Trump Threatens 10% Tariff To Goad EU Nations On Greenland

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump said he would impose a 10% tariff on several countries in the European Union beginning Feb. 1 as a way to build pressure toward his goal for the U.S. to purchase Greenland, according to a social media post.

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Starmer Says No Retaliation To Trump's Greenland Tariffs

By Josh White

The U.K. wants to avoid retaliatory measures to U.S. tariffs over Greenland, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told a news conference Monday following President Donald Trump's weekend threat to impose 10% tariffs on several European countries.

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China, Canada Agree To Lower Tariffs On EVs, Food

By Dylan Moroses

Canada will drastically cut a 100% tariff on nearly 50,000 imported Chinese electric vehicles and expects China to lower tariffs on canola, lobsters, crabs and peas, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday in a news release.

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Analysis

In First Year, Trump Lost Most Cases But Often Won Appeals

By Cara Bayles

In the first year of President Donald Trump's second term, his administration lost in court nearly twice as often as it won, but its success rate increased when it appealed, according to a Law360 review of more than 400 lawsuits.

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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2025, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

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EU Imposes Duties On Imports Of Fused Alumina From China

By Jack McLoone

The European Commission issued anti-dumping duties Friday against Chinese imports of a manufacturing material with defense applications called fused alumina after the commission determined the Chinese products were unfairly priced.

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Analysis

What To Expect From USPTO's Essential Patent Group

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new working group aimed at promoting "robust and predictable" standard-essential patent remedies will face challenges in its goal of clarifying patent valuations, but could encourage more lawsuits and participation in standards, attorneys say.

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Calif. Resident Pleads Guilty To Shipping AI Chips To China

By Craig Clough

A Chinese national living in Southern California pled guilty Friday in Los Angeles federal court to a conspiracy charge for unlawfully exporting computer chips for artificial intelligence applications worth "tens of millions of dollars" to China.

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Feds Move To Seize Military Trainers Bound For China

By Jared Foretek

The federal government is asking a D.C. federal judge for permission to formally take control of two shipping containers intercepted by U.S. authorities, who alleged the containers housed military training simulators built by a South African company to aid the Chinese military.

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DOJ Reports Historic $6.8B False Claims Act Haul In 2025

By Hailey Konnath

The U.S. Department of Justice secured more than $6.8 billion via settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act in the fiscal year that ended September 2025, the largest amount recovered in a single year in the history of the FCA, the DOJ said Friday.

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Drilling Down Into The Uncertain Future Of Venezuelan Energy

Several key issues will inform whether, when and how U.S. businesses enter, reenter or expand operations in Venezuela — including sanctions relief, economic incentives, resolution of past expropriations, questions about the country's political outlook, and broader trends and conditions in the global energy market, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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Kirkland, Ex-Judge Hit With Class Action Over Texas Romance

By Hilary Russ

An investment firm is suing Kirkland & Ellis LLP, an ex-judge, two other law firms and a lawyer for allegedly fomenting "mass corruption" in Houston's bankruptcy court and colluding to enrich themselves by controlling the outcome of large Chapter 11 cases.

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Womble Bond Expands With 36-Person McGlinchey Team

By Tracey Read

Womble Bond Dickinson announced Friday it has added a 36-member consumer financial services team from the shuttering McGlinchey Stafford PLLC and is opening two new offices in Albany, New York, and Cleveland.

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Roundup

Up Next At High Court: Fed Firing & Gun 'Vampire Rules'

By Katie Buehler

The Supreme Court will begin a short argument week Tuesday, during which the justices will consider President Donald Trump's authority to fire a Democratic Federal Reserve governor over allegations of mortgage fraud, as well as the ability for states to presumptively bar gun owners from carrying firearms onto private property open to the public unless the property owner explicitly allows it. 

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Supreme Court Hacker Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Charge

By Jared Foretek

A 24-year-old Tennessee man pled guilty Friday to a single misdemeanor charge for hacking into the U.S. Supreme Court's filing system and several other government networks, admitting that he "intentionally accessed a computer without authorization" on 25 different days in 2023.

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Watchdog Urges Blanche To Exit Trump Records Role

By Courtney Bublé

A watchdog organization is calling on Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to step aside as President Donald Trump's proxy for records from his first term as they become available next week, saying he has a conflict of interest.

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Maurene Comey Fights DOJ Bid To Toss Firing Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey has urged a New York federal court to reject the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to dismiss her firing suit, arguing her claims belong before the district court and not under the jurisdiction of a non-independent board now controlled by the president.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London saw the David Lloyd gym chain file an intellectual property claim against its founder, security company Primekings reignite a long-running dispute with the former owners of an acquired business, and a pair of Belizean developers sue a finance executive they say shut them out of a cruise port project.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week, U.S. House lawmakers approved a bill that would restrict how retirement plan managers can consider environmental, social and governance issues when picking investments.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Sher Tremonte LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Second Circuit upheld a ruling requiring Getty Images to pay out nearly $88 million to investors who said they were blocked from purchasing shares in the company once it became public.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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