A U.S. International Trade Commission judge has made an initial finding to close a trade secret investigation into BMW's imports of infotainment screens targeted by a California technology company, citing an agreement between the parties saying their disputes had to be hashed out in Germany.
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Forum Clause Dooms ITC Trade Secret Case Against BMW

By Adam Lidgett

A U.S. International Trade Commission judge has made an initial finding to close a trade secret investigation into BMW's imports of infotainment screens targeted by a California technology company, citing an agreement between the parties saying their disputes had to be hashed out in Germany.

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Digital Services Tax Could Strain US-EU Trade, Irish PM Says

By Eleanor Butler

Ireland's prime minister warned that a European Union-wide digital services tax could undermine the EU-U.S. trade agreement, meaning lawmakers must tread carefully when considering such a tax to fund the next long-term EU budget.

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Brief

BNSF Reaches Deal Over Ex-Conductor's Post-Injury Firing

By Jonathan Capriel

A former conductor has reached a deal with BNSF Railway Co. to end an employment retaliation lawsuit that claims the company wrongfully fired him based on an unsubstantiated rule violation after he sought compensation for a brake rigging accident that severely injured his hand.

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Shady Power Deal Used In Goldman Compliance Prep, Jury Told

By Stewart Bishop

A Goldman Sachs banker told a New York federal jury how Goldman bailed on backing what prosecutors say was a corrupt deal for a Turkish energy company to bribe Ghanaian officials for a power plant contract, a scenario Goldman uses in compliance training as an example of what to avoid.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

Chinese, Indian Graphite Electrodes Face US Duties

By Jack McLoone

Chinese electrodes used for smelting are facing a triple-digit countervailing duty rate while such products from India may be hit with lower rates after preliminary findings by the U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday that they are benefiting from government subsidies.

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Brief

US Finalizes Duties On Rebar From Vietnam, Egypt, Bulgaria

By Jack McLoone

Steel concrete reinforcing bar from Vietnam, Egypt and Bulgaria are facing varying duty rates after the U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday finalized its determinations that the goods imported from the countries are being sold at unfair prices.

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DEALS

Allied Gold's $4B Zijin Sale Collapses Over Timing Hurdles

By Al Barbarino

Canadian gold producer Allied Gold said Wednesday that its roughly $4 billion planned sale to China's Zijin Gold International has been terminated, citing "no reasonable likelihood" of closing the deal by its drop-dead date. 

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PEOPLE

MoFo Hires Treasury Senior Counsel For Nat'l Security Group

By Jack Rodgers

Morrison Foerster LLP has hired a former U.S. Department of the Treasury senior counsel, who most recently worked in the agency's Office of the General Counsel International Affairs, the firm announced Wednesday.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Advocacy Group Says Law Firm Fellowship Program Biased

By Patrick Hoff

A legal advocacy group said Thursday it had lodged U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges against a nonprofit and law firms including Jones Day, White & Case and Morgan Lewis, claiming Muslim and Middle Eastern students were getting unlawful preference in a fellowship program.

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ABA Eyes Nixing School DEI Standards To Sway Trump Admin

By Emma Cueto

The American Bar Association is poised next week to eliminate the first of multiple diversity-related law school standards, a controversial move that it hopes will allow it to remain an accreditor despite an uncertain outcome in the face of a Trump administration increasingly wary of the association's role in legal education.

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WilmerHale Sued Over Accidental Client Data Disclosure

By Andrea Keckley

A proposed federal class action filed Wednesday accuses WilmerHale of failing to protect clients' personal information after an employee allegedly disclosed sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, to an unauthorized person who misrepresented their identity back in May.

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2 Traders Admit Guilt In Stolen BigLaw Info Scheme

By Chris Villani

Two men pled guilty Thursday in Massachusetts federal court to their roles in a sweeping scheme to trade on inside information stolen from huge corporate law firms about upcoming deals.

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Ill. Atty Sanctioned For AI Slop In Starbucks Bias Suit

By Adrian Cruz

A unanimous Illinois appeals court sanctioned an attorney representing a former Starbucks employee in a workplace discrimination suit after determining that he submitted briefs using false citations and quotations hallucinated by artificial intelligence software.

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Trump May Renominate Blanche If GOP Holdouts Block Vote

By Courtney Bublé

With Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., still on the fence about acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation to be attorney general, President Donald Trump said Thursday he might renominate Blanche next year when the two senators are no longer serving in the Senate.

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DA Says Trump's NY Hush Money Conviction Must Stand

By Frank G. Runyeon

New York prosecutors told a state appellate court that President Donald Trump's 34-count felony conviction for falsifying business records is "unaffected" by the U.S. Supreme Court's watershed presidential immunity decision and should be upheld.

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Judiciary's Bid To Control Courthouses Gets Senate Push

By Courtney Bublé

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would create a pilot program for the federal judiciary to obtain direct authority to maintain its buildings, which the judiciary says is desperately needed.

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Bronx Legal Aid Organization's Union Rejects New Pay Offer

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders' executive director said on Thursday that the union representing the organization's over 300 attorneys and staff has rejected an updated offer on wages, with both sides still at odds over the prospect of separate salary scales for lawyers and social workers.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alston & Bird

Cole Sadkin

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

Fennemore

Fine Kaplan

Finnegan

Foley Hoag

Fox Rothschild

Goodwin Procter

Jones Day

Jones Walker LLP

Kelley Drye

King & Spalding

Latham & Watkins

McGuireWoods

Milberg PLLC

Miller & Chevalier

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Patterson Belknap

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Sidley Austin

Sullivan & Cromwell

Troutman

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

BNSF Railway Co.

Brooklyn Defender Services

Citrix Systems Inc.

Enstar Group Ltd.

Johnson & Johnson

LinkedIn Corp.

Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc.

New York University

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Poshmark Inc.

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc.

Stanford University

Starbucks Corp.

TMX Group Ltd.

The Bronx Defenders

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

United Auto Workers

YouTube Inc.

iRobot Corporation

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Council of the EU

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

European Commission

European Parliament

European Union

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Illinois Attorney General's Office

Illinois Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Administration

International Trade Commission

Judicial Conference of the United States

Manhattan District Attorney's Office

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court