An intergovernmental body tasked with managing trade between the U.S. and China has reached an agreement on $30 billion worth of nonsensitive goods exported from one country to the other that could benefit from more favorable tariff treatment.
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US, China Reach Deal On Tariff Cuts On $30B In Goods Each

By Jack McLoone

An intergovernmental body tasked with managing trade between the U.S. and China has reached an agreement on $30 billion worth of nonsensitive goods exported from one country to the other that could benefit from more favorable tariff treatment.

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Tether's Stablecoin Is Iran's 'Lifeline,' Senate Report Says

By Jon Hill

A new forensic analysis from U.S. Senate Democrats is fueling fresh scrutiny of the Trump administration's cryptocurrency oversight, finding that Tether's USDT token, the biggest U.S. dollar stablecoin, has become a key tool for Iranian sanctions evasion and terror financing.

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Al-Qaida, ISIS Victims Sue Ericsson Over Alleged Payoffs

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

American victims of al-Qaida and Islamic State attacks and their families have sued telecommunications provider Ericsson and its CEO, Börje Ekholm, saying the company paid the groups protection money in Iraq and hid the payments from U.S. counterterrorism officials.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

ITC Clears Way For Major Duties On Chinese Van Trailers

By Jack McLoone

Van-type trailers and their subassemblies imported to the U.S. from China are harming the domestic industry, the U.S. International Trade Commission said, setting up triple-digit duties.

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Brief

EU's Trade Growth With Deal Partners Outpaces Others

By Jack McLoone

Trade between the European Union and countries with which it has reached a trade agreement grew over twice as much in 2025 as trade with jurisdictions that don't have such a deal, the European Commission said Monday.

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PEOPLE

Former Iowa Chief Of Staff Rejoins Squire Patton Boggs

By Christine DeRosa

The former chief of staff to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has returned to private practice, rejoining Squire Patton Boggs LLP, the firm where she started her legal career, the firm announced Monday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

DOJ Fraud Memo Highlights Trade Enforcement Playbook

A recent U.S. Department of Justice memo that outlines the Fraud Enforcement Division's priorities demonstrates that customs and trade fraud enforcement has entered a new and far more aggressive phase, with recent cases highlighting how the False Claims act is driving the new push, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Arkansas Firm 5th To Seal PE Deal With Uplift Investors

By Tracey Read

Arkansas' largest personal injury law firm is the latest legal entity to ink a deal to take private equity investment using Uplift Investors' associated management services organization.

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AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'

By Julie Manganis

A California attorney was barred from representing the plaintiffs in a Massachusetts insurance coverage dispute and ordered to pay legal costs of up to $10,000 to opposing counsel, after a federal judge found he relied on "inaccurate and fictitious" case cites and holdings in three filings.

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Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP maintained "intentional opacity" about a recently disclosed cybersecurity attack last year that may have compromised protected health information, a proposed class action alleged in New York federal court.

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A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies

By Marco Poggio

From the right to own semiautomatic rifles to the rules governing voter registration, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term will see the justices tackle a broad swath of constitutional and access to justice issues.

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Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL

By Madison Arnold

Domino Foods is pushing back on an attempt to disqualify its counsel from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in a sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers filed the motion as a "strategic attempt to gain tactical advantage" at a critical point in the dispute.

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Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim

By Asha Glover

Duane Morris LLP has agreed to private mediation to settle a proposed class action by an employee who alleged that the firm failed to withhold taxes for workers who were misclassified as partners, according to a notice.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Wilson Sonsini topped a list of law firms that have alumni attorneys working at six of the country's most prominent tech companies. And general counsel at most large companies expect to increase their litigation budgets next year.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Bottaro Law Firm

Brabners LLP

Browne Jacobson LLP

Campbell Johnston

Carpmaels & Ransford

Clarke Willmott

Clyde & Co

Cohen Milstein

Covington & Burling

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Demeo LLP

Duane Morris

Dudley DeBosier

Dunn Isaacson Rhee

Emery Reddy

Federman & Sherwood

Fell Law PC

Foley & Lardner

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Hughes & Coleman

Jenner & Block

John Foy & Associates

Jones Day

Keches Law Group

Keller Rohrback

Kennedys Law LLP

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lowenstein Sandler

Maslon LLP

McDermott Will & Schulte

Mills & Reeve

Morrison & Foerster

O'Melveny & Myers

Paris Smith LLP

Paul Weiss

Pinsent Masons

Polsinelli PC

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

RWK Goodman

Rainwater Holt

Reed Smith

Russell-Cooke

Schlam Stone

Selendy Gay

Silver Golub

Skadden Arps

Sparacino PLLC

Spencer Fane

Spencer West LLP

Squire Patton

Sullivan & Cromwell

Tarter Krinsky

Venable LLP

Ventura Law (Danbury, CT)

Weil Gotshal

Whalen Law Office

Wiley Rein

Wilson Sonsini

Withersworldwide

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Anthropic PBC

AstraZeneca PLC

BTI Consulting Group Inc.

Block Inc.

Cardinal Health Inc.

Cloudflare Inc.

Compass Lexecon LLC

Coupang, Inc.

Duke University

Eli Lilly & Co.

Enterprise Holdings Inc.

Glencore PLC

GoDaddy Inc.

Google LLC

IMDb.com Inc.

Instagram Inc.

Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Lumen Technologies Inc.

MGI International

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nektar Therapeutics

News Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Pfizer Inc.

Proof

RELX PLC

Red Bull GmbH

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists

Skydance Media LLC

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

Tesla Inc.

Tether Ltd.

The Hershey Co.

The J. M. Smucker Co.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

TikTok Inc.

University of Iowa

University of Miami

WK Kellogg Co

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Civil Rights Department

Companies House

European Commission

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Financial Conduct Authority

Homeland Security Investigations

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Administration

International Trade Commission

Montana Department of Revenue

New York Attorney General's Office

U.S. Army

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

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 District of Minnesota

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

United Nations