A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's request to stay her judgment that it cannot terminate already-awarded federal grants based solely on the president's current priorities, and chided the government for intentionally slow-walking the case.
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Mass. Judge Nixes Feds' Bid To Stay Grant Termination Ruling

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's request to stay her judgment that it cannot terminate already-awarded federal grants based solely on the president's current priorities, and chided the government for intentionally slow-walking the case.

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FCC Evaluating Plan To Boost Drones In 3 Spectrum Bands

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Federal Communications Commission is evaluating a draft plan to update rules for three spectrum bands to make it easier to deploy drones as well as expand broadband connectivity in aviation.

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Texas Residents Say SpaceX Knew Launches Were Too Loud

By Mike Curley

A group of Texas homeowners is pushing back against SpaceX's bid to throw out their noneconomic damages in a suit alleging that its space launches were loud enough to damage their homes, saying the Elon Musk-owned company knew about the dangers but pressed on anyway.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Rivian Brass Reaches Deal To End Post-IPO Price Hike Suit

By Sydney Price

Rivian Automotive Inc. executives and the company's investors Tuesday filed a notice telling a California federal court they reached a settlement to end derivative claims Rivian hid the true price of manufacturing its electric vehicles ahead of its initial public offering.

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AVIATION

Boeing, Bell Textron Say No Jury Trial For Osprey Crash Suit

By Mike Curley

The Boeing Co., Bell Textron Inc. and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. are urging a Pennsylvania federal court to deny a bid for a jury trial from the families of U.S. service members killed in a November 2023 V-22 Osprey crash.

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Worker Says Eatery Co. At Denver Airport Owes Preshift Pay

By MJ Koo

A former food preparer at a Taco Bell location in Denver International Airport sued the restaurant's operator in Colorado state court, alleging the company failed to pay hourly employees for time spent undergoing security screenings and getting to their workstations before clocking in, and failed to provide paid rest breaks.

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SUPPLY CHAIN

Trade Court Finds US Solar Coalition's Duty Challenge Moot

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Court of International Trade dismissed as moot a suit brought by U.S. solar manufacturers challenging U.S. International Trade Commission determinations regarding harm caused by Cambodian and Thai solar cell imports because the at-issue entries have already been processed. 

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Brief

China, Peru Modernize Free Trade Agreement

By Jack McLoone

China and Peru have updated their bilateral trade treaty to both update existing provisions and add new ones aimed at addressing changes in commerce and global trade since the deal was first reached in 2009, the two countries said.

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IP & TECHNOLOGY

Brief

Uber, Photographers Cut Deal In Suit Over Uber Eats Photos

By Theresa Schliep

Nearly two dozen photographers have reached a settlement in principle with Uber over claims that the company used their photos on Uber Eats without permission and infringed their copyrights, according to a joint notice the parties filed in Florida federal court Tuesday.

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ENERGY

Tribe Says Pipeline Harm Statement Shouldn't Be Dismissed

By Joyce Hanson

A Native American tribe has asked a D.C. federal judge not to strike its natural resources director's statement about potential harm the Army Corps of Engineers will cause by allowing Enbridge Energy to reroute 41 miles of a pipeline around the tribe's lands.

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Brief

Oil Pipes From Austria, Taiwan, UAE Face Duties

By Jack McLoone

Pipes known as oil country tubular goods imported from Austria, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates could be hit with double-digit antidumping duties after the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily found on Tuesday that they are being sold at less than fair value.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Consistency Is Key In Pipeline Incident Investigations

A pipeline release that causes worker injury does not trigger one investigation, but five or more, running on different timetables, under different statutes, and new federal procedures may soon add more complexity — but companies must maintain one centralized record to ensure consistency throughout, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Gibson Dunn Set To Bring On 120 Lawyers From Weil

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson and Marialuisa Taddia

Gibson Dunn is set to hire the U.S. and London-based private funds teams from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, bringing on 120 attorneys in the largest group move reported since Weil's management committee recommended last week that the firm wind down operations.

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Analysis

Midterm Dem Wins To Scramble Lit Funding Legislative Efforts

By Ryan Boysen

Litigation funders can rest easy, for now, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will need to rethink its approach after last night's midterm elections saw Democrats rout Republicans, scrambling a yearslong effort for federal regulation of litigation finance that's so far relied on Republicans.

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State AG Race Wins Set To Give Dems Control Of Most Offices

By Madison Arnold

Democrats are poised to oversee a majority of state attorneys general offices around the country after Tuesday's elections saw the party hang on to all of its existing seats and flip control of five offices from the Republicans, according to unofficial election results.

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Goldstein Ordered To Pay Trimmed $1M Forfeiture

By Nadia Dreid

Former SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was hit with a $1 million forfeiture order Wednesday by a Maryland federal judge in the wake of his tax and mortgage fraud trial, where the appellate advocate was convicted on a dozen charges.

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Analysis

Attys Ensure Voters' 'Right To Be Heard' In Midterm Elections

By James Boyle and Lynn LaRowe

From BigLaw attorneys and solo practitioners to university professors, thousands of attorney volunteers turned out for Tuesday's midterm elections to ensure American voters' ballots would be counted.

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DOJ Says Epshteyn Will Answer ABA Service Motion

By Jared Foretek

Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn will answer for himself why he has allegedly been evading subpoenas in the American Bar Association's legal challenge to the administration's law firm targeting campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

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Holland & Hart Cost Ex-Client $23M Stake In Co., Suit Says

By Zach Dupont

Holland & Hart LLP and two of its attorneys were accused of malpractice in Colorado state court Tuesday by a former client who claims the attorneys failed to inform her that a wealth transfer plan with her then-husband left her iced out of the couple's most valuable asset.

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DOJ Accused Of Unlawfully Ending Crime Victim Agreement

By Tom Lotshaw

The National Crime Victim Law Institute has accused the U.S. Department of Justice in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of unlawfully terminating a $500,000 cooperative agreement aimed at strengthening legal support for disabled crime victims in the wake of an executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Former DOJ Officials See Mixed Results In Midterm Races

By Chris Villani

The 2026 midterm elections included bids for office by several former U.S. Department of Justice officials and nominees for the federal bench, with one race a dead heat and several others decided as of early Wednesday.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

Arcelormittal Texas HBI LLC

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.

Canadian Solar Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Earthjustice

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

Ennis Inc.

Hensel Phelps Construction

International Legal Finance Association

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Line 5 LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Omni Bridgeway Ltd.

Rivian Automotive LLC

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Textron Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Trina Solar Ltd.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Uber Eats

Uber Technologies Inc.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alston & Bird

Ashurst Perkins

Atlas Hall

Blank Rome

Cooley LLP

Foley & Lardner

Freshfields

Gagliano Law Offices

Gibson Dunn

Goldstein & Russell

Goodwin Procter

Guerra LLP

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holtzman Vogel

Hunton Andrews

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Morgan Lewis

Parmet Law

Paul LLP

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Robbins LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Springer & Steinberg

Squire Patton

Steptoe LLP

Susman Godfrey

Trade Pacific PLLC

Troutman

Weil Gotshal

WeissLaw LLP

Wiley Rein

Wisner Baum

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Denver International Airport

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

International Trade Administration

International Trade Commission

Mine Safety and Health Administration

National Transportation Safety Board

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Office of Justice Programs

Small Business Administration

Tennessee Department of Health

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of Transportation

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 Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Navy

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of Montana

Wage and Hour Division

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources