Government contract attorneys and procurement advocacy groups have expressed concern over the Pentagon's move to expand foreign ownership disclosure requirements to 38,000 contractors, saying that the proposal could delay acquisitions and that its carveout for commercial contractors lacks clarity.
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DOD Urged To Clarify Foreign Owner Rule For Contract Bidders

By Madeline Lyskawa

Government contract attorneys and procurement advocacy groups have expressed concern over the Pentagon's move to expand foreign ownership disclosure requirements to 38,000 contractors, saying that the proposal could delay acquisitions and that its carveout for commercial contractors lacks clarity.

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US To Pay Anchorage $180M To End 12-Year Port Upgrade Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The federal government will pay $180 million to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, to settle the municipality's more than decade-old lawsuit accusing the U.S. Maritime Administration of breaching contractual agreements related to a failed Port of Alaska expansion and upgrade project, the parties have announced.

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FCC Cuts Space License Backlog In Half, Bureau Chief Says

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has cut a backlog of applications for space-based industry licenses by more than half since adopting an "assembly line" approach to clearing paperwork, the agency's top official on space policy said Wednesday.

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Trump Threatens To Cut Spanish Relations Over Defense Rift

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to cut off relations entirely with Spain, calling the country an unreliable partner during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

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Trump's SDNY Pick Steps In As Clayton Focuses On DC

By Pete Brush

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's pick to succeed him, James McDonald, will assume a leadership role as Clayton works on his own nomination for director of national intelligence in Washington.

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POLICY & REGULATION

FCC Using AI To Modernize Operations, Says Top Legal Aide

By Christopher Cole

While the Federal Communications Commission is emerging as a key federal agency tackling artificial intelligence policy, the FCC itself is taking advantage of the technology to make its operations run more smoothly, a top official says.

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FCC Says OK To New Foreign Investors In IHeart Radio

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission has already given auto industry bigwig iHeartMedia Inc. permission to be partially owned by some foreign investors, but the company is looking to increase that number, and the agency has just given it the green light.

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EU Parliament Approves Mexico Trade Agreement

By Dylan Moroses

The European Parliament approved two pieces of legislation to implement the modernized trade agreement between the bloc and Mexico on Wednesday.

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ENFORCEMENT

Nadine Menendez Loses Bid To Delay Prison For Surgery

By Carla Baranauckas

A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied Nadine Menendez's request to postpone her prison surrender by more than three months so she could complete breast cancer-related reconstructive surgeries, rejecting the request after a telephone conference with the parties.

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LITIGATION

Red Cat Says Investor Suit Confuses Predictions With Fraud

By Tom Lotshaw

Drone-maker Red Cat Holdings Inc. asked a New Jersey federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing it of misleading investors, asserting that it is "doing very well" and that the suit's "fraud-by-hindsight" allegations cannot get off the ground.

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Archer Looks To Toss Remainder Of Joby's Trade Secret Suit

By Elliot Weld

Archer Aviation has asked a California federal judge to throw out what's left of rival electric air taxi-maker Joby Aviation's trade secret suit, saying Joby had ignored the court's instructions to proceed with narrowed claims and instead tried to expand its allegations without adding more substance.

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Guantánamo Detentions Within Removal Authority, Gov't Says

By Ganesh Setty

The Trump administration told a D.C. federal court that it acted within its statutory authority to detain noncitizens at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba who've been ordered to be deported, arguing their presence outside U.S. borders doesn't mean removal has already been completed.

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Immigration Board Rejects Asylum Tied To Conscription

By Elaine BriseƱo

The Board of Immigration Appeals said a fear of conscription alone was not enough to establish that a Russian man was a refugee facing persecution in his home country, overturning an immigration judge's decision that granted him asylum.

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DHS Says Tribe Has No Veto Over Arizona Border Wall

By Crystal Owens

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with the backing of Arizona's top legislative leaders, is seeking to dismiss the Tohono O'odham Nation's bid to block construction of 62 miles of border wall, arguing it's well within its authority to build the structure to address national and public safety threats.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Structuring Space Nuclear Deals For Regulatory Risk

With the White House's recent focus on space nuclear power, a highly important question for companies that want to build orbital reactors, lunar surface systems or critical components is whether the transaction documents can handle foreign investment constraints, export controls and treaty-linked liability, says Kristie Blase at Frazer + Blase.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Attys Win $2.5M Fee Award After $63K Native Bias Verdict

By Joyce Hanson

A South Dakota hotel must pay an Indigenous advocacy group about $2.5 million in attorney fees following a trial jury's $63,191 verdict in a civil rights case claiming the business discriminated against Native American tribe members based on race, a federal judge has ruled.

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Conn. To Develop Pilot Behavioral Health Court In New Haven

By Christine DeRosa

A new task force has been formed in Connecticut aimed at developing a pilot behavioral health court in New Haven, with an eye toward expanding the program throughout the state.

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Ex-Associate Says Jackson Lewis Pushed Her Out After Leave

By MJ Koo

A former associate attorney who was on the partnership track at Jackson Lewis PC has brought suit against the employment law firm in California state court, alleging that it refused to accommodate her temporary medical restrictions after she returned from leave and pressured her to accept a demotion or resign.

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Squire Patton Adds Atty From House Epstein, Trump Probes

By Tracey Read

A key player in government investigations into Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump has joined Squire Patton Boggs LLP to lead the firm's congressional investigations group, the firm announced Thursday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Appeals Conviction In ICE Obstruction Case

By Ganesh Setty

A former Wisconsin state judge convicted of obstructing immigration authorities trying to arrest a defendant after he appeared in her courtroom lodged an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on Thursday, after avoiding a prison sentence but being fined $5,000.

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Connecticut Judicial Branch

Council of the EU

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Government of Mexico

Los Angeles Superior Court

Maritime Administration

NATO

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Port of Anchorage

Tohono O'odham Nation

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office

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U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

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United Nations

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