The estate of an emerging global health advocate who died in the Boeing jet crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 should receive substantial damages for her experience in the six minutes before impact and how her death has affected her family, Illinois federal jurors heard Wednesday.
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Boeing Crash 'Terror' Warrants Substantial Award, Jury Hears

By Lauraann Wood

The estate of an emerging global health advocate who died in the Boeing jet crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 should receive substantial damages for her experience in the six minutes before impact and how her death has affected her family, Illinois federal jurors heard Wednesday.

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Service Members Can't Sue Gov't Over Red Hill Fuel Leak

By Madeline Lyskawa

A Hawaii federal judge on Tuesday reluctantly dismissed service members' claims against the federal government in litigation over fuel leaks tied to a since-shuttered U.S. Navy storage facility, saying they can't sue the government for injuries connected to their military service.

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North Korea Victims Fight Crypto Co. Over $71M Frozen Funds

By Ganesh Setty

Individuals with $696 million in judgments against North Korea told a New York federal court that $71 million in crypto assets frozen following a hack they say was perpetrated by North Korea should remain frozen so they can collect on them.

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DHS Can Withhold Some Border Search Records, Judge Says

By Elaine Briseño

A federal judge in Washington has partially sided with immigration officials' decision not to provide some information about border searches of electronic devices that a First Amendment group at Columbia University requested, finding the documents contained privileged, decision-making details.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Mobile Industry's Pai Calls For More Exclusive Airwaves For AI

By Christopher Cole

Major wireless carriers are looking toward a future driven by artificial intelligence, but say its full potential can only be reached if policymakers give them more access to exclusive airwaves in the prime midband range.

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LITIGATION

Judge Questions OMB Justification For Voiding Grants

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday pushed back on arguments by the Trump administration that federal agency grants are subject to termination at any time based solely on a change in priorities — a situation, she suggested, that would essentially render any contracts with the government "illusory."

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Texas Co. Accused Of Stiffing Subcontractor On Navy Project

By Tom Lotshaw

A Wyoming company told a Texas federal judge that asset management company Shipcom Federal Solutions LLC owes it nearly $4.6 million for products and services delivered in support of a U.S. Navy contract and misappropriated its intellectual property.

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Brief

NJ Judge Says Honeywell Fee Bid Must Wait For Appeal

By Tom Lotshaw

A New Jersey federal judge has said a Honeywell request for nearly $81,000 in attorney fees must wait while a former worker appeals the dismissal of a proposed class action alleging that the company violated federal law by mismanaging 401(k) forfeitures.

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Security Co. Can't Garnish Assets In $15M Afghan Award Fight

By Caroline Simson

A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday denied an Emirati private security company's bid to garnish assets held by the International Air Transport Association to enforce part of a confirmed $15.2 million arbitral award against the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority, saying she lacks jurisdiction.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Feds Say Stolen BigLaw Deal Info Aided Huge Trading Scheme

By Chris Villani

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled indictments outlining a massive insider trading scheme that allegedly netted tens of millions of dollars using nonpublic information about mergers and acquisitions worked on by some of the nation's biggest law firms.

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McDermott Is Cutting Its Associate Ranks

By Aebra Coe

McDermott Will & Schulte is downsizing its associate ranks less than a year after the firm was created via a combination of legacy firms McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel, the law firm confirmed Wednesday.

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Roberts Says High Court's Job Is To Make Unpopular Rulings

By Katie Buehler

Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court often must issue "unpopular" opinions, as the high court faces widespread backlash over its recent ruling limiting the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in congressional redistricting.

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The Top Law Schools For Every Career Path: Class Of 2025

Where do law school graduates end up once they dive into the job market? Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, and other legal industry sectors.

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Atty Sanctioned Over Bogus Citations In Forced Labor Case

By Jake Maher

A Maine federal judge has sanctioned an attorney for submitting court filings with fake legal citations to oppose the dismissal of a forced labor trafficking suit against a school, after using an artificial intelligence platform.

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Feds Say 4th Circ. ICE Ruling Doesn't Help Ex-Wis. Judge

By Ryan Boysen

Former Wisconsin state judge Hannah C. Dugan can't use a recent Fourth Circuit ruling to overturn her conviction for obstructing ICE officers, the federal government said Wednesday, calling that ruling "merely relevant" and not at all binding.

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NC Man Pleads Guilty To Doxxing Justice's Home Address

By Bonnie Eslinger

A North Carolina man who posted the home address of a U.S. Supreme Court justice online and suggested violence against members of the high court pled guilty Wednesday to a "doxxing" charge with the intent to "threaten, intimidate, or incite a crime of violence" against the justice.

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Judge Won't Force Hunter Biden's Foreign Agent Registration

By Jack McLoone

A Washington, D.C., federal judge won't force the U.S. Department of Justice to register Hunter Biden as a foreign agent, dismissing a suit brought by a group founded by now-Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller because it can't establish it suffered an injury.

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AT&T Inc.

Actelion Ltd.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

CTIA

Civil Aviation Authority

Constellis Group Inc.

Duke University

Ethereum GmbH

Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise

Friends of Animals

Honeywell International Inc.

International Air Transport Association

Johnson & Johnson

Judicial Watch Inc.

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Permira

T-Mobile US Inc.

The Boeing Co.

Verizon Communications Inc.

eBay Inc.

iRobot Corporation

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Gerstein Harrow

Gimbel Reilly

Goodwin Procter

Jackson Walker LLP

Jenner & Block

Just Well Law

Justice Law Collaborative

Kline & Specter

Latham & Watkins

Lowther Walker

McDermott Will & Schulte

Morgan Lewis

Morrison Cohen

Motley Rice

Perkins Coie

Power Rogers

Sidley Austin

Strang Bradley

The Berkman Law Office

Verrill Dana

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

Whiteford Taylor

Wiley Rein

Winston & Strawn

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Communications Commission

Permanent Court of Arbitration

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Navy

U.S. Supreme Court

UK Ministry of Justice

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin