Marines Sue DOD Over Data Breach Affecting 3M People

By Jared Foretek

Two Marines have brought a class action in D.C. federal court accusing the U.S. Department of Defense of taking nearly nine months to discover a data breach exposing the records of millions of service members, veterans and staff.

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EU Says Trump's Russia Sanctions Waiver Weakens Pressure

By Dylan Moroses

The European Commission said President Donald Trump's executive action waiving tariffs and economic sanctions against Russia last week was "regrettable" and would impede international pressures to end the country's war with Ukraine.

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Boeing, Supplier Get Punitive Damages Cut In Door Plug Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

A Washington federal judge ruled Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems do not have to face punitive damages claims from a mother and son who sued them over a midair door plug blowout on a flight departing from Oregon.

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Wind Groups Say DOD Continues To Freeze Project Reviews

By Tom Lotshaw

Renewable energy backers asked an Oregon federal judge to enforce an injunction that blocked the U.S. Department of Defense from suspending reviews of proposed wind energy projects, arguing it has continued to miss deadlines and maintain an unlawful freeze on project reviews.

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Iran Money Trail Takes Center Stage At Huawei's RICO Trial

By Stewart Bishop

The federal jury in Brooklyn weighing Huawei's fate for days heard testimony about the money trail, or lack thereof, from the company's purported Iranian unit and the Chinese telecommunications giant's U.S. payroll, as one of its defenses in the sanctions and trade secret theft trial began to take shape.

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FCC Member Sees Satellite Spectrum Policy Advancing Fast

By Christopher Cole

A member of the Federal Communications Commission told a global gathering of telecom leaders that the U.S. will pursue policies on multiple fronts to make sure the booming satellite industry has abundant spectrum.

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DLA Says Bankruptcy Court Can't Hear $19M Adversary Suit

By Ganesh Setty

The federal government urged a Delaware bankruptcy court to dismiss an adversary action from Noble Supply & Logistics seeking roughly $19 million from the Defense Logistics Agency for goods and services the company said were delivered, arguing the court lacks jurisdiction.

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GAO Chides Co. For Apparent AI Use In Navy Contract Protest

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Government Accountability Office admonished a protester for inaccurate case citations due to its apparent use of artificial intelligence, in a dispute over how the U.S. Navy evaluated its $166 million proposal for an IT services contract.

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Immunity May Not Protect Gov't-Backed Cyber Operators

Companies considering participation in a National Coordination Center program that authorizes private actors to conduct offensive cyber operations on the government’s behalf should understand the limits of sovereign immunity and the operational and legal risks lurking in the details and undefined parameters of the program, say attorneys at Steptoe.

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The Law360 Pulse Leaderboard: A Look At The Top Firms

By Rachel Reimer

What makes a firm stand out in the ever-changing legal landscape? Here's a peek at the 2026 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard — the firms that can demonstrate excellence on measures of prestige and the reach and capability of their legal practice.

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Watchdog Can Pursue Jackson Walker Fees, Judge Says

By Clara Geoghegan

The U.S. Trustee's Office has standing to pursue millions of dollars in fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP in cases assigned to a judge who was in an undisclosed romantic relationship with one of the firm's ex-partners, a Texas bankruptcy court has concluded.

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6th Circ.'s Sutton Floats Class Action Limits At Judiciary Panel

By Jeff Overley

An influential federal judge is proposing new restrictions on class actions that aim to broadly block government policies, judiciary advisers heard at a Wednesday gathering, which also explored transparency ideas affecting legal finance and hard-to-access court records in the red-hot realm of immigration litigation.

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Ex-Employee Of Seyfarth Client Drops Suit Over Data Breach

By Craig Clough

A Texas woman who filed a proposed class action against Seyfarth Shaw LLP over a data breach voluntarily dropped the claims Tuesday without prejudice, according to a filing in Illinois federal court. 

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DOJ Moves To Remove Minn. Judges From Immigration Cases

By Britain Eakin

A top U.S. Department of Justice official has moved to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from immigration cases, arguing that interviews they gave to The New York Times about the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts suggest they can't be impartial.

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FBI Says Fired Agents Acted In Politicized Manner

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Lawyers for the government argued in a Washington, D.C., federal court Wednesday that an unfair firing suit from two former FBI agents should be tossed because they worked in a politicized manner on the "Arctic Frost" investigation into President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

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Sen. Blackburn Clears Path For Trump's Tenn. Court Nominee

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., has returned her blue slip for a judicial nominee for the Eastern District of Tennessee after an apparent delay.

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​​​​​​​Mamdani Taps Top Judicial Adviser Amid New Ethics Reforms

By Andrea Keckley

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday that he has appointed a lawyer from the New York University School of Law's Brennan Center for Justice to lead his judicial advisory committee as the mayor's office unveils new reforms to the city's judicial selection process.

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McCarter Beats Estate's Bid To Start $9.75M Interest Clock

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state court judge has blocked a mall developer's family from filing a formal offer to settle a malpractice suit against McCarter & English LLP for $9.75 million, standing by a November 2025 decision to pause the case while similar litigation proceeds to trial.

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