President Donald Trump Monday unveiled plans for 50% tariffs on a slew of Canadian products, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motor vehicles, pointing to "discriminatory treatment of U.S. commerce" and a provision of the Tariff Act that has seldom been used.
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Trump Unveils 50% Canada Tariffs Over 'Trade Discrimination'

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump Monday unveiled plans for 50% tariffs on a slew of Canadian products, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motor vehicles, pointing to "discriminatory treatment of U.S. commerce" and a provision of the Tariff Act that has seldom been used.

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PE-Backed Sandwich Chain Jersey Mike's Targets $1B IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity-backed sandwich chain Jersey Mike's Subs on Monday revealed terms for an estimated $1 billion initial public offering steered by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

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Beef Cos. Face Restaurant, Consumer Classes, Not Ranchers

By Bryan Koenig

Cargill, JBS, National Beef and Tyson will have to face certified classes of wholesalers, consumers and restaurants alleging beef price-fixing under a pair of Minnesota federal court rulings that largely rejected parallel class certification sought by the ranchers who sell the cattle to the companies.

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4th Circ. Remands Models' Image-Misuse Coverage Fight

By Craig Clough

An insurance company's coverage dispute with a Virginia Beach restaurant accused by a group of models of misappropriating their images was sent back to the district court Monday by the Fourth Circuit to determine if the lawsuit became moot when the restaurant settled with the models.

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Albertsons Data Suggests Opioids Went Missing, Expert Says

By Ben Adlin

Albertsons pharmacies in Washington state received considerably more opioid medications from distributors between 2009 and 2015 than the company reported dispensing — a sign of potential diversion, according to an expert witness who testified Monday at a bench trial in Washington's lawsuit accusing the chain of exacerbating the state's opioid crisis.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Analysis

Top Privacy And AI Developments Of 2026: Midyear Report

By Allison Grande

The first half of the year has delivered major developments in the data privacy and artificial intelligence space, including the resumption of action to grow the state data privacy law patchwork, a U.S. Supreme Court decision that raises questions about the future of a key transatlantic data transfer deal and widespread scrutiny of so-called surveillance pricing practices.

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LITIGATION

Vending Co. Boss Accused Of $200M Scam Faces 2027 Trial

By Stewart Bishop

A New York federal judge Monday set a 2027 trial date for the former owner of a now-bankrupt water vending company accused of a $200 million Ponzi scheme backed in part by a large-scale bond fraud that bilked institutional investors in a Jefferies-controlled hedge fund.

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Tilray Beats Suit Over Hemp Product Protein Claim, For Now

By Gina Kim

A California federal judge dismissed, for now, a Tilray customer's proposed class action alleging she was misled about the protein content of the company's hemp powders on Amazon product listings, ruling Friday they complied with federal labeling requirements, since the listings feature complete nutrition facts panels and percent daily value.

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Aramark Must Face Seattle Worker's Wage Class Claims

By MJ Koo

A Washington federal judge has allowed most of a campus food-service worker's wage and hour claims to proceed, finding the worker adequately pleaded violations of state meal and rest break laws and willful withholding of wages.

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Grocery Chain To Shell Out $225K To Settle 401(k) Fee Suit

By Katherine Smith

A supermarket chain agreed to pay $225,000 to settle a proposed class action claiming the company allowed its 401(k) plan to be weighed down by excessive fees, according to a motion filed in New York federal court Monday.

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CBD Co. Says Hemp Farm's Late Filing Warrants $1.7M Award

By Mike Curley

A CBD oil company is seeking a default judgment and a $1.7 million award against a hemp farm that accused it of breaching their contract, while the farm is asking the Washington federal court to forgive its late filing in the $14.7 million case.

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Workers Say They Opted Out Of Wayne-Sanderson Deals

By Matthew Perlman

Poultry plant workers looking to bring claims in state court over an alleged scheme to suppress wages told a Maryland federal court they opted out of nearly $70 million in settlements struck with Wayne-Sanderson.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving intellectual property, corporate control, fiduciary duties, artificial intelligence, trust administration and cryptocurrency litigation.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Preparing For Next Congress With Eye On Investigation Risk

Rod Rosenstein, Brian Whisler and Bruce Linskens at Baker McKenzie offer advice for organizations seeking to build a proactive response plan to potential congressional oversight as the election looms.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Competitive Is Your Pay? Last Call To Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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Trump Admin Wants Susman Godfrey DQ In ABA's EO Suit

By Adrian Cruz

Over a year into a suit by the American Bar Association challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms, the Trump administration is looking to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, alleging the firm can't act as counsel in a case where it's also a key witness.

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Simpson Thacher Points To Audit Issues In Malpractice Trial

By Cara Salvatore

A corporate founder seeking more than $100 million in a malpractice case against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP endured a withering cross-examination in Florida state court Monday over his companies' money flows and an auditor's refusal to certify their financial statements two years after the fundraising transaction he believes the firm botched.

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Jackson Walker, US Trustee Denied Delay In Romance Dispute

By Emma Cueto

Jackson Walker LLP and the U.S. Trustee's Office, grappling with the aftermath of a romantic relationship between one of the firm's former partners and a then-bankruptcy judge, will not be able to delay pretrial proceedings to continue negotiating a possible settlement, a judge ruled Monday.

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AGs Say DOJ Suit Would 'Upend' Atty Discipline System

By Phillip Bantz

Attorneys general in 20 states have raised alarms over the U.S. Department of Justice's "unprecedented effort" to halt a disciplinary case in D.C. against former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Clark, warning the Trump administration is trying to "upend a centuries-old system of attorney discipline" and put federal government lawyers beyond the reach of local disciplinary authorities.

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Tennessee Lawyer Disbarred For Doxxing Judge, Hiding Client

By Rachel Rippetoe

The Supreme Court of Tennessee on Monday upheld a decision to permanently disbar a family law attorney for harassing a juvenile court judge online and illegally hiding a client and their child from police officers in her home.

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Trump Demands Review Of Judges' Science Manual

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has escalated a recent controversy over a scientific manual for federal judges that has been around for over three decades. 

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Another NYC Public Defense Union Sets Strike Deadline

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem union became the latest New York City-area legal aid union to set a strike deadline this week, announcing Monday that its over 230 members will walk off the job if they don't reach a deal with their managers by Friday at 8 a.m.

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Atty Says Firm Used Info From Merger Talks Against Him

By Christine DeRosa

A Florida-based attorney and accountant has accused DeWitt LLP of retaliating against him after he declined to merge his estate practice with the firm by representing a woman he sued for defamation in a separate case after he had shared confidential information with DeWitt.

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NYC Judiciary Advisory Committee Executive Steps Down

By Andrea Keckley

The executive director of New York City's Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary has resigned, a City Hall spokesperson confirmed Monday, as the committee's near-total vacancy continues.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Agri Stats Inc.

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Aramark

BDO LLP

Brooklyn Defender Services

Cargill Inc.

Center for Family Representation Inc.

Center for Justice

Cornell University

Fifth Third Bancorp

Ford Motor Co.

Fort Point Capital

General Mills Inc.

Gerber Products Co.

Getty Images Holdings Inc.

Grindr LLC

Haggen Holdings LLC

Instagram Inc.

JBS USA Holdings Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jersey Mike's Subs

JetBlue Airways Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

National Academy of Sciences

National Beef Packing Co. LLC

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Patriot National Inc.

Perdue Farms Inc.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp.

Renaissance Capital

Rite Aid Corp.

Rivian Automotive LLC

Roku Inc.

Safeway Inc.

Sanderson Farms Inc.

Skydance Media LLC

The Bronx Defenders

The District of Columbia Bar

The Golub Corp.

Tilray Inc.

Tops Markets LLC

Tyson Foods Inc.

WK Kellogg Co

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Wayne Farms LLC

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Porter

Ashurst Perkins

Baker McKenzie

Baron & Budd

Barrett Law Group

Bassford Remele

Berger Montague

Burns Charest

Cafferty Clobes

Casas Law Firm

Cohen Milstein

Conrad & Scherer

Cooley LLP

Cotchett Pitre

Cuneo Gilbert

Davis Polk

DeWitt LLP

Dykema

Eversheds Sutherland

Faegre Drinker

Greenberg Traurig

Greene Espel

Gucovschi Law

Guerra LLP

Gustafson Gluek

Hagens Berman

Handley Farah

Harter Secrest

Hartley LLP

Hausfeld LLP

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Hones Law

Jackson Walker LLP

Jenner & Block

Jinks Crow

Jones Day

Kirby McInerney

Larson King

Levin Papantonio

Lockridge Grindal

Lowenstein Sandler

McGrath North

McHugh Fuller

Meritz Reddy

Meyer Fluegge

Morgan Lewis

Neal Gerber

Nolan Lim Law Firm

Norton Rose

O'Hagan Meyer

Ogden Murphy

Paul LLP

Pearson Warshaw

Powell & Majestro

Pritzker Levine

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Richards Layton

Robins Kaplan

Rusty Hardin

Scott&Scott

Sharman Law Firm

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Sirianni Youtz

Spencer Fane

Stearns Weaver

Susman Godfrey

Wiley Rein

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Privacy Protection Agency

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Commission

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

New York State Unified Court System

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

Washington Attorney General's Office

West Virginia Attorney General's Office