A 25% tariff on Brazilian goods will begin next week with an expanded exemption list following public comments on the action, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced.
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TOP NEWS

USTR Broadens Exemptions Ahead Of 25% Brazil Tariff

By Dylan Moroses

A 25% tariff on Brazilian goods will begin next week with an expanded exemption list following public comments on the action, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced.

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Fed. Circ. Revives Commerce's Korean Steel Duty Findings

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce can adjust its countervailable duty rate for a South Korean steel manufacturer by reconsidering earlier determinations, a Federal Circuit panel said Thursday, reversing a trade court ruling that made the department stick with its older findings.

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ITC To Probe Netlist Patent Claims Against Samsung, Google

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. International Trade Commission will launch an investigation into allegations that Samsung, Google, Super Micro Computer, Nvidia and Broadcom infringed a pair of Netlist computer memory patents.

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EU Developing Countries Tariff Program Yields €5B In Savings

By Jack McLoone

A European Union instrument that allows certain developing countries to import goods into the bloc with little to no tariffs resulted in an estimated €5 billion ($5.7 billion) in savings in 2024 alone, the European Commission and a European Council official said Thursday.

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Brief

Senate Confirms Trump's ITC Commissioner Picks

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Senate confirmed five nominees to become commissioners for the U.S. International Trade Commission on Thursday.

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INVESTIGATIONS & REVIEWS

Brief

US Probes Whether Ethiopian Solar Cells Skip Chinese Duties

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce is investigating whether solar cell products completed in Ethiopia using Chinese inputs are circumventing duties against Chinese versions of the products, the department said Thursday.

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Brief

ITC Looking Into Whether Lamb Imports Hurt US Industry

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission is investigating whether global lamb imports into the U.S. have risen to an extent that they are a "substantial cause of serious injury" to domestic producers, it said Thursday.

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ENFORCEMENT

NY Bag Importer To Pay DOJ $7.3M Over Duty Evasion Claims

By Dylan Moroses

A New York-based importer of plastic bags and its CEO have settled the U.S. Department of Justice's claims that they misrepresented the country of origin for their merchandise from China to avoid antidumping duties, agreeing to pay the federal government $7.3 million.

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UK Targets Gold Networks Funding Sudan War With Sanctions

By William Janes

The government announced sanctions on Thursday designed to target Sudan's illicit gold trade, procurement networks and the financial facilitators suspected of helping sustain the country's civil war.

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LITIGATION

Brief

Realtek, MediaTek Drop Case Alleging Bogus Patent Litigation

By Elliot Weld

Taiwanese semiconductor-makers Realtek and MediaTek have agreed to drop a case in which the former accused the latter of colluding with other companies to harass Realtek with bogus patent cases.

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ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES

Mich. Renews Enbridge Line 5 Permit, Tribes Vow Fight

By Melanie Dorsey

Michigan environmental regulators reissued key state permits for Enbridge Energy's proposed Great Lakes Tunnel project, allowing the company to continue pursuing approvals needed to replace the aging Line 5 pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac, while tribal leaders and environmental groups vowed to challenge the decision.

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PEOPLE

EXPERT ANALYSIS

Lessons On Contingency Planning From OFAC's Iran Reversal

The Office of Foreign Assets Control‘s abrupt revocation of a recent license easing sanctions on Iranian oil products shows commercial dealings relying on OFAC licenses or with higher sanctions risks should expressly address what happens if a policy change makes performance prohibited, says Michelle Roberts at Berliner Corcoran.

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Reviving Prize Law Would Reshape Maritime Seizure Risks

Recent U.S. maritime interdictions of sanctioned tankers and shadow fleet vessels raise urgent questions about whether civil forfeiture or prize law — a framework that has not been meaningfully tested since the Spanish-American War — governs and the potential impacts on vessel owners, charterers and insurers, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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Series

Being A Magician Makes Me A Better Lawyer

The skills I've developed as a lifelong magician have translated directly into tangible benefits in the courtroom because performing magic and trying cases both live at the intersection of psychology, storytelling, timing and disciplined rehearsal, says Mark Dombroff at Fox Rothschild.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Competitive Is Your Compensation? Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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Feature

As Law Firms Race To Adopt AI, Cost Concerns Grow

By Phillip Bantz

Pressure is mounting on law firm leaders to dive into the AI waters or watch competitors swim away, but figuring out responsible, cost-effective methods to use high-priced legal tech remains tricky, experts say.

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Richards Layton Apologizes For AI Errors In Chancery Case

By Rose Krebs

Richards Layton & Finger PA and one of its attorneys have apologized to the Delaware Chancery Court for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence, asking that sanctions not be imposed.

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McDermott Atty Denies Pressuring Friend To Alter Testimony

By Rose Krebs

A McDermott Will & Schulte LLP attorney has told a Delaware vice chancellor that he is in "complete shock" and "hurt" by a longtime friend's contention that he pressured him to change his testimony in a Chancery Court case, saying the accusation "is false and without any merit."

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Simpson Thacher 'Never' Explained Ill-Fated Deal, Exec Says

By Cara Salvatore

A founder seeking over $100 million from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett over a transaction he says destroyed his insurance services company testified Thursday the law firm provided him no education on various words he wasn't familiar with in the deal.

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Blue-Slip-Backed Trump Judge Selections Advance

By Courtney Bublé

The first two judicial nominations of the second Trump administration to receive supportive blue slips from Democratic senators advanced to the Senate floor Thursday.

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Goulston Docked Ex-Partners' Pay For Joining Rival, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

Two Goulston & Storrs PC directors who jumped to Troutman Pepper Locke LLP were stiffed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation in retaliation for leaving, according to a suit filed Thursday in New York federal court.

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Feature

In Uber Assault Trial, A Courtroom Tests Truth Face-To-Face

By Hayley Fowler

This is the first in a two-part series about the Virginia Revival Model courtroom in the Charles R. Jonas federal courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here, judges and attorneys recall how a sexual assault trial against Uber unfolded in a space designed to place focus on the witnesses.

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Tillis Might Back Blanche, As AG Pick Met Epstein Survivors

By Courtney Bublé

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday afternoon met with a group of survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said his condition for supporting Blanche's appointment to the permanent position was for the nominee to speak to them face-to-face.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abrams & Bayliss

Anapol Weiss

Berliner Corcoran

Burns Charest

Cartusciello & Kozachek

Cohen & Gresser

Conrad & Scherer

Faegre Drinker

Fox Rothschild

Freshfields

Goulston & Storrs

Greenberg Traurig

Holland & Knight

Irell & Manella

Kirkland & Ellis

Landis Rath

McDermott Will & Schulte

Morris Nichols

Norton Rose

Olshan Frome

Orrick Herrington

Paul Hastings

Potter Anderson

Pryor Cashman

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Richards Layton

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stearns Weaver

Sterne Kessler

Taft Stettinius

Troutman

Watstein Terepka

Wiley Rein

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wolf Greenfield

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Broadcom Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

Dongbu Steel

Earthjustice

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

First Solar Inc.

Google LLC

Hard Yaka Inc.

IPValue Management Inc.

KPMG International

Korea Development Bank

Line 5 LLC

MediaTek Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

NVIDIA Corp.

Native American Rights Fund Inc.

Netlist Inc.

Nucor Corp

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Patriot National Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Super Micro Computer Inc.

Tidewater, Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bay Mills Indian Community

Central Command

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Commission

European Parliament

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

International Trade Commission

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan Supreme Court

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

State of Michigan

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Navy

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

World Bank Group

World Trade Organization