USTR Warns Of Rampant Sports Broadcast Piracy

By Jack McLoone

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday issued its latest list of overseas "notorious markets" selling illicit and counterfeit goods, focusing on the proliferation of pirated sports broadcasts ahead of this year's FIFA World Cup.

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Genentech Says Biocon Importing Infringing Cancer Drugs

By Jack McLoone

Biotechnology company Genentech Inc. claimed Indian firm Biocon Ltd. is importing drugs into the U.S. that infringe four Genentech patents related to a breast cancer treatment, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate and ultimately bar the imports.

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UK Lifts Sanctions On British Accountant Over Shadow Fleet

By Christopher Crosby

The U.K. government has revoked sanctions on a British national 10 months after it accused him of procuring vessels for Russia's shadow fleet, his solicitors said Tuesday.

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US Imposes Duties On Imported Indian Springs

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday finalized antidumping and countervailing duties on garage door springs imported from India into the U.S.

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Commerce Dept. Won't Free Co. From Chinese Duties After All

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce determined Tuesday that a glycine processing company can't demonstrate it no longer uses Chinese-origin products, walking back a preliminary determination that would have excused the company from antidumping duties.

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North Face Left Co. With $2.2M In Unsold Garments, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

A Vietnamese garment supplier has sued The North Face's parent companies in Colorado federal court, alleging they refused to accept and pay for more than 200,000 finished North Face-branded garments worth about $2.23 million after the supplier completed production under purchase orders.

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Aligning Microsoft Tools With NYC Bar AI Recording Guidance

The New York City Bar Association’s recently issued formal opinion, providing ethical guidance on artificial intelligence-assisted recording, transcription and summarization, raises immediate questions about data governance and e-discovery for companies that use Microsoft 365 and Copilot, say Staci Kaliner, Martin Tully and John Collins at Redgrave.

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DOJ Nixes Plan To Drop Law Firm EO Appeals In About-Face

By Emma Cueto

A day after informing the D.C. Circuit that it would no longer seek to defend the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump against four law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice reversed course Tuesday, requesting permission to withdraw its motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeals.

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Goldman's Departing CLO, Gates Asked To Testify On Epstein

By Lauren Berg

The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday asked outgoing Goldman Sachs Chief Legal Officer Kathryn Ruemmler, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black and others to testify about their connections to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Early Publicity Could Poison DOJ's Criminal Cases, Attys Say

By Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has shrugged off long-standing prosecutorial policies against publicizing criminal probes in their early stages and disparaging the targets, an "unusual" and "troubling" development that threatens the integrity of investigations, grand jury proceedings and the right to a fair trial, experts tell Law360.

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Skadden Hit With Sanctions Over 'Vexatious' Gaming Suit

By Ivan Moreno

A Manhattan federal judge has sanctioned Papaya Gaming and its attorneys from Skadden for what the court said was a "blatant" attempt to relitigate claims in Virginia that had already been dismissed in a false advertising dispute in New York with Skillz Platform, one of its competitors.

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NY Judicial Watchdog Says Complaints Break Record Again

By Andrea Keckley

New York's judicial watchdog has reported a record number of new complaints filed against judges for the fourth year in a row in 2025.

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Day Pitney Faces DQ Bid Over Ex-Justice's Role In $1.3M Case

By Aaron Keller

Day Pitney LLP should be sidelined from a $1.3 million private equity management company's windup lawsuit because former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a partner at the firm, heard the case before it was earmarked for a new trial, three company owners have argued.

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New Whistleblower Program Adds 'Bit More Stick,' DOJ Says

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's new whistleblower rewards program partnership with the U.S. Postal Service doesn't displace the leniency program by which companies disclose potential price-fixing and other antitrust violations, a DOJ official said Tuesday in Washington, D.C., but it is an important complement.

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DOJ Turns To 2nd Circ. In Bid To Revive James Subpoenas

By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. Department of Justice is urging the Second Circuit to revive an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James launched by a federal prosecutor later found to have been serving unlawfully, arguing the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York had been rightfully appointed when he launched the probe.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice got its antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster teed up for trial, as a court continues mulling the department's settlement last year in a case challenging a deal by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and lawmakers call for scrutiny of Paramount Skydance's blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Meta Atty's Slip Reveals Social Media Trial Plaintiff's Identity

By Craig Clough

An attorney for Meta Platforms on Tuesday revealed the highly guarded full name of the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether trial accusing its Instagram platform and Google's YouTube of harming children's mental health, prompting the Los Angeles judge overseeing the case to strike it from the record and order everyone in the courtroom not to reveal it.

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