Federal Circuit judges challenged a labor rights organization's arguments for standing to force U.S. Customs and Border Protection's response to a petition to ban U.S. chocolate producers from importing cocoa from the Ivory Coast during oral arguments Thursday.
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Fed Circ Probes Standing In Cocoa Import Child Labor Case

By Dylan Moroses

Federal Circuit judges challenged a labor rights organization's arguments for standing to force U.S. Customs and Border Protection's response to a petition to ban U.S. chocolate producers from importing cocoa from the Ivory Coast during oral arguments Thursday.

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UK Drafts Carbon Border Tax Rules To Match EU System

By Josh White

The U.K. tax authority released draft regulations on the country's carbon border tax regime Thursday that would broadly align it with the European Union's system for taxing carbon-intensive imports.

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Trade Court Shifts Tariff Refund Proceedings To New Suit

By Jack McLoone

The underlying U.S. Court of International Trade suit serving as the core of the government's development of a refund system for the now-invalidated International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs has changed after the original case was dismissed.

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POLICY & REGULATION

IRS Urged To Clarify Foreign-Owner Rules For Energy Credits

By Kat Lucero

Public power and nuclear associations, along with battery groups, are among stakeholders urging the Internal Revenue Service to clarify foreign ownership rules that could disqualify projects from certain clean energy tax credits, emphasizing that timely guidance is critical to securing project financing.

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INVESTIGATIONS & REVIEWS

Brief

ITC Probing Possible Harm Of 4 Countries' Chemical Imports

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Thursday said it has opened antidumping duty investigations into imports of polytetramethylene ether glycol, or PTMEG, from China, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam to determine whether the imports are harming U.S. industry.

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Brief

ITC Opens Investigation Into Imported Screen Protectors

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Thursday said it is opening an investigation into Belkin's claims that a rival is importing and selling screen protectors that infringe a trio of Belkin patents.

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LITIGATION

Albright Won't Toss BMW Suit Over German Patent Cases

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal judge said he wouldn't dismiss a suit brought by carmaker BMW AG that was intended to block two patent litigations from moving forward in German court, despite those cases having been withdrawn.

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Investor Says Chinese Firms Took $476M EV Venture Stake

By Jared Foretek

A British Virgin Islands company accused a Chinese state-owned enterprise of exploiting COVID-19 travel bans to seize its 11% stake in an electric vehicle manufacturer, wiping out the investor's equity without compensation and stealing proprietary technology.

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Rivera's Ex-Partner Kept Cut Of $50M Venezuela Contract

By Carolina Bolado

Real estate developer and convicted drug trafficker Hugo Perera told jurors Thursday he regretted "1,000%" getting involved with former U.S. Rep. David Rivera in a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company but admitted he kept his $5 million cut of the deal.

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Chinese Vape-Maker Seeks Narrow Discovery In Battery Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

The Chinese manufacturer of Geekvape is asking to limit discovery in a lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for burns a man suffered when the battery for his vape exploded while in his pocket, arguing that what the plaintiff asked for was too broad.

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ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES

Welch's Maker Tells ITC Rival Infringing 2 Fruit Snack Patents

By Jack McLoone

The manufacturer of Welch's Fruit Snacks brought its fight against what it claims are patent-infringing yogurt-covered snacks produced by rival Cibo Vita to the U.S. International Trade Commission, the ITC said Thursday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

'Made In America' Rules Raise Stakes For Gov't Contractors

The convergence of widely varying "buy American" requirements, increased enforcement efforts and continuing regulatory attempts to limit foreign sourcing suggests that government contractors should carefully review their supply chain and country-of-origin compliance to remain competitive, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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Series

Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Skiing has shaped habits I rely on daily as an attorney — focus, resilience and the ability to remain steady when circumstances shift rapidly — and influences the way I approach legal strategy, client counseling and teamwork, says Isaku Begert at Marshall Gerstein.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Law360 Pulse Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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Lewis Brisbois Accused Of Ignoring Racism, Unethical Billing

By Aebra Coe

A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and alleging unethical billing practices and even embezzlement.

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Trump Picks Ohio Ex-Solicitor General For 6th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he is tapping Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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DOJ Calls Immigrant Legal Aid Wasteful In Budget Push

By Courtney Bublé

Tucked into the Trump administration's budget request for fiscal 2027, the U.S. Department of Justice is trying once again to take an ax to a program that provides legal assistance to noncitizens.

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Analysis

Calif. AI Guardrails Split From Feds, Other States May Follow

By Madeline Lyskawa

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent executive order directing state agencies to implement guardrails for contracting with artificial intelligence companies marks a rift with the Trump administration's deregulatory approach that could proliferate across other states.

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Fed. Circ. Chief Feels 'Bright-Line Rule Coming' For IP Marking

By Dani Kass

As a Federal Circuit panel reprimanded embattled attorney William Ramey on Thursday for the "disrespect" shown in his failed 3D glasses patent litigation against Volkswagen, the Federal Circuit's chief judge suggested precedent may be needed to define the role of marking in admissionless settlements.

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'Mark Of Autocracy': Court Says Pentagon Defied Press Order

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Defense has not complied with a court order barring the Pentagon from taking press passes away from journalists who report on matters not authorized by the government, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the department's revised rules "achieve that same unconstitutional result."

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Trade Secrets Suit Is A 'Far-Flung Conspiracy,' Law Firm Says

By Adam Lidgett

A Georgia law firm wants a Nevada federal court to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets from litigation lead generator Archetype Capital Partners, calling the whole case "a far-flung conspiracy."

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MMA Law Accuses Lawyer, Insurance Co. Of RICO Scheme

By Emily Sawicki

Embattled Texas firm MMA Law has filed nearly a score of complaints amid an ongoing bankruptcy action, including accusing a Louisiana attorney, his wife and an insurer of working together to "target, dismantle and destroy" the firm in an effort to avoid sharing a cut of legal fees stemming from storm damage claims.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Albright Stoddard

Alexander Morrison & Fehr

Arnold & Porter

Barnes Richardson

Blank Rome

Caldwell Cassady

Cozen O'Connor

Fabian VanCott

Finnegan

Gibson Dunn

Jones Day

Jones Walker LLP

Lewis Brisbois

Mahdavi Bacon

Markus Moss PLLC

Marshall Gerstein

McDonald Carano

Paynter Law Firm

Pillsbury Winthrop

Ramey LLP

Sbaiti & Company

Seyfarth Shaw

Sidley Austin

The Monson Law Firm

Walker and Patterson

Womble Bond

Young Moore

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights

Anthropic PBC

BASF SE

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

Belkin International Inc.

Burke Inc.

Cibo Vita

Cosette Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Elite

Google LLC

Investments Ltd.

Learning Resources Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Nuclear Energy Institute

Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.

Public Power Council

QUALCOMM Inc.

State Bar of Texas

Sun-Maid Growers of California

The New York Times Co.

The Promotion In Motion Cos. Inc.

Volkswagen AG

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Technology

City and County of San Francisco, California

European Union

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

HM Revenue & Customs

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

Louisiana Department of Insurance

Ohio Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

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

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

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Nevada

World Trade Organization