Analysis

Another Tariff Suit In Trade Court Signals Joint Review

By Dylan Moroses

The legal strategy of utilizing U.S. district courts to challenge President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs suffered another blow this week following a failure to keep a stationery company's suit in Florida federal court, leaving stakeholders to anticipate that similar cases will be consolidated for further review.

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US, Swiss Medtech Groups Push For Tariff-Free Trade

By Dylan Moroses

Eliminating tariffs for imported medical technologies between the U.S. and Switzerland and new regulatory fast-track processes would safeguard the two countries from potentially catastrophic supply chain disruptions, according to a recent statement issued by top medical technology company trade associations in the U.S. and Switzerland.

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Conn. AG Targets 'Bootleg' Weight Loss Drug Sellers

By Elaine Briseño

Connecticut has launched a consumer protection lawsuit in state court against a Florida-based company and its owner, accusing them of peddling untested and unsafe, research-level, "bootleg" GLP-1 weight loss drugs to customers.

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Brief

Justices Unlikely To Take Up Spain Award Cases, Judge Says

By Nadia Dreid

After five years, a D.C. federal court on Thursday removed the stay on a Luxembourg-based renewable energy company's attempt to enforce a €53.3 million ($60 million) award against Spain, over the objections of the European sovereign.

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Tax Court Backs IRS In Multibillion-Dollar Facebook Clash

By Natalie Olivo

The U.S. Tax Court largely sided with the IRS on Thursday in a multibillion-dollar tax dispute with Facebook, upholding the agency's approach for valuing the company's intangible property but finding it applied the wrong data points in its analysis.

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Tariff Strategies For The US Renewable Energy Sector

The Trump administration's tariff actions over the last few months are challenging for the renewable energy industry — but there are strategies for contending with the uncertainty, including diversifying supply chains, seeking certification about equipment origins, and adding tariff-related language to supply contracts and offtake agreements, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

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Series

Playing Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Poker is a master class in psychology, risk management and strategic thinking, and I’m a better attorney because it has taught me to read my opponents, adapt when I’m dealt the unexpected and stay patient until I'm ready to reveal my hand, says Casey Kingsley at McCreadyLaw.

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BigLaw Firms Insist Trump Deals Are Legal, Don't Alter Values

By Jack Karp

Nine BigLaw firms including Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP have written to members of Congress defending controversial agreements they made with the Trump administration to avoid executive orders targeting the firms, according to letters obtained by Law360 on Thursday.

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Analysis

As Trump Wields FCA, Whistleblowers May See 'Dollar Signs'

By Chris Villani and Madeline Lyskawa

The Trump administration's plan to use the False Claims Act to target diversity programs and alleged civil rights fraud steers a well-worn statute into uncharted territory, and could spur significant whistleblower activity amid high-profile battles with Harvard University, BigLaw firms and other institutions, experts told Law360.

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US Trustee, Jackson Walker Might Mediate Fee Case

By Catherine Marfin

The U.S. Trustee's Office and Jackson Walker LLP told a Texas federal judge Thursday they are open to mediating the watchdog's bid to have the law firm forfeit fees from more than 30 cases overseen by a former bankruptcy judge who was romantically involved with a onetime firm partner.

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'Circular Firing Squad' Is Stalling Romance Case, Judge Says

By Catherine Marfin

A Texas federal judge told Jackson Walker LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP that they were stuck in a "circular firing squad" in a debate over whether the former CEO of a defunct barge company could sue the firms over a former bankruptcy judge's secret romance with an attorney.

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Fox Rothschild, Litigation Funder Sued Over NJ Crash Loans

By Jake Maher

A former client is suing a Perth Amboy, New Jersey, personal injury firm, a litigation funder and Fox Rothschild LLP for allegedly steering him into multiple loans during his car accident suit with exorbitant interest rates that left him owing more money than his settlement was worth.

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Ex-Troutman Atty Drops Retaliation Suit Against Major Lindsey

By Emily Sawicki

An associate attorney who sued Major Lindsey & Africa LLC alleging the legal recruiter refused to work with her due to her underlying race discrimination suit against Troutman Pepper permanently dropped her suit Thursday.

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Split Supreme Court Blocks 1st Religious Charter School

By Katie Buehler

A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court left in place Thursday an Oklahoma state court ruling barring the launch of the nation's first religious charter school, leaving open questions about the constitutionality of excluding religious groups from participating in publicly funded charter school programs.

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High Court Declines To Narrow Reach Of Federal Fraud Law

By Phillip Bantz and Stewart Bishop

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that using deceptive means to induce a business transaction may still be a crime even if the defendant doesn't seek to cause economic loss, a departure from earlier decisions that have narrowed the scope of federal fraud statutes.

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Justices Allow Trump To Fire NLRB, MSPB Members, For Now

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled two fired members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board cannot return to work while they challenge President Donald Trump's authority to fire them without cause, handing the president a win in his crusade against a 90-year-old precedent limiting his power to fire employees at independent agencies.

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Sen. Durbin Holds Up Florida US Attorney Nominee

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Thursday he will be holding up President Donald Trump's U.S. attorney nominee for the Southern District of Florida, blaming precedent set by Vice President JD Vance when he was in the Senate.

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Del. Considering Exam Alternatives For Admitting Attys To Bar

By Rose Krebs

Delaware's judiciary announced Thursday that the state's Supreme Court is establishing a task force that will make recommendations by next year if the First State should pursue alternative pathways other than having to take an exam for attorneys to gain admission into its bar.

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