Fluor Says Deals To Compensate Trial Witnesses Pass Muster

By Madeline Lyskawa

Fluor Corp. pushed back on Tuesday at former military officers' claims in an ongoing trial in South Carolina federal court that the company's compensation agreements with its witnesses jeopardize the whistleblowers' ability to get a fair trial over allegations Fluor overcharged the military, arguing the deals are permissible.

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NLRB Dismisses SpaceX Charges Over Jurisdiction Shift

By Braden Campbell

The National Labor Relations Board has ended a case alleging SpaceX illegally fired critics of boss Elon Musk after the agency that oversees airlines labor relations claimed jurisdiction over the rocket maker.

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Delaware Justices Bar Damages For Invalid Noncompetes

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a Delaware Chancery Court ruling that barred Fortiline Inc. and its parent, Patriot Supply Holdings Inc., from recovering damages for breaches of noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements that had already been deemed unenforceable.

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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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Feds Argue Russian Billionaire Lacks Yacht Ownership

By Elaine Briseño

The U.S. Department of Justice urged the Second Circuit to affirm a district court decision that authorized the United States to sell a Russian billionaire's seized superyacht, arguing he can't suffer the loss of something he barely owns.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Save Co.'s Armor Panel IP Suit Against Rival

By Theresa Schliep

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday agreed with a Maryland federal court's decision that a company didn't infringe a bulletproof armor patent owned by a rival antiballistic panel manufacturer, finding the lower court took the correct approach to a key claim preamble.

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Trump Is Owed Deference On Harvard Student Block, DOJ Says

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of Justice told the First Circuit this week that President Donald Trump's expansive authority over foreign affairs calls for it to overturn a ruling that blocked a proclamation suspending the ability of foreign students to enter the country to attend Harvard.

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CFIUS Risk Lessons From Chips Biz Divestment Order

President Donald Trump's January executive order directing HieFo to unwind its 2024 acquisition of a semiconductor business with ties to China underscores that even modestly sized transactions can attract CFIUS interest if they could affect strategic areas prioritized by the U.S. government, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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Malpractice Claim Assignability Continues To Divide Courts

Recent decisions from courts across the country demonstrate how different jurisdictions balance competing policy interests in determining whether legal malpractice claims can be assigned, providing a framework to identify when and how to challenge any attempted assignment, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin & Lodgen.

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Circuit Split Brewing Following 5th Circ.'s No-Bond Ruling

By Britain Eakin

The Fifth Circuit's split ruling blessing the Trump administration's mandatory immigration detention policy won't be the final say on the matter, but it could supercharge efforts to concentrate detained immigrants there while other circuits weigh the policy's legality.

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Fla. US Attys Push Back Against Sanctions In Habeas Case

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida and an assistant U.S. attorney have urged an Orlando federal judge not to sanction them for the government's response to a noncitizen's habeas petition, saying any shortcomings were an "unintentional oversight."

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Ex-McDermott Atty Fights 'Harassing' Subpoena In Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Black attorney accusing McDermott Will & Schulte LLP of firing her for calling out racial bias has urged an Illinois federal court to reject the firm's bid to get employment records from her previous employer, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, saying the request serves no other purpose than to harass her.

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Kirkland Joins Growing Number Of Firms Launching In Tenn.

By Andrea Keckley

Kirkland & Ellis is joining a long line of firms setting their sights on Tennessee, announcing Tuesday that it would set up shop in Nashville with a team of former Butler & Snow LLP and King & Spalding LLP litigators.

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Amazon Calls FTC Allegations Of Hidden Documents 'Reckless'

By Bryan Koenig

Amazon.com assailed the Federal Trade Commission for accusing it of using auto-deleting Signal chats and improper privilege claims to hide evidence of rules that created an artificial pricing floor across online retail stores, asking a Washington federal judge to appoint a special master to handle the "inflammatory, close-of-discovery filings."

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Tom Goldstein To Testify At Tax Trial Wednesday

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein will take the stand in his tax fraud trial Wednesday, after the government rested its case with an IRS agent tallying up $3.6 million that she said went unreported on his 2016 tax return.

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Senate Confirms Burrows As DOJ Policy Chief

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 52-46 on Tuesday to confirm Daniel Burrows, a White House official and former chief deputy attorney general of Kansas, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy.

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Lewis Brisbois, Ex-Paralegal Bring Dueling Suits Over Firing

By Adrian Cruz

Days after being sued to compel her to arbitrate her claims against the firm, a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal hit her ex-employer with a defamation suit claiming its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

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DOJ Pushes To Revive Comey, James Indictments

By Emily Sawicki

Criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were brought under a validly serving interim U.S. attorney and, therefore, never should have been dismissed, the U.S. Department of Justice argued in its opening brief in its consolidated appeal before the Fourth Circuit.

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