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June 06, 2025
Off The Bench: NASCAR Antitrust Saga, White Sox Transfer

In this week's Off The Bench, an appeals court says聽Michael Jordan's聽auto racing聽team聽cannot compete amid an antitrust suit against NASCAR, the Chicago White Sox start a long ownership transfer process, and the woman who accused a college football coach of sexual harassment sues the university over its handling of the complaint.
June 05, 2025
'Sparse' OPM Record On Mass Firings Backs Win, Unions Say

A "sparse and self-serving" record provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still shows the agency unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire probationary employees en masse, so a California federal court can reach a final decision now and "unwind" those terminations, a coalition including unions and advocacy groups said Thursday.
June 05, 2025
Fla. High Court Denies Property Rights In Special Taxi Permits

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled taxi permits that weren't recognized by a county jurisdiction after a special district was dissolved don't constitute an unconstitutional taking by the government without compensation, saying the state Legislature repealed the licenses' property rights in 2017.
June 05, 2025
USDA Sued Over Ending 600 Grants Via Flawed Form Letters

A group of environmental and food sustainability聽nonprofits hit the聽U.S. Department of Agriculture聽with a lawsuit in D.C. federal court Thursday, accusing the Trump administration of unconstitutionally exceeding its authority by abruptly rescinding nearly 600 grants via "minimally edited form letters" that had errors and lacked detailed explanations.
June 05, 2025
Groups Call US-Salvadoran Migrant Detainee Deal Unlawful

A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups and criminal defense lawyers sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court Thursday, alleging its agreement with El Salvador to imprison deported noncitizens for as much as $20,000 per person violates federal law.
June 05, 2025
Feds Slam 'Flawed' Critique Of Camp Lejeune Water Expert

The U.S. Department of Justice pushed to keep its water quality expert in North Carolina federal court on Wednesday, saying that the Camp Lejeune toxic water plaintiffs' critique of him was "fundamentally flawed" and experts on both sides relied on some of the same science.
June 05, 2025
DOD Watchdog Flags Gaps In Ivanti Vulnerability Response

A federal watchdog recommended the U.S. Department of Defense take steps to improve processes to identify and respond to computer vulnerabilities after auditing its response to a string of virtual private network software vulnerabilities Ivanti Inc. announced last year.
June 05, 2025
States Push To Block Feds From Slashing EV Charging Funds

Sixteen states have pressed a Washington federal judge to block the Trump administration from cutting off congressionally approved funding for electric-vehicle charging infrastructure projects, saying state budgets and procurement processes are being upended by the administration's unilateral actions.
June 05, 2025
Pa. City's Receiver Asks Court To Rein In Stormwater Board

The receiver for the bankrupt city of Chester, Pennsylvania, told a state court Thursday that the city-created stormwater authority and its board of directors violated their charter and state law by expanding the board and paying the elected officials who were on it.
June 05, 2025
USDA Sued Over $13M Food Aid Cut In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture for pulling $13 million in funds meant for a local food purchase assistance program, telling a federal judge that the decision will have a "devastating effect" on the state's farmers and food banks contrary to the department's mission.
June 05, 2025
Justices Revive Bid To Enforce $1.3B Indian Satellite Award

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a Ninth Circuit decision refusing to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award issued to an Indian satellite communications company, ruling that the court's outlier interpretation of a jurisdictional question was incorrect.
June 04, 2025
GAO Tells Congress DOD Must Take Fraud Risk Seriously

The Government Accountability Office's director of forensic audits and investigative services testified Wednesday that words and actions by U.S. Department of Defense leadership have called into question the DOD's commitment to combating fraud.
June 04, 2025
DC Judge Won't Halt Education Data Collection Rollback

A D.C. federal judge refused to halt the Department of Education's cancellation of $900 million in data maintenance and collection contracts, saying it's not the court's place to "breathe life back into" large swaths of canceled programs and monitor day-to-day statutory compliance.
June 04, 2025
Feds Say 'No Viable Path' Forward For Calif. High-Speed Rail

The U.S. Department of Transportation said Wednesday that the California high-speed rail's overblown budget and ongoing mismanagement indicate that there's "no viable path" to completing the project on schedule, so the federal government is preparing to pull nearly $4 billion in funding.
June 04, 2025
Trump Ordered To Explain Why Layoffs Don't Flout Injunction

A California federal judge ordered the Trump administration Wednesday to explain why preparations for layoffs at the State Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development do not violate an injunction she issued last month, saying she needed more details about the agencies' plans to evaluate their compliance.
June 04, 2025
Deportees Urge Justices To Keep 'Basic Measure Of Fairness'

A class of deportees who are being sent to countries where they have no prior ties asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to leave in place a preliminary injunction requiring that they be provided a meaningful opportunity to challenge their destinations, calling it "a basic measure of fairness."
June 04, 2025
Amtrak Bribery Plot Nets Contractor Nearly 5-Year Sentence

A former executive for a masonry contractor who admitted to participating in a scheme that involved bribing an Amtrak manager to overbill the federal government $2 million in a $50 million restoration of Philadelphia's 30th Street Station was sentenced to 57 months in prison by a Pennsylvania federal court.
June 03, 2025
Judge Upholds Navy's $84M Deal Despite Rival's Protest

A Court of Federal Claims judge rejected a Virginia company's challenge to a competitor's naval contract award, saying a decision in the company's favor would require the court to "improperly substitute its judgment" for that of the U.S. Navy.
June 03, 2025
Senators Preview Possible National Injunction Reforms

A Senate hearing on Tuesday was marked largely by partisan fighting over whether federal courts have justifiably ruled against the Trump administration, but there were some聽hints that cooperation to rein in acknowledged聽litigation abuses such as forum shopping and universal injunctions might be possible.
June 03, 2025
Plan Providers Must Face DOJ Overpayment Suit, Judge Says

A Maine federal judge refused to let five military healthcare plan providers escape a False Claims Act suit alleging that they knowingly pocketed millions of dollars that were overpaid, holding that U.S. Department of Justice claims against them pass muster for now.
June 03, 2025
Tenn. IT Biz Lands $4B Contract For Space Force Work

Tennessee-based Jacobs Technology Inc. has been awarded a ceiling contract valued at up to $4 billion to support the Space Force, the U.S. Department of Defense said.
June 03, 2025
WTO Useful For China Enforcement, US Trade Nominee Says

The U.S. should work with partners at the World Trade Organization to apply further trade pressure on China, making sure the country is complying with rules and trading fairly, a Skadden partner nominated by President Donald Trump to represent the U.S. at the WTO told lawmakers Tuesday.
June 03, 2025
Fla. Jury Finds CEO Guilty In $1.4B Medicare Fraud

A Florida federal jury on Tuesday found a software company CEO guilty of participating in a scheme to coordinate illegal medical kickbacks through an internet platform, resulting in about $1.4 billion worth of false billings to Medicare and other insurers for unnecessary medical products, including orthotic braces.
June 03, 2025
Rocket Startup Launches $400M Deal With Wilbur Ross' SPAC

Space and defense-focused startup Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. plans to go public at a $400 million value by merging with a special purpose acquisition company led by private equity executive and former Trump cabinet official Wilbur Ross.
June 03, 2025
Judge Extends Block On Post-Pandemic School Funding Cuts

A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday maintained a block on a Trump administration move to halt funding for education-related COVID-19 pandemic recovery efforts, after lawyers for New York and other states said the feds are trying to get around an earlier injunction.

Expert Analysis

Takeaways From DOJ Fraud Section's 2024 Year In Review

Attorneys at Paul Weiss highlight notable developments in the U.S. Department of Justice Fraud Section鈥檚 recently released annual report, and discuss what the second Trump administration could mean for enforcement in the year to come.
4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump

President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.
The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024

Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.
'Key Personnel' Defense Is Trending In GAO Bid Protests

A trio of recent cases before the U.S. Government Accountability Office demonstrate that both the government and intervenors are increasingly defending bid protests by arguing that a protester's key personnel became unavailable after a proposal submission, but prior to an award, says Joshua Duvall at Maynard Nexsen.
Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process 鈥� mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
Series

Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer

While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it 鈥� and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
3 Noteworthy Effects Of The 2025 NDAA

The 2025 defense budget includes further restrictions on semiconductor sales to Huawei, requiring companies to rethink customer-base oversight, but other provisions are likely to broaden procurement contract opportunities, say attorneys at Miles & Stockbridge.
FTC Privacy Enforcement Takeaways From 2024

In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission distinguished three prominent trends in its privacy-related enforcement actions: geolocation data protections, data minimization practices, and artificial intelligence use and marketing, say Cobun Zweifel-Keegan at IAPP and James Smith at Dechert.
Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
Public Corruption Enforcement In 2024 Has Clues For 2025

If 2024 activity is any indication, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely continue to rein in expansive prosecutorial theories of fraud in the year to come, but it鈥檚 harder to predict what the new administration will mean for public corruption prosecutions in 2025, says Cathy Fleming at Offit Kurman.
Anticipating How GAO Pleading Standards May Shift

The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act's mandate to create an enhanced pleading standard at the U.S. Government Accountability Office may change the calculus for where to file when challenging a U.S. Department of Defense procurement, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.
How DOGE's Bite Can Live Up To Its Bark

All signs suggest that the Department of Government Efficiency will be an important part of the new Trump administration, with ample tools at its disposal to effectuate change, particularly with an attentive Republican-controlled Congress, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024

B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.
US-China Deal Considerations Amid Cross-Border Uncertainty

With China seemingly set to respond to the incoming U.S. administration's call for strategic decoupling and tariffs, companies on both sides of the Pacific should explore deals and internal changes to mitigate risks and overcome hurdles to their strategic plans, say attorneys at Covington.