A D.C. federal judge pressed a Trump administration attorney to back up her claim that restricting reporters' access to the Pentagon has driven down the amount of classified information reaching the press, saying Friday that he'd seen nothing suggesting that unfettered access to the building was connected with leaks.
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TOP NEWS

Judge Questions Pentagon Claim That Press Escorts Curbed Leaks

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge pressed a Trump administration attorney to back up her claim that restricting reporters' access to the Pentagon has driven down the amount of classified information reaching the press, saying Friday that he'd seen nothing suggesting that unfettered access to the building was connected with leaks.

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OpenAI, Google Workers Back Anthropic In DOD Usage Feud

By Elaine Briseño

Google and OpenAI employees told a California federal court that autonomous lethal weapons systems used without human oversight pose several risks, backing rival artificial intelligence company Anthropic's bid to show the government acted arbitrarily in determining Anthropic posed national security risks.

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3M, DuPont Seek To Ax Out-Of-State PFAS Claims In Montana

By Lauren Berg

3M, DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other manufacturers asked a Montana federal judge to toss amended firefighter turnout gear PFAS claims brought by cities and municipalities in Connecticut, California and several other states, saying newly added out-of-state plaintiffs have no connection to Montana.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Eutelsat Seeks 'Relative' Payments For Upper C-Band Moves

By Nadia Dreid

The FCC ought to stick with its plan of paying companies who agreed to quickly clear out of the upper C-band "relative" to their contribution, but that doesn't mean using the same percentages it did to dole out payments for clearing out of the lower C-band, one satellite company said.

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ENFORCEMENT

Ex-Gov't Contractor Cops To $510K IT Kickback Scheme

By Gina Kim

A former intelligence agency contractor pled guilty in Maryland federal court to accepting $510,000 in kickbacks in exchange for using his access to sensitive government systems to influence the procurement process for IT products in favor of his co-conspirators, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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LITIGATION

Supplier Says Sikorsky Owes $14M For Helicopter Job

By Brian Steele

Lockheed Martin unit Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. paid a subcontractor only $8 million for $22 million worth of work on a multibillion-dollar military helicopter program after causing the project to "balloon in time and cost," according to a federal contract suit.

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Brief

Families Appeal Loss Against Lockheed Martin To 11th Circ.

By Ganesh Setty

Three families who accused Lockheed Martin of causing their children's birth defects told a Florida federal court Thursday that they are appealing a May jury verdict in favor of the defense giant to the Eleventh Circuit.

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DEALS & CONTRACTS

Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk, S&C

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, SpaceX prices a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, Apollo Global Management leads a capital commitment for a Broadcom initiative to build artificial intelligence infrastructure for companies including Anthropic, and pharma giant GSK acquires cancer therapy specialist Nuvalent.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

More BigLaw Raises Predicted Despite Silence After Milbank

By Alison Knezevich

While boutiques make up many of the law firms that have quickly matched Milbank LLP's recently announced associate raises, recruiters told Law360 Pulse this week that they predict more BigLaw firms will eventually reveal their own salary hikes.

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Analysis

Insider Trading Defense May Draw On 'Varsity Blues' Playbook

By Chris Villani

After enlisting a crew of experienced attorneys, defendants charged in an insider trading case allegedly involving deal information stolen from huge law firms are preparing to use a strategy that could take some cues from the "Varsity Blues" case in the same Boston courthouse.

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Q&A

JAMS Chief Executive Says Mass Arbitrations On The Rise

By Kellie Mejdrich

Mediation giant JAMS says it has seen a major upswing in mass arbitrations in employment and other contexts, as plaintiff-side firms develop new ways of responding to language requiring out-of-court dispute resolution by companies. CEO Kimberly Taylor and veteran JAMS mediator Robert Meyer spoke to Law360 about mediation trends, with a specific focus on employee benefits disputes.

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Atty Faces Sanctions Over Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut attorney could be sanctioned for including fake case quotes and misrepresentations of the law in court filings that seek dismissal of a trademark case against a taco restaurant, a federal judge said Friday in questioning whether the documents were sullied by artificial intelligence.

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Analysis

3 Things To Know As Judge Stares Down Impeachment Push

By Kelcey Caulder

The scandal that could cost U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross her job also threatens to cause courthouse chaos in the form of recusal motions, bids to reopen suits and uncertainty for clerks. Here, Law360 looks at three things to know about the calls to impeach the judge and their potential fallout.

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Texas Court Urged To Keep Judge Romance Suit Alive

By Adrian Cruz

In multiple filings, EJS Investment Holdings LLC has asked a Texas federal judge to reject attempts by former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones and other parties to dismiss its proposed class action over his secret romance with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner.

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'Poor Lawyering': Walmart Flub Haunts Class Attys At 9th Circ.

By Jeff Overley

Amid warnings of a chilling effect on plaintiffs counsel, a Ninth Circuit panel Friday scrutinized six-figure sanctions against attorneys whose false advertising suit targeting Walmart Inc. collapsed because of crucial fine print in an avocado oil receipt.

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No Amici In Comey Seashell Threat Case, Judge Says

By Craig Clough

A North Carolina federal judge on Friday said she will not allow any amici to weigh in on former FBI Director James Comey's criminal charges alleging he threatened President Donald Trump with a social media post, finding the parties are "ably represented" by counsel and public input is not needed.

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Ill. Judge Decries Grand Jury 'Turmoil,' Tosses Fraud Charges

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge agreed Friday to dismiss fraud charges against two men ahead of an evidentiary hearing probing recent grand jury misconduct claims, but cautioned that "getting rid" of the case may not have prosecutors' desired effect, as such allegations continue causing "turmoil" throughout the district court.

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Deluge Of Video Evidence Overwhelms Criminal Cases

By Brandon Lowrey

Surveillance cameras and police body cameras are creating a flood of video evidence that can help prosecutors and defense attorneys build strong cases. But many have been struggling with the technical and logistical challenges that come with the sheer volume of footage.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen the FCA bring a claim against a fund manager it accused of providing investment services despite having been banned, an Ardmore unit sue a contractor two days before the construction group's collapse, and shipping and cruise giant MSC hit back at an entertainment company following separate intellectual property litigation in the U.S. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Elon Musk and SpaceX's legal team blasted off with the largest IPO in history, with shares priced at $150 each at opening before briefly topping $176. And a new study shows investors have approved 11 of 17 companies' requests to move their incorporation from Delaware to Texas so far this proxy season.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Kirkland & Ellis LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Los Angeles jury in a bellwether trial cleared Johnson & Johnson of any liability in the deaths of three women from ovarian cancer.

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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

3M Co.

AECOM

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Apollo Global Management LLC

Apple Inc.

Bank of India

Blackstone Inc.

Boston Scientific Corp.

Bouygues

Bouygues Construction SA

Broadcom Inc.

Centene Corp.

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Connecticut Bar Association

Consilio LLC

Corporate Legal Operations Consortium

Corteva Inc.

Daybreak Express Inc.

Deere & Co.

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

ESPN Inc.

Eutelsat Communications SA

Flowers Foods Inc.

Fold

Fox Corp.

Georgia State University

Google LLC

Graduate Management Admission Council

Griswold

Hannaford Brothers Co.

Illinois Brick Co.

Instagram Inc.

Intrado Inc.

JAMS Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Laing O'Rourke

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Lucasfilm Ltd.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nasdaq Inc.

Novartis AG

Nuvalent Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Protect Democracy Project Inc.

QUALCOMM Inc.

S&P Global Inc.

Saudi Arabian Oil Co.

Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Starbucks Corp.

Starz LLC

Target Corp.

The Chemours Co.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The New York Times Co.

The Walt Disney Co.

TikTok Inc.

Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd.

Twitter Inc.

United Parcel Service Inc.

Venture Global LNG

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aaron Katz Law

Anderson & Kreiger

Ashfords LLP

Ashurst LLP

Ballard Spahr

Bandas Law Firm

Barker Martin

Berchem Moses

Bird & Bird

Bliven Law Firm

Boies Schiller

Brown Rudnick

Browning Kaleczyc

Burnham & Gorokhov

Butler Snow LLP

Clark Hill

Clifford & Harris

Clyde & Co

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

DAC Beachcroft

Davis Polk

Davis Wright Tremaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dovel & Luner

Durkin & Roberts

EIP Europe

Eversheds Sutherland

Gibson Dunn

Glaser Weil

Goodwin Procter

Gordon Rees

Grant & Eisenhofer

Greenberg Traurig

HSF Kramer

Hagens Berman

Hawkins Parnell

Heenan & Cook

Henning Strategies

Higgs LLP

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Hueston Hennigan

Husch Blackwell

Irwin Mitchell

Jackson Walker LLP

K&L Gates

Katten Muchin

Kellogg Hansen

Kennedys Law LLP

Keoghs LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kopecky Schumacher

Latham & Watkins

Law Office of Tom Kirkendall

Lewis Silkin

Loeb & Loeb

Macfarlanes LLP

Mahdavi Bacon

Mancini Shenk

McDermott Will & Schulte

Merchant & Gould

Milbank LLP

Mills & Reeve

Moore Barlow

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morgan Lewis

Quinn Emanuel

Reichman Jorgensen

Reynolds Porter

Ropes & Gray

Rusty Hardin

Saul Ewing

Selendy Gay

Seward & Kissel

Sheppard Mullin

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Silver Golub

Skadden Arps

Slaughter and May

Sterne Kessler

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Trowers & Hamlins

Wachtell Lipton

Walker Jones

Wallace LLP

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Winston Taylor

Yetter Coleman

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Denver District Attorney's Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

Los Angeles Superior Court

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

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 Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

United States District Court for the District of Montana