EU Lawmakers Delay Vote On US Trade Deal Amid Uncertainty

By Kevin Pinner

The European Parliament agreed Monday to postpone a vote on the bloc's trade deal with the U.S. as lawmakers were unclear on whether new tariffs violate its terms, though the White House told Law360 the levies won't breach the agreed maximum rate on the European Union.

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UK Will Uphold Tariff Deal With US, Trade Secretary Says

By Josh White

The British government will honor its trade deal with the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that President Donald Trump raised tariffs unlawfully, the U.K.'s trade secretary confirmed Monday.

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FedEx, Bausch, Other Cos. Join Race For Tariff Refunds

By Lauren Berg

FedEx, Bausch & Lomb and L'Oreal are among the companies that raced to the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday seeking full refunds of the trade duties they paid as a result of the 2025 tariffs that President Donald Trump illegally imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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ABA Says Trump Attacks On Justices Cross 'Dangerous Line'

By Bonnie Eslinger

The American Bar Association on Monday condemned President Donald Trump's "personal attacks" against U.S. Supreme Court justices after Friday's 6-3 decision struck a blow to his tariff policy, saying the remarks "cross a dangerous line that threatens the safety of the judiciary and our judicial process."

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Justices Wary Of Broad Reading Of Cuba Expropriation Law

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared inclined to erect guardrails around a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages, in a pair of cases involving damages that could exceed $1 billion and claimants that include Exxon Mobil Corp.

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Analysis

How Greenberg Thinks Tariff Ruling Could Affect Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling invalidating IEEPA-based tariffs gave dealmakers clarity on how to pursue potential refund rights in mergers and acquisitions, but President Donald Trump's swift announcement of new global tariffs has immediately reintroduced dealmaking uncertainty.

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Brief

US Customs Stops Collecting Tariffs Starting Tuesday

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will stop collecting the tariffs President Donald Trump illegally imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act beginning at midnight Tuesday, according to guidance sent late Sunday.

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Senate Dems Aim To Require Refunds Of Illegal Trump Tariffs

By Dylan Moroses

Senate Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation Monday to require the federal government to issue refunds to importers for duties paid that were imposed by President Donald Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling deeming those measures unlawful.

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CBP Clears Redesigned Tourniquet Imports After IP Ban

By Adam Lidgett

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has found that a modified version of a tourniquet made by a Chinese company isn't subject to an import ban issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission after finding that earlier imports infringed a patent.

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Justices Won't Review Russian's Fugitive Label

By Jack McLoone

A Russian woman accused of helping an oligarch evade sanctions imposed by former President Barack Obama won't get a chance to contest her fugitive status at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices declined to review her case Monday.

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Justices Reject Eni Natural Gas Project Feud

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined Italian energy giant Eni's bid to review a New York appellate court decision that it says "stretched the claim preclusion doctrine beyond all constitutional bounds," in a long-running and multifaceted dispute stemming from a deal over a billion-dollar Mississippi liquefied natural gas processing facility.

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Trade Court OKs Reversed Taiwan Tire Duty Decision

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Court of International Trade said the Department of Commerce has fixed a previously faulty ruling exempting a Taiwanese exporter's spare tires from an antidumping order, with the trade court sustaining a new determination finding the tires are in-scope.

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South Korea Wins Rethink Of $48.5M Hedge Fund Award

By Eddie Beaver

South Korea persuaded a London court Monday to partly set aside a $48.5 million arbitration award over claims that the country's former president and senior officials unlawfully interfered in an $8 billion merger between two Samsung affiliates in 2015.

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The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1

For law firm leaders, ensuring a newly combined law firm lives up to its promise, both in its first days of operation and well after, includes tough decisions, clear and specific communication, and cheerleading, says Peter Michaud at Ballard Spahr.

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ICE Atty Whistleblower Rips 'Broken' Agent Training Program

By Dorothy Atkins

An ex-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney testified before a Senate committee Monday that he recently resigned so he could blow the whistle on ICE-officer training cuts amid its hiring surge, slamming the truncated program for being "deficient, defective and broken" and accusing supervisors of secretly pushing "blatantly" unconstitutional orders.

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'Wackadoo': 9th Circ. Awarding Stays 'Like Candy,' Judge Says

By Jeff Overley

The Ninth Circuit is defying U.S. Supreme Court precedent and supersizing its immigration docket by freely awarding lengthy deportation reprieves, according to a new dissent that described a "Wackadoo" realm where noncitizens can safely await "the next Democrat administration."

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Feds Fight Ex-Judge's Bid For New Trial In ICE Arrest Case

By Parker Quinlan

The federal government asked a federal judge to deny acquittal and new trial motions made by a Wisconsin state judge convicted of directing a defendant in her courtroom to use a restricted staircase to avoid removal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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2nd Circ. Chief Judge To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the Second Circuit will take senior status over the summer, giving President Donald Trump another appellate seat to fill.

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Brief

Snow Delays Goldstein Deliberations Until Tuesday

By Jared Foretek

The jury in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax evasion trial won't be back to deliberate until Tuesday, after snow prompted courts in the District of Maryland to close Monday.

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Analysis

High Court Crafts Escape Hatch In Review Of Climate Torts

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to determine whether a climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel companies can proceed in state court, but the justices also created a potential off-ramp by questioning whether they can actually hear the case.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jeff Montgomery

Legal fee feuds, noncompete pact breach fights and post-closing "earnout" battles piled up in Delaware's equity and commercial law venues last week, with top jurists briefing lawmakers on efforts to better manage crowded dockets and expanded benches.

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