Zync Fights Block Of ITC Trade Secret Case Against BMW

By Adam Lidgett

Technology company Zync Inc. wants a California federal court to pause an order blocking it from pursuing a trade secrets case against BMW at the U.S. International Trade Commission, calling the court's decision "extraordinary."

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CIT Orders Redo Of Kazakh Ferrosilicon Dumping Duty

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce must reconsider its determination that ferrosilicon from Kazakhstan is being dumped into the U.S., as it failed to properly consider whether some goods were actually moved to Canada, the U.S. Court of International Trade said.

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Duty Redo Approved For Chinese Steel Rack Exporter

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce corrected issues with an antidumping duty administrative review of a Chinese steel rack exporter on remand, the U.S. Court of International Trade said in an opinion sustaining the government's remand determination.

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EU Hits US, Chinese Chemicals With Triple-Digit Duties

By Jack McLoone

Imports of a chemical used in the manufacture of plastics and other synthetic goods into the European Union from the U.S. and China are now subject to major antidumping duties, the European Commission said Wednesday.

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Commerce Hits Chinese Polyurethane Chemical With Duties

By Jack McLoone

Chinese imports of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, a chemical used in the manufacturing of polyurethane foam, will be subject to antidumping duties, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Wednesday.

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It's Time To End Charges Against Indian Industrialist, Judge Told

By Cara Salvatore

An industrialist and two co-defendants urged a New York federal judge Wednesday to let federal prosecutors drop a fraud case concerning funding for a colossal Indian solar energy project and accept an $18 million deal with securities regulators, saying out-of-court talks revealed the criminal case's "legal and factual weaknesses."

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Winston Taylor Taps DLA Piper ITC Atty As Practice Chair

By Jack Rodgers

Winston Taylor has hired a DLA Piper partner in Washington, D.C., who is joining the firm to chair its U.S. International Trade Commission practice, the firm has announced.

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A Midyear Look At Antiterrorism Act Jurisprudence And Policy

Plaintiffs have filed comparably fewer new actions under the Antiterrorism Act this year, though a handful of key decisions further defined the statute’s aiding-and-abetting standard and highlighted continuing risks for financial services companies, say attorneys at Skadden.

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FDIC Proposal Takes Bank-Like AML Approach To Stablecoins

Rather than craft a bespoke regime for stablecoin issuers, a recently proposed Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. rule builds a technology-neutral Bank Secrecy Act compliance framework under the Genius Act, firmly anchoring stablecoins within the U.S. financial regulatory perimeter, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

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Generic Drugs Do Not Reach Patients Sooner In The EU

Although the U.S. and European Union take very different approaches to patents, regulatory exclusivities and drug pricing, data shows that the effective market life for brand-name drugs is essentially the same in both jurisdictions, says Margaret Kyle at Mines Paris.

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Why Highly Specialized Experts May Risk Exclusion At Trial

Expert witnesses with highly specific areas of focus may be vulnerable to exclusion in court, making it important for attorneys to check how potential witnesses' qualifications can be bolstered by their publications and other professional activities, say Evan Weisberg and Christopher Cunio at Hunton, and Kevin Cahill at FTI Consulting.

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Groombridge Wu Tops Milbank Pay Scale For Associates

By Kevin Penton

Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone LLP is the latest firm to top the pay scale for associates announced earlier this month by Milbank LLP, with attorneys set to earn as much as $470,000.

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Senate Confirming Judges Faster Than In Trump's 1st Term

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate has confirmed 45 judges in the second Trump term, outpacing the rate of his first administration, Senate Republicans announced on Thursday.

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Attys Urged To Challenge Clients Who Demand AI Research

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut federal judge urged attorneys during a Thursday sanctions hearing to push back against clients who demand lawyers use generative artificial intelligence tools to conduct legal research, saying the technology is no substitute for professional judgment and discretion because it "aims to please" and can misstate the law.

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Lack Of Evidence Sinks Insurance Fraud Case, Atty Says

By Emily Sawicki

A Louisiana law firm and lawyer found guilty of criminal conspiracy and wire fraud for staging vehicle crashes as part of a scheme to defraud insurance carriers and trucking companies are seeking acquittal or a new trial, arguing that federal prosecutors failed to support their claims with evidence.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein Blasts 'Inflated' DOJ Tax Math

By Jared Foretek

Convicted SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein and federal prosecutors are clashing again over their dramatically divergent sentencing recommendations, with the defense accusing the government of presenting a "one-dimensional caricature" of the famed lawyer in seeking an eight-year sentence, and prosecutors accusing him of potentially deleting "secret chats" with his gambling backers.

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Feds Say Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin Was Let Off Easy

By Nadia Dreid

Both federal prosecutors and a Stephen Miller-founded public interest group believe that a Maryland federal judge let a woman accused of trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh off too easy because of her gender identity and want the Fourth Circuit to order resentencing.

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Quinn Emanuel Says 3M Fee Proposal Undervalues Its Work

By Carolina Bolado

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has objected to a special master's recommendation on the allocation of common benefit fees in the $6 billion settlement that ended multidistrict litigation against 3M over allegedly faulty combat earplugs, saying the amount doesn't value the "length, extent and impact" of the firm's work.

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