REDLattice and blank check company Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. said Monday they have agreed to merge in a deal that would take the cyber intelligence company public at a $1.25 billion premoney enterprise value.
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Kirkland, White & Case Lead Defense Firm's $1.25B SPAC Deal

By Al Barbarino

REDLattice and blank check company Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. said Monday they have agreed to merge in a deal that would take the cyber intelligence company public at a $1.25 billion premoney enterprise value.

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Al-Qaida, ISIS Victims Sue Ericsson Over Alleged Payoffs

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

American victims of al-Qaida and Islamic State attacks and their families have sued telecommunications provider Ericsson and its CEO, Börje Ekholm, saying the company paid the groups protection money in Iraq and hid the payments from U.S. counterterrorism officials.

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Judge Trims Claims In $6.8M Dispute Over VA Garage Contract

By Elaine Briseño

The Court of Federal Claims said a contractor cannot collect damages related to elevator work performed as part of a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs parking garage expansion in Utah, holding it was the company's responsibility to seek clarification about the scope of work.

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Newsom Signs Slate Of Bills Bolstering LGBTQ+ Protections

By Lauren Berg

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills defending against what he called the Trump administration's "all-out assault on the LGBTQ community," strengthening privacy protections, providing support to discharged service members and enhancing access to medical care.

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NATIONAL SECURITY

Tether's Stablecoin Is Iran's 'Lifeline,' Senate Report Says

By Jon Hill

A new forensic analysis from U.S. Senate Democrats is fueling fresh scrutiny of the Trump administration's cryptocurrency oversight, finding that Tether's USDT token, the biggest U.S. dollar stablecoin, has become a key tool for Iranian sanctions evasion and terror financing.

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POLICY & REGULATION

SpaceX Pans Mobile Biz On Value Of 2 Spectrum Bands

By Christopher Cole

SpaceX told the Federal Communications Commission the wireless industry was overestimating the value of using two spectrum bands for terrestrial mobile services, arguing the spectrum would be better leveraged for satellite broadband.

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US, China Reach Deal On Tariff Cuts On $30B In Goods Each

By Jack McLoone

An intergovernmental body tasked with managing trade between the U.S. and China has reached an agreement on $30 billion worth of nonsensitive goods exported from one country to the other that could benefit from more favorable tariff treatment.

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Brief

Don't Overstep On Submarine Cable License Regs, FCC Told

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission should shy away from implementing regulations for submarine cable landing licenses that would apply a uniform standard to all cable systems regardless of risk, says one of the country's biggest telecom trade groups.

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Brief

EU's Trade Growth With Deal Partners Outpaces Others

By Jack McLoone

Trade between the European Union and countries with which it has reached a trade agreement grew over twice as much in 2025 as trade with jurisdictions that don't have such a deal, the European Commission said Monday.

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ENFORCEMENT

SEC Says Couple Leaked Info Ahead Of $3.7B Cummins Deal

By Bonnie Eslinger

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced settlements Monday with a former Cummins Inc. manager and her husband charged with disclosing details about the company's $3.7 billion Meritor acquisition to a chain of individuals who reaped over $500,000 from the inside information.

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LITIGATION

JV Partner Accused Of Exceeding Air Force Contract Share

By Ganesh Setty

A government contractor has accused its joint venture counterpart of taking a greater share of work under a U.S. Air Force contract than it was supposed to and failing to give proper financial records access, telling an Alabama federal court there's been a "systematic breach" of their agreements. 

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FEMA Can't Tie Grant Funds To Election Process, Court Says

By Lauren Berg

The Federal Emergency Management Agency does not have the authority to condition receipt of counterterrorism grants on the way localities administer elections, a D.C. federal judge ruled Monday, handing a win to governments in Tennessee, Texas and Ohio just weeks before the midterms.

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DEALS & CONTRACTS

Broadfield, Loeb Guide $587M Aerospace SPAC Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Aerospace and defense company Astro Digital US, advised by Broadfield LLP, on Monday announced plans to go public by merging with Loeb & Loeb LLP-led special purpose acquisition company Proem Acquisition Corp I in a deal that values it at a pro forma post-money enterprise value of roughly $587 million.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What Opt-In Framework Means For Novel Space Activities

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Space Commerce is advancing a voluntary certification framework for commercial space activities not covered by existing licenses — but it's unclear whether this approach becomes a durable mission authorization regime, and separate legal permissions from agencies may still be necessary, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Arkansas Firm 5th To Seal PE Deal With Uplift Investors

By Tracey Read

Arkansas' largest personal injury law firm is the latest legal entity to ink a deal to take private equity investment using Uplift Investors' associated management services organization.

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AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'

By Julie Manganis

A California attorney was barred from representing the plaintiffs in a Massachusetts insurance coverage dispute and ordered to pay legal costs of up to $10,000 to opposing counsel, after a federal judge found he relied on "inaccurate and fictitious" case cites and holdings in three filings.

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Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP maintained "intentional opacity" about a recently disclosed cybersecurity attack last year that may have compromised protected health information, a proposed class action alleged in New York federal court.

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A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies

By Marco Poggio

From the right to own semiautomatic rifles to the rules governing voter registration, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term will see the justices tackle a broad swath of constitutional and access to justice issues.

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Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL

By Madison Arnold

Domino Foods is pushing back on an attempt to disqualify its counsel from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in a sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers filed the motion as a "strategic attempt to gain tactical advantage" at a critical point in the dispute.

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Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim

By Asha Glover

Duane Morris LLP has agreed to private mediation to settle a proposed class action by an employee who alleged that the firm failed to withhold taxes for workers who were misclassified as partners, according to a notice.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Wilson Sonsini topped a list of law firms that have alumni attorneys working at six of the country's most prominent tech companies. And general counsel at most large companies expect to increase their litigation budgets next year.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Anthropic PBC

AstraZeneca PLC

Astro Digital Inc.

BTI Consulting Group Inc.

Barron's

Block Inc.

Brennan Center for Justice

CTIA

Cardinal Health Inc.

Cloudflare Inc.

Compass Lexecon LLC

Coupang, Inc.

Cummins Inc.

Duke University

Eli Lilly & Co.

Enterprise Holdings Inc.

Fort Point Capital

Glencore PLC

GoDaddy Inc.

Google LLC

IMDb.com Inc.

Instagram Inc.

Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Leon Capital Group LLC

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Loomis Sayles & Co. LP

Lumen Technologies Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meritor Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nasdaq Inc.

Nektar Therapeutics

New York University

News Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Pfizer Inc.

Proof

Protect Democracy Project Inc.

Public Rights Project

RELX PLC

Red Bull GmbH

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists

Skydance Media LLC

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

Tesla Inc.

Tether Ltd.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Hershey Co.

The J. M. Smucker Co.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

TikTok Inc.

United States Telecom Association

University of Miami

WK Kellogg Co

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Adams & Reese

Addleshaw Goddard

Bottaro Law Firm

Brabners LLP

Browne Jacobson LLP

Burnham & Gorokhov

Campbell Johnston

Carpmaels & Ransford

Clarke Willmott

Clyde & Co

Cohen Milstein

Covington & Burling

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Davis Polk

Demeo LLP

Duane Morris

Dudley DeBosier

Dunn Isaacson Rhee

Emery Reddy

Federman & Sherwood

Fell Law PC

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Hughes & Coleman

Jenner & Block

John Foy & Associates

Jones Day

Keches Law Group

Keller Rohrback

Kennedys Law LLP

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Loeb & Loeb

Lowenstein Sandler

Maslon LLP

McDermott Will & Schulte

Miles & Stockbridge

Mills & Reeve

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

O'Melveny & Myers

Paris Smith LLP

Paul Weiss

PilieroMazza

Pinsent Masons

Polsinelli PC

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

RWK Goodman

Rainwater Holt

Reed Smith

Russell-Cooke

Schlam Stone

Selendy Gay

Silver Golub

Silverman Thompson

Skadden Arps

Sparacino PLLC

Spencer Fane

Spencer West LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell

Taft Stettinius

Tarter Krinsky

Venable LLP

Ventura Law (Danbury, CT)

Weil Gotshal

Whalen Law Office

White & Case

Wiley Rein

Wilson Sonsini

Withersworldwide

gunnercooke LLP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Civil Rights Department

Central Intelligence Agency

Companies House

European Commission

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Financial Conduct Authority

Internal Revenue Service

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

Montana Department of Revenue

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

New York Attorney General's Office

Small Business Administration

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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

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

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court