German Paper Co. To Pay $275M Duties, But No Import Block

By Jack McLoone

A German paper manufacturer must pay an antidumping duty bill that has stretched to over $275 million due to interest, the U.S. Court of International Trade ordered, though it refused to block the company's imports until the money is actually paid.

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Xbox Buyer Says IEEPA Refund Arbitration Bid Lacks Backing

By Jack McLoone

Microsoft's bid to force arbitration of an Xbox purchaser's proposed class action accusing the video game giant of wrongfully withholding tariff refunds from consumers should fail because it can't point to a clause that covers his dispute, he told a Washington federal court.

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Ex-Bank CEO Gets 9 Years For Fraud, Sanctions Evasion

By Sydney Price

The former CEO of the Puerto Rico-based Nodus International Bank was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to running a scheme that stole more than $13.6 million from the now-collapsed bank and evading sanctions on Venezuela.

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STB Denies Bid To Halt UP-Norfolk Southern Merger Review

By Linda Chiem

The Surface Transportation Board will press ahead with its review of Union Pacific's proposed $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern, denying requests from rival railroads and major freight rail shipping customers seeking to have the board stop the deal in its tracks.

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New EU Customs Rules Kick In Amid E-Commerce Boom

By Eleanor Butler

A fresh set of European Union customs rules entered into force Monday to address new trade challenges, including the rapid expansion of e-commerce.

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British Columbia Joins In Blaming OpenAI In School Shooting

By Rae Ann Varona

The Canadian province of British Columbia on Monday became the latest to sue artificial intelligence company OpenAI over a deadly February shooting at a small-town school, telling a California federal court that company leadership rejected an internal recommendation to notify law enforcement of the shooter's ChatGPT communications that company staff flagged as dangerous.

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Brief

US, China Officials Discuss Trade Ahead Of Trump, Xi Meeting

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. and Chinese officials held talks in New York to discuss trade matters ahead of President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting this week, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.

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Chinese Brake Drums Developed To Dodge Duties, US Says

By Jack McLoone

A type of brake drum imported from China was developed in order to wrongfully evade duty orders on such products from the country, the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determined Monday.

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Malaysia, Indonesia Dumping Fatty Acids, Commerce Finds

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce found that certain fatty acids imported from Malaysia and Indonesia have been sold at less than fair value, according to notices published Monday. 

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Cambodian Clothes Hangers Dodging China, Vietnam Duties

By Jack McLoone

Steel wire hangers completed in Cambodia using components from China and Vietnam and then exported to the U.S. are evading duties on the products from those two countries, the U.S. Department of Commerce found Monday.

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Legal Deserts: Millions Across America Struggle To Access Lawyers

Tens of millions of Americans live in towns and counties across the nation with limited or no access to legal services. By one estimate, at least a third of the nation's counties qualify as a "legal desert," having only one or no attorney per 1,000 residents. Roughly 24 million Americans reside in these counties.

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Greenberg Traurig Hit With Action Over Client Data Breach

By Matt Perez

A proposed class of Greenberg Traurig LLP clients said the New York law firm failed to secure their personal data prior to a preventable data breach and delayed notifying clients of the breach for two weeks, in an action filed over the weekend in New York federal court seeking injunctive and other equitable relief to protect client data.

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Tesla Atty Misled Witness Days Before Bias Trial, Judge Hears

By Dorothy Atkins

The California Civil Rights Department asked a California judge for a protective order Monday on the first day of a bench trial over claims Tesla Inc. fostered racism at its Fremont factory, after a witness testified that an in-house Tesla attorney recently called him and misled him into believing he represented the agency.

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New Calif. Law Bars Legal Funders From Influencing Litigation

By Jack Karp

Corporate investors and litigation funders will be barred from influencing litigation strategy in California under a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Q&A

She Has A Point: Fenwick's Jessica Kaempf

By Theresa Schliep

Jessica Kaempf of Fenwick & West LLP is a pragmatic yet tenacious attorney whose representation of her clients has earned her plaudits from Kathi Vidal of Winston Taylor, who praised Kaempf as part of a Law360 series celebrating women litigators.

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$1.35M Class Deal Reached Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam

By Emily Johnson

Takers of the February 2025 California bar exam that was marred by technical failures have agreed to settle their proposed class action against the proctor for $1.35 million, while the company also agreed to complete quality checks before proctoring future bar examinations, according to a motion seeking preliminary approval in federal court.

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Ex-Prosecutor Escapes Jan. 6 Atty's Defamation Suit

By Jared Foretek

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Monday won judgment on the pleadings in a defamation case brought by attorney Stefan Passantino, who had represented Cassidy Hutchinson, after Passantino alleged Weissmann had defamed him when saying he'd "coached" Hutchinson "to lie" to the January 6th Select Committee.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week dismissed a challenge to Alteryx Inc.'s $4.4 billion take-private sale, resolved a fight over the removal of a security technology company's director and declined to let Empery Digital Inc. immediately appeal a proxy contest ruling.

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