failed project to bring satellite broadband internet to sub-Saharan Africa, ruling that the award debtors erred by asking the court to second-guess the arbitral tribunal's findings.

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Flight Simulator Co. Files Ch. 11 Amid Industry Challenges

By Rick Archer

Florida-based flight simulator company Avenger Flight Group has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court, saying airline industry headwinds have left it seeking a sale to deal with more than $273 million in debt.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Interview

12 Questions For FCC Chair Brendan Carr

By Christopher Cole

It's been a "banger" of a year at the Federal Communications Commission, says agency chief Brendan Carr, who took over at the outset of President Donald Trump's second term with the goal of cutting regulations and quickly turning over more spectrum to the private sector.

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USMCA Must Be Extended In Joint Review, Senators Told

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement should be strengthened and extended given the benefits it has generated for businesses, the former chair of the House Ways and Means Committee told the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday as President Donald Trump's actions cast doubt over the deal's future.

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GAO

GAO Denies $96.5M Army Communications Task Order Protest

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Government Accountability Office rejected a contractor's challenges over a $96.5 million U.S. Army task order concerning its tactical communications network, finding no fault with the Army's waiver of any organizational conflicts of interest.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Navigating the muddy, root-filled path of trail marathons and ultramarathons provides fertile training ground for my high-stakes fractional general counsel work, teaching me to slow down my mind when the terrain shifts, sharpen my focus and trust my training, says Eric Proos at Next Era Legal.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a former U.S. defense contractor convicted of tax evasion face legal action, French football club Olympique Lyonnais sued following a $97 million ruling against its owner John Textor, consulting giant Kroll targeted by a South African airline, and H&M hit with a claim alleging it copied protected sunglasses designs. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.

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Brief

Indiana AG Declines Intervention In Posner Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Indiana's attorney general has declined to intervene in a pro se plaintiff's suit seeking to revive $170,000 in wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, finding the case did not pose a "substantial" constitutional challenge to a state statute mandating that delayed contracts must be written and signed to be enforced.

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Louisiana Atty Takes Responsibility For AI Usage Snafu

By Christine DeRosa

After facing the threat of sanctions alongside three of his co-counsel, a Louisiana attorney told a federal judge that he was solely responsible for an error-riddled brief written with the assistance of artificial intelligence. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Taking heat from Republican senators over not notifying members of Congress about subpoenas for their phone records, Verizon's general counsel has pledged that in the future, the company will fight gag orders requiring it to keep silent. And taking heat from shareholders and colleagues over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Goldman Sachs' chief legal officer has agreed to leave the firm in June.

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Colorado Atty Delayed Filing, Gave Faulty Advice, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado attorney waited nearly five years to file a lawsuit on behalf of two clients and provided faulty advice, the former clients alleged Thursday in a malpractice lawsuit in state court.

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'Acqui-Hires' In AI Drawing Antitrust Scrutiny, Tech Attys Say

By Bonnie Eslinger

Attorneys with Nvidia, Google and Uber took the stage at a conference hosted Thursday by Baker McKenzie to discuss emerging trends in antitrust enforcement, including how booming AI investment has produced new regulatory scrutiny of "acqui-hires," in which large companies acquire startups primarily to hire their teams.

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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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6th Circ. Says Ch. 13 Motion Came 84 Minutes Too Late

By Vince Sullivan

A 2-1 split panel of the Sixth Circuit affirmed two lower court rulings from Michigan federal judges denying a Chapter 13 debtor's motion to dismiss his bankruptcy case because the request came 84 minutes after a bankruptcy court converted the case to a Chapter 7.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Bar Association

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Aux

Avenger Flight Group

Barclays PLC

Binance Holdings Ltd.

British Broadcasting Corp.

ByteDance Ltd.

Chevron Corp.

Comcast Corp.

Google LLC

H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB

HTC Corporation

Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

Instagram Inc.

International Business Machines Corp.

Investments Ltd.

J Sainsbury PLC

Johnson & Johnson

Kyndryl Holdings Inc.

Laing O'Rourke

Leidos Holdings Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

Lloyd's America Inc.

MAG Aerospace Industries Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Monsanto Co.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nasdaq Inc.

Navy Federal Credit Union

PPG Industries Inc.

Sling TV LLC

Snap Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Tegna Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Hershey Co.

The Home Depot Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Transocean Ltd.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Valaris

Verizon Communications Inc.

Vodafone Group PLC

W.R. Berkley Corp.

W.R. Grace & Co.

Walmart Inc.

YouTube Inc.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Akin Gump

ArentFox Schiff

Arnold & Porter

Baker Donelson

Baker McKenzie

Barclay Damon

Beasley Allen

Ben Crump Law

Bradley Arant

Brockstedt Mandalas

CMS Cameron McKenna

Clyde & Co

Conyers Dill

Covington & Burling

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

Dean Omar

Dentons

DiCello Levitt

Eichhorn & Eichhorn

Faegre Drinker

Fenchurch Law

Gibbs Mura

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Gowling WLG

Greenberg Traurig

HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers

Hacker Stephens

Harrison Goddard Foote

Hogan Lovells

Homburger AG

Howes Percival

Jones Fussell

Keoghs LLP

Kessler Topaz

Kirkland & Ellis

LK Law Pty Ltd

Latham & Watkins

Leach & Walker

Lenz & Staehelin

Levin Sedran

Lieff Cabraser

Liskow & Lewis

Mayer Brown

MoloLamken

Morgan Lewis

Motley Rice

Nabarro LLP

Osborne Clarke

Pachulski Stang

Penningtons Manches

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

Reynolds Porter

Riess LeMieux

Seeger Weiss

Seyfarth Shaw

Sharp Law LLP

Sheppard Mullin

Sherin & Lodgen

Skadden Arps

Sullivan & Cromwell

Taylor Rose

Thompsons Solicitors

Trethowans LLP

Trowers & Hamlins

Tycko & Zavareei

Vincents Solicitors

Wagstaff & Cartmell

Walker Morris LLP

Ward Hadaway

White & Case

WilmerHale

Yetter Coleman

gunnercooke LLP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Indiana Attorney General's Office

National Economic Council

National Labor Relations Board

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

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

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 Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Navy

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court