A flood of capital into the Middle East and an evolution of local arbitral institutions has helped fuel the ascent of the region as a disputes hub, prompting law firms to open new offices and expand existing ones as they seek to capitalize on this localized economic boom. 
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TOP NEWS

Middle East Investment Boom Lures Disputes Firms To Region

By Caroline Simson

A flood of capital into the Middle East and an evolution of local arbitral institutions has helped fuel the ascent of the region as a disputes hub, prompting law firms to open new offices and expand existing ones as they seek to capitalize on this localized economic boom. 

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DC Circ. Denies Anthropic's Security Risk Suit Against DOD

By Madeline Lyskawa

A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled Friday the Pentagon was justified in citing national security concerns to exclude Anthropic's suite of Claude artificial intelligence models from its supply chain.

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Dems Press DOD Over Delayed Pay For Trans Troops

By Courtney Bublé

A group of House Democrats is calling on the U.S. Department of Defense to ensure that transgender service members ousted from the military under the Trump administration receive their separation payment.

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NATIONAL SECURITY

US, China Agree To Trade Truce Extension, Greer Says

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. and Chinese negotiators agreed to temporarily extend a trade truce and provide preferential tariff treatment for a subset of goods bought and sold between the two countries while discussions continue on a broader trade agreement between the world's two largest economies, the top U.S. trade official said Friday.

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ENFORCEMENT

Ex-Soldier Gets 70-Month Sentence For Telecom Hack Scheme

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge on Friday sentenced a former U.S. Army soldier to 70 months in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution for his role in extorting telecommunication companies by hacking their systems and holding sensitive data hostage for ransom.  

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LITIGATION

EEOC Says Shipbuilder Rejected Veteran Over Disability

By Grace Elletson

A shipbuilding company yanked back an employment offer extended to a veteran job applicant after learning that he is disabled, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims in a suit filed in Florida federal court.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

FTC Push May Create Dual Origin-Claim Risks For Contractors

Recent Federal Trade Commission actions involving Made in USA advertising requirements offer a preview of enforcement themes that may impose dual compliance burdens on government contractors that are also subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation Buy American restrictions, says Amy Hoang at Seyfarth.

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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

BTI Consulting Group Inc.

Block Inc.

Cardinal Health Inc.

Cloudflare Inc.

Compass Lexecon LLC

Coupang, Inc.

Dubai International Financial Centre

Duke University

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc.

Eli Lilly & Co.

Enterprise Holdings Inc.

Glencore PLC

GoDaddy Inc.

Google LLC

IMDb.com Inc.

Instagram Inc.

Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc.

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Kellogg Co.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

London Court of International Arbitration

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Lumen Technologies Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nektar Therapeutics

News Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Pfizer Inc.

Proof

RELX PLC

Red Bull GmbH

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists

Singapore International Arbitration Centre

Skydance Media LLC

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Tesla Inc.

The Hershey Co.

The J. M. Smucker Co.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

TikTok Inc.

University of Miami

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Akin Gump

Bottaro Law Firm

Brabners LLP

Browne Jacobson LLP

Campbell Johnston

Carpmaels & Ransford

Clarke Willmott

Clyde & Co

Cohen Milstein

Covington & Burling

Crowell & Moring

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

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

Lowenstein Sandler

Maslon LLP

McDermott Will & Schulte

Michelman & Robinson

Mills & Reeve

Morrison & Foerster

O'Melveny & Myers

Paris Smith LLP

Paul Weiss

Pinsent Masons

Polsinelli PC

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

RWK Goodman

Rainwater Holt

Reed Smith

Russell-Cooke

Schlam Stone

Selendy Gay

Seyfarth Shaw

Silver Golub

Skadden Arps

Spencer Fane

Spencer West LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell

Tarter Krinsky

Venable LLP

Ventura Law (Danbury, CT)

Weil Gotshal

Whalen Law Office

Wiley Rein

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

Withersworldwide

gunnercooke LLP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Civil Rights Department

Companies House

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Internal Revenue Service

Montana Department of Revenue

New York Attorney General's Office

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

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 Northern District of Florida

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court