A U.S. medical device company's redesigned products used for intravenous drips are still barred from importation into the country, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in an order released Thursday, with the agency unconvinced the new versions aren't still patent-infringing.
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IV Device Redesign Not Enough To Lift Ban, CBP Says

By Jack McLoone

A U.S. medical device company's redesigned products used for intravenous drips are still barred from importation into the country, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in an order released Thursday, with the agency unconvinced the new versions aren't still patent-infringing.

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ITC Told Wrongly Claimed Patent Fee Discounts Sink Chip Suit

By Ryan Davis

Semiconductor company Everspin Technologies Inc. has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to end a memory chip patent suit against it by Avalanche Technology Inc., saying Avalanche's patents are unenforceable because the company wrongly claimed a "small entity" discount on patent fees for years.

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UK Ship Financier Charged With Russia Sanctions Offenses

By Ronan Barnard

A British accountant has been charged with breaching sanctions imposed on him linked to his alleged involvement in Russia's "shadow fleet," the U.K.'s National Crime Agency has said.

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LITIGATION

Iranian Captain Sues OFAC Over Delay In Blacklist Removal

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has unreasonably delayed for nearly four years its determination of whether to remove an Iranian former oil tanker captain from a sanctions blacklist, he told a Washington federal court.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What FMC's Rejection Of War Surcharges Means For Shipping

The Federal Maritime Commission's rejection of multiple common carriers' requests last month to implement emergency shipping surcharges in response to conflict in the Mideast signals a decisive shift in the agency's regulatory posture toward stronger protections for shippers — with important implications for all supply chain participants, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

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Opinion

BNP Paribas Case Could Upend Global Banking Norms

If upheld on appeal, a New York federal jury's multimillion-dollar verdict against BNP Paribas would create an unpredictable liability landscape for global financial institutions in which fully lawful services in foreign countries can give rise to civil liability in U.S. courts, in a manner contrary to federal law, say attorneys at White & Case.

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Series

Isshin-Ryu Karate Makes Me A Better Lawyer

My involvement in martial arts, specifically Isshin-ryu, which has principles rooted in the eight codes of karate, has been one of the most foundational in the development of my personality, and particularly my approach to challenges — including in my practice of law, says Kaitlyn Stone at Barnes & Thornburg.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

California Is Latest Battleground In Defining Access To Justice

By Brandon Lowrey

A pair of dueling California ballot initiatives both purport to increase consumers' access to justice — a righteous cause, most would say. If only the initiatives' backers agreed on what that means.

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Adams & Reese Sued For Malpractice Over $411M Injury Loss

By Lynn LaRowe

A scaffolding company has hit Adams & Reese LLP with a legal malpractice suit in Texas state court that accuses the firm of botching its defense in a Louisiana workplace injury case, leading to a roughly $411 million jury verdict and ultimately forcing the business to settle the matter for millions.

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Up Next At High Court: SEC And FCC Enforcement Authority

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court's final argument session of this term kicks off Monday, when the justices will consider the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to seek disgorgement orders against alleged wrongdoers without proving investors were harmed. Here, Law360 breaks down the week's oral arguments.

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Polsinelli Sent Bogus Infringement Letters, Suits Say

By Elliot Weld

National law firm Polsinelli PC was accused of sending letters to two medical device companies with meritless claims of patent infringement, the companies claimed in a pair of malpractice suits.

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Another Record-Breaking Year For NY Lobbying: Watchdog

By Andrea Keckley

The amount of money spent on lobbying in New York state reached a new high — again — in 2025 despite lower dollar amounts from that year's top spenders, a state ethics and lobbying watchdog said Thursday.

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NY High Court Suspends Judge Over Racist Remarks

By Elizabeth Daley

A veteran judge who used the N-word among colleagues and claimed in court that a Black defendant was likely to be violent and "played the race card" has been suspended without pay by New York's highest court.

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Juror Bias, First For Revenge Porn Law

By Orlando Lorenzo

The California Supreme Court tossed the conviction and death sentence in a double slaying over the trial court's failures to investigate claims of juror bias, and an Ohio man is believed to be the first person in the nation convicted under a federal law intended to battle revenge porn.

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Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Judge Mulls DQ Over O'Melveny Ties

By Craig Clough

The parties in a consumer lawsuit challenging Alaska Airlines' 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines have been notified that the federal judge recently assigned to the case intends to disqualify himself unless they sign a waiver over one of his retirement accounts being tied to O'Melveny & Myers LLP, which is representing Alaska Airlines.

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Nussbaum-Linked Law Firms Hit Ch. 11 Facing Scheme Suits

By Vince Sullivan

Two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York, listing at least $353 million in disputed unsecured claims tied to the firms' hard money lending practices that have been described in litigation as a Ponzi scheme.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Aston Martin file an appeal in a row with Chinese carmaker Geely over its winged logo for London black cabs, Ineos sue Ben Ainslie's America's Cup team for a £180 million ($244 million) boat, White & Case face a claim from two energy storage companies, and a golf tour company bring a claim against Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after the fund invested in its rival.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

New data found that some companies are being wary during the 2026 proxy season by negotiating deals behind closed doors rather than allowing shareholders to vote on issues. In the meantime, a report showed that the higher annual rate growth for outside counsel fees that began in 2022 has become the new normal. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Winston & Strawn LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary harmed competition in the live entertainment sector by willfully monopolizing ticketing services.

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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

A&O Shearman

Adams & Reese

Addleshaw Goddard

Advisors LLC

Aitken Aitken

Alioto Law Firm

Arnold & Itkin

Barnes & Thornburg

Bird & Bird

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Bronster Fujichaku

Brown & Weinraub

Browne Jacobson LLP

Carpenter & Zuckerman

Clarke Willmott

Clayton Fruge

Cooke Young

Cooley LLP

Cripps LLP

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dechert LLP

Dentons

Edmonds Marshall McMahon

Egerton McAfee

Enyo Law

Ferrari & Associates

Fieldfisher

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Gunster Yoakley

Haynes Boone

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Husch Blackwell

Irwin Mitchell

J A Kemp LLP

Jones Day

Kennedys Law LLP

Keystone Law

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Silkin

Macfarlanes LLP

Morgan Lewis

Norton Rose

Nussbaum Lowinger

O'Melveny & Myers

Osborne Clarke

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Phelps Dunbar

Pinsent Masons

Polsinelli PC

Potter Clarkson

Potts Law Firm

Quinn Emanuel

Reynolds Porter

Shakespeare Martineau

Sidley Austin

Simmons & Simmons

Skadden Arps

Sonder & Clay

Spencer Fane

Starn O'Toole

Sullivan & Cromwell

Teacher Stern

Tensegrity Law

Venable LLP

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

Williams Mullen

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

A.P. Moller-Maersk

AT&T Inc.

Abbott Laboratories

Alaska Legal Services Corp.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Beverage Association

American International Group Inc.

Armis Inc.

Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.

BNP Paribas SA

Baltimore Washington Medical Center

Barclays PLC

CRA International Inc.

Consumer Attorneys of California

DP World Ltd.

Digital Evidence Group LLC

Early Warning Services LLC

Eli Lilly & Co.

Euronext Amsterdam NV

FTI Consulting Inc.

Ferrari SpA

Fordham University

Genting New York

Globalstar Inc.

Google LLC

Greater New York Hospital Association

HSBC Holdings PLC

Hawaiian Holdings Inc.

Ineos Group Ltd.

Instagram Inc.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

International Business Machines Corp.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

Michigan State University

New York Mets

OAO Lukoil

PGA TOUR Inc.

Phillips 66

Public Citizen Inc.

RELX PLC

Stanford University

Starbucks Corp.

TUI AG

Tetra Tech Inc.

The Sacramento Bee

The Walt Disney Co.

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Microelectronics Corp.

University of Maryland Medical System

Verizon Communications Inc.

Volvo Car Corp.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.

Worldline SA

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Privacy Protection Agency

California Supreme Court

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Companies House

Employee Benefits Security Administration

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

European Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Maritime Commission

Indiana Attorney General's Office

International Trade Commission

National Crime Agency

New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government

New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Ofgem

Secretary of State for Health and Others

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO)