Analysis

DC Circ. Anthropic Ruling Could Chill Contractor Speech

By Madeline Lyskawa

The D.C. Circuit's decision backing the U.S. Department of Defense's removal of Anthropic from its supply chain was based on a broad reading of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, which could lead contractors to be more careful about publicizing disputes with the department.

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Feds Seek To Throw Out States' Challenge To DEI Contract EO

By Ganesh Setty

The Trump administration told a Maryland federal court that it should toss a lawsuit from states challenging its implementation of an executive order targeting diversity, equity and inclusion practices in the government contracting space, arguing the order falls within well-settled law.

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Latham, Wilson Sonsini Guide AMD's $8.2B World Labs Buy

By Al Barbarino

AMD has agreed to buy AI model developer and research lab World Labs in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.2 billion, acquiring a team that the chipmaker said will help bolster its efforts to develop AI infrastructure for emerging models and applications.

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Brief

Chinese, Indian Electrodes Dumped, Commerce Finds

By Jack McLoone

Imports of electrodes used for smelting from India and China are facing possible antidumping duties, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Tuesday, finding they are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

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Feds Ask 4th Circ. To Affirm Conviction In Fake Contracts Plot

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The federal government has asked the Fourth Circuit to affirm the conviction of a man accused of defrauding investors through fake NASA contracts who is looking to withdraw his guilty plea and have the trial court judge removed for bias.

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Pair Cop To $80M Gov't Contract Fraud Conspiracy

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Two people have pled guilty in Pennsylvania federal court to conspiring to defraud the government out of $80 million in contracts reserved to disadvantaged small businesses, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Harrisburg announced Tuesday.

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Boeing Can't Avoid Punitives With HQ Move, Passengers Say

By Ben Adlin

Passengers suing The Boeing Co. over the 2024 blowout of an aircraft door panel told a Washington state court on Monday that the aerospace giant can't escape punitive damages under Illinois law, claiming that corporate decisions made at the company's former Chicago headquarters are to blame for the event.

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Feds Seek To Dodge Minnesota Evidence-Sharing Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration told a D.C. federal judge that Minnesota and Hennepin County litigation cannot compel it to hand over information for investigations into immigration agent shootings that killed two U.S. citizens and wounded a Venezuelan man.

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3rd Circ. Affirms Thomson Reuters' Westlaw AI Copyright Win

By Ivan Moreno

The Third Circuit on Tuesday upheld Thomson Reuters' victory against Ross Intelligence Inc. in the first U.S. appellate ruling to address whether artificial intelligence training can be fair use of copyrighted material, upholding a Delaware federal court's decision that the startup infringed Westlaw headnotes by using material derived from them to develop an AI-powered legal search tool.

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11th Circ. Won't Pause Sanctions Against Trump In IRS Case

By Jack McLoone

An Eleventh Circuit panel refused Tuesday to pause a district court's sanctions order barring President Donald Trump and others from citing the agreement he made to settle his $10 billion suit against the Internal Revenue Service while they appeal the order.

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DC Circ. Weighs Limits On Boasberg's Contempt Inquiry

By Jared Foretek

A top Justice Department official told an en banc D.C. Circuit panel that a district judge should refer former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for contempt over the 2025 deportation flights to El Salvador and move on, saying the judge had no authority to wrap others into his inquiry.

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Jack Smith Says He Won't Be Intimidated By Trump Threats

By Courtney Bublé

Former special counsel Jack Smith testified on Tuesday he "will not be silenced" by threats of prosecution by the president or others.

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Baker Botts Atty Disputes Inventor's Claim Of Defamation Deal

By Madison Arnold

A Baker Botts LLP patent attorney is pushing back on an inventor's claim that they reached a settlement agreement in the inventor's defamation suit in Florida federal court.

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Richards Layton Atty's Chancery Nomination Advanced

By Rose Krebs

A Delaware senate committee Tuesday advanced the nomination for a Richards Layton & Finger PA director to serve as a vice chancellor on the nationally important Chancery Court, with him vowing to continue the court's esteemed legacy for corporate law jurisprudence.

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