The Trump administration Tuesday proposed that only electric vehicle charging stations built with 100% American-made components can be eligible for federal funding, setting a stringent new requirement that would make it tougher for such projects to get off the ground.
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TOP NEWS

Feds Float Strict 100% 'Buy America' EV Chargers Mandate

By Linda Chiem

The Trump administration Tuesday proposed that only electric vehicle charging stations built with 100% American-made components can be eligible for federal funding, setting a stringent new requirement that would make it tougher for such projects to get off the ground.

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Voltage Infringing Shoals' Solar Patents, ITC Judge Rules

By Jack McLoone

North Carolina-based Voltage LLC and a Chinese manufacturing company are infringing two patents on solar energy-related products held by Shoals Technologies Group, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge found.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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PRACTICE GROUPS OF THE YEAR

International Trade Group Of The Year: Barnes & Thornburg

By Kevin Pinner

Barnes & Thornburg LLP has been overseeing the federal government's largest export compliance monitorship and booked several wins for U.S. ceramic tile manufacturers, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 International Trade Groups of the Year.

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ENFORCEMENT

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Commerce Probing Possible Aluminum Import Duty Evasion

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced it is opening a countrywide investigation into whether Chinese disposable aluminum packaging that is completed in the United Arab Emirates before being exported to the U.S. is avoiding antidumping and countervailing duties.

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LITIGATION

Feds Say 50 Cent's Liquor Boss Violated Fraud Plea Deal

By Hailey Konnath

Federal prosecutors said a former executive at rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's liquor brand violated a fraud plea agreement by requesting a sentence of one year in home confinement, arguing he had already agreed to spend more than two years behind bars.

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Coal Exec's Co-Worker Says Emails Hinted At Egypt Bribes

By Matthew Santoni

A former coworker testified Tuesday that former Corsa Coal executive Charles Hunter Hobson sent emails as early as 2016 implying that the company's agent in Egypt was bribing officials to buy coal from the company and that he later saw the agent walk into the buyer's office with an envelope allegedly stuffed with cash.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

CFIUS Risk Lessons From Chips Biz Divestment Order

President Donald Trump's January executive order directing HieFo to unwind its 2024 acquisition of a semiconductor business with ties to China underscores that even modestly sized transactions can attract CFIUS interest if they could affect strategic areas prioritized by the U.S. government, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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Elections Mean Time For Political Law Compliance Checkups

An active election year is the perfect time for in-house counsel to conduct a health check on their company's corporate political law compliance program to ensure it’s prepared to minimize risks related to electoral engagement, lobbying, pay-to-play laws and government ethics rules, say attorneys at Steptoe.

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Malpractice Claim Assignability Continues To Divide Courts

Recent decisions from courts across the country demonstrate how different jurisdictions balance competing policy interests in determining whether legal malpractice claims can be assigned, providing a framework to identify when and how to challenge any attempted assignment, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin & Lodgen.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Services Hiring Started New Year Off With A Bang

By Tracey Read

The legal sector is off to a good start in 2026, with 5,500 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in December, according to seasonally adjusted data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Feature

'Unflappable' Mass. Judge Emerges As Trump Foil

By Chris Villani

The newest member of the Massachusetts federal bench has made a name for himself as a thorn in the side of the Trump administration, a perception that stands in stark contrast to what friends and former colleagues describe as an unassuming and open-minded judge.

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'It Takes Time To Write': Jackson On High Court's Tariff Ruling

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has provided an unusual update on the court's decision over President Donald Trump's authority to impose emergency tariffs, saying in a TV interview that the justices are still working on what is one of their most anticipated rulings this term. 

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Analysis

Not 'Your Dad's DOJ': Recapping Year One Under Bondi

By Phillip Bantz and Carolina Bolado

Even before her contentious congressional testimony on Wednesday, few U.S. attorneys general had been embroiled in so many controversies so early into their tenures as Pam Bondi, who critics and supporters alike say embodies a new era at the Justice Department.

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Bondi Touches On Judges, Fraud, Subpoenas At Fiery Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

Attorney General Pam Bondi opened her congressional testimony on Wednesday taking aim at "liberal activist judges," but the rest of the hearing was devoid of any discussion or questions on the Trump administration's combative relationship with a large portion of the federal bench.

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Md. Federal Judge Owns Up To Creating 'Abusive' Workplace

By Jack Karp

A Maryland federal judge has acknowledged creating an "abusive workplace" where clerks were chastised for minor errors, discouraged from asking questions and harshly criticized, according to a Fourth Circuit disciplinary order.

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Remote LSAT Testing To Largely End Amid Cheating Concerns

By Emily Johnson

Law school hopefuls will mostly need to sit for the Law School Admission Test — better known as the LSAT — in person starting in August rather than test remotely, a change designed to strengthen security after the exam provider ended remote testing in China over cheating concerns.

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NYC Bar Pushes Gov. To Free Legal Aid Funds In Budget

By Andrea Keckley

The New York City Bar Association urged Gov. Kathy Hochul in a statement Wednesday to ensure the 2027 executive budget gives the New York State Interest on Lawyer Account Fund access to its revenue for civil legal services, noting the current proposed budget did not grant full spending authority.

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Ford Slams Lemon Law Attys' Bid To Escape Billing Fraud Suit

By Lauren Berg

Ford Motor Co. urged a California federal judge to keep alive its lawsuit accusing three Knight Law Group LLP-affiliated attorneys of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, scoffing at the attorneys' argument that they are immunized from liability related to lemon law litigation they have pursued.

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Calif. Atty Wins $25K Fee Sanction Over AI Errors

By Emily Sawicki

A California federal court has ordered $25,000 in fee sanctions for a litigator representing a mobile app platform in a copyright and contract suit as reimbursement for work he said went into responding to an error-ridden motion and further resulting motion practice.

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Miami World Cup Counsel Share Look At Prep Work, Impact

By Nathan Hale

Counsel representing the FIFA World Cup's Miami Host Committee gave Law360 an inside look at their multifaceted work preparing for the upcoming event, which organizers say could have the economic impact of multiple Super Bowls.

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Trio Leading NJ District Office Face New Disqualification Bid

By Elizabeth Daley

A criminal defendant who successfully challenged the appointment of Donald Trump's former personal attorney Alina Habba as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor joined other defendants in seeking to disqualify the trio now helming the office.

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Beasley Allen Wants Talc DQ Paused Pending High Court Appeal

By Jonathan Capriel

Hundreds of women who claim their ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder risk appearing in an upcoming trial without their preferred counsel from the Beasley Allen Law Firm, unless a New Jersey state court stays an order disqualifying the firm, it said.

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Morgan & Morgan, Former Aide Settle Disability, Age Bias Suit

By Lynn LaRowe

Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan PA and a former firm legal assistant have settled a Florida federal lawsuit that alleged age and disability discrimination, according to a filing in the court.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Barnes & Thornburg

Beasley Allen

Bilzin Sumberg

Blank Rome

Brown & Rosen

Computerlaw Group

Debevoise & Plimpton

Faegre Drinker

Foley & Lardner

FordHarrison

Friedman Kaplan

Hecht Solberg

Kasowitz LLP

Knight Law Group

Krovatin Nau

Lacy Price

Lauro & Singer

Leach & Walker

Lowell & Associates

Milbank LLP

Morgan & Morgan PA

Nixon Peabody

O'Melveny & Myers

Pillsbury Winthrop

Robbins LLP

Rudolf Smith

SedlikGroup

Sherin & Lodgen

Sills Cummis

Steptoe LLP

Todd & Weld

Troutman

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

Wirtz Law APC

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Allianz SE

Comerica Inc.

EMCORE Corporation

Empire Justice Center

Federal Bar Association

Federation Internationale de Football Association

Ford Motor Co.

Instagram Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Law School Admission Council Inc.

Learning Resources Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

New York City Bar Association

Otis Worldwide Corp.

Reynolds Consumer Products LLC

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Sierra Club

State Bar of California

TikTok Inc.

Vineyard Wind LLC

ZTE Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Committee for Public Counsel Services

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Election Commission

Federal Highway Administration

Idaho Supreme Court

International Trade Administration

International Trade Commission

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Attorney General's Office

New York State Assembly

Superior Court of Massachusetts

Supreme Court of Nevada

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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 Middle District of Florida

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

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court