Analysis

11th Circ. Ruling Won't Prevent Qui Tam Constitutional Tests

By Madeline Lyskawa

The Eleventh Circuit's holding that the False Claims Act's provisions letting private individuals sue on the federal government's behalf pass muster under the U.S. Constitution may do little to halt the growing wave of challenges seeking to knock down those provisions.

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9th Circ. Leaves VA On Hook For Homeless Vet Housing

By Tom Lotshaw

The full Ninth Circuit Friday refused to revisit a ruling requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build supportive housing for homeless disabled veterans, sparking dissents that accused judges of swapping their robes for hard hats and "bulldozing" established disability law.

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No Jurisdiction Over Army Officer's $10.5M Tort Suit, Feds Say

By Ganesh Setty

The federal government urged a Puerto Rico federal court Friday to toss a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel's lawsuit demanding $10.5 million over allegations of "abusive" actions during an investigation, disputing the court's subject matter jurisdiction on multiple fronts.

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Afghan Woman Deported In 1st 'Alien Terrorist' Case

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Trump administration deported an Afghan woman accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired mass shooting in the first case before the previously dormant Alien Terrorist Removal Court.

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Lockheed Guard Sues Over Firing In Gun Handling Dispute

By Brian Steele

A former Sikorsky Aircraft security officer wants a Connecticut federal judge to order the helicopter maker and its parent company Lockheed Martin Corp. to rehire him and pay damages, claiming he was fired for mishandling his gun even though "surveillance footage clearly showed plaintiff using appropriate trigger finger discipline."

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Tatneft Says Ukraine Is Politicizing $173M Award Appeal

By Caroline Simson

The Russian oil company Tatneft pressed the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to restart litigation aimed at enforcing a confirmed $173 million arbitral award against Ukraine, accusing the country of relying on "unsupported assertions and innuendo" to keep the case on pause indefinitely.

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Contractor Again Seeks Payment In Air Base Work Dispute

By Danielle Ferguson

A Delaware plumbing and HVAC company has again sued its general contractor over alleged unpaid labor and materials for work completed on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers elementary school project and also alleged insurers have failed to cover $4.2 million in outstanding costs through the project's payment and performance bonds.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Troutman, Wachtell

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, GE Aerospace buys Consolidated Precision Products from private investment firms Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners, Independence Realty Trust Inc. and Centerspace agree to merge, and EverBank Financial Corp. and WaFd Inc. agree to combine through a reverse merger.

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Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs

The trajectory of legal ethics guidance in recent years strongly suggests that as redaction technology becomes more accessible, the failure to use it when uploading highly confidential materials into artificial intelligence tools will become increasingly difficult to defend as reasonable, say attorneys at Lewis Brisbois.

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Big Biz Coalition Backs Litigation Funding Disclosure Rule

By Ryan Boysen

Big U.S. businesses and insurers like Amazon, Anthropic, Chubb and Walmart asked the federal judiciary on Monday to tighten disclosure requirements for litigation finance, claiming the lack of guardrails allows funders to operate "in the shadows."

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Indiana Atty Hit With $10K Sanction Over False Citations

By Andrea Keckley

An Indiana federal judge on Friday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to sanction a local attorney $10,000 after finding that five briefs in a consumer credit case included citations to nonexistent cases.

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Jackson Lewis Removes Ex-Atty's Bias Suit To Federal Court

By Patrick Hoff

Jackson Lewis PC has moved a former associate's suit accusing the firm of refusing to accommodate her temporary work restrictions following her medical leave to California federal court, saying state court wasn't the right venue for dispute.

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Bove Rejects Recusal Bid Tied To DOJ Whistleblower Claims

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove declined Monday to recuse himself in a Third Circuit immigration case, saying the attorneys for the petitioner are "recycling a failed pre-confirmation political smear" on him.

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State Farm Attorney Sanctioned $999.99 For AI Hallucinations

By Jonathan Capriel

An attorney for State Farm who filed several motions citing nonexistent cases and fabricated quotes generated by AI software must pay a $999.99 sanction, a Los Angeles judge ruled, an amount one cent below the threshold that would have triggered a mandatory notice to the State Bar of California under state law.

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Brief

Ex-Moses & Singer Partner Gets 10 Months For Tax Crimes

By Craig Clough

A Connecticut federal judge Monday sentenced a former Moses & Singer LLP partner to 10 months of imprisonment and ordered him to pay more than $3.1 million for failing to file personal income tax returns, the U.S. attorney's office announced.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week saw disputes over allegedly fabricated board approvals at a telecom infrastructure startup, insider trading and child safety at Roblox Corp. and ownership of artificial intelligence technology used in legal proceedings.

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