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October 04, 2024
Justices Take Up Fight Over $1.3B Failed Satellite Deal
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a pair of cases asking it to clarify the analysis of a highly technical jurisdictional question, as shareholders of an Indian satellite communications company look to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award against a state-owned division of India's space agency.
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October 03, 2024
Hogan Lovells Can Serve Taliban Via X And Email, Judge Says
A New York federal judge Thursday allowed Hogan Lovells to use alternative means to serve the Taliban, either by way of social media, publication or email, in the firm's effort to enforce a $1.2 million arbitration award against the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan over unpaid legal fees.
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October 03, 2024
DOJ, Microsoft Disrupt Russian Hacking Group's Efforts
The U.S. Department of Justice and Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday the seizure of more than 100 websites allegedly used by Russian intelligence agencies and their proxies to orchestrate hacking campaigns aimed at stealing valuable information from federal government agencies, journalists, think tanks and other organizations.
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October 03, 2024
GOP Senators Slam NY Fed Over Iraq Money-Laundering Report
Two Republican senators, including the ranking member of the Senate banking committee, have slammed the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for allegedly failing to act on money-laundering concerns with the Central Bank of Iraq, allowing funds to flow to Iran as a result.
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October 03, 2024
Boeing Says Amended NASA Tech IP Suit Is An Overreach
Boeing is seeking to ground an engineering company's updated complaint accusing the aerospace giant of stealing protected technology, arguing that new intellectual property claims exceed a Washington federal judge's prior authorization to amend the case.
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October 03, 2024
12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar
One attorney hasn't lost a single U.S. Supreme Court case she's argued, or even a single justice's vote. One attorney is perhaps "the preeminent SCOTUS advocate." And one may soon become U.S. solicitor general, despite acknowledging there are "judges out there who don't like me." All three are among a dozen lawyers in the vanguard of the Supreme Court bar's next generation, poised to follow in the footsteps of the bar's current icons.
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October 03, 2024
Swiss Man Should Fight Sanctions Case In DC, Judge Says
A D.C. federal judge said a Swiss man accused of skirting sanctions in connection with a 255-foot luxury yacht owned by Russian tycoon Viktor Vekselberg should be required to come to Washington, D.C., to fight the charges.
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October 03, 2024
Soldiers Urge DC Circ. Not To Revive DOD Naturalization Rule
Immigrant soldiers urged the D.C. Circuit to affirm a lower court's order that wiped away a Pentagon requirement to serve for one year before becoming eligible for citizenship, saying lawmakers wanted military personnel enlisting during wartime to reap the benefits of citizenship.
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October 03, 2024
Md. Woman Gets House Arrest For No-Show Contractor Job
A Maryland woman will spend six months on home confinement for accepting nearly $500,000 in salary for a no-show job arranged by her boyfriend, a U.S. Army contracting officer, a Massachusetts federal judge has ordered.
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October 03, 2024
White House Directs Agencies On Responsible AI Acquisition
The White House has issued guidance to agencies on responsible purchases of artificial intelligence, addressing issues such as mitigating associated privacy and performance risks, ensuring the market for AI remains competitive, and enabling related collaboration across the government.
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October 03, 2024
Aerospace Co. Says Conn. Town Wrongly Taxed $8M In Assets
A unit of a U.K.-based aerospace manufacturer is claiming that a Connecticut town overvalued its taxable personal property by nearly $8 million after the company moved nearly $20 million worth of its property out of the jurisdiction, according to a suit filed in state court.
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October 02, 2024
Ex-Airline Exec Sentenced To 32 Months For $32M Scam
A New York federal court has handed down a 32-month prison sentence to a businessman who confessed to a conspiracy to defraud his former employer, Polar Air Cargo Worldwide Inc., of more than $32 million.
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October 02, 2024
Sikorsky Must Face Chopper Crash Suit In US, Pa. Judge Says
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday ordered a lawsuit against Sikorsky Aircraft by the estates of Canadian military personnel who died in a helicopter crash to remain in the U.S., finding the allegedly defective copter was designed, developed and upgraded here and litigating it in Pennsylvania would expedite resolution.
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October 02, 2024
Lawyers Fail To Overturn EU Ban On Legal Services To Russia
The European General Court on Wednesday dismissed an attempt by French and Belgian lawyers to overturn prohibitions on providing legal advice to Russia, clarifying that the ban only applies when the advice has no link to judicial proceedings.
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October 02, 2024
Bid-Rig Charges Irrelevant To $26M Base Award, GAO Says
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has shot down a contractor's protest over a rival company being awarded a $26 million Army hospital maintenance contract, finding that the awardee's conviction for bid-rigging in Korea had no bearing on its track record of successful operations.
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October 01, 2024
Latham, Milbank Guide StandardAero's Upsized $1.4B IPO
StandardAero Inc., a private equity-backed aerospace services provider, announced Tuesday it raised more than $1.4 billion in an initial public offering that's larger than the issuer first intended and is one of the year's largest offerings, with Latham & Watkins LLP advising the company and Milbank LLP serving as counsel for the underwriters.
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October 01, 2024
Novel FCA Decision Amplifies Voices Of Whistleblower Critics
A Florida federal judge's characterization of whistleblowers as self-appointed "special prosecutors" when they file lawsuits on the federal government's behalf amplifies the voices of critics questioning the constitutionality of a key enforcement tool for fighting fraud, while threatening to create a circuit split.
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October 01, 2024
Military Contractor's Widow Can Continue Death Benefit Suit
A widow's pursuit of $670,000 in benefits following her husband's death in Afghanistan while training the country's police force can continue, an Illinois federal judge ruled, trimming claims against the man's employers and benefits administrators but leaving her breach of contract claim against an insurer intact.
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October 01, 2024
Steward Can't Be Forced To Reassign Contract In Ch. 11
While a government contractor was within its rights to end a subcontracting agreement with embattled hospital group Steward Health, the Bankruptcy Code's provisions for assignment of contracts mean the debtor can't be compelled to reassign the agreement while in Chapter 11, a Texas bankruptcy judge said Tuesday.
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October 01, 2024
Ex-DHS GC Returns To Sheppard Mullin As Nat'l Security Head
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's former general counsel Jonathan Meyer has bounced between the agency and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP since 2016, and now after three years as DHS' top lawyer, the firm said Tuesday he's returning to lead its national security group in D.C.
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October 01, 2024
Army Judge Advocate General Joins Shook Hardy
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a retired Army Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C., bolstering the firm's business litigation, government investigations and white collar practices.
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September 30, 2024
Plane Parts Exec Loses Appeal In Honeywell Fraud Case
The Second Circuit refused Monday to free the president of an airplane parts supplier from a seven-year prison sentence over a $15 million fraud on Honeywell International Inc., rejecting his protest over evidence admitted for consciousness of guilt.
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September 30, 2024
DC Judge Won't Allow Single Trial In Admiral's Bribery Case
A D.C. federal judge Monday denied the government's motion to reconsider a decision severing a retired Navy admiral's bribery trial from that of the defense contractors he is accused of steering federal contracts toward, reiterating a previous ruling that the court can split the case if consolidation appears to prejudice the parties.
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September 30, 2024
Commerce Dept. Seeks To Streamline AI Development Exports
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a final rule Monday to streamline the export of items to preapproved data centers in foreign countries, which is intended to help boost the development of artificial intelligence.
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September 30, 2024
DOE Plutonium Pit Plan Found To Violate Environmental Law
A South Carolina federal judge on Monday backed antinuclear groups' challenge to a U.S. Department of Energy plan to boost production of plutonium cores used in nuclear weapons, saying the DOE hadn't properly considered the potential environmental impact of the plan.
Expert Analysis
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A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President
For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.
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How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies
An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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11 Patent Cases To Watch At Fed. Circ. And High Court
As we head into fall, there are 11 patent cases to monitor, touching on a range of issues that could affect patent strategy, such as biotech innovation, administrative rulemaking and patent eligibility, say Edward Lanquist and Wesley Barbee at Baker Donelson.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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Bid Protest Spotlight: Rule Of Two, Post Award, Cost Request
In this month's bid protest roundup, Alissandra McCann at MoFo examines three recent decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, offering distinct reminders for contractors challenging solicitations while an agency takes corrective action, pursuing post-award bid protests and filing timely cost reimbursement requests.
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Employers Should Not Neglect Paid Military Leave Compliance
An August decision from the Ninth Circuit and the settlement of a long-running class action, both examining paid leave requirements under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, are part of a nationwide trend that should prompt employers to review their military leave policies to avoid potential litigation and reputational damage, says Bradford Kelley at Littler.
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Increased Scrutiny Raises Int'l Real Estate Transaction Risks
Recently proposed regulations expanding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' oversight, a White House divestment order and state-level legislative efforts signal increasing scrutiny of real estate transactions that may trigger national security concerns, say Luciano Racco and Aleksis Fernández Caballero at Foley Hoag.
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Navigating Cybersecurity Rule Changes For Gov't Contractors
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
As federal contractors evaluate the security of their IT systems, they should keep in mind numerous changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulations and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement recently promulgated to meet new cyber threats, says William Stowe at KBR.
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Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.
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Opinion
Agencies Should Reward Corporate Cyber Victim Cooperation
The increased regulatory scrutiny on corporate victims of cyberattacks — exemplified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against SolarWinds — should be replaced with a new model that provides adequate incentives for companies to come forward proactively and collaborate with law enforcement, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Series
Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.