Businesses and states that successfully challenged President Donald Trump's global tariff regime can proceed with their efforts to seek refunds, as the Federal Circuit expedited the release of its mandate in the case to the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday.
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Fed. Circ. Quickly Releases Mandate In Trump Tariff Case

By Kevin Pinner

Businesses and states that successfully challenged President Donald Trump's global tariff regime can proceed with their efforts to seek refunds, as the Federal Circuit expedited the release of its mandate in the case to the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday.

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FedEx Customers Seek Refunds For Passed-On Tariff Costs

By Jack McLoone

A proposed class action in Florida federal court looks to make sure FedEx refunds customers for the costs of tariffs the shipping giant passed on to them as the company looks to recoup its payments made under President Donald Trump's illegal tariff regime.

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Judge Delays Line 5 Pipeline Removal On Wis. Tribal Lands

By Crystal Owens

A Wisconsin federal judge paused a June 16 deadline requiring Enbridge Energy to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on Wisconsin tribal lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, citing concern over energy prices, local economies and foreign relations with Canada.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Senate Banking Dems Call For Binance Deal Compliance Probe

By Courtney Bublé

Senate Democrats on the banking committee are pressing the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of the Treasury to investigate reports that cryptocurrency exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. could be flouting the requirements of a 2023 settlement agreement. 

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INVESTIGATIONS & REVIEWS

ITC To Review Memory Imports Over Chip Patent Claims

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. International Trade Commission is launching an investigation into whether an Arizona-based semiconductor maker's imports are infringing patents held by a California rival.

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ITC To Review Vape Imports' Possible Restriction Violations

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate a coalition of Chinese companies and their U.S. distributors on allegations that they skirted restrictions on vapes, acting on a complaint by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., though some claims were dismissed.

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ENFORCEMENT

Brief

Rail Couplers From India Facing US Countervailing Duties

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday that certain rail couplers imported into the U.S. from India could be hit with countervailing duties after it found the goods were benefiting from foreign subsidies.

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LITIGATION

Justices Pass On $55M Arbitrator Misconduct Petition

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a petition asking it to resolve whether an arbitration conducted by a three-member tribunal was fundamentally fair if one arbitrator "functionally abandoned his post" during a hearing.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

WTO Most‑Favored‑Nation Reform May Hold Promise

When the World Trade Organization meets this month, it is expected to debate changing the most-favored-nation rule, a carefully calibrated loosening of which may be justified if it enables deeper liberalization and regulatory cooperation, says Alan Yanovich at Akin.

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A Single DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy Raises Questions

The U.S. Department of Justice's soon-to-be-released uniform corporate criminal enforcement policy could address the challenges raised by the current decentralized approach, but it will need to answer a number of potential questions amid scant details, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings from January and identifies practice tips from cases involving allegations of violations of consumer fraud regulations, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, employment law and breach of contract statutes.

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5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privileged, only addressed one narrow artificial intelligence system, but lawyers must recognize that the spectrum of AI tools raises different confidentiality and privilege questions, says Heidi Nadel at HP.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

DOJ Drops Law Firm Executive Order Appeals

By Alison Knezevich and Lauren Berg

The Trump administration told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that it is dropping its fight over executive orders targeting four law firms.

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Dems Probe Trump 'Fixer' In Kirkland Pro Bono Deal

By Lauren Berg

Top Democratic legislators who are investigating the legality of pro bono agreements some BigLaw firms made with President Donald Trump demanded Monday that Kirkland & Ellis LLP provide information about the involvement of Boris Epshteyn, whom the lawmakers called Trump's "legal fixer and co-conspirator to overturn the 2020 presidential election."

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Analysis

4 Things That Likely Sealed Fate Of SCOTUSblog Founder

By Jared Foretek

When 12 "guilty" verdicts were read aloud by the jury in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax evasion and mortgage fraud trial last week, it was the culmination of a 16-day trial that took jurors deep into Goldstein's ultra high-stakes poker playing, his lavish lifestyle and his former law firm's accounting. Here, Law360 looks at four key pieces of evidence that likely moved jurors to their decision.

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Hagens Berman Denied Rehearing Bid In Sanctions Dispute

By Emma Cueto

The Third Circuit on Monday rejected plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's request to reconsider weighing in on the sanctions dispute in a since-dropped product liability case that resulted in the trial court judge referring the firm for possible criminal investigation.

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Ex-Atty Kossoff Axed From Bankruptcy Case Amid Appeal

By Emily Sawicki

A New York bankruptcy judge determined he has jurisdiction over litigation stemming from the collapse of real estate law firm Kossoff PLLC after its principal stole $14 million from its clients, finding the firm's founder may be dismissed as a defendant because the now imprisoned, disbarred lawyer "appears to be judgment-proof."

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Scientists Slam 'Political Attack' On Judges' Reference Book

By Lauren Berg

Partisan politics is interfering with a reference manual judges routinely rely on to understand complicated scientific evidence, according to more than two dozen contributors who on Monday raised the alarm about Republican attorneys general successfully lobbying for a chapter on climate change to be deleted.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured headline-grabbing disputes involving fast food giant Jack in the Box and boxing legend Mike Tyson's cannabis venture, alongside high-stakes fights over merger documents, appraisal rights and a $75 million renewable energy funding clash.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of February

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the second month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at Walmart, Walgreens and the Big 12 Conference. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from February.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akin Gump

Clement & Murphy

Cooley LLP

Coppersmith Brockelman

Goldstein & Russell

Goodwin Procter

Gordon Fournaris

Greenberg Traurig

Hagens Berman

Hooper Hathaway

Husch Blackwell

Jenner & Block

Kanji & Katzen

Kirkland & Ellis

Kossoff PLLC

Leach & Walker

Milbank LLP

Morgan & Morgan PA

Moritt Hock

Morris Nichols

Munger Tolles

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Pietragallo Gordon

Pillsbury Winthrop

Richards Layton

Rimon PC

Saxton & Stump

Shook Hardy

Skadden Arps

Steptoe LLP

Susman Godfrey

Tensegrity Law

Togut Segal

Van De Poel Levy

Venable LLP

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alcon Inc.

Alcon Vision LLC

American Bar Association

American Conference Institute

Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Co.

Anthropic PBC

Arrow Electronics Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.

Barclays PLC

Biglari Holdings Inc.

Binance Holdings Ltd.

Bloomingdale's Inc.

Cardone Industries Inc.

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Coinbase Global Inc.

Continental Resources Inc.

Ecolab Inc.

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

EnerVest Ltd.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

FedEx Corp.

GlobalFoundries

HP Inc.

Hecate Energy LLC

Jack In The Box Inc.

Jenzabar Inc.

KPMG International

Learning Resources Inc.

Milliman Inc.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Nestle SA

Paypal Holdings Inc.

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Inc.

ROC Nation LLC

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

Skydance Media LLC

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics

SolarWinds Corp.

Southeastern Conference

The New York Times Co.

TransUnion LLC

Unilever PLC

Walmart Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

European Union

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys

Executive Office of the President

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Reserve System

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Administration

International Trade Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Oklahoma Supreme Court

Oregon Attorney General's Office

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern 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 Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Postal Service

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Virginia Attorney General's Office

West Virginia Attorney General's Office

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

World Trade Organization