German carmaker Audi said it plans to start work next year on its first U.S. manufacturing facility, spending $4 billion at a Georgia site that could employ 4,500 workers.
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Audi To Invest $4B In 1st US Manufacturing Facility In Georgia

By Nate Beck

German carmaker Audi said it plans to start work next year on its first U.S. manufacturing facility, spending $4 billion at a Georgia site that could employ 4,500 workers.

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Treasury Seeks To Expand Curbs On AI And Biotech Deals

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Treasury Department is looking to expand its security program for foreign-based investments to cover new technologies and countries of concern, proposing rules that would prohibit certain investments in artificial intelligence and biotechnologies while also creating new exceptions for the program.

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Mozambicans Can Stay Anonymous In $4.7B Ex-Im LNG Fight

By Jack McLoone

A group of Mozambicans can use pseudonyms in their challenge of a $4.7 billion Export-Import Bank of the U.S. loan to a natural gas project in Mozambique, a D.C. federal judge ruled, granting them protection they say they need from violent government retaliation.

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LITIGATION

Attys Seek $20M Award For $59M Fragrance Price-Fix Deals

By Nadia Dreid

Fragrance ingredient buyers and the attorneys who helped them secure $59 million in price-fixing settlements are now asking a New Jersey federal court for final approval and the green light to set aside a third of those funds for legal counsel.

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PEOPLE

Ex-SDNY National Security Co-Chief Joins Bracewell

By Tracey Read

Bracewell LLP announced Monday that a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York who supervised and tried landmark cases involving terrorist attacks around the world has joined its government enforcement and investigations practice group.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Uniting BSA, Sanctions Compliance As Treasury Targets Iran

The past 18 months of Treasury Department policies demonstrate expectations that financial institutions not merely obey sanctions against Iran, but also help expose how it moves money, making it essential that banks eliminate silos between their Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions compliance teams for an integrated response, says Jonathan Harrington at Bradley Arant.

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DC Circ. Ruling Clarifies Standards For Buy America Waivers

The D.C. Circuit's recent decision to uphold a Federal Railroad Administration Buy America waiver offers clarifying guidance about assessing domestic availability, distinguishing manufacturing capabilities from future production plans and creating a well-supported administrative record, says Todd Overman at Bass Berry.

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2nd Circ. EFAA Ruling Shifts Employer Litigation Strategy

In Diaz-Roa v. Hermes Law, the Second Circuit recently held that, under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, employers can't carve out nonharassment claims and send them to arbitration, which has implications for discovery, litigation costs and resolution strategy in EFAA-covered disputes, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Weil PE Pro Declines Executive Partner Seat Amid Turmoil

By Marialuisa Taddia

Ramona Y. Nee has decided not to become executive partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, days after merger talks with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP ended and amid departures on both sides of the Atlantic, sources close to the firm told Law360 Monday.

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Analysis

Whistleblower 'Gold Rush' Might Strain DOJ, Experts Warn

By Phillip Bantz

A new federal program offering cash for tips that result in criminal fraud charges is poised to set off a whistleblower "gold rush" that could uncover more fraudsters, but might also invite a high number of low-quality claims that burden businesses and strain limited U.S. Department of Justice resources, experts say.

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Morgan & Morgan Can't Pursue Ad Ban Suit, Fla. Bar Says

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Bar has pushed back against Morgan & Morgan PA's lawsuit alleging that a rule banning the use of a celebrity's voice or image in lawyer advertising violates the First Amendment, arguing that the personal injury giant lacks standing to bring the case.

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Burns & Levinson Malpractice Claims Revived On Appeal

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts' intermediate-level appeals court Monday reinstated legal malpractice claims brought by a youth soccer league against defunct Boston law firm Burns & Levinson LLP alleging a firm partner failed to provide a heads-up about a federal visa fraud investigation.

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Feature

Dugout Divided: Foley & Lardner Clients Clash In World Series

By Chris Villani

The World Series matchup between Foley & Lardner LLP clients, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays, has pitted partners against one another as the firm enjoys a good-natured intrasquad rivalry during the Fall Classic.

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Former Willkie Partner, Wife Owe $14.5M Tax Debt, Gov't Says

By Zak Kostro

A former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner and his wife owe the U.S. more than $14.5 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest, according to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court that seeks to enforce federal tax liens against their New York home to settle the debt.

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Trump Plans To Nominate SC Governor's Counsel To Bench

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump plans to nominate William Grayson Lambert, chief legal counsel for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, for a judgeship on the District of South Carolina.

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Scholar Warns AI Pitfalls Can Go Beyond Hallucinations

By Andrea Keckley

The number of court cases around the world involving AI-generated errors fell in both the second and third quarters of 2026, according to new research by a legal scholar who recently warned that the risks of using artificial intelligence in litigation now go beyond so-called hallucinations.

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Maurene Comey Illegally Fired, Entitled To Pay, Judge Holds

By Pete Brush

Former New York federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawfully fired by President Donald Trump's administration, a federal judge in Manhattan held Monday, granting back pay and potentially legal fees to the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week approved a $250 million settlement of litigation over Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc., while Albertsons Cos. Inc. accused Kroger Co. of rejecting changes that could have saved their $24.6 billion merger, and the Delaware Supreme Court ordered Verisk Analytics Inc. to keep pursuing a $2.35 billion acquisition.

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Adams & Reese

Bass Berry

Bracewell LLP

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Burke LLP

Burns & Levinson

Burr & Forman

Carella Byrne

Clarick Gueron

Cravath Swaine

Davis Polk

Duane Morris

Eversheds Sutherland

Foley & Lardner

Freshfields

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Kirby McInerney

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Nussbaum Law Group

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Paul Weiss

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Proskauer Rose

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Skadden Arps

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Activision Blizzard Inc.

Advent International Corp.

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

Alstom SA

Anywhere Real Estate Inc.

Atlanta Braves

Audi AG

BNP Paribas SA

Banque Misr SAE

Burke Inc.

C&S Wholesale Grocers

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

Everyrealm

Firmenich International SA

Glock Inc.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Microsoft Corp.

Milwaukee Brewers

New York University

New York Yankees

Nike Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

RE/MAX LLC

ServiceTitan Inc.

Structure Therapeutics Inc.

Tampa Bay Rays

The Boeing Co.

The Florida Bar

The Kroger Co.

TotalEnergies SE

Verisk Analytics Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Attorney General's Office

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Export-Import Bank of the United States

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Florida Supreme Court

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Internal Revenue Service

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of Justice Programs

Office of National Drug Control Policy

Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries

Small Business Administration

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Senate

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