USTR Warns Of Rampant Sports Broadcast Piracy

By Jack McLoone

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday issued its latest list of overseas "notorious markets" selling illicit and counterfeit goods, focusing on the proliferation of pirated sports broadcasts ahead of this year's FIFA World Cup.

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Genentech Says Biocon Importing Infringing Cancer Drugs

By Jack McLoone

Biotechnology company Genentech Inc. claimed Indian firm Biocon Ltd. is importing drugs into the U.S. that infringe four Genentech patents related to a breast cancer treatment, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate and ultimately bar the imports.

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UK Lifts Sanctions On British Accountant Over Shadow Fleet

By Christopher Crosby

The U.K. government has revoked sanctions on a British national 10 months after it accused him of procuring vessels for Russia's shadow fleet, his solicitors said Tuesday.

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US Imposes Duties On Imported Indian Springs

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday finalized antidumping and countervailing duties on garage door springs imported from India into the U.S.

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Commerce Dept. Won't Free Co. From Chinese Duties After All

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce determined Tuesday that a glycine processing company can't demonstrate it no longer uses Chinese-origin products, walking back a preliminary determination that would have excused the company from antidumping duties.

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North Face Left Co. With $2.2M In Unsold Garments, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

A Vietnamese garment supplier has sued The North Face's parent companies in Colorado federal court, alleging they refused to accept and pay for more than 200,000 finished North Face-branded garments worth about $2.23 million after the supplier completed production under purchase orders.

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Aligning Microsoft Tools With NYC Bar AI Recording Guidance

The New York City Bar Association’s recently issued formal opinion, providing ethical guidance on artificial intelligence-assisted recording, transcription and summarization, raises immediate questions about data governance and e-discovery for companies that use Microsoft 365 and Copilot, say Staci Kaliner, Martin Tully and John Collins at Redgrave.

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Gordon Rees Opens New Offices In Charlotte And Wisconsin

By Tracey Read

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani has expanded its reach in the Southeast and Midwest by opening new offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Madison, Wisconsin.

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Appeals Panel Debates NJ's Duty In Prosecutor Ethics Case

By George Woolston

A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday weighed whether it was in the state's best interest to represent an assistant prosecutor in an ethics proceeding, questioning how a prosecutor is different from any other attorney called before the disciplinary board.

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Redgrave Adds Ex-Stoel Rives Executive As COO

By Matt Perez

E-discovery and information law firm Redgrave LLP has hired Britney A. Colton, formerly an executive at Stoel Rives LLP, as its chief operating officer.

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Comey, James Urge 4th Circ. To Reject Indictment Revival Bid

By Emily Sawicki

Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James have urged the Fourth Circuit not to revive criminal indictments filed against them last year in the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing they were fatally flawed because they were brought by a federal prosecutor who was not lawfully in that position.

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DOJ Seeks Power To Block State Bar Probes Of Agency Attys

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys to combat what the agency called "weaponization" of ethics processes, a proposal that drew concerns from ethics scholars for overstepping states' authorities.

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NC Judge Trims Co.'s $116M Investment Coverage Dispute

By Hope Patti

A North Carolina state court has trimmed a company's suit claiming that its insurer obstructed its recovery of more than $116 million in coverage for an investment that didn't pay out on time, tossing a breach of contract claim while preserving bad faith and statutory violation claims.

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Judge Questions DOJ Stance In ABA's Intimidation Suit

By Jared Foretek

A Susman Godfrey LLP attorney told a district judge that the Trump administration's recent double-reversal on its executive orders targeting law firms proved that attorneys fighting government action face a real and ongoing threat and urged the judge not to toss a suit from his client, the American Bar Association, to end the "Intimidation Policy."

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