EU To Suspend US Tariff Countermeasures Another 6 Months

By Dylan Moroses

The European Union will suspend tariff countermeasures covering more than €93 billion ($110 billion) of U.S. goods another six months after President Donald Trump backed down from tariff threats this week in reaching a preliminary agreement on U.S. security interests in Greenland, an official said Friday.

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Japan Adopts Global Min. Tax Tweak Exempting US Cos.

By Josh White

Japan approved changes to its minimum corporate tax regime to exempt U.S. companies from key aspects of the international rules following the renegotiation of Pillar Two, the Japanese government said Friday.

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DC Circ. Revives Terrorism Liability Suit Against Pharma Cos.

By Madeline Lyskawa

A D.C. Circuit panel revived a lawsuit Friday accusing pharmaceutical companies of aiding a Hezbollah-linked militia's terrorism in Iraq, saying the victims behind the case have adequately alleged that the companies' participation was conscious and voluntary. 

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Brief

Certain Taiwanese Chemicals Face Triple-Digit US Duties

By Jack McLoone

Certain chemicals imported from Taiwan to the U.S. are benefiting from a countervailing duty rate of more than 103%, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Friday.

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Brief

Commerce Hits Chinese Slag Pots With Duties

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce hit imported slag pots from China with countervailing and antidumping duties Friday after the U.S. International Trade Commission had found the dumped and subsidized imports were causing material injury to domestic industry.

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Brief

Commerce To Probe Van Trailers From Canada, Mexico, China

By Jack McLoone

The International Trade Administration will investigate whether Chinese, Canadian and Mexican van-type trailers and related subassemblies were subsidized and whether they were sold at less than fair value, it announced Friday.

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Webuild Wins Another Round In $147M Chilean Award Fight

By Caroline Simson

A Chilean construction company has suffered its second defeat in under a month as it attempts to enforce a $146.5 million arbitral award against Italian construction giant Webuild, after a Canadian appeals court refused to revive its enforcement petition.

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Veon Investors Gets 1st OK For $20M Deal In Bribery Case

By Sydney Price

Telecommunications firm Veon Ltd. has received preliminary approval of its $19.97 million settlement with shareholders who accused the company of defrauding investors by not disclosing it had paid bribes in Uzbekistan, potentially ending more than a decade of litigation related to the claims.

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DJI Challenges Broad FCC Ban On Sales Of Its Drones

By Corey Rothauser

Drone-maker DJI has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider a December decision the company says effectively bars many of its products from being marketed, sold or imported into the U.S., arguing the agency exceeded its authority and violated the company's constitutional rights.

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2026 Int'l Arbitration Trends: Awards Against Sovereign States

The enforcement of arbitral awards against sovereign states is one of the most contentious and rapidly evolving areas in international arbitration, with three defining issues on the 2026 horizon: the scope of sovereign immunity, assignability of rights, and availability of fraud and corruption defenses, say attorneys at Cleary.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm

Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.

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Analysis

Supreme Court Caseload Hits 160-Year Low

By Katie Buehler

Not since the Civil War has the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in as few cases as it will this term — the latest milestone for the court's shrinking docket, and one attorneys say might have more to do with the high court's culture than its expanding emergency appeals caseload.

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Analysis

More Push In The 'Push-Pull' As DOJ Targets 'Gamesmanship'

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice continues to build its task force targeting "gamesmanship" that it says BigLaw attorneys for major companies, especially technology platforms, are using to obstruct antitrust investigations — an effort that has been welcomed by some practitioners and questioned by others.

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Trio Leading US Atty Office Raises 'Red Flag' For Judge

By Carla Baranauckas

The same federal judge who disqualified President Donald Trump's former personal counsel Alina Habba as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor asked the government Friday to explain why the "triumvirate of attorneys" now supervising the office was any more legitimate.

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5 Arrests Made In Shooting Of Indiana Judge, Wife

By Lynn LaRowe

Five people have been charged in connection with the shooting of an Indiana Superior Court Judge and his wife at their home Sunday following an investigation involving state law enforcement in Indiana and Kentucky and federal agencies.

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DOJ Alumni Back Maurene Comey In Effort To Keep Suit Alive

By Rose Krebs

U.S. Department of Justice alumni and a group that includes attorneys, law professors and former judges have filed briefs supporting former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey's call for a New York federal court to reject the DOJ's bid to dismiss a suit over her firing.

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Dems Push For Another Round Of Jack Smith Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

Following former special counsel Jack Smith's congressional appearance, Democrats are looking for him to return once he is able to speak about the second volume of his report on President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents after he left office.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw Travelers Insurance hit with a claim from a property buyer over a payout tied to collapsed law firm Axiom Ince, Swedish music group Pophouse Entertainment clash with the production company that helped it create the ABBA Voyage experience, and biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals sue rival entity ToolGen for patent infringement.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The EEOC voted to retract major harassment and discrimination protections as civil rights advocates protested. And Goldman Sachs denied rumors it was easing out its prominent chief legal officer despite the lingering stigma over her association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Williams & Connolly LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous opinion that restitution is a criminal punishment subject to the Constitution's ban on increasing punishment retroactively.

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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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