A U.S. Army soldier must face charges that he profited from insider knowledge of the raid that captured deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after a Manhattan federal judge ruled that whether his prediction market trades ran afoul of commodities laws is a question for trial.
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Soldier Can't Slip Charges Over Maduro Raid Polymarket Bet

By Aislinn Keely

A U.S. Army soldier must face charges that he profited from insider knowledge of the raid that captured deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after a Manhattan federal judge ruled that whether his prediction market trades ran afoul of commodities laws is a question for trial.

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AeroVironment Says It Flagged Space Force Contract Risks

By Tom Lotshaw

AeroVironment Inc. asked a Virginia federal judge to throw out a proposed class action alleging it misled investors about a terminated U.S. Space Force contract worth up to $1.7 billion, arguing it reasonably characterized its contract performance and warned about such risks.

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New Jersey Says DuPont Deal Bars Town's $1B PFAS Claims

By George Woolston

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection backed various DuPont entities' bid to toss the remaining claims in a municipality's $1 billion lawsuit over forever chemical contamination stemming from a longtime DuPont facility, arguing that a landmark settlement the state reached earlier this year bars the claims.

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Kreindler Loses Bid To Cut 9/11 Fee Claims

By Jared Foretek

A Washington, D.C., federal judge denied law firm Kreindler & Kreindler LLP's bid to end a lawsuit from the estate of a deceased attorney over 9/11 victim's fund fees, potentially setting up a trial to resolve the 5-year-old litigation.

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POLICY & REGULATION

SpaceX Wants Low-Band Rework In Space Coverage Plan

By Christopher Cole

SpaceX called on the Federal Communications Commission to add a potential spectrum revamp of the lower 900 megahertz band to a proposal the board will consider this week to expand space-based cellphone coverage.

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LITIGATION

Feds Hit With Suit Over Cleanup From Colorado Gunnery Site

By Tom Lotshaw

A former owner of a 105-acre property in Aurora asked a Colorado federal judge to declare the U.S. government liable for $700,000 of costs incurred to investigate and clear old munitions from the site, which was part of a former military range.

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Analysis

3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In November

By Ryan Davis

A high-stakes case that will determine whether the U.S. government should face patent infringement claims over Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines and Labcorp's appeal of a nine-figure patent verdict against it are among the arguments the Federal Circuit will hear in November.

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Feds Settle Suit Over Botched Atlanta VA Hysterectomy

By David Aaro

The federal government reached a deal to end a suit from a patient who claimed a doctor botched her hysterectomy at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in metro Atlanta, according to a Tuesday filing in Georgia federal court.

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Justice Department Inks 1st 'Near-Miss' Nonprosecution Deal

By Hailey Konnath

Software company Extreme Networks Inc. has agreed to pay $975,722 in penalties to put to rest allegations it unlawfully sold to a sanctioned Russian weapons manufacturer as part of a nonprosecution agreement that the U.S. Department of Justice said marks its first "near-miss" case under a new corporate disclosure policy.

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DEALS & CONTRACTS

FCC OKs Amazon's $11.6B Globalstar Satellite Buy

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission has signed off on Amazon.com Inc.'s $11.6 billion plan to buy U.S. satellite company Globalstar Inc., bringing the e-commerce behemoth one step closer to expanding its nascent satellite internet business.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

DOJ Directive Gives Contractors A Fraud Risk Road Map

For government contractors, the 10 factors described in the U.S. Department of Justice's recent corporate fraud enforcement directive function as a de facto scoring rubric for internal audits that mirrors what prosecutors will prioritize, say attorneys at Spencer Fane.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

At 4th Circ., DOJ Admits But Downplays Goldstein Trial Errors

By Jeff Overley

The U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday acknowledged that it confused key statutory terms related to jury instructions at famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein's criminal trial, while also insisting "the government's mistake here was understandable" and shouldn't upend a jury's guilty verdict.

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Brief

Fenwick & West To Match $235K Salary Scale For Associates

By Tracey Read

Fenwick & West LLP is reportedly the latest firm that will raise associate pay in the new year.

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Ex-Fla. Bar Prez Accused Of Botching $350M Estate Claim

By Carolina Bolado

The widow of a Miami real estate investor is suing a former president of the Florida Bar for malpractice, claiming his botched representation left her without a claim to her late husband's $350 million estate.

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4th Circ. Says W.Va. Daniel's Law Is Unconstitutional

By Rose Krebs

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court determination striking down as unconstitutional West Virginia's law restricting the publication of the home addresses and phone numbers of law enforcement and judicial officials, saying the district court applied "well-established" First Amendment principles.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

Above the Law

AeroVironment Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

Arbutus Biopharma Corp.

Coty Inc.

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Extreme Networks Inc.

Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman

Globalstar Inc.

Labcorp Holdings Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.

Medytox Inc.

Moderna Inc.

Paypal Holdings Inc.

RELX PLC

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

The Chemours Co.

The Florida Bar

Thomson Reuters Corp.

Thryv Inc.

Venmo LLC

Whitepages Consumer Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Agnifilo Intrater

Ballard Spahr

Bernstein Litowitz

Brownstein Hyatt

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Bullock Law Firm PC

Bursor & Fisher

Cooley LLP

Dema Law

Fenwick & West

Flaherty Sensabaugh

Geragos & Geragos

Gibson Dunn

Kelley Drye

Kirsch & Niehaus

Klausner Kaufman

Kreindler & Kreindler

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Brisbois

McGuireWoods

Meyner & Landis

Milbank LLP

Norris McLaughlin

Paul Weiss

Sanchez-Medina Gonzalez

Saxena White

Shuman McCuskey

Skadden Arps

Spencer Fane

Spilman Thomas

Stinson LLP

WilmerHale

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Defense Contract Audit Agency

Defense Contract Management Agency

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Institute of Standards and Technology

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Office of Foreign Assets Control

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

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 Texas

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado