Energy drink giant Monster accused numerous businesses of importing into the U.S. versions of its products intended only to be sold abroad, telling the International Trade Commission that the products are infringing Monster's trademarks by being sold without proper labels, the ITC said Tuesday.
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Monster Looking To Block Foreign Versions Of Energy Drinks

By Jack McLoone

Energy drink giant Monster accused numerous businesses of importing into the U.S. versions of its products intended only to be sold abroad, telling the International Trade Commission that the products are infringing Monster's trademarks by being sold without proper labels, the ITC said Tuesday.

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Domino's, Pizza Hut, Others Sued Over Mobile Order Patents

By Elliot Weld

Pizza restaurants and food delivery companies were sued in Texas federal court and accused of infringing five patents that cover technology for mobile ordering and payments.

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A&O Shearman-Led Food Biz Confirms £10B Primark Spin-Off

By Tom Fish

Associated British Foods PLC said Tuesday that it will proceed with a long-expected plan to spin off its fast-fashion chain Primark from its food businesses, creating a separate non-food company to list on the London Stock Exchange.

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Analysis

IP Notebook: Global Copyright, ChatGPT TM, Rogers Test

By Ivan Moreno

This round of Law360's look at emerging copyright and trademark issues includes a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court appeal with global implications for copyrights, and OpenAI's setback in its effort to register "ChatGPT" as a trademark.

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POLICY & REGULATION

USTR Says Mexican Auto, Steel Tariffs Will Remain, Per Report

By Jack McLoone

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Mexican business leaders that tariffs on the automotive and steel sectors will not be eliminated as part of renegotiations of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, according to a news report Tuesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control

Several recent federal court decisions have perpetuated a split over what constitutes “control” of electronically stored information — with judges divided on whether the standard should turn on a party's legal right or practical ability to obtain the information, say attorneys at Sidley.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Some Firms Break Lobbying Revenue Records Again

By Alison Knezevich

After raking in record-breaking federal lobbying revenue last year, several firms reported this week that they had their strongest quarter ever in the first three months of 2026, with practice leaders predicting another busy period ahead as midterms approach.

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Breyer Says 'Shadow Docket' Not A Top Court Power Grab

By Carolyn Muyskens

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday that the rise of the so-called shadow docket is a consequence of the post-COVID era and not a bid to usurp influence by the high court. 

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Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case

By Andrea Keckley

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP told a New York bankruptcy judge Saturday that an emergency motion it filed in Prince Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 15 case contained several inaccurate citations and other errors, including what the firm described as artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

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Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

The former Black female director for associate recruiting at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP says she was unlawfully fired just weeks after disclosing her high-risk pregnancy to her supervisor, according to her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tennessee federal court.

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WDTX Judge Albright Stepping Down At End Of Summer

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright is resigning after nearly eight years presiding over cases in the Western District of Texas, Law360 confirmed Tuesday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Argues ICE Case Reversal Backs Her Acquittal

By Craig Clough

Former state Judge Hannah Dugan asked a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday to reconsider an order not to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for directing a defendant in her courtroom away from immigration agents, arguing the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a decision the trial court repeatedly relied upon.

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Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh sought at his Tuesday confirmation hearing to rebut Democratic accusations that he would be a White House "sock puppet," distancing himself from President Donald Trump's calls for rate cuts and downplaying their significance.

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Copyright Head Touts 6,000 Registrations Of Human-AI Works

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued more than 6,000 registrations for works that incorporate artificial intelligence-generated materials and follow the agency's guidance for combined human-made and AI-created works, U.S. Copyright Office leader Shira Perlmutter said Tuesday.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abiomed Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Postal Workers Union

Apple Inc.

Associated British Foods PLC

BGR Government Affairs LLC

BMG Rights Management GmbH

Ballard Partners Inc.

Barclays PLC

Cox Communications Inc.

Domino's Pizza Inc.

DoorDash Inc.

FCA US LLC

FIRST

Favor Delivery

Google LLC

Harvard University

Jack Daniel's Properties Inc.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Maquet GmbH

Microsoft Corp.

Monster Beverage Corp.

Netflix Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Pizza Hut Inc.

Rothschild & Co. SCA

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

UBS Group AG

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Akin Gump

Boies Schiller

Bracewell LLP

Brownstein Hyatt

DLA Piper

Eversheds Sutherland

Fish & Richardson

Garteiser Honea

Gimbel Reilly

Gray Cary

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Just Food Law PLLC

K&L Gates

Kobre & Kim

McBrayer PLLC

Pillsbury Winthrop

Sidley Austin

Squire Patton

Strang Bradley

Sullivan & Cromwell

Willkie Farr

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Executive Office of the President

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Government of Mexico

International Trade Commission

Judicial Conference of the United States

NAFTA

National Labor Relations Board

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

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

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

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 Tennessee

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

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

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

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin