The request for information also asks industry to comment on the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve program's clauses allowing the Space Force to prohibit a participating firm from selling products/services to other customers during times of crisis and war.
Col. Rich Kniseley, who heads up the Space Force's Commercial Space Office, said right now he is ‘targeting mainly space domain awareness’ for the first CASR contracts.
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What immediately struck everyone about the Space Force was how dumb its name sounded.
* Donald Trump is suing the State of New York over a golf course. Bet he hopes the litigation doesn't end up in the rough... [Washington Post] * A grand jury may soon be investigating the recent building collapse in Surfside, Florida. [Insider] * The Second Circuit has ordered an alleged "copyright troll" to file a sanctions opinion against him in all cases in which he is involved and to mail the decision to clients. Almost seems like a scarlet letter... [ABA Journal] * Apparently, Attorney General Garland will personally scoop ice cream at a Department of Justice event this week. Wonder who got the "scoop" on that story. [Fox News] * A former top lawyer at the Air Force and Space Force is now working as the general counsel of Voyager Space Holdings. Starfleet may be next... [Corporate Counsel]
* An appellate court was divided about whether a lawyer should be given slack for missing a filing deadline because of COVID-19. The judges not giving this attorney a break are real "juristicklers"... [Texas Lawyer] * A West Virginia lawyer has been disbarred for attempting to barter sex in exchange for handling a stripper's divorce case. [Bluefield Daily Telegraph] * The Manhattan District Attorney is reportedly hiring forensic accountants as the criminal probe into President Trump's activities deepens. [Washington Post] * A new lawsuit alleges that a black man was misidentified and jailed due to facial-recognition technology. [NBC News] * The Space Force is delaying a $12 billion deal after a court found that a contractor may have engaged in fraudulent conduct. Steve Carrell must be behind this conscientious move... [Hill]
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Since Trump appears serious about his "Space Force," we have to be serious about space law.