Fed. Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Turkish Steel Duty Challenges

By Jack McLoone

A Federal Circuit panel affirmed three U.S. International Trade Court rulings that collectively rejected a Turkish company's attempts to escape a duty on Turkish steel, finding on Monday that the company's appeals were broadly unsupported by the statutes it cited.

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US Trade Officials Open IP Probe Into Vietnam

By Adam Lidgett

U.S. trade officials have launched an investigation into Vietnam over what they said were concerns about how the country is allegedly not effectively protecting the rights of intellectual property owners.

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ITC To Review Ruling That Ended Juul Vape Patent For Njoy

By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. International Trade Commission will take a second look at a ruling that threw out a Juul nicotine patent and dismissed the company's complaint accusing Altria and its Njoy brand of selling infringing vaporizer products, asking both sides to clarify how a key phrase in the patent should be understood.

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Commerce Probing Chinese Chemical Used To Make Tires

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday that it is opening twin investigations into whether a chemical imported from China and used in tire rubber production is being sold at unfair prices, joining a probe by the U.S. International Trade Commission.

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Md. Judge Pauses Shipowner's Baltimore Bridge Civil Trial

By Linda Chiem

A Maryland federal judge has pressed pause on a civil trial that was expected to start Monday to address sweeping liability and damages claims against the owner and the manager of the cargo carrier that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and triggered its collapse.

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Cold Storage Co. Says Investors Can't Claim Misleading IPO

By Emilie Ruscoe

Investors in temperature-controlled warehouse giant Lineage Inc. can't show they were misled about the company's prospects ahead of its $4.4 billion initial public offering in 2024, the company has argued in Michigan federal court, arguing it plainly disclosed at the time that it was debuting amid a "soft" market for cold storage.

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ITC Launches Digital Transmission Of Confidential Docs

By Jack McLoone

Lead counsel in investigations conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission will be able to receive confidential documents through the commission's online portal starting Monday, the ITC announced. 

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Trump Unveils 3 Picks For International Trade Commission

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump on Monday announced three more nominees to be members of the U.S. International Trade Commission, including the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary's intellectual property policy director, a deputy assistant U.S. trade representative and a consumer group's government affairs director.

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30-Year Foreign Service Leader Joins Squire Patton In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Squire Patton Boggs LLP has hired the State Department's former acting assistant secretary for Near East Affairs, who was also the first U.S. special envoy for Yemen and throughout his more-than-30-year career with the agency held posts in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq and other countries.

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Holland & Knight Taps Real Estate Partner To Lead Portland

By Tracey Read

Holland & Knight LLP has elevated a real estate and business attorney who helped launch the firm's Seattle location to executive partner of its Portland, Oregon, office.

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Milbank Raises Associate Pay Scale, Topping Out At $455K

By Kevin Penton

Milbank LLP is increasing associate pay by $10,000 to $20,000 annually, with new salary floors of $235,000 and pay reaching as high as $455,000 for more experienced attorneys, according to the firm.

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Dentons Brings On K&L Gates Litigation Duo In Miami

By Madison Arnold

Dentons US LLP has expanded its commercial litigation capabilities in Miami with a duo from K&L Gates LLP.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Arias Sanguinetti's Mike Arias

By Joyce Hanson

When she was team captain with a track and field scholarship at the University of Southern California in the 1990s, Nicole Haynes was in good health and rarely had to see a doctor. So when she got a bad stomachache and her friends encouraged her to visit the USC health center, Haynes said she didn't have the right words to explain why her experience with Dr. George Tyndall had felt so invasive and wrong.

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Bipartisan Bill Would Modernize Court Records Systems

By Matt Perez

U.S. Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday jointly introduced the Open Courts Act, which they said would modernize the court records systems PACER and CM/ECF.

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BigLaw Could Tap PE Money For Advantage In Talent Wars

By Ryan Boysen

BigLaw firms may soon partner with private equity to gain an edge in the talent wars, potentially reshaping the U.S. legal industry despite fears that the shift could corrode firms' cultures.

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Senate Confirms Montana, Kansas Judges

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate confirmed judges Tuesday for Montana and Kansas, one of whom was the first judicial nominee of the second Trump administration to receive a "not qualified" rating from the American Bar Association.

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Dem AGs Slam Climate Science Removal From Judicial Guide

By Jack Karp

The federal judiciary's decision to strike a chapter on climate change from its guide to scientific evidence is misguided, partisan and "will impede the judiciary's ability to pursue truth," according to a Tuesday letter from nearly two dozen Democratic state attorneys general.

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Cooley Launches Global Hearings Practice As Scrutiny Rises

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Cooley LLP has established a global hearings and inquiries practice to help companies prepare comprehensive strategies as they face increased regulatory scrutiny across multiple jurisdictions, the firm exclusively told Law360 on Tuesday.

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DOJ Won't Move Forward With $1.8B Fund, Blanche Confirms

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday, "we're not moving forward" with the controversial $1.8 billion settlement fund.

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NC Dem. Lawmakers Introduce Gov't Transparency Bills

By Emily Sawicki

Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina on Tuesday introduced a trio of bills focused on governmental transparency, including a proposal to reform an "increasingly partisan and secretive" judicial standards commission and another to reinforce separation of powers, blocking the state's general assembly from infringing on the governor's authority.

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Attys Worried Where ICE Will Draw Line In Asylum Crackdown

By Britain Eakin

Immigration attorneys are bracing for heightened scrutiny after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it would crack down on attorneys filing fraudulent asylum claims, expressing fears that the agency could blur the line between fraud and legitimate advocacy.

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