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July 03, 2025
SEC Signals Openness To Novel Crypto ETPs
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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July 03, 2025
Canadian Pacific Cleared Of $4M Derailment Oil Loss Liability
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday erased a $3.95 million judgment against Canadian Pacific Railway over crude oil spilled in a derailment disaster that killed dozens of people and nearly destroyed a Canadian town center, saying a lower court ignored a judgment reduction provision in a negligent train operator's bankruptcy plan.
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July 03, 2025
Efficient Power Appeals Stewart Decision After Patent Is Axed
Efficient Power Conversion is appealing acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart's rejection of its request that she apply new policies on when Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions should be denied to a decision that invalidated its microchip patent.
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July 03, 2025
Stewart Drops Mixed Bag Of Discretionary Denial Rulings
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart has released 24 more discretionary denial decisions, more than half of which she cleared challenges to move forward through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board process.
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July 03, 2025
NY Co. Looks To Halt Arbitration Over $280M Loan Deal
A New York real estate company has sued an Australian finance broker in federal court, seeking emergency relief to halt an ongoing $11.2 million arbitration in Singapore stemming from an allegedly fraudulent scheme related to a $280 million loan for a luxury condo project in Tribeca.
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July 03, 2025
CMA To Review Global Payments' $24.2B Worldpay Deal
British competition officials said this week that they were beginning their initial evaluation of Global Payments Inc.'s plans, unveiled earlier this year, to purchase payments giant Worldpay from GTCR and FIS for $24.25 billion.
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July 03, 2025
G7 Deal's Details To Dictate How US Cos. Fare Under Pillar 2
Republicans' international tax changes in their major reconciliation bill that passed Thursday raise questions about the U.S. tax system's ability to coexist with the OECD-designed Pillar Two global minimum tax regime.
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July 03, 2025
Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers
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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July 03, 2025
The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case
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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July 03, 2025
Morgan Lewis Attorney Joins Holland & Knight's NY Team
A Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP lawyer who split his time between the firm's New York and Moscow offices has joined Holland & Knight LLP in New York where he'll continue his practice focused on cross-border transactions and other corporate matters.
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July 03, 2025
Gold Reserve Unit To Bid $7.4B In Venezuelan Debt Case
The special master overseeing the sale of Citgo's parent company to satisfy billions of dollars of Venezuelan debt on Wednesday made his final recommendation on a bidder, choosing a subsidiary of mining company Gold Reserve that has agreed to a $7.382 billion purchase price.
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July 03, 2025
The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
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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July 03, 2025
Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
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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July 03, 2025
Capital Markets Upturn Sets Stage For Second-Half Rebound
Deals attorneys are approaching the second half of 2025 increasingly confident that capital markets' activity will accelerate despite potential headwinds stemming from higher tariffs, interest rate uncertainties and geopolitical turmoil.
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July 03, 2025
Mid-Year M&A Deal Flow Suffers Amid Global Instability
More than six months into a new Donald Trump administration, the mergers and acquisitions boom that many market observers anticipated has failed to materialize. In part one of this two-part M&A review, industry attorneys discussed market activity so far this year, how geopolitical factors are impacting the dealmaking environment, and their outlook for the remainder of 2025.
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July 02, 2025
The Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2025: A Midyear Report
A ruling by the full Federal Circuit invited greater scrutiny of patent damages testimony, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director established new criteria for rejecting patent challenges. Here's a look at the top patent decisions from the first half of 2025.
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July 02, 2025
Feds Charge Four North Koreans With Crypto Theft Scheme
Federal prosecutors in Atlanta have charged four North Korean nationals with stealing and laundering nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency from a pair of companies after lying about their backgrounds to gain employment with American and European firms.
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July 02, 2025
East West, Cathay Accused Of Enabling $20M NFT Fraud
A Texas investor who says he lost millions in a romance-driven NFT scam has expanded his legal battle, suing East West Bank and Cathay Bank in California federal court for allegedly ignoring red flags while scammers used accounts at the banks to siphon nearly $17 million from his family trusts.
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July 02, 2025
Chinese Cannabis Vape Maker Accused Of Monopoly
The Chinese companies behind cannabis vape brand CCELL and a number of its U.S. distributors were accused of organizing an anticompetitive price-fixing scheme that gave them market dominance, according a proposed class action lawsuit, at least the second this year to make similar claims.
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July 02, 2025
Justices Won't Hear Crypto Firms' Venue Statute Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has said it will not take up a petition from the Binance-branded U.S. exchange and an affiliated crypto data site to resolve what they call a circuit split in a case accusing Binance.US of artificially deflating the price of a cryptocurrency token by lowering its ranking on the Binance exchange.
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July 02, 2025
Samsung SDI Co. Escapes NY Woman's E-Scooter Fire Suit
A New York federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a woman's claims against Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. over an electronic scooter battery that she said caught fire and injured her, saying she failed to establish that the court has any jurisdiction over the South Korea-based company.
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July 02, 2025
Latham Guides Odyssey On $1.3B Applied Technical Exit
Latham & Watkins LLP-advised private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has agreed to sell Applied Technical Services Inc. to Swiss testing and inspection giant SGS SA for about $1.33 billion, the firms said Wednesday.
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July 02, 2025
Assoc. Of Corporate Counsel Launches AI Advisory Center
The Association of Corporate Counsel, which encompasses nearly 50,000 members, announced Wednesday the launch of a think tank focused on artificial intelligence use across the legal corporate field.
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July 02, 2025
TikTok Can Arbitrate Most Sales Reps' Claims Of Unpaid OT
A lawsuit by a group of sales representatives accusing TikTok of incorrectly classifying them as exempt from earning overtime can largely be sent to arbitration, a California federal judge ruled, saying all but one worker signed an agreement that mandates employment disputes stay out of court.
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July 02, 2025
Trump Announces Trade Deal With Vietnam
The U.S. government reached a trade deal with Vietnam days before a pause on worldwide tariffs is set to expire, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
Expert Analysis
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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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How Trump Admin Treasury Policies Are Reaching Banks
The Treasury Department has emerged as an important facilitator of the Trump administration's financial policies affecting banks, which are now facing deregulation domestically and the use of international economic authorities in cross-border trade and investment, say attorneys at Davis Polk.
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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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Policy Shifts Bring New Anti-Money Laundering Challenges
In the second half of 2025, the U.S. anti-money laundering regulatory landscape is poised for decisive shifts in enforcement priorities, compliance expectations and legislative developments — so investment advisers and other financial institutions should take steps to prepare for potential new obligations and areas of risk, say attorneys at Linklaters.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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Despite Dark Clouds, Outlook For US Solar Has Bright Spots
While tariff, tax policy and bankruptcy news seemingly portends unending challenges for the U.S. solar energy industry, signs of continued growth in solar generating capacity and domestic solar manufacturing suggest that there is a path forward, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.
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ICSID Annulment Proceedings Carry High Stakes For System
The annulment proceedings brought by Freeport-McMoRan before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, seeking to redress a glaring and prejudicial oversight in its arbitral award against Peru, are significant for delimiting the boundaries of procedural fairness within the ICSID's annulment framework, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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Navigating Antitrust Risks When Responding To Tariffs
Companies should assess competitive perils, implement compliance safeguards and document independent decision-making as they consider their responses to recent tariff pressures, say attorneys at White & Case.
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Bill Leaves Renewable Cos. In Dark On Farmland Reporting
A U.S. Senate bill to update disclosure requirements for foreign control of U.S. farmland does not provide much-needed guidance on how to report renewable energy development on agricultural property, leaving significant compliance risks for project developers, say attorneys at Hodgson Russ.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
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Opinion
FCPA Shift Is A Good Start, But There's More DOJ Should Do
The U.S. Department of Justice’s new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guidelines bring a needed course correction amid overexpansive enforcement, but there’s more the DOJ can do to provide additional clarity and predictability for global companies, say attorneys at Norton Rose.
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Opinion
Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System
The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.
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Comparing Stablecoin Bills From UK, EU, US And Hong Kong
For multinational stablecoin issuers, navigating the differences and similarities among regimes in the U.K., EU, Hong Kong and U.S., which are currently unfolding in several key ways, is critical to achieving scalable, compliant operations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Series
Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer
To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.