Bank of America was hit with $1.21 billion in fines from the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday, with regulators alleging "widespread breakdowns in internal controls" related to the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering compliance at the nation's second-largest bank.
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BofA Fined $1.21B Over 'Widespread' AML Compliance Issues

By Sarah Jarvis

Bank of America was hit with $1.21 billion in fines from the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday, with regulators alleging "widespread breakdowns in internal controls" related to the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering compliance at the nation's second-largest bank.

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Justices Won't Review 9th Circ. Revival Of Trafficking Case

By Y. Peter Kang

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review the full Ninth Circuit's February ruling that Congress' 2023 bill clarifying civil liability for companies that "attempt to benefit" from human trafficking of Cambodian workers can apply retroactively.

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ITC Probing Vicor Rivals For AI Power System Infringement

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission announced it will investigate claims made by Vicor Corp. that several rivals are importing patent-infringing power delivery systems typically used in high-performance computing such as artificial intelligence, setting up possible import exclusions.

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LITIGATION

Groups Ask Justices To Hear Apple's ITC Industry Rule Fight

By Jack McLoone

The Federal Circuit wrongly continued the degradation of the U.S. International Trade Commission's domestic industry requirement in patent disputes by sustaining a decision that Apple Watches infringe Masimo Corp.'s patents, groups supporting Apple's petition told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

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ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES

Trade Court Backs Commerce On Solar Module Duty Scope

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce properly determined an importer's solar-powered charging modules should be subject to countervailing and antidumping duties on Chinese solar cell products, according to an opinion published Tuesday by the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Watchdog Wants Probe Of Trump Press Secretary's Atty Claim

By Jack Karp

A nonprofit government watchdog on Wednesday asked the State Bar of California to investigate whether the new White House press secretary has claimed to be an attorney without being licensed to practice law.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Wants Firm Docs For Insider Trading Defense

By Carolyn Muyskens

A former BigLaw associate accused of insider trading is seeking records from ex-employers Sidley Austin LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP to help fight charges that he tipped others about nonpublic deals the firms were working on.

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Quinn Emanuel Seeks Arbitration Of $1.7M Fee Dispute

By Caroline Simson

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is urging a California federal court to order an entrepreneur to arbitrate malpractice claims stemming from the firm's representation of her in a sexual harassment claim against a technology investor as it seeks to collect more than $1.7 million in unpaid fees.

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Baker Botts Atty Seeks $3.4M In Fees After Defamation Suit

By Madison Arnold

A Baker Botts LLP patent attorney has moved for almost $3.4 million in attorney fees and expenses in a defamation suit an inventor brought against her that was dismissed.

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Fox Rothschild Beats Daycare's Malicious Prosecution Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state court dismissed an adult daycare company's suit against Fox Rothschild LLP and one of its attorneys related to their prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm, according to a court order.

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DLA Piper Accused Of Malpractice In Investor's Soccer Deals

By Bonnie Eslinger

American businessman John Textor has filed a legal malpractice suit in Florida against DLA Piper over the firm's representation in connection with an investment vehicle he created to acquire soccer clubs in the United Kingdom and other countries, claiming his damages could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Avyno Law

Baker Botts

Buchanan Ingersoll

Clement & Murphy

Cohen Milstein

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dynamis LLP

Enenstein Pham

Fox Rothschild

Goodwin Procter

Grunfeld Desiderio

Kilpatrick Townsend

Kirkland & Ellis

Knobbe Martens

Latham & Watkins

Martin G. Weinberg PC

McDonald Hopkins

Orrick Herrington

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

SML Avvocati

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Susman Godfrey

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wolf Greenfield

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Actelion Ltd.

Amazon.com Inc.

Ameris Bancorp

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Apple Inc.

Ares Management Corp.

Bank of America Corp.

Celestica Inc.

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Delta Electronics Inc.

Flex Ltd.

Foxconn

GameChange Solar LP

Google LLC

Infineon Technologies AG

International Finance Corp.

Johnson & Johnson

LinkedIn Corp.

Masimo Corp.

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Permira

Public Citizen Inc.

Starbucks Corp.

State Bar of California

Vicor Corp

Vicor Corporation

eBay Inc.

iRobot Corporation

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

International Trade Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

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

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

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

U.S. Supreme Court

World Bank Group