Analysis

Congress' Limited Tariff Role May Persist After Justices Rule

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs could leave the door open for Congress to play a larger role in trade policy heading into November's midterms, but that opportunity may pose few political incentives for lawmakers.

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Imported Scooters Not Duty-Free, UK Court Says In Reversal

By Jack McLoone

Mobility scooters imported into the U.K. by two companies should be assessed a 10% duty, a London court ruled, reversing a lower court decision it said labeled the scooters duty-free due to a misapplication of relevant rules.

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ITC Backs Penalties For Flouting Chocolate Mix Import Ban

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. International Trade Commission has declined to review a decision by an administrative law judge to penalize four grocers found to be violating a ban on importing chocolate malt drink mix.

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ITC Judge Clears Innoscience's Redesigned Semiconductor

By Dani Kass

The U.S. International Trade Commission's 2025 decision that Innoscience's semiconductor imports infringe one of Infineon Technologies' patents was made public Thursday, revealing Innoscience has a path to avoid any upcoming ban.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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ITC To Review Medical Imaging Imports For Infringement

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. International Trade Commission said it is looking into medical imaging device imports for alleged patent infringement in response to a complaint from a Canadian-American firm.

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5 Indicted In €20M VAT Fraud Involving 'Designer Fuels'

By Jack McLoone

The European Public Prosecutor's Office indicted five people in Luxembourg suspected of committing €20 million ($23.9 million) in value-added tax fraud through a criminal scheme that traded in what are known as designer fuels, it said Thursday.

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Fed's Master Account Stance Goes Too Far, 2nd Circ. Told

By Jon Hill

The Federal Reserve's claim of broad discretion to cut financial institutions off from master accounts could turn these U.S. payment system gateways into potential tools of partisan warfare, an attorney for a Puerto Rico bank told a Second Circuit panel Thursday.

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US Gymnast's Bronze Medal Case Revived By Swiss Court

By Caroline Simson

Switzerland's highest court has vacated an arbitral award stripping U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles of her Olympic bronze medal during the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, saying footage from a documentary crew that was not considered by the arbitrators has provided enough evidence to revive her case.

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Robbins Geller To Lead CarMax Investors' Tariffs-Linked Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP will represent a proposed class of CarMax Inc. investors in a suit accusing the used car retailer of mischaracterizing a bump in sales caused by consumers trying to get ahead of the Trump administration's tariffs as a sign of sustainable growth.

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SpaceX Eyes IPO At $1.5 Trillion Value, Plus More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing plans to launch an initial public offering that would value it at a massive $1.5 trillion, Chevron is seeking better terms from Iraq before buying Russia's Lukoil assets, and cryptocurrency wallet Ledger is weighing a $4 billion U.S. IPO.

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Series

Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

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Feature

From TikTok To The Courtroom, The Rise Of Lawfluencers

By Chris Villani

A growing group of legal influencers with huge followings say social media use is helping them expand their practices along with their brands and offering marketing lessons that even BigLaw can learn from.

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Ex-Worker Says Goldstein Offered Crypto, Gifts As IRS Probed

By Jared Foretek

A former employee at Thomas Goldstein's law firm who resigned after the Internal Revenue Service began investigating the firm said that the SCOTUSblog founder suddenly began offering her bitcoin, payment from case settlements and potential student loan relief after federal agents visited the office.

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Clemency Favors White Collar Offenders, New Study Shows

By Phillip Bantz

White collar criminal defendants are more likely than other types of offenders to receive presidential pardons, especially under the Trump administration, a new analysis of clemency actions shows, raising concerns about a system one expert called "broken."

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Attacks Haven't Killed Judiciary's AI Rule, May Strengthen It

By Jeff Overley

Federal judiciary advisers Thursday confronted the most extensive opposition yet in their campaign to ensure the reliability of evidence utilizing artificial intelligence, but the criticism appeared constructive, possibly upping the odds of a digital age addition to U.S. court rules.

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DOJ Awards $1M In First For Antitrust Whistleblower Program

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division awarded a whistleblower $1 million for providing information that led to charges and a $3.28 million criminal fine against used-vehicle auction site EBlock, marking the first-ever award under a new antitrust whistleblower program, the DOJ announced Thursday.

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Crowell & Moring Loses DC Appeal In $30M COVID Rent Dispute

By Isaac Monterose

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled against Crowell & Moring LLP's appeal for its $30 million rent dispute with a D.C. office landlord that refused to grant a coronavirus-related rent abatement.

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Bondi Elevates Pa. US Atty Amid Appointments Scrutiny

By Matthew Santoni

The first assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania is being retained and elevated to full U.S. attorney, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced Thursday, though the appointment will have to remain temporary or he could face the same questions about his appointment as other top prosecutors in President Donald Trump's administration.

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