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Aerospace & Defense

  • April 11, 2025

    Feds Say Judge Should Limit Foreign Aid Freeze Injunction

    The Trump administration asked a D.C. federal judge on Friday to commit to dissolving part of a preliminary injunction requiring it to pay all grant recipients and contractors for foreign assistance work done prior to Feb. 13, in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

  • April 11, 2025

    Boeing Birth Defect Cases Paused Until Wash. Appeals Ruling

    Lawsuits seeking to hold Boeing liable for birth defects sustained by children of the company's factory workers were put on hold, after a Washington state judge ruled that an appeals court must first decide if companies have a duty of care for the "not-yet-conceived offspring" of their employees.

  • April 11, 2025

    3M Fights 4th Circ. Bid To Undo Removal Of PFAS Suits

    Lawsuits accusing 3M Inc. of "forever chemical" contamination of Maryland and South Carolina waterways should be kept in federal court, the company has argued, urging the Fourth Circuit to decline the states' request for full panel review.

  • April 11, 2025

    EchoStar Wants FCC To Cut Satellite Cos.' Political File Reg

    Dish Network parent company EchoStar Corp.'s wishlist to curb Federal Communications Commission regulations includes a proposal to drop a requirement that satellite providers keep tabs on paid political ads.

  • April 11, 2025

    Feds Seek Release Of Informant Who Falsely Accused Bidens

    California federal prosecutors are seeking the release of a former FBI informant who is serving a six-year prison sentence for falsely telling agents that former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden had accepted bribes from a Ukrainian energy company.

  • April 11, 2025

    House Bill Would Fund Satellite, Fixed Wireless Broadband

    An Ohio Republican has introduced House legislation to use some of the funds from the $42.5 billion Congress set aside for broadband expansion in 2021 to help defray the costs of obtaining satellite or fixed wireless broadband equipment and service.

  • April 11, 2025

    Camp Lejeune Plaintiffs Challenge Gov't Expert Site Visit

    Veterans and family members suing the federal government over injuries from toxic drinking water at Camp Lejeune have urged a North Carolina federal judge to exclude information from an expert's February visit to the base, arguing it was made after a court deadline.

  • April 11, 2025

    Trump Walks A Fine Line In Effort To Steer US Steel's Future

    Nippon's hopes of acquiring U.S. Steel were revived when President Donald Trump ordered a fresh national security review of the deal, but he faces a delicate balancing act to strike an agreement acceptable to all parties without giving a foreign power full control of the vital American steelmaker.

  • April 10, 2025

    GAO Denies Reconsideration Bid For $158M IT Deal Challenge

    A Colorado information technology company challenging a $158 million U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs task order award failed to raise grounds to reconsider the denial of its bid protest, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said Thursday, as the company vowed to press on with its challenge.

  • April 10, 2025

    GAO Tells DOD To Address Medical Facility Staffing

    The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report Thursday that the U.S. Department of Defense doesn't know how much staff is needed for the offices it created to manage more than 700 medical facilities.

  • April 10, 2025

    Israel's NSO Faces April Damages Trial For WhatsApp Hacking

    A California federal judge on Thursday nailed down details of an April 28 jury trial to determine the amount of damages Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group owes Meta for hacking into 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices, refusing to seal the proceedings and expressing frustration at the amount of discovery withheld by the parties, particularly NSO.

  • April 10, 2025

    Trump Order Calls For Faster, More Flexible Defense Contracts

    President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of Defense to prioritize commercial items and flexible acquisition authorities to speed up defense contracting, and review over-budget and lagging defense programs for potential cancellation.

  • April 10, 2025

    Exec Facing Tax Evasion Charges To Remain In Custody

    An aerospace company founder facing tax evasion and other fraud charges will remain in pretrial detention because he's considered a major flight risk, a D.C. federal court ruled.

  • April 10, 2025

    Amazon CEO, Bain Take Spotlight Amid Recent Rumors

    Private equity firm Bain Capital agrees to purchase Sizzling Platter for $1 billion, SC Capital is eyeing British data center group Global Switch in a potential $5 billion deal, and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy addresses a rumored Amazon bid. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other rumor-related developments from the past week.

  • April 10, 2025

    Cooley-Led Drone Operator Launches Plans For $75M IPO

    Drone systems developer Airo Group Holdings Inc. launched plans Thursday for an estimated $75 million initial public offering amid choppy market conditions, represented by Cooley LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • April 09, 2025

    'Evasive' Unions Told To List Fired Probationary Workers

    The California federal judge who ordered the reinstatement of many fired probationary federal workers before the U.S. Supreme Court stayed his ruling on Wednesday ordered the public sector unions representing federal staffers to provide a list of their booted members, calling their claims that the information would be difficult to produce "evasive."

  • April 09, 2025

    Trump's FCC Nominee Faces Light Scrutiny At Senate Hearing

    The woman that President Donald Trump has tapped to become the fifth member and final member of the Federal Communications Commission and cement the agency's Republican majority mostly skated through her nomination hearing Wednesday morning.

  • April 09, 2025

    New US Sanctions Target Iran's Nuclear Program

    The Trump administration on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program, saying it is imposing them on five entities and one person based in Iran for their support of the program.

  • April 09, 2025

    House Dems Probe Musk's Alleged Conflicts Of Interest

    Democrats on the House Oversight Committee wrote to four federal agencies seeking answers to how they plan to ensure that Elon Musk isn't using his position at the Department of Government Efficiency to exploit them and enrich himself in violation of federal ethics rules.

  • April 09, 2025

    15 Cos. Win Slots On $7B Army Construction Contract

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded 15 construction companies out of 35 bidders slots on a $7 billion contract for design-build and design-bid-build horizontal construction task orders. 

  • April 09, 2025

    NASA Nom Quizzed On Musk And Colonizing The Moon

    The commercial astronaut and businessman that President Donald Trump intends to make the next head of NASA came under fire during his nomination hearing Wednesday over his ties to billionaire and presidential confidante Elon Musk, who has billions in contracts with the agency.

  • April 09, 2025

    Insurer, Flight School Agree Training Suit Isn't Covered

    An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a flight school accused in an underlying suit of misrepresenting the education and training that students enrolled in a flight program would receive, according to a consent agreement approved by a North Carolina federal court.

  • April 09, 2025

    Ancora Drops US Steel Pursuit After Trump Flags Nippon Deal

    Ancora Holdings Group said Wednesday it is withdrawing its slate of director candidates for U.S. Steel's upcoming annual meeting, citing "apparent momentum" for the $14.9 billion acquisition by Japan's Nippon Steel after President Donald Trump announced a fresh national security review of the deal Monday. 

  • April 08, 2025

    Ex-Google Engineer Unlikely To Beat AI Trade Secrets Charges

    A California federal judge indicated Tuesday that he's unlikely to toss economic espionage charges against an ex-Google engineer accused of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets to benefit startups in China, but said he "can't shake the feeling" that prosecutors wouldn't have brought the case if it involved a different country.

  • April 08, 2025

    OIG Finds $1.8M Of Potential 'Overbillings' In VA Contract

    The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General said Tuesday that a transportation services contractor may have overbilled the department by about $1.8 million over two years and recommended that VA contracting officials consider whether they could or should try to recover any money.

Expert Analysis

  • US ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ-Based Sanctions Could Be Imminent

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    A recent presidential delegation suggests that regulators may be ready to wield the sanctions authority found in the Protecting American ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Act, which has been unutilized for the first 22 months of its life, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Loper Bright Offers New Materiality Defense To FCA Liability

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bight Enterprises v. Raimondo, ending Chevron deference, may have created a new defense to False Claims Act liability by providing the opportunity to argue that a given regulation is not material to the government's payment decision, says Tanner Cook at Husch Blackwell.

  • 2nd Circ. Halkbank Ruling Shifts Foreign Immunity Landscape

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    Following the Second Circuit’s recent common law immunity ruling in U.S. v. Halkbank, foreign state-owned banks, wealth funds and other entities now must seriously consider the risk of criminal liability for commercial activity that violates U.S. laws, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 9 Considerations Around Proposed Connected Vehicle Ban

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    Stakeholders should consider several aspects of the U.S. Department of Commerce's recent proposal to ban U.S. imports and sales of vehicles incorporating certain connectivity components made in China or Russia, including exempted transactions and vehicle hardware imports, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

  • Legislation Most Likely To Pass In Lame Duck Session

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    As Congress begins its five-week post-election lame duck session, attorneys at Greenberg Traurig break down the legislative priorities and which proposals can be expected to pass.

  • Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals

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    Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Opinion

    Preserving The FCA Is Crucial In Trump's 2nd Term

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    While the Trump administration may pursue weaker False Claims Act enforcement, it remains an essential tool in safeguarding public funds and maintaining corporate accountability, so now is not the time to undermine ethical behavior, or reduce protections and incentives for whistleblowers, says Adam Pollock at Pollock Cohen.

  • Series

    Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron. 

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata

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    Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Title VII Compliance Lessons From Raytheon Age Bias Suit

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    A Texas federal court’s recent refusal to dismiss age discrimination claims from a former Raytheon employee, terminated after he admitted to acts that Raytheon says violated its harassment policy, nonetheless illustrates strategies employers can use to protect themselves when facing competing Title VII workplace obligations, say attorneys at Segal McCambridge.

  • Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being

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    As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.

  • 6 Steps To Ready Defense Contractors For Cybersecurity Rule

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    Following the U.S. Department of Defense's final rule establishing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program in federal regulations, Sandeep Kathuria at Ice Miller provides a refresher on CMMC and identifies best practices for defense contractors awaiting full implementation of CMMC.

  • Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes

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    Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.

  • Series

    Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.

  • How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources

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    Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

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