Trade Court Sustains Harsher Steel Duties For Japan Steel Co.

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce properly justified an enforcement mechanism for insufficient compliance to trigger higher antidumping duty rates against Nippon Steel Corp. on its second try, according to an opinion published Wednesday by the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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US Producers Harmed By Silicon Metal Imports, ITC Finds

By Jack McLoone

Silicon metal from Laos and Angola imported into the U.S. is facing duty orders after the U.S. International Trade Commission found Wednesday that they are harming the domestic industry.

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Binance, Ex-CEO Seek End To $1.8B FTX Clawback Suit

By Rick Archer

Binance and its founder told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday there are no grounds on which to claw back a $1.76 billion payment to the cryptocurrency platform from its defunct competitor FTX, saying it was a fair deal reached outside her jurisdiction.

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FinCEN, OFAC Propose AML Rules For Stablecoin Issuers

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a joint proposed rule Wednesday to implement the anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance program requirements of the federal stablecoin framework known as the Genius Act.

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Boeing, Bell Textron Get Fatal Osprey Crash Suit Tossed

By Mike Curley

A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed without prejudice a suit from the families of eight U.S. service members killed in a V-22 Osprey crash in November 2023, saying their claims against The Boeing Co., Bell Textron Inc. and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. have to proceed under the Death on the High Seas Act, not through state law.

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DOJ Backs Patent Rights In Samsung Case Against Netlist

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice told a Delaware federal court that having a patent included in a standard does not necessarily give the patentholder market power, while weighing in on Samsung's case accusing Netlist of exploiting the standard-setting process.

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Trade Court Halts Solar Cell Dispute Until Fed Circ. Ruling

By Jack McLoone

A buyer of imported solar cells won't get a ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade on its challenge of the assessment of antidumping and countervailing duties until the Federal Circuit rules on the validity of a pause on those duties, the CIT said Wednesday.

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Mandelbaum Barrett Hires Ex-DLA Piper Atty For NY Office

By Joyce Hanson

American law firm Mandelbaum Barrett PC has hired a former DLA Piper attorney to join it as counsel in its New York office, saying he will help launch its international arbitration practice and will also launch and lead the firm's new India desk.

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Fair Housing Takeaways From Colony Ridge Settlement

The recent settlement agreement between Colony Ridge Developments, the U.S. government and the state of Texas — perhaps the first settlement involving unfair lending and housing practices during the second Trump administration — reflects current enforcement priorities and sheds light on shifting compliance risks, say attorneys at Weiner Brodsky.

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DLA Piper Offered Pregnant Atty 'Dignified' Exit, Jury Told

By Pete Brush

A former DLA Piper associate who claims she was unlawfully fired after announcing her pregnancy was offered a chance to transition out of the firm "without anyone knowing that her work was subpar," a partner told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday.

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Spencer Fane Adds 75 Attys Through Tie-Up With Okla. Firm

By Tracey Read

Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP announced Wednesday that it plans to combine with Southwest firm Conner & Winters LLP on July 1 in its largest tie-up to date and its third already in 2026.

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AEG, BigLaw Atty In Hot Seat As Live Nation Trial Nears End

By Stewart Bishop

Live Nation on Wednesday concluded its defense case with glowing testimony about it from the manager for rap star Drake, while the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case said rival company AEG Worldwide and a Hogan Lovells lawyer may face sanctions for revealing confidential information about a witness.

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DOJ's Lead Google Attys Both Leave Agency Same Day

By Bryan Koenig

The lead attorneys on both of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's monopolization cases against Google left the agency Wednesday or said they would be doing so.

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Mich. Federal Judge Pleads No Contest In Drunk-Driving Case

By Gina Kim

A Michigan federal judge pled no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge in Emmet County court in connection with an incident where he crashed his Cadillac and registered a 0.27% blood alcohol level, apologizing and saying he "looks forward" to continuing his judicial service.

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ABA, State Bars Blast DOJ Proposal To Block Bar Probes

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association and a chorus of state and local bar groups have come out against a proposed rule that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys, calling the proposal "unlawful and unconstitutional."

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ABA Rates Montana Judicial Pick 'Not Qualified'

By Courtney Bublé

Katie Lane, senior legal counsel at the Republican National Committee who has been tapped for a federal judgeship in Montana, is the first nominee to receive a majority "not qualified" rating by the American Bar Association in the second Trump administration.

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NY Panel Backs DLA Piper's $482K Fee Win In Malpractice Suit

By Dorothy Atkins

A New York appellate court affirmed Tuesday the dismissal of a Chinese software company's legal malpractice suit against DLA Piper, along with a $482,000 sanctions order against the company and its counsel, noting that the company's frivolous claims also drew a $635,000 sanctions ruling in "mirror" federal court litigation.

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Bondi To Skip Epstein Deposition After DOJ Cites AG Exit

By Courtney Bublé

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not sit for her scheduled deposition next week on the Epstein files now that she has left the role, and the Justice Department has asked the House Oversight Committee to withdraw its subpoena.

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Trump Asks NY's Top Court To Toss AG's 'Flawed' Fraud Case

By Lauren Berg

President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked New York's highest court to throw out New York Attorney General Letitia James' "deeply flawed" civil fraud judgment entirely after a lower appellate court tossed what it called an "excessive" $489 million penalty against the president, his sons and his real estate companies.

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