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Credit Where Credit Isn’t Due: GAO Sustains Protest Where VA Credited the Awardee for the Government’s Own Work

Two proposals rated Exceptional. Two past performance ratings of Substantial Confidence. A price gap of nearly $15 million between the two offerors. On that record, the Department of Veterans Affairs ...
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IP Hot Topic: USPTO Proposes To Require Real-Party-In-Interest (RPI) Disclosure for Ex Parte Reexamination Requests – July 2026

On July 21, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (Docket No. PTO-P-2025-0545, RIN 0651-AD94) that would require any third-party ...
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To Sue or Not to Sue: That Is the Question for IEEPA Tariff Refunds

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s invalidation of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, 607 U.S. 229 (2026), winning at the ...
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Who Pays When a Wire Transfer Is Hijacked? How would NC or SC Law Handle it?

This article is the second installment in our two-part series. Read Part One here. When a business email compromise scam succeeds, the scramble to recall the funds is usually only the first fight. We ...
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FTC and States Sue Hims & Hers Over Privacy and Billing Practices

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joined by the States of California and Utah, has filed a lawsuit against telehealth company Hims & Hers, ...
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European Commission Proposes to Extend EU ETS to International Flights Beyond Europe, Puts CORSIA on Trial

Key Takeaways - The European Commission has proposed revisions to the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) with ...
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The First Documented Prompt Injection Attack Aimed at a U.S. Court

We have spent two years watching lawyers get sanctioned for AI hallucinations. Fake cases, invented quotes, phantom parentheticals. That problem is familiar enough now that most of us check for it. A ...
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Bankruptcy Court Evaluates Trustee's Authority to Sell Avoidance Actions and Right of Target Defendants to Object

Disagreement exists among bankruptcy courts over whether avoidance actions (for example, fraudulent transfer and preference claims) are property of the debtor's bankruptcy estate. While most courts ...
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A Low Bar, But a Hard Deadline: The Manufactured Housing Act's Right of First Refusal

Crown Communities, LLC v. Austin arose from a dispute between a prospective buyer (“Crown”) and a resident tenant association exercising its right of first refusal (“ROFR”) under the Manufactured ...
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E-Verify Status Change Report Update: Expanded Coverage of Invalidated EADs

E-Verify has announced a significant expansion of its Status Change Report. The report now identifies invalidated Employment Authorization ...
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A Look at Wage and Salary Deductions Under the FLSA

This Freeman Law Insights blog provides an overview of select wage deduction scenarios that a covered employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) may – by policy or practice – desire to apply ...
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VIP Products, LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. : The Trademark Tale That Continues to Wag

Twelve years ago, a man walked into a bar. As the legend is known, the man spotted the iconic and instantly recognizable bottle of Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey behind the bar and was ...