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Aerospace & Defense

  • April 22, 2025

    Northrop Reveals $477M Loss On B-21 Raider Program

    Northrop Grumman Corp. announced on Tuesday that it took a $477 million pretax hit on the first batch of five aircraft for its B-21 Raider stealth bomber program.

  • April 22, 2025

    Vance Says US, India Finalized Guidelines For Trade Talks

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. Vice President JD Vance have finalized the terms of reference for trade negotiations aimed at doubling bilateral trade by 2030, Vance said Tuesday.

  • April 22, 2025

    Mayer Brown, Kirkland Steer $10.6B Boeing Tech Asset Sale

    Boeing said Tuesday it has agreed to sell portions of its digital aviation solutions business to software-focused private equity investor Thoma Bravo in a $10.55 billion all-cash transaction steered by Mayer Brown LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP. 

  • April 21, 2025

    AFGE Units Ask Court To Nix Agencies' Labor Contracts Suit

    American Federation of Government Employees affiliates told a Texas federal court Monday to dismiss a lawsuit from the Department of Defense and other federal agencies asking the court to allow termination of collective bargaining agreements, saying the government does not have standing.

  • April 21, 2025

    DHS Voids Order Ousting Canadian Cannabis Machinery CEO

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday urged a Washington federal judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing federal agents of illegally barring the Canadian CEO of a cannabis harvesting equipment company from entering the United States, citing the government's recent decision revoking a removal order against him.

  • April 21, 2025

    FCC Commish Names GOP Strategist New Chief Of Staff

    A Republican on the Federal Communications Commission has named a New York GOP strategist and media consultant as his new chief of staff and senior adviser.

  • April 21, 2025

    Veterans Urge High Court To Ax Time Bar For Compensation

    Veterans challenging an appellate court's ruling that a six-year limit applies to their claims for retroactive combat-related special compensation have told the U.S. Supreme Court that Congress's statute authorizing the compensation displaced preexisting settlement mechanisms and their statute of limitations.

  • April 21, 2025

    OIG Flags Sensitive Info Found On GSA Shared Google Drive

    A federal watchdog told the U.S. General Services Administration that it found documents containing sensitive information openly available to all users of the agency's shared Google Drive in an alert issued Friday.

  • April 21, 2025

    Unions Score Block On Orders To Fire Probationary Workers

    A California federal judge blocked the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to fire probationary employees and stopped several agencies from heeding its directives, but he declined to order them to rehire the workers they've already let go.

  • April 21, 2025

    Wife Of Ex-Sen. Menendez Convicted On Corruption Charges

    A Manhattan federal jury on Monday found Nadine Menendez guilty of aiding in her husband Bob Menendez's corruption by facilitating bribe payments, including a Mercedes-Benz and gold bars, from New Jersey businessmen to the convicted former U.S. senator.

  • April 21, 2025

    Electra Secures $115M In Funding For Ultra Short Aircraft

    Aerospace company Electra.aero Inc. on Monday announced that it has clinched its Series B funding round after securing $115 million from investors, which will help the company enter its preproduction and certification phase of the "first-ever" Ultra Short aircraft.

  • April 18, 2025

    FCC Rejects Changes To 'Silkwave-2' Satellite Plan

    The Federal Communications Commission has said no to a satellite operator's request to launch a new satellite after it promised that satellite would be space-bound before it retired a previous one but it didn't happen.

  • April 18, 2025

    Cybersecurity Ruling Misconstrues Law, FCC Told

    Rural broadband companies are voicing opposition to a recent Federal Communications Commission decision requiring them to combat cybersecurity threats, saying the commission failed to consider the regulatory burden the new rules would impose on carriers.

  • April 18, 2025

    Boeing Bashed For 'Stonewalling' Discovery In 737 Fraud Suit

    Norwegian Air subsidiaries accusing Boeing of fraud in connection with jet purchase deals have urged a Washington federal judge to force the aerospace giant to hand over documents in the case, citing Boeing's apparent "playbook of repeated delay, resistance and obfuscation."

  • April 18, 2025

    DC Circ. Ends No-Fly List Dispute For US-Yemeni Citizen

    A D.C. Circuit panel held Friday that the federal government's decision to remove a dual U.S.-Yemeni citizen from its no-fly list mooted his challenge of a prior determination that had kept him on it.

  • April 18, 2025

    Coast Guard Urged To Document Guidance On Notifications

    The Coast Guard should better document how it determines when it will proactively notify Congress about its investigations and other matters, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report released Thursday.

  • April 17, 2025

    Army Corps Says Miss. Dolphin Harm Suit Rightfully Tossed

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has urged the Fifth Circuit to affirm its decision to divert trillions of gallons of polluted floodwater into the Mississippi Sound, which Mississippi local governments and industry groups allege unlawfully harms bottlenose dolphins.

  • April 17, 2025

    UK Says NY Convention Doesn't Kill Sovereign Immunity

    Ratifying the New York Convention isn't enough to strip away a state's right to plead sovereign immunity in a later dispute over a contract that might be subject to the convention's rules, a London court has ruled.

  • April 17, 2025

    Globalstar Pushes For Feds' OK On Mobile Satellite Plan

    Globalstar is pressing its bid for the Federal Communications Commission to approve its plan for a U.S. mobile satellite service using licensed spectrum in what's known as the "Big LEO" band.

  • April 17, 2025

    FCC Getting An Earful On Creating GPS Backstop

    Industries ranging from broadcast to broadband are giving the Federal Communications Commission their two cents on how to build an Earth-based network to reinforce the Global Positioning System, offering regulators a full menu of options to move ahead.

  • April 17, 2025

    Wyoming Biz Accuses Pa. Entities Of $3.9M Explosives Fraud

    A Wyoming-based defense contractor on Thursday accused a Pennsylvania company and its owner of pocketing $3.9 million and never delivering explosives bought to aid Ukrainian and Israeli forces, and using the money to pay for helicopters, luxury watches and a posh overseas wedding.

  • April 17, 2025

    Former FAA Contractor Pleads Guilty In Foreign Agent Case

    A former Federal Aviation Administration contractor accused of providing solar industry and aviation information to Iran pled guilty Wednesday to conspiring to act and acting as a foreign government agent without giving prior notification to the U.S. attorney general.

  • April 17, 2025

    Feds Call Menendez's Wife 'Partner In Crime' As Trial Ends

    Federal prosecutors told a Manhattan jury Thursday that Nadine Menendez was former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's "partner in crime," closing out her bribery and public corruption trial by casting her as his "go-between — demanding payment, collecting payment."

  • April 16, 2025

    Ex-NYPD Sgt. Gets 18 Months On China Foreign Agent Rap

    A former New York City Police Department sergeant turned private investigator was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison, after being convicted at trial last year on stalking and foreign agent charges stemming from his alleged role in a scheme led by Chinese government officials to coerce a U.S. resident to return to his native China to face prosecution.

  • April 16, 2025

    Claims Court Affirms Threat Agency's $237M Logistics Award

    A Court of Federal Claims judge denied Culmen International Inc.'s protest of a $237 million Defense Threat Reduction Agency award for logistics services, saying the agency rationally assessed proposals and reasonably handled potential conflicts involving evaluation board members.

Expert Analysis

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    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

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    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.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    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.

  • Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China

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    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.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    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.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

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    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.

  • What Insurers Need To Know About OFAC's Expanded FAQs

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    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.

  • Series

    Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • How Trump's 2nd Term May Alter The Immigration Landscape

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    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.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review

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    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.

  • Inside The Appeals Board's 2024 Report To Congress

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    An in-depth examination of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals’ annual report reveals ​a continuing decline in new cases, motions and hearings, a trend that may correspond with ​t​he increased use of alternative dispute resolution, and expedited or accelerated proceedings, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.

  • How Boards And Officers Should Prep For New Trump Admin

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    In anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs and mass deportation campaign, company officers and board members should pursue proactive, comprehensive contingency planning to not only advance the best interests of the companies they serve, but to also properly exercise their fiduciary duty of care, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

  • Implementing Human Rights Due Diligence

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    The Bureau of Industry and Security’s recent removal of a Canadian surveillance provider from its export blacklist, after just eight months, illustrates the importance of integrating human rights due diligence into the vetting process by asking a few targeted questions, say attorneys at Cravath.

  • DC Circ. Decision Opens Door To NEPA Regulation Litigation

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    A recent D.C. Circuit decision in Marin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation Administration could open the door to more litigation over the White House Council on Environmental Quality's National Environmental Policy Act regulations, and could affect how many agencies conduct and interpret environmental assessments, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • How CFIUS' Updated Framework Affects Global Investors

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    The recent change to the monitoring and enforcement regulations governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will broaden administrative practices around nonnotified transaction investigations, increase the scope of information demands from the committee and accelerate its ability to impose mitigation on parties, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

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