Analysis

Use Of Terrorist Removal Court May Test Due Process Rights

By Madeline Lyskawa

The Trump administration's recent activation of the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court to deport an Afghan national with legal permanent resident status could test the limits of the U.S. Constitution and the due process rights it confers upon residents.

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Defense Dept. Was 'Ostrich Burying His Head', Judge Says

By Hailey Konnath

A Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday compared the U.S. Department of Defense's since struck-down reimbursement limit for grant-funded research to an "ostrich burying his head in the sand," awarding attorney fees to the academic organization that successfully challenged the policy.

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Soldier Wants To Fight DOJ, CFTC Maduro Bet Cases At Once

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Army soldier accused of reaping prediction market profits with his knowledge of the January operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro wants to fight parallel actions from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. Justice Department at once, and contends the government can't use his case as an "experiment" for how to police trading on platforms like Polymarket.

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Debevoise Guides EQT On €1B European Satellite Biz Funding

By Dawood Fakhir

Investment giant EQT said Wednesday that it co-led a €1 billion ($1.15 billion) funding round for Finnish aerospace startup Iceye through its newly launched Scaleup Europe Fund, a day after the European Commission said the vehicle would begin making investments.

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BofA Must Face Some Claims In Military Interest Cap Suit

By Katryna Perera

A North Carolina federal judge declined to fully adopt a magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Bank of America of violating an interest cap law for military service members, though he trimmed some claims from the suit.

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Shipcom Says Navy Sub Worked Outside Approved Orders

By Elaine Briseño

Shipcom Federal Solutions LLC asked a Texas federal court to toss a lawsuit seeking to recover nearly $4.6 million for products and services delivered for a U.S. Navy project, saying its subcontractor is attempting to escape responsibility for its own actions.

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GAO Backs DHS In $12.4M Training Center Support Deal Protest

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Government Accountability Office ruled against a Georgia business seeking reconsideration of its proposal for a $12.4 million laundry service contract with a federal law enforcement training facility, saying officials were not obliged to flag issues with its bid before awarding it to another business.

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PE-Backed Chemicals-Maker GChem To Be Sold In $850M Deal

By Al Barbarino

ContextLogic Holdings Inc. and affiliates will purchase chemicals-maker gChem from EagleTree Capital and co-investors at an $850 million enterprise value, the companies announced Wednesday. 

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DOJ's FCA Push Creates Risks For Construction Contractors

The construction industry may be uniquely vulnerable to a new generation of False Claims Act enforcement driven by the U.S. Department of Justice's increasing usage of the FCA to target a much broader category of conduct than it has in decades past, specifically compliance certifications and regulatory representations, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

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Brown Rudnick Adds 34 Attys, Will Open Silicon Valley Office

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Brown Rudnick LLP announced on Wednesday that it had lured a 34-attorney intellectual property litigation group from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP and would be opening a Silicon Valley office with many of those lawyers.

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Law Grad Employment Remains High As BigLaw Drives Hires

By Aebra Coe

Class of 2025 law school graduates posted near-record high employment rates, with large law firms hiring more graduates than any other industry category as federal government hiring experienced a significant decline, according to new data released Wednesday.

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Analysis

These Firms Are Picking Up The Most PTAB Work

By Theresa Schliep

Intellectual property heavyweight Fish & Richardson PC remains the busiest firm in front of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, as it again secured the top spot on a list of firms with the most PTAB trials over the past three years.

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Murdaugh Loses Jury Tampering Suit Against Ex-Court Clerk

By Jake Maher

A South Carolina federal judge on Wednesday dismissed disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh's jury tampering suit against a former court clerk who was found to have interfered in his murder trial, ruling there was no connection between his alleged damages and the ex-clerk's misconduct.

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New Mexico Joins States With Alternative Atty License Paths

By Jack Karp

Law school graduates will soon be able to earn their license to practice in New Mexico by working under an attorney's supervision and demonstrating their legal skills rather than by taking the bar exam, the state's Supreme Court chief justice told Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

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New Mexico Says Blanche, DOJ Blocked Epstein Ranch Probe

By Lauren Berg

The state of New Mexico asked a Washington, D.C., federal court Wednesday to force the U.S. Department of Justice to hand over unredacted Jeffrey Epstein investigative files, saying it needs the materials for its own investigation of alleged crimes at the late sex offender's Santa Fe County ranch.

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Texas Firm Lands $150M HHS Services Deal For Migrant Kids

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it has entered into a $150 million contract with a small Texas law firm to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children, raising concerns from former subcontractors about the firm's experience with immigration matters.

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Simpson Thacher Witness Takes Aim At PIPE Stocks Claim

By Madison Arnold

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP wrapped up its defense Wednesday to a Florida state malpractice suit from the founder of Patriot National Inc. over the firm's handling of a private investment in public equity transaction, with a stock market expert testifying that short selling stock allowed under the deal didn't lead to the insurance services company's downfall.

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Conn. Atty To Fork Over $3,500 For AI Errors In Taco TM Beef

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut federal judge imposed a $3,500 fine on a defense attorney who submitted two motions riddled with AI-generated mistakes in a taco restaurant's trademark battle, finding that although the lawyer expressed remorse and promised to make changes to his verification process, he still showed "subjective bad faith."

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Sierra Leone Isn't Responding To Its Own Attys, Judge Told

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A second law firm now says it is being iced out by the government of Sierra Leone in a yearslong legal battle that began over the country's dispute with a U.K.-based mining company.

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NY Legal Aid Union Averts Strike After 4 Months Of Talks

By Andrea Keckley

Another New York legal aid union has reached a deal with its organization's management, averting the possibility of a strike after its contract and those of four other unions expired at the end of June.

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CREXi Wants 9th Circ. To Undo Quinn Emanuel CoStar Row DQ

By Bryan Koenig

Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. doesn't want to replace Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP after a California federal judge disqualified the firm from defending a copyright infringement suit by CoStar, seeking Ninth Circuit intervention and a pause on the district court case.

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