A Federal Circuit judge appeared skeptical on Monday over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' about-face on the technical acceptability of a construction company's contract proposal, pressing a government attorney to explain how a once-acceptable proposal now has multiple deficiencies.
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Fed. Circ. Questions Army Corps' Contract Award About-Face

By Madeline Lyskawa

A Federal Circuit judge appeared skeptical on Monday over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' about-face on the technical acceptability of a construction company's contract proposal, pressing a government attorney to explain how a once-acceptable proposal now has multiple deficiencies.

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Justices To Mull Courts' Authority To Hear Vets' Benefits Suits

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a U.S. Army veteran's suit challenging the limit on disability benefits available to him as someone convicted of a felony and sentenced to a lengthy prison term, after the Eleventh Circuit dismissed his claims.

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Justices Remand State Secrets Dispute In FBI Spying Case

By Allison Grande

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent back to the lower court a long-running putative class action over the FBI's alleged surveillance of Muslims in Southern California, a dispute the federal government has argued threatens to undermine vital protections for state secrets. 

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POLICY & REGULATION

SpaceX Seeks C-Band Airwaves For Next-Gen Satellite

By Christopher Cole

SpaceX called on the Federal Communications Commission to make sure an upcoming auction of airwaves in the upper C-band allows next-generation satellite services to flourish alongside terrestrial wireless.

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LITIGATION

X Corp. Says National Security AI Co. Failed To Pay Bills

By Spencer Brewer

X Corp. told a Texas federal judge that San Francisco-based national security-centered AI company Zignal Labs Inc. failed to pay its bills relating to its access to X's data, saying Monday that Zignal owes almost $1 million in unpaid bills.

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Research Group Seeks To Block Fed's Divestment Efforts

By Rachel Konieczny

Federal actions threaten the National Center for Atmospheric Research's ability to forecast and prepare for weather disasters, a nonprofit research consortium said, urging a Colorado federal judge to block federal agencies and their leadership from taking further steps to dismantle the center.

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PEOPLE

Senior DOJ, White House Nat'l Security Pro Joins Covington

By Tracey Read

Covington & Burling LLP has hired the former chief of the Foreign Investment Review Section in the U.S. Department of Justice's National Security Division as a partner in the firm's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States practice.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Why MDLs Slow Down — And How To Speed Them Up

Multidistrict litigation has become central to mass tort practice, but as MDLs grow in size and complexity, so do delays and costs — so tools like the new federal rule governing MDLs, targeted use of special masters and strategically deployed Lone Pine orders are more essential than ever, say attorneys at Ice Miller.

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PTAB Memo Recenters Discretion On US Manufacturing

Read alongside recent Federal Circuit decisions, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires' memo on patent denial considerations emphasizes domestic manufacturing in a way that the International Trade Commission does not require, says Brandon Theiss at Volpe Koenig.

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What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings

My audit of 1,522 court documents from last month found that over 95% contained at least one verifiable error, with fewer than 1% showing clear indicators of artificial intelligence use — highlighting above all else that lawyers may want to focus most on strengthening their review processes, says Elliott Ash at ETH Zurich.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Recounts Firing: 'This Feels Wrong'

By Pete Brush

A former associate who claims DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that she got positive feedback as she worked with large corporate clients and was "shocked" when she was terminated.

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5 Firms Advise On Gilead's Up To $5B Tubulis Acquisition

By Al Barbarino

Gilead Sciences Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire German clinical-stage cancer biotechnology company Tubulis for up to $5 billion, in a deal steered by five law firms.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Robinson On Community Court

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

Judge Devin Robinson's courtroom at the Red Hook Community Justice Center looks and feels very different from the courthouse archetype.

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Kirkland Adds DLA Piper Gov't Contracts Attys In Texas, DC

By Lynn LaRowe

Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its government contracts practice group with an Austin, Texas-based partner and a Washington, D.C.-based associate who both came aboard from DLA Piper.

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Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill To Curtail PE Role In Litigation

By Emily Sawicki

A California bill to ban corporate investors from influencing litigation strategy is heading to the state Senate, backed by bipartisan support from the Assembly.

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Goodwin Grows Restructuring Team In New York And Boston

By James Boyle

Goodwin Procter LLP has grown its financial restructuring practice with the addition of attorneys in the New York and Boston offices with more than 40 years' combined experience at WilmerHale.

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Blanche Says Only Trump Knows Why Bondi's Leaving DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

Todd Blanche said on Tuesday he is now acting attorney general and no one, beyond the president, knows why Pam Bondi is out and he is in.

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DOJ Pushes To End Former Immigration Judge's Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss a former Ohio immigration judge's discrimination suit in D.C. federal court this week, calling the complaint "heavy on conclusory statements and speculation and light on allegations of fact."

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States, DC Back NY AG James In DOJ Probe Appeal

By Emily Sawicki

Backed by amici including the attorneys general of 20 states and the District of Columbia, New York Attorney General Letitia James is fighting the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to reopen an investigation into her office launched by a federal prosecutor found to have been serving unlawfully.

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Judge Who Quit Bench Amid Ethics Probe Hired By Fani Willis

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia trial court judge who resigned this year before facing the prospect of removal from the bench over a range of misconduct charges has been hired by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a spokesperson for Willis confirmed Tuesday.

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Texas Panel Keeps Ex-GC's Suit Over Unpaid Bonuses Alive

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday kept in play a suit by a dairy equipment manufacturer's former general counsel over unpaid bonuses, holding that updated anti-SLAPP rules applied to newly added claims in the suit and that the company failed to meet procedural requirements in trying to dismiss them.

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Winston & Strawn Adds White Collar Duo From McDermott

By Lauren Berg

Winston & Strawn LLP announced Tuesday that it is beefing up its white collar defense and government investigations practice in Washington, D.C., and New York with the addition of two former McDermott Will & Schulte partners, who each have years of compliance experience.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Apple Inc.

Arcellx Inc.

Brigham Young University

Broadcom Inc.

Brooklyn Law School

Consumer Attorneys of California

Coterra Energy Inc.

George Washington University

Gilead Sciences Inc.

InterDigital Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Rifle Association of America

New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Snap Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Spotify Technology SA

Stanford University

States United Democracy Center

Technology Concepts & Design Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Twitter Inc.

UCLA School of Law

University of Virginia

X Corp.

YouTube Inc.

eBay Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alden Law Group PLLC

Arnold & Porter

Bondurant Mixson

Brown Pruitt

Buck Keenan

CMS Hasche Sigle

Covington & Burling

DLA Piper

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Hueston Hennigan

Ice Miller

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

McDermott Will & Schulte

Munger Tolles

Orrick Herrington

Riess LeMieux

Venable LLP

Volpe Koenig

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Wigdor LLP

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

Yetter Coleman

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Judicial Center

Georgia Supreme Court

National Science Foundation

New Jersey Court

New York Attorney General's Office

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Army

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the District of Colorado