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A California federal judge on Thursday granted the U.S. government's bid to trim some claims from a suit challenging aspects of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site cleanup in San Francisco, but not all of them.
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TOP NEWS

Gov't Must Still Face Claim In Calif. Shipyard Cleanup Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

A California federal judge on Thursday granted the U.S. government's bid to trim some claims from a suit challenging aspects of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site cleanup in San Francisco, but not all of them.

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4th Circ. Dismisses Naval Academy Admissions Appeal

By Abigail Harrison

The Fourth Circuit has tossed an appeal challenging the U.S. Naval Academy's consideration of race in its admissions, deeming it to be moot after a Trump administration executive order spurred the academy to change its policy.

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GAO Denies Challenge To Navy's $157M Saudi Support Deal

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Government Accountability Office found no problems with the U.S. Navy's decision to award a $157 million task order for services to support the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, rejecting a company protest alleging that its lower-cost proposal was not reasonably considered.

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SUPREME COURT

Analysis

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

By Jack Karp

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

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Analysis

Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers

By Jeff Overley

It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.

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Analysis

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

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Analysis

The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.

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PEOPLE

Ex-Treasury Official Joins Covington's Nat'l Security Practice

By Madeline Lyskawa

Covington & Burling LLP has boosted its national security practice with the hire of the former head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence under former President Barack Obama's administration as of counsel.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Trump's Trade Policies Are Shaping Foreign Investment

Five months into the Trump administration, investors are beginning to see the concrete effects of the president’s America First Investment Policy as it presents new opportunities for clearing transactions more quickly, while sustaining risk aversion related to Chinese trade and potentially creating different political risks, say attorneys at Covington.

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Series

My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer

Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High

By Aebra Coe

The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Spectrum, Border, Injunction Changes Included In Mega Bill

By Courtney Bublé

The House voted 218-214, almost along party lines, on Thursday on the reconciliation budget package, which includes a range of policy provisions on nationwide injunctions, spectrum and immigration and now goes to President Donald Trump's desk ahead of the decided Fourth of July deadline.

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Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans

By Katie Buehler and Alex Lawson

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear challenges to West Virginia and Idaho laws barring transgender athletes from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity, putting yet more anti-trans legislation to the test after upholding Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors this term. 

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Analysis

ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Funding Cut Could Alter Injunction Calculus At DC Circ.

By Jon Hill

The steep funding cut that Republicans have passed for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could strengthen the Trump administration's position in its court fight to resume downsizing the agency, even if it doesn't directly resolve the legal questions at play.

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Justices Extend Due Process Pause To South Sudan Removals

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified Thursday that its recent order allowing the Trump administration to send noncitizens to countries they have no connection to with little notice or chance to object extends to a group of men the government plans to send to South Sudan.

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139 EPA Workers Put On Leave For Letter Critical Of Trump

By Hailey Konnath

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Thursday that it had placed 139 employees on administrative leave after they signed onto a letter criticizing the Trump administration's policies as undermining the agency's "mission of protecting human health and the environment."

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'Whiz Honor' Judge Denies Disrepute From Slinging Steaks

By Matthew Santoni

A Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas judge is accusing the state's judicial ethics board of showing "animus" toward him with its investigation of his moonlighting at his wife's cheesesteak restaurant, saying he did not tout his judgeship to promote the business or bring disrepute upon the bench.

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Pa. Judge's COVID Fraud Charges Survive Dismissal Bid

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania state judge accused of misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief money to pay his law firm's staff has lost a bid to shake the criminal charges he's facing, as a federal judge rejected the state judge's argument that prosecutors withheld his ex-workers' employment records that he sought to determine their credibility.

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Analysis

SEC Signals Openness To Novel Crypto ETPs

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be laying the groundwork to approve increasingly innovative crypto exchange-traded products with a staff statement on disclosure expectations and the recent approval of a novel fund, but experts said the commission's openness comes with a focus on fulsome disclosure.

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Analysis

What Judges Might Ponder In Judicial Safety Law Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

A Third Circuit panel set to examine the constitutionality of a judicial safety law born out of the murder of a New Jersey federal judge's son is tasked with what experts are viewing as a lesser-of-two-evils choice: chilling free speech or chilling public service.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

The past week in London has seen the owner of Crystal Palace and the troubled Olympique Lyonnais football clubs sue its current chief executive John Textor, Fieldfisher faces a claim by Georgian businessman Zaza Okusahvili, and a dispute partner at Travers Smith file a personal injury claim against the firm.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Target's board faces a shareholder derivative suit that accuses the retail giant of damaging the company by implementing an LGBTQ+ Pride-themed marketing campaign, despite knowing the risk of "public backlash." Meanwhile, SolarWinds and the SEC are close to resolving a novel case that alleges the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AIT Worldwide Logistics Inc.

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE

American Bankers Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Aviva SA

Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S

CTIA

Colorado Rockies

Competitive Carriers Association

Discovery Land Co.

Drummond

ENI SpA

Equifax Inc.

Google LLC

Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC

HSBC Holdings PLC

Harvard University

Human Rights First

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

Insurance Europe Ltd.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Medtronic PLC

NFL Enterprises LLC

NVIDIA Corp.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Treasury Employees Union

New York Jets LLC

New York Post

New York Yankees

Oracle Corp.

Philadelphia Eagles

Planned Parenthood Federation

Pro Bono Institute

RELX PLC

Salient CRGT Inc.

Savills PLC

Skanska UK Plc

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

SolarWinds Corp.

Sotheby's

Supervalu Inc.

The Philadelphia Inquirer LLC

The Salvation Army

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TikTok Inc.

United Airlines Holdings Inc.

United States Telecom Association

Valve Corp.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

ZEDRA

e.l.f. Beauty Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AFN Law PLLC

Addleshaw Goddard

Agnifilo Intrater

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Baker McKenzie

Ballard Spahr

Bartlit Beck

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Buchanan Ingersoll

Bucher Law PLLC

Bunsow De Mory

CMS Cameron McKenna

Clarke Willmott

Cleary Gottlieb

Clement & Murphy

Consovoy McCarthy

Constangy Brooks

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

DWF LLP

Davis Woolfe

Dechert LLP

Edwin Coe

Eversheds Sutherland

Farnan LLP

Fenchurch Law

Fieldfisher

FisherBroyles

Freeths LLP

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Gowling WLG

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Gupta Wessler

Haun Mena

Hausfeld LLP

Herrick Feinstein

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Humphries Kerstetter

Jones Day

Katten Muchin

Kennedys Law LLP

Keystone Law

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Klein Thomas

Korein Tillery

Latham & Watkins

Lawfair LLC

Lewis Brisbois

Lomurro Munson

Lowenstein Sandler

Lozeau Drury

Manatt Phelps

McDermott Will & Emery

McElroy Deutsch

McManis Faulkner

Milbank LLP

Mishcon de Reya

Morgan & Morgan

Nabarro LLP

Parlatore Law Group

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Pryor Cashman

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Reed Smith

Riker Danzig

Seyfarth Shaw

Shapiro Arato

Sharpe Pritchard

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Slaughter and May

Stephenson Harwood

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Travers Smith

Troutman

Tucker Arensberg

Venable LLP

Walker Morris LLP

Wiley Rein

Wilkin Chapman Rollits

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Withersworldwide

Wood Smith

Wright Close & Barger

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Financial Ombudsman Service

Food and Drug Administration

Government of Mexico

Internal Revenue Service

New Jersey Legislature

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Navy

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court

UK High Court