Analysis

Top Gov't Contracts Cases Of 2025

By Madeline Lyskawa

The Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled on several consequential issues impacting government contractors this year, including deciding who constitutes an "interested party" capable of lodging a bid protest and invalidating a settlement between the Pentagon and one of its major contractors. Here, Law360 reviews the top government contracts-related rulings in 2025.

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CACI To Boost Space Strategy With $2.6B ARKA Buy

By Rae Ann Varona

CACI International announced Monday that it plans to acquire aerospace and defense company ARKA Group for $2.6 billion from Blackstone's opportunistic investment arm to boost its space strategy in a deal advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

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Jury Deadlocks In Ex-NY Gov. Aide's Foreign Agent Case

By Stewart Bishop

A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday declared a mistrial in a case alleging a former top aide to two New York governors did the bidding of the People's Republic of China at the highest levels of state government in exchange for millions of dollars, after the jury deadlocked on all charges.

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Delta Pilots Lose Military Leave Class Cert. Bid In 'Close Call'

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge on Monday denied a class certification bid by Delta pilots claiming they were denied military leave, noting the absence of a named plaintiff to serve as class representative.

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Trump Admin Adds Drones To Nat'l Security Threat List

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Federal Communications Commission on Monday deemed new foreign-made drones an unacceptable risk to the national security and safety of the country.

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DOI Pauses Work On East Coast Offshore Wind Projects

By George Woolston

Construction on five offshore wind projects along the Atlantic coast was paused Monday by the U.S. Department of Interior over national security concerns, according to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.

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White House Looks To Open More Spectrum Bands

By Christopher Cole

President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to free up a large amount of airwaves for the wireless industry, including federally held spectrum running from 7.125 to 7.4 gigahertz.

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3rd Circ. Permits DOL To Back Honeywell In 401(k) Suit

By George Woolston

The U.S. Department of Labor can file a friend-of-court brief supporting Honeywell's position in a worker's fight to revive a proposed class action alleging the company violated federal benefits law, the Third Circuit said Monday.

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Black & Decker Sells Aerospace Biz To Howmet For $1.8B

By Brian Steele

Howmet Aerospace Inc. will buy Stanley Black & Decker Inc.'s aerospace and defense manufacturing business group in an all-cash deal for $1.8 billion, the companies announced Monday.

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US Magnesium's $11.5M DIP Needs Revisions, Judge Says

By Alex Wittenberg

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Monday declined to grant final approval of US Magnesium's $11.5 million in Chapter 11 financing, saying it was too early to authorize that relief as parties in the case continue to challenge the viability of the debtor's restructuring plans.

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How 2026 NDAA May Ease Entry To Defense Contracting

By Dan Ramish and Zach Prince

Reforms to implement a warfighting acquisition system included in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, signed on Dec. 18, are likely to reduce the burdens, risks and barriers that have previously impeded nontraditional defense contractors, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

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Bonus Spotlight

Haynes Boone, Seward & Kissel Announce Year-End Bonuses

By Aebra Coe

Haynes Boone is handing its associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those offered by a significant portion of BigLaw this year, largely adhering to a bonus scale first put forward by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in November, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.

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Analysis

4 Legal Ethics Matters That Rocked 2025

By Emily Sawicki

This year, judges across the country grappled with attorneys' use and misuse of generative artificial intelligence, and prominent federal prosecutor battles dominated headlines in some of the top legal ethics matters of 2025.

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DOJ Challenges ABA's Standing In Law Firm Intimidation Suit

By Ryan Boysen

The Trump administration is not waging an intimidation campaign against U.S. law firms, the government said Friday, calling an American Bar Association lawsuit challenging its alleged "law firm intimidation policy" as total speculation that must be dismissed due to lack of standing.

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JPMorgan Rips Javice Attys' 'Absurd' Bills For Candy, Booze

By Dorothy Atkins

JPMorgan has unveiled new details in its ongoing legal fee fight with Charlie Javice, accusing the convicted financial aid startup founder's Quinn Emanuel defense counsel and other firms of billing for "absurd" and "outrageous" expenses, including specialty cocktails, cellulite butter, a Cookie Monster toy and $530 on gummy bears.

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Ex-CIA Director's Lawyers Accuse DOJ Of Judge Shopping

By Carolina Bolado

Former CIA Director John Brennan's attorneys asked the chief judge for the Southern District of Florida on Monday to block prosecutors from trying to steer any potential charges against him for investigating Russia's 2016 election interference to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's courtroom.

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Analysis

2025 Was A Policy Year Like No Other For Immigration Attys

By Britain Eakin

This year brought nonstop immigration policy whiplash as the Trump administration ramped up enforcement, triggering panic among employers about I-9 compliance in a landscape of constantly shifting adjudication and work authorization policies. Here, Law360 looks at how policy shifted attorney practice in 2025.

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Calif. Atty Slams 'Protectionist' ABS Fee-Sharing Ban

By Emily Sawicki

A California attorney has pushed back on opposition from California's attorney general and the state's bar association amid his efforts to block enforcement of a ban on fee sharing with out-of-state law firms owned by nonattorneys, arguing the new state law is a "protectionist act, in defiance of the constitution."

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LawFirms.com Beats LegalForce's TM Suit After Bench Trial

By Ivan Moreno

A California judge has concluded that a company that operates LawFirms.com did not infringe a law firm's trademarks for LegalForce, saying that during a four-day bench trial in October the court found "no one was actually confused or misled."

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Schumer Pushes Senate To Sue Over Epstein File Release

By Courtney Bublé

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced a resolution on Monday that would direct the Senate to take legal action to force the Trump administration to fully comply with the law to release the files of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Analysis

As US Executions Decline, Florida Surges

By Brandon Lowrey

During Florida's 1994 gubernatorial race, Republican candidate Jeb Bush accused Democratic incumbent Lawton Chiles of being too soft on crime; Chiles' immediate predecessor, Bush pointed out, had signed almost 10 times as many death warrants as Chiles had.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's justices threw the Court of Chancery in reverse big time last week, rescinding a decision by the state's chancellor that last year effectively canceled tech tycoon Elon Musk's multi-year, then-$56 billion stock-based compensation package. It was a decision that lit up the court's relatively low-key, pre-holiday wind-up. It also highlighted the endless, 3D tug of war over Delaware-chartered companies and the interests of boards, officers, controllers, stockholders and the corporate bar.

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