9 More Drug Cos. Make Pricing Agreements With US

By Craig Clough

Nine more branded drug manufacturers reached deals cutting prices on their medications, President Donald Trump announced Monday, with nearly 90% of such products now being covered by "most-favored nation" deals in the United States.

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States Ask Fed. Circ. To Revive Their Temporary Tariff Claims

By Jack McLoone

Two dozen states pushed the Federal Circuit on Monday to revive their specific claims against now-expired temporary tariffs while simultaneously pushing the panel to otherwise back the U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling that the tariffs were illegal.

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Trump Opening 1st Round Of Tariff-Free Ground Beef Tuesday

By Jack McLoone

The first 100,000 of a total 300,000 metric tons of ground beef that can be imported into the U.S. without an added tariff can enter into the country starting Sept. 1, according to a proclamation published Monday.

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Expedia Beats Suit Alleging It Trafficked Cuba-Seized Property

By Carolina Bolado

A federal jury in Miami returned a complete defense verdict Monday in favor of Expedia Group Inc., finding that the online booking company did not illegally traffic in property confiscated by the Cuban government because the two Cuban American plaintiffs failed to show they owned the island and hotel in question.

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11th Circ. Upholds $800K Award In Venezuelan Takeover Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

The Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld an $800,000 jury verdict that found two former Miami bank directors accused of working for the Venezuelan government were liable for the bank's financial difficulties.

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EU Sets Evidence Standard For Steel Duty Anti-Evasion Rule

By Jack McLoone

The European Commission on Monday established the types of evidence that those that import steel into the bloc will need to provide to satisfy new rules requiring clearer information about the country of origin for such products.

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Commerce Probing Indian Polymer For Possible Duties

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday that it is investigating whether Indian imports of a type of polymer used to handle dangerous chemicals are being sold in the U.S. at unfair prices.

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Thai Spray Foam Imports Face US Circumvention Probe

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday it will determine whether spray foam systems assembled in Thailand with Chinese components are circumventing U.S. duties placed on a foam-making chemical, a month after a similar investigation was opened into Canadian systems.

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Feds' Crackdown Targets Commercial Trucking Fraud

By Linda Chiem

The Trump administration said Monday it is immediately shutting down 110 commercial driver's license schools for certifying truck drivers who can't read or speak English, and pledged to aggressively prosecute accused "fraudsters" who knowingly put untrained or unskilled truck drivers on American roads.

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5th Circ. Judges Cast Doubt On Fight Over La. LNG Permit

By Keith Goldberg

A Fifth Circuit panel on Monday expressed skepticism that environmental groups had standing to challenge Louisiana's approval of a preconstruction permit for a major liquefied natural gas export terminal in Cameron Parish.

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Paul Mitchell Urges 9th Circ. To Untangle False Ad Class

By Dorothy Atkins

Paul Mitchell urged the Ninth Circuit Monday to decertify a class of customers alleging the company deceptively concealed its animal testing in China while touting its U.S. haircare products as cruelty-free, arguing there's no evidence that all class members saw and relied on its cruelty-free labels before their purchases.

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Citigroup Must Face RICO Suit Over Mexico Fraud Scheme

By Katryna Perera

A Florida magistrate judge said Monday bondholder plaintiffs have standing to pursue racketeering claims in a suit accusing Citigroup of running a massive cash advance fraud scheme, finding that although the "operative locus" of the fraud was in Mexico, a large part of Citigroup's alleged conduct occurred in the United States.

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Levi Strauss Becomes Latest Target Of Tariff Refund Suits

By Gina Kim

Levi Strauss & Co. has yet to provide a way for its customers to get refunds of unlawful tariff-related costs they had to pay for imported goods affected by President Donald Trump's since-invalidated global "tariff regime," alleges a proposed class action filed in Louisiana federal court Friday. 

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K&L Gates Adds Northrop Grumman Atty To Trade Team In DC

By Alison Knezevich

K&L Gates LLP said Monday it added an international trade and national security attorney who brings in-house and law firm experience, hiring a Washington, D.C., partner who most recently was a senior corporate counsel with Northrop Grumman.

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Using CFIUS' New Risk Matrix And Mitigation Guidance

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' national security matrix and related mitigation guidance provides a common vocabulary for allocating regulatory and mitigation risk in transaction documents, and may help focus any discussions with the agency, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

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What DOJ Fraud Division Rule Resolves, And What It Doesn't

The U.S. Department of Justice’s recently published final rule answers many outstanding questions about the newly created National Fraud Enforcement Division, but overlapping mandates could result in parallel investigations and diverging viewpoints between multiple sets of prosecutors, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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Ex-Clifford Chance Attys Fight Bid To Toss Clawback Suit

By Ryan Boysen

The two partners facing a $6 million clawback demand by Clifford Chance LLP have again asked a federal judge to decide whether English or New York law should govern the arbitration, claiming the firm's partnership agreement is unclear.

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How Did Litigants Fare In Judge Albright's 55 Patent Trials?

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright oversaw more than 50 patent trials between his 2018 arrival on the bench and planned Monday departure, and in a surprise for many attorneys, there was a near-even split between victories for patent owners and accused infringers.

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New Report Rings Alarm On Threats To Judicial Independence

By Jack Karp

Verbal attacks on judges, disinformation about the courts and the defiance of court orders are undermining the independence of the federal judiciary and significantly affecting individual judges' ability to do their jobs, a report out Monday says.

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Defamation Litigation Roundup: NYT, J&J, Azerbaijan

By Theresa Schliep

In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 details a jury verdict against The New York Times in a suit involving its reporting on a shooting in Alabama, and highlights a judge's decision to spare researchers from a suit by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary over their talc research.

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House Passes Bill To Curb Secret Prosecutor Orders

By Courtney Bublé

The House passed a bipartisan bill via voice vote Monday afternoon to add transparency to prosecutors' use of nondisclosure orders for telephone service providers.

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House Passes Bill Adding Texas, California Court Sites

By Courtney Bublé

The House voted 378-10 on Monday evening to expand access to federal courts in Texas and California, the two most populous states in the nation.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week saw disputes over a $200 million federal grant, a $1.7 billion software take-private deal, the ouster of Better.com founder Vishal Garg and a proposed $4 million settlement stemming from an electric vehicle company's SPAC merger.

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Hub Hires: MassBar, Kirkland, Troutman

By Chris Villani

Massachusetts' legal landscape saw a sizzling summer finish, with several major firms making hires. Kirkland added a veteran white collar defense attorney, Troutman bolstered its real estate team and Day Pitney nabbed an experienced corporate attorney.

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