A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge declined to upend the U.S. Army's award of a $375 million contract for maintaining a base in Germany, finding the agency reasonably credited the winning contractor for past projects performed by corporate affiliates.
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Judge Denies Protest Of $375M Army Base Contract

By Madeline Lyskawa

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge declined to upend the U.S. Army's award of a $375 million contract for maintaining a base in Germany, finding the agency reasonably credited the winning contractor for past projects performed by corporate affiliates.

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Air Force Urges Justices Not To 'Engraft' NEPA Onto RCRA

By Tom Lotshaw

The Air Force on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a Guam nonprofit's assertion that the military branch should have completed an environmental review before it applied to renew a hazardous waste permit allowing it to detonate expired munitions on the island.

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AI Co.'s 'Scattershot' Bid Protest Loses In Claims Court

By Elaine Briseño

A Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected the protest of an artificial intelligence firm over a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency contract, criticizing the company's "kitchen sink" approach to litigating the matter.

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Trump Delays Canada Tariffs, Says Deal Imminent

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump delayed for three days 50% tariffs on select Canadian goods scheduled to take effect Wednesday in an effort to strike a deal with the Canadian government, he said late Tuesday evening.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Feds Urge Wash. Court To Back Axing Dam Workers' CBA

By Katherine Smith

The Trump administration urged a Washington federal court to deny a labor union's bid to block the government from terminating a collective bargaining agreement covering hydropower dam workers, arguing that appellate courts have rejected similar injunction requests from other unions.

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ENFORCEMENT

Gov't Seeks $2M From Boaters In DC Maritime Hit-And-Run

By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. government wants two Maryland boaters to pay $2.2 million after they allegedly strayed into restricted Potomac waters and crashed into a U.S. Navy research pier, causing millions of dollars in damage and then fleeing, according to a lawsuit filed in D.C. federal court.

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LITIGATION

Mining Project Beats Suit, But Species Harm Estimate Flagged

By Crystal Owens

The federal government won dismissal of most claims from environmental groups challenging a gold mining project, but the presiding federal Idaho judge did order the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise a statement estimating harm to wolverine and bull trout.

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Azerbaijan Says CNN's Iran, Israel Report Defamed The Nation

By Jarek Rutz

The Republic of Azerbaijan has sued CNN in Delaware federal court, accusing the news network of defamation for reporting that Azerbaijan allowed Israeli forces to use its territory for military and intelligence operations against Iran during the ongoing war. Azerbaijan says the report was false, damaged the country's reputation and put its citizens at risk of retaliation.

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DEALS & CONTRACTS

Willkie, Latham Guide Defense Tech Firm Lyntris' $298M IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity-backed defense technology company Lyntris Inc. hit the public markets Wednesday after raising $298 million in its initial public offering steered by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Surviving A Long Trial

Most of law school trial advocacy is geared toward the sprint of trying a short case, but beyond managing a cross-examination or closing argument, effectively handling the marathon of a lengthy trial requires the ability to maintain composure, organization and credibility with the jury, says Mihir Elchuri at Hirschler.

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6 Key Takeaways From CFIUS Annual Report

Attorneys at Simpson Thacher review highlights from the annual report of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., released to Congress this month, including the launch of the American First Investment Policy and the Known Investor Pilot Program, and the agency's continued focus on enforcement despite its resource constraints.

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Rethinking Corporate Travel Rules After Device Search Cases

A recent New York federal court decision approving a warrantless seizure and search of company laptops and a pending Georgia federal court criminal case over a phone's data deletion underscore how little protection corporate personnel have at the border, necessitating a review of corporate travel programs, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Trump Taps DOJ Official, ND Solicitor General For Judgeships

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he's tapping Jesus Osete, a top U.S. Department of Justice official, to serve on the Western District of Missouri and Philip Axt, solicitor general of North Dakota, for the District of North Dakota.

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McGuireWoods Hires Womble Bond Commercial Attys In DC

By Jack Rodgers

McGuireWoods LLP has hired two attorneys from Womble Bond Dickinson who focus their practice on postacquisition disputes, construction litigation and government contract matters, the firm announced Thursday.

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Eastman Among 16 Calif. Attys Disbarred In Q2 2026

By Emily Sawicki

The State Bar of California removed the licenses of 16 attorneys between April and June of this year over a broad spectrum of ethical breaches ranging from the high-profile case of John Eastman attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, to a lawyer found to be in possession of child sex abuse images.

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Mich. Panel Rejects $2.5M Malpractice Suit Over Bank Debt

By Melanie Dorsey

An attorney failed to show a law firm and two lawyers derailed his efforts to settle a PNC Bank debt and caused him to ultimately pay more than $2.5 million, a Michigan appellate court has ruled, upholding the dismissal of his malpractice suit. 

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Man Accused Of Threatening Judge In Mass Shooting Case

By Jack Karp

A Texas man is accused of threatening the state judge and district attorney in a Georgia school shooting case, as well as a federal judge in Alabama, according to an announcement from federal prosecutors.

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CREXi Drops 9th Circ. Challenge To Quinn Emanuel DQ

By Isaac Monterose

Property listing company Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. has moved to dismiss its own Ninth Circuit mandamus petition, which challenged a lower court's disqualification of CREXi's counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, from a legal battle against rival CoStar.

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Harris Beach Adds Environmental Atty From Nixon Peabody

By Isaac Monterose

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC has hired former Nixon Peabody LLP attorney Aaron B. Goldman as a senior counsel on its commercial real estate and environmental teams in New York.

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Amentum Services Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

Cablevision Systems Corporation

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

CoStar Group Inc.

Earthjustice

Harvard University

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

LinkedIn Corp.

LoopNet Inc.

Scale AI Inc.

State Bar of California

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

Trive Capital

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advocates for the West

Brown Rudnick

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Clifford Chance

Cole Schotz

Crowell & Moring

Gibson Dunn

Girardi & Keese

Hancock Daniel Johnson & Nagle

Harris Beach Murtha

Hirschler

Holland & Hart

Latham & Watkins

McGillivary Steele

McGuireWoods

Miles & Stockbridge

Miller Waxler

Mountain Top Law

Nixon Peabody

Plunkett Cooney

Polsinelli PC

Quinn Emanuel

Seyfarth Shaw

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Susman Godfrey

Willkie Farr

Womble Bond

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Supreme Court

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fish and Wildlife Service

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

National Marine Fisheries Service

North Dakota Attorney General's Office

Supreme Court of Missouri

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

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

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Navy

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota