Customs and Border Protection finalized over $15 billion more worth of tariff refunds in just under two weeks, according to a Monday declaration filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade.
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CBP Sends Another $15B In Tariff Refunds To Treasury

By Dylan Moroses

Customs and Border Protection finalized over $15 billion more worth of tariff refunds in just under two weeks, according to a Monday declaration filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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9th Circ. Backs Block On FinCEN Border Cash Reporting Reqs

By Rae Ann Varona

The Ninth Circuit Monday affirmed a temporary block on a Trump administration rule that singles out cash-moving businesses along the southwest border for heightened anti-money laundering reporting, agreeing that a plaintiff money service business will likely suffer irreparable harm.

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After Favorable Ruling, Maxell Files New Samsung ITC Suit

By Ryan Davis

Japan's Maxell Ltd. alleged in a U.S. International Trade Commission suit Friday that South Korea-based Samsung's smartphones and tablets infringe six patents, days after an ITC judge backed Maxell in a separate case and recommended an import ban on infringing Samsung devices.

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Adani Must Swear No Deal Prompted DOJ Dismissal Bid

By Phillip Bantz

Apparent concerns about a potential quid pro quo have prompted a New York federal judge to order Indian billionaire Gautam Adani to state in an affidavit whether he "promised" anything to the government in exchange for the U.S. Department of Justice moving to dismiss criminal charges against him.

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Judge Newman Won't Reopen High Court Suspension Battle

By Theresa Schliep

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman did not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider her bid to save a suit against her fellow judges for suspending her from the bench over her refusal to undergo medical tests.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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US Sets Tariff Rate Quotas For Sugar, Syrups

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Agriculture set the tariff-rate quotas on Monday for imports of both raw cane sugar and certain refined sugars that will be subject to lower tariff rates for the 2027 fiscal year.

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Brief

US Adds Polyester-Spandex Fabric To Textiles Free Trade List

By Jack McLoone

Certain double-weave fabric that contains both polyester and spandex will be added to the list of textiles that can enter the U.S. duty-free under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, the federal government said Monday.

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ENFORCEMENT

UK, EU Impose Joint Sanctions On Russian Cybernetworks

By Christopher Crosby

Britain and the European Union imposed a new round of sanctions Monday on top Russian military intelligence officials and proxies the authorities said are behind attempts to sow chaos and division in Europe through cyberattacks and anti-Ukraine propaganda.

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Jury Finds Mass. Engineer Guilty Of Sharing Tech With Iran

By Carolyn Muyskens

A semiconductor company employee was convicted on Monday of sharing navigation technology with potential military applications with an Iranian business associate in violation of U.S. sanctions.

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LITIGATION

Bin Maker Too Late To Appeal £161K Tax Bill, Tribunal Says

By Kevin Pinner

A trash bin maker is time-barred from appealing more than £161,000 ($215,000) in customs duties and import value-added tax levied on its products, the First-tier Tribunal said in a decision.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Ky. Law Prof Wants Court To Block Judge For Dean Pick

By Hailey Konnath

A University of Kentucky law professor asked a federal court to block U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove from becoming the next law school dean, claiming that the appointment has "stripped the faculty" of their credibility on the basis of peer review.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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Latham & Watkins

Mayer Brown

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Quinn Emanuel

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

A.P. Moller-Maersk

Adani Enterprises Ltd.

American Bar Association

Analog Devices Inc.

Apple Inc.

Brennan Center for Justice

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Burke Inc.

Center for Family Representation Inc.

CoStar Group Inc.

Institute for Justice

LinkedIn Corp.

Maxell Ltd.

Motorola Mobility LLC

New Civil Liberties Alliance

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

State Bar of California

The Bronx Defenders

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Committee for Implementation of Textile Agreements

European Union

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

HM Revenue & Customs

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

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

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK First-tier Tribunal

World Trade Organization