The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services called off its unusual resolicitation of a still-active $6.6 billion contract for contact center services on Tuesday, following litigation from contractor Maximus over a contentious labor harmony agreement in the solicitation.
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CMS Cancels Call Center Solicitation With Disputed Labor Clause

By Daniel Wilson

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services called off its unusual resolicitation of a still-active $6.6 billion contract for contact center services on Tuesday, following litigation from contractor Maximus over a contentious labor harmony agreement in the solicitation.

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Prosecutor Defends Outside Counsel Hires To Mich. Justices

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Michigan county's elected prosecutor told the state Supreme Court his stymied request to seek legal advice from outside law firms was valid, arguing he should be able to consult attorneys to manage risk after the county's corporation counsel refused to represent him. 

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Ga. Law Firm Faces DQ Bid Over 'Hopeless' FCA Case Conflict

By Madison Arnold

The former employee of a tool company has called on a Georgia federal court to disqualify Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles PA and one of its attorneys from representing the company in his False Claims Act case because another firm attorney represented him in a domestic matter.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Biden Urged To Dismantle 'Deportation Machine' Pre-Trump

By Bonnie Eslinger

A coalition of immigration-focused health and legal services providers, advocacy organizations, labor unions, faith communities and others in Pennsylvania released a to-do list for the Biden administration on Tuesday urging "dismantling the deportation machine" as much as possible before President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

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ENFORCEMENT

Madigan Pushed Land Transfer After Law Biz Pitch, Jury Told

By Celeste Bott

A former Chicago alderman testifying against ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan told jurors Tuesday he connected prospective developers to Madigan, who lobbied to take on their legal work and soon after pushed legislation that would clear the way for their project.

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Brief

Indicted Ex-Conn. Budget Official May Ask To Delay Trial

By Aaron Keller

Ex-Connecticut budget official Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis is considering a bid to delay his February trial on 22 charges that he coerced contractors to pay him kickbacks on school construction jobs, according to a Tuesday motion by prosecutors seeking to postpone certain deadlines.

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LITIGATION

3M Says $6B Settlement Docs Needed In AIG Europe Fight

By Caroline Simson

3M is urging a Florida federal court to release information relating to its recently inked $6 billion deal ending claims over allegedly faulty combat earplugs to a London arbitral tribunal, which is tasked with determining whether insurer AIG Europe Ltd. is wrongly refusing to pay its share of the historic pact.

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FTC Says AI Weapons-Screening Biz Hyped Faulty Scanners

By Brian Dowling

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday accused Evolv Technologies of making false and unsupported claims that its AI-powered security screening products detect weapons while ignoring harmless personal items.

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9th Circ. Pauses Ruling For VA To Build Vets' Housing

By Elliot Weld

The Ninth Circuit paused a federal judge's order for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build housing for veterans on a Los Angeles campus, allowing time for several constituents to weigh in on the matter.

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Brief

4th Circ. Won't Rehear Soldier's Loss In Suit Against Fluor

By Craig Clough

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday declined to rehear, or rehear en banc, a split panel decision from October in a former Army specialist's suit against defense contractor Fluor Corp. over injuries he sustained in a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan. 

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Health Policy Predictions For Trump's Second Administration

As President-elect Donald Trump's nominations for health policy and enforcement heads work their way through the confirmation process, healthcare organizations can look at nominee backgrounds, campaign statements and actions from Trump's previous presidency to predict incoming priorities, say attorneys at McDermott.

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Contract Disputes Recap: Perils Of Perfunctory Interpretation

Attorneys at Seyfarth examine three recent decisions in which the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and the Federal Circuit ruthlessly dismantled arguments that rely on superficial understandings of different contract terms.

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Series

Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

Bonus Season Heats Up As More Firms Match Milbank's Scale

By Xiumei Dong

The 2024 associate bonus season is heating up, with more law firms matching Milbank LLP's year-end and special bonuses and U.K. firms extending the same offering to their U.S.-based attorneys, according to firm memos shared with Law360 Pulse and media reports.

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King & Spalding Partner Selected As Trump's Trade Rep

By Hailey Konnath

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that King & Spalding LLP international trade partner Jamieson L. Greer was his pick for U.S. trade representative, noting that Greer played a "key role" in imposing tariffs on China during Trump's first term.

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Texas Atty Sanctioned For Citing Bogus Cases After Using AI

By Lynn LaRowe

A Texas lawyer pursuing a wrongful termination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has been sanctioned for submitting a brief that included citations to nonexistent cases generated by an artificial intelligence tool, a Texas federal judge ordered this week.

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Google Search Judge Says AI Will Affect Remedy Phase

By Matthew Perlman

The judge overseeing the government's search monopolization case against Google suggested Tuesday in D.C. federal court that artificial intelligence is shifting the market and will likely play a role in the remedies the court imposes on Google for allegedly violating antitrust law.

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Affinity Bar Groups Decry Colo. No-Poach Restrictions

By Thy Vo

Several attorney groups told Colorado's justices that barring lawyers from recruiting colleagues before officially leaving a firm would take away professional autonomy and harm lawyers from underrepresented backgrounds the most, filing briefs in support of a lawyer's challenge to her contract with a personal injury firm. 

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Fulton County DA Seeks To Reinstate Trump Election Charges

By Emily Johnson

The Fulton County District Attorney's Office told the Georgia Court of Appeals on Monday that six criminal charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others should be reinstated as they have an "abundance" of information to prepare their defense against allegations of trying to subvert the results of the November 2020 election.

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Giuliani's New Atty Faults Previous Counsel As NY Trial Nears

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge declined Tuesday to delay a January trial over whether Rudy Giuliani must turn over his Florida condo and World Series rings to fund a $148 million defamation judgment, after the former New York City mayor's new lawyer criticized outgoing counsel.

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Ex-Faegre Drinker Atty Files Disability Bias Suit

By Andrea Keckley

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP was hit with a disability discrimination lawsuit on Monday by a Denver attorney who says she was pushed out after seeking accommodations for hip problems.

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NJ Equal Pay Law Date Will Guide Atty's Discrimination Suit

By Irene Spezzamonte

Discovery and damages in a former Reed Smith LLP labor and employment attorney's suit claiming gender discrimination will be limited to the effective date of New Jersey equal pay law, a state judge ruled, saying the law doesn't apply retroactively.

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Fla. Bar Alleges Atty Delayed Trial Over His Broken Tooth

By Dorothy Atkins

The Florida Bar has launched a complaint against a criminal attorney in the Florida Supreme Court, accusing him of violating state bar rules by refusing to proceed with a jury trial because he had a broken tooth.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Arnold & Porter

Aylstock Witkin

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Baker Donelson

Bowen Painter

Breen & Pugh

Brown Goldstein

BrownGreer PLC

Brownstein Hyatt

Cannella Snyder

Carmagnola & Ritardi

Clark Love & Hutson

Cleary Gottlieb

Clifford Chance

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

DuBose Miller

Faegre Drinker

Franklin D. Azar & Associates

Jenner & Block

Katten Muchin

Kienbaum Hardy

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Littler Mendelson

Lowrey Parady

Maynard Nexsen

McDermott Will & Emery

Milbank LLP

Miller Barondess

Moore Hill & Westmoreland

Patterson Belknap

Perkowski Legal

Perrin Law Firm

Primera Law Group

Reed Smith

Robins Kaplan

Ropes & Gray

Sanford Heisler

Seeger Weiss

Seyfarth Shaw

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles

Taft Stettinius

UB Greensfelder

Vinson & Elkins

Wilbanks & Gouinlock

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

Wilson Sonsini

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

American Civil Liberties Union

American International Group Inc.

Catholic Social Services

Communications Workers of America

Community Legal Services of Prince George's County Inc.

Exceed Company Ltd.

Executive Health Resources Inc.

Federal Bar Association

Fluor Corp.

Google LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

McAfee Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

New York Yankees

Phibro Animal Health Corp.

Public Counsel

State Bar of Georgia

The Florida Bar

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

City and County of San Francisco, California

Colorado Supreme Court

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia General Assembly

Michigan Supreme Court

NAFTA

National Economic Council

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Supreme Court

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

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

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado