Tariffs covering most imports into the U.S. at 10% and 12.5% will take effect Friday as President Donald Trump's temporary global duty expires, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Thursday.
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US To Impose Widespread Tariffs As Temporary Duties Expire

By Dylan Moroses

Tariffs covering most imports into the U.S. at 10% and 12.5% will take effect Friday as President Donald Trump's temporary global duty expires, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Thursday.

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USTR Says EU's Google Actions Cast Cloud On US Trade Deal

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. trade deal with the European Union may be undermined by European Commission actions against Google owner Alphabet, including penalties totaling over $1 billion and claims that the U.S. technology giant unfairly favored its own services in certain applications, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Thursday. 

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11th Circ. Upholds Toss Of Cuban Cigar Trafficking Suit

By David Minsky

The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against British companies accused of trafficking cigars from a factory nationalized by the Cuban government, ruling that the lower court lacked jurisdiction. 

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Feds Withdraw Subpoenas To NYT Over Trump Jet Reporting

By Pete Brush

The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office on Thursday withdrew grand jury subpoenas served on four New York Times journalists who reported on security flaws aboard a jet gifted to President Donald Trump for use as Air Force One, after a federal judge threatened to quash the inquiries.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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USTR Sets Large Canadian Tariff Quotas For Sugar Products

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. will allocate a large portion of its fiscal 2027 tariff rate quotas for refined sugar products and certain sugar-containing goods to Canada, according to a notice published Wednesday by the office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

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ENFORCEMENT

Estonian Accused Of Tech Exports To Russia Pleads Out

By Stewart Bishop

A sanctioned Estonian businessperson admitted to export control violations in New York federal court Thursday, years after the federal government first accused him of procuring sensitive U.S.-made microelectronics for Russian government agencies and defense contractors.

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LITIGATION

US Seeks Mandatory Recall Of Immersion Water Heaters

By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. government is leaning on a rarely used provision of consumer protection law as it urges a Washington, D.C., federal court to block the importation and sale of Lakkzoom immersion water heaters, which have allegedly sparked hundreds of fires in consumer homes.

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Seagate Urges Justices Not To Review NHK Antitrust Case

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Seagate Technology LLC is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to review a Ninth Circuit decision reviving portions of its price-fixing suit against NHK Spring Co. Ltd., arguing that NHK's petition mischaracterizes how the Ninth Circuit applied the Foreign Trade and Antitrust Improvements Act.

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Kate Hudson Activewear Customer Drops Tariff Refund Claim

By Lauraann Wood

A customer of Kate Hudson's activewear business Fabletics has dropped her claim for refunds of global tariffs she alleged the actress's company passed on to customers before the U.S. Supreme Court found them illegal.

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ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES

Trade Court Finds Bridgestone's Thai Tire Duties Justified

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce correctly identified various shortcomings in Bridgestone's compliance during an antidumping duty administrative review for imported bus and truck tires from Thailand, according to a U.S. Court of International Trade opinion rejecting the company's challenge.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Being A Singer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Before law school, I spent seven years trying to make it as a professional singer in Los Angeles, and nearly everything I learned about preparation, humility, confidence and more has followed me into my legal practice, says Jessica Caterina at Moses & Singer.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Simpson Thacher Warned Co. About Deal Terms, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising vehicle alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. told a Florida jury Thursday that he flagged deal terms that later became detrimental to the insurance services company.

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ABA Rips DOJ's 'Absurd' Firm Subpoenas In Documents Fight

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association has blasted as "absurd" the government's move to subpoena law firms as an attempt to avoid a documents request from the organization amid allegations the Trump administration worked to intimidate law firms into conforming with his policy goals through executive orders last year.

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Judge's Deportation Probe 'Off The Rails,' DOJ Tells DC Circ.

By Britain Eakin

The Trump administration urged the full D.C. Circuit to either order U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to terminate his criminal contempt inquiry into the administration's Alien Enemies Act removals last year, or order him to forgo live testimony in the probe.

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Jack Smith's Lawyers Say Criminal Referral Twists Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

Former special counsel Jack Smith's legal team has said the criminal referral a U.S. Congress member sent the Department of Justice to investigate Smith is based on a "spurious claim."

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500-Member NYC Public Defender Union Ends Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The first and so far only New York City public defender union to go on strike this year announced on Wednesday that its approximately 500 members are returning to work after reaching a tentative agreement with their managers.

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Patent Atty Sues USPTO Over 'Flawed' Disciplinary Procedure

By Hailey Konnath

An Ohio patent lawyer Thursday accused the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of using an unlawful "pay for play" system for its disciplinary proceedings against attorneys, claiming the disciplinary proceedings are "inherently biased" and rigged against him and others facing discipline.

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Senate Confirms 2 Judges, Advances Ohio And Colo. Picks

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Thursday voted 48-47 to confirm Judge Daniel Traynor of the District of North Dakota to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and 49-44 to confirm Antonio M. Pozos, a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, as a judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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Faegre Drinker

Kelley Drye

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Mitchell Silberberg

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WilmerHale

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AU Optronics Corp.

Air Force One

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Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Bridgestone Corp.

Brooklyn Defender Services

Center for Family Representation Inc.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Google LLC

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated

Illinois Brick Co.

Imperial Brands PLC

Instagram Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Motorola Mobility LLC

NHK Spring

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Patriot National Inc.

Seagate Technology LLC

TDK Corp.

The Bronx Defenders

UBS Group AG

United Auto Workers

WPP PLC

eBay Inc.

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

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

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

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio