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January 27, 2025
General Atomics Asks Musk Team To Reform Arms Acquisitions
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.'s CEO published an open letter Monday to the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, urging leader Elon Musk to refine the defense acquisition processes to bolster global security, making it the second letter sent to the newly created agency by a defense contractor proposing suggestions on reducing bureaucracy.
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January 27, 2025
Buddhist Group Wants Army Corps Everglades Plan Blocked
A Buddhist community asked a Florida federal court to block construction on an Everglades restoration water retention project, arguing its concerns that the project will make its adjacent religious retreat center unusable have fallen on deaf ears at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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January 27, 2025
4 Things The Menendez Trial Judge Will Weigh At Sentencing
When he sentences former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez on federal bribery and corruption charges Wednesday in New York federal court, U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein will weigh the politician's lifetime of public service against the stark evidence of his crimes.
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January 27, 2025
Ancora Seeks To Make US Steel 'Great Again' With New Board
Ancora Holdings Group on Monday said it plans to make U.S. Steel "great again" by installing a new CEO and board at the company "committed to abandoning" the $14.9 billion proposed merger with Nippon Steel that was blocked by former President Joe Biden earlier this month.
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January 25, 2025
Senate Confirms Kristi Noem To Lead DHS
The Senate voted 59-34 on Saturday in a rare weekend session to confirm South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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January 24, 2025
Musk Can't Yet Appeal Twitter Investors' Cert., 9th Circ. Says
The Ninth Circuit on Friday rebuffed Elon Musk's request to immediately appeal a California federal judge's decision to certify a class of thousands of Twitter investors over claims the billionaire businessman fraudulently tweeted about the social media company's alleged bot problem to get out of his $44 billion acquisition.
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January 24, 2025
Senate Narrowly Confirms Hegseth To Lead DOD
The U.S. Senate on Friday narrowly confirmed former Fox News pundit Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ignoring concerns over his allegedly poor management experience and allegations of past abusive behavior.
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January 24, 2025
Trump's Invasion Theory, Prosecution Vow Break New Ground
President Donald Trump's border closure accompanying a declared "invasion" of migrants, and threats to pursue criminal prosecution of officials in sanctuary localities, is likely to test novel legal theories in lawsuits expected to challenge the president's powers.
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January 24, 2025
Boeing Takes $1.7B Hit On Fixed-Price Defense Deals
The Boeing Co. said it will take a further $1.7 billion hit on fixed-price space and defense programs that have already caused the company years of losses, citing issues such as increased production costs and disruptions from a recent strike.
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January 24, 2025
Protest Over '11th Hour' VA Bid Change Too Late, GAO Says
A North Carolina company missed its window to challenge a late-night modification to a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs solicitation for groundskeeping services, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said, denying a protest over the company's exclusion from competition for the contract.
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January 24, 2025
Chemical Co. Says Insurer Owed Defense For Birth Defect Suit
A chemical supplier said a Liberty Mutual unit unreasonably denied coverage for an underlying suit brought by workers at a Seattle-area Boeing facility who blame their son's birth defects on chemicals they were exposed to on the job, according to a suit removed to Washington federal court.
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January 24, 2025
DOJ Seeks End Of SpaceX Challenge To Immigrant Bias Case
A Texas federal judge on Friday paused a SpaceX lawsuit challenging administrative proceedings against the aeronautics company over its refusal to hire refugees and asylees, after the U.S. Department of Justice said it was considering ways to resolve the case.
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January 24, 2025
Trial Delayed For Ailing Wife Of Former Sen. Menendez
The bribery and corruption trial of Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, was delayed from Feb. 5 to March 18 by a Manhattan federal judge Friday due to health issues following a cancer diagnosis.
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January 24, 2025
Blank Rome Attys Fight Lawyer's Bid For New Trial
A team of Blank Rome LLP attorneys accused another attorney in Pennsylvania federal court of "seeking another bite at the apple" by moving for a new trial after a jury rejected her malicious litigation claims against the team and an aviation company.
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January 24, 2025
Army Exploits Pa. Boarding School Cemetery, 4th Circ. Told
The U.S. Army is exploiting an Indian boarding school cemetery as a repository for human remains, a Nebraska tribe told the Fourth Circuit, arguing that the military institution is conducting research and other activities that serve its goals rather than respecting the sovereignty and traditions of Indigenous people.
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January 24, 2025
Boies Schiller Int'l Arbitration Pro Joins Baker Botts In Texas
A veteran international arbitration pro has jumped from Boies Schiller Flexner LLP to Baker Botts LLP in Texas.
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January 24, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Latham, Simpson Thacher
In this week's Taxation With Representation, a Brookfield private real estate fund acquires Divvy Homes' property portfolio and platform, Kantar Group proposes the sale of Kantar Media, and an Ares Management-led group buys a majority of Form Technologies Inc.'s common equity.
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January 23, 2025
Atty Hit With TCPA Class Action Over Camp Lejeune Calls
A North Carolina plaintiffs firm was hit with a proposed class action accusing it of making unsolicited calls to a number on the National Do Not Call Registry in an effort to secure a client in the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune toxic drinking water case — at least the fourth firm to face similar claims.
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January 23, 2025
Trump Undoes Biden's AI Safeguards With Executive Order
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order upending the former Biden administration's consumer and national security safeguards on artificial intelligence, saying former AI policies must be investigated to see if they thwart the new Trump administration's quest to position the U.S. as the "global leader in AI."
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January 23, 2025
Section 702 Searches Require A Warrant, Judge Says
Courts generally need a warrant to use the backdoor known as Section 702 to search through an American's communications, a New York federal judge has ruled in an opinion that the American Civil Liberties Union is calling the "first of its kind."
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January 23, 2025
DOD Watchdog Finds Audits Didn't Follow Required Standards
A U.S. Department of Defense watchdog has said a limited review of incurred-cost audits completed by commercial, nonfederal auditors brought on to help clear a backlog found the auditors did not fully comply with federal government auditing standards in about two-thirds of the audits.
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January 23, 2025
GAO Says DOD Should Improve Modular Open Systems Use
The U.S. Department of Defense is not properly considering a modular open systems approach to designing weapons systems, despite recent legislation requiring it do so "to the maximum extent practicable," the Government Accountability Office said Wednesday.
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January 23, 2025
Federal Agencies Must Order Full Return To Office By Friday
Federal agencies will order employees to return to the office by Friday at 5 p.m. to end the "national embarrassment" that remote work policies have fueled, the Office of Personnel Management said, following President Donald Trump's executive order.
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January 23, 2025
Welder Sues Bezos' Blue Origin Over Sex Discrimination
A former welder at Jeff Bezos' aerospace company Blue Origin Florida LLC filed a discrimination lawsuit Wednesday claiming her supervisors forced her to sew buttons on their shirts and would tell her she was a "welder in a man's world."
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January 23, 2025
Corporate Transparency Law Remains Flanked By Threats
The Corporate Transparency Act is facing threats across the branches of government despite the U.S. Supreme Court pausing a nationwide injunction on it Thursday, with another universal injunction in place, other court battles underway and some Republican lawmakers targeting the law.
Expert Analysis
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Preparing For More Limber Federal Supply Chain Oversight
Ahead of the Federal Acquisition Security Council Improvement Act, which would speed up federal acquisition security risk investigations and federal procurement bans, companies should take steps to identify indirect involvement with foreign adversaries in their supply chains and prepare to respond quickly to a FASC recommendation, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Green Projects Face States' Foreign Land Ownership Limits
As states impose restrictions and disclosure requirements around foreign investment in agricultural land — in some cases piggybacking on existing federal rules — renewable energy developers and investors must pay close attention to how the rules vary, says Daniel Fanning at Husch Blackwell.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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How Trump's Tariff Promises May Play Out In 2nd Term
While it is unclear which of President-elect Donald Trump's promised tariffs he intends to actually implement in January, lessons from his first administration, laws governing executive action and U.S. trade agreements together paint a picture of what may be possible, say attorneys at Butzel.
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5 Notable Anti-Money Laundering Actions From 2024
Regulators' renewed interest in anti-money laundering programs in 2024 led to numerous enforcement actions and individual prosecutions in industries like banking, cryptocurrency and gaming, including the blockbuster TD Bank settlement and investigations of casinos in Nevada, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China
In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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What Insurers Need To Know About OFAC's Expanded FAQs
The Office of Foreign Assets Control's recently expanded insurance FAQs clarify how OFAC views insurance policies in a number of specific circumstances involving sanctioned parties, and make plain that sanctions compliance is the responsibility of all participants in the insurance ecosystem, including underwriters, brokers and agents, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Series
Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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How Trump's 2nd Term May Alter The Immigration Landscape
Rhetoric from Donald Trump's campaign and his choice of hardline appointees indicate that a more restrictive and punitive approach to immigration is in our immediate future, especially in areas like humanitarian relief, nonimmigrant visa processing, and travel and green card eligibility, says John Quill at Mintz.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.