The U.S. Government Accountability Office last month sustained protests over the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency's awarding of a nearly $815 million task order to provide IT support for military intelligence analysis, finding fault with its technical evaluations via oral presentation.
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GAO Sustains $815M Defense Intelligence Task Order Protests

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Government Accountability Office last month sustained protests over the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency's awarding of a nearly $815 million task order to provide IT support for military intelligence analysis, finding fault with its technical evaluations via oral presentation.

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Guam Defends Bid To Appeal Loss Of Military Leave Suit

By Madeline Lyskawa

A retirement fund for Guam government employees fired back at the federal government's attempt to prevent it from appealing an order finding the fund and Guam liable for shortchanging pension contributions for employees who take paid leave while serving in the military. 

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Floyd Prosecutor, Defense Atty To Represent Pretti's Family

By Lynn LaRowe

The relatives of a Minnesota intensive care nurse killed by ICE agents have secured legal representation from a former federal prosecutor who helped secure the conviction of an ex-police officer in the killing of George Floyd, and a criminal defense attorney coming off a high-profile murder case.

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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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NATIONAL SECURITY

Ex-Fed Adviser Acquitted Of Espionage Conspiracy Charge

By Lauren Berg

A Washington, D.C., federal jury Tuesday acquitted a former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors of conspiring to steal confidential data for Chinese intelligence.

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LITIGATION

Co. Accused Of Threatening Boeing With $31M Demand

By Ganesh Setty

A Connecticut-based aerospace company accused its former subsidiary of threatening to cease certain contracts with Boeing unless the defense giant pays an additional $31 million, telling Delaware's Chancery Court the former subsidiary is risking a "critical" customer relationship.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Contract Disputes Recap: Terminations Galore

Three recent decisions from the Federal Circuit and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals provide valuable insights about sticking to a contract's plain language, navigating breach of contract claims, and jurisdictional limits on reinstatement of a canceled contract, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Paul Weiss' Karp Steps Back After Epstein Email Revelations

By Hailey Konnath and Aebra Coe

Longtime Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP chair Brad S. Karp has resigned from his leadership role, the firm announced Wednesday, a move that comes after the U.S. Department of Justice released numerous emails between Karp and Jeffrey Epstein.

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Baker McKenzie To Downsize Business Professional Jobs

By Tracey Read

Baker McKenzie, which has a legal services hub in Tampa, Florida, is in the process of downsizing business professionals' jobs, a firm spokesperson confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

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Ex-DLA Piper Partner Aims To Toss Claim He Raped Associate

By Jack Karp

Allegations that an ex-DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware in 2022 should be tossed since the Massachusetts state court the case was filed in has no jurisdiction over the Delaware claim, according to the accused former partner.

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Goldstein Accountant Admits Tax Return Errors

By Jared Foretek

A star government witness and the top outside accountant for SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein and his law firm admitted to making mistakes on Goldstein's tax returns and offering the grand jury erroneous testimony, under cross-examination in the U.S. Supreme Court lawyer's tax fraud trial Wednesday.

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Analysis

Clemency Was 'Broken' Long Before Trump. Can It Be Fixed?

By Phillip Bantz

President Donald Trump has transformed what has historically been a bureaucratic process for seeking federal pardons and commutations into a more freewheeling affair with few clear rules — and no easy solutions for reform, experts say.

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Wachtel Missry Settles Liability In $26M Atty Malpractice Case

By Emily Sawicki

A dispute over who is liable for a former Wachtel Missry LLP partner's alleged exploitation of an elderly client has been settled on the eve of trial, while the Brooklyn federal judge declined to consider recusing himself despite "inadvertently" meeting with the firm's founding partner before the matter was fully put to rest.

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Ex-Fox News Host Decries Judge Pick's Arbitration Stance

By Courtney Buble

Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor and a leading advocate for ending forced arbitration of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace, has come out against a federal judicial nominee for Louisiana for her past comments on the issue.

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Trump Bid To Move NY Appeal Faces 'Fatal' Error, Judge Says

By Frank G. Runyeon

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday repeatedly aired doubts that President Donald Trump can upend the pending New York state appeal of his hush-money conviction by moving the case to federal court.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amentum Services Inc.

American Systems

Apollo Global Management LLC

Binance Holdings Ltd.

General Dynamics Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

New York University

Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund

Parabellum Capital LLC

SOS International LLC

The Boeing Co.

The New York Times Co.

YouTube Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ashby & Geddes

Baker McKenzie

Camacho Calvo

Carlsmith Ball

Ciardi Ciardi

Cravath Swaine

Crowell & Moring

DLA Piper

Goldstein & Russell

Hamilton Lincoln

Jenner & Block

Kuchler & Cotton

Leach & Walker

Lehotsky Keller

Libby Hoopes

Maslon LLP

Munger Tolles

Nelson Mullins

Paul Weiss

Pollard PLLC

Pryor Cashman

Romanucci & Blandin

Rosenberg Freedman

Ross Aronstam

Seyfarth Shaw

Shah Litigation

Shapiro Arato

Sidley Austin

Sullivan & Cromwell

Wachtel Missry

Whiteford Taylor

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alaska Department of Law

Central Command

Defense Intelligence Agency

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Election Commission

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Reserve System

Guam Attorney General's Office

Internal Revenue Service

Manhattan District Attorney's Office

Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Superior Court of Massachusetts

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Guam

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court