Analysis

New Risks For Importers As US Steps Up Tariff Enforcement

By Dylan Moroses

Importers and trade lawyers have seen an upswelling of tariff enforcement efforts that is transforming the compliance relationship between businesses and the government since President Donald Trump took office a second time.

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11th Circ. Saves Delta-Aeromexico Joint Venture

By Linda Chiem

The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday handed Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico a decisive win by vacating a U.S. Department of Transportation order directing them to dismantle their nearly decadelong joint venture, saying the DOT applied a skewed standard and made unsupported findings about the partnership's purported anticompetitive effects.

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9th Circ. Sides With NLRB In Wash. Terminal Union Work Fight

By Rachel Riley

The full Ninth Circuit Thursday backed the National Labor Relations Board's decision in a union battle for work on a Seattle marine cargo terminal, ruling the International Longshore and Warehouse Union can't use the "work-preservation defense" to defeat accusations that it illegally pressured an employer for disputed work.

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Senator Questions CBP Over Lifted Ban On Dominican Sugar

By Dylan Moroses

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee asked the Customs and Border Protection commissioner on Thursday why President Donald Trump's administration chose to allow imported sugar products from the Dominican Republic that were previously prohibited due to the company's alleged use of forced labor.

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Brief

Mexican Winter Strawberries Facing Antidumping Duty

By Jack McLoone

Winter strawberries imported into the U.S. from Mexico may be hit with single-digit antidumping duties after the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily found Thursday they are being sold at less than fair value.

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Brief

Commerce Orders Duties On Aussie, Norwegian Silicon Metal

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday ordered antidumping and countervailing duties on silicon metals from Australia and Norway after the goods were found to be sold at unfair prices and to be harming domestic industry.

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Nintendo Customer Fights To Keep Tariff Refund Suit Alive

By Kevin Pinner

A Washington federal court should deny Nintendo's attempt to escape a proposed class action seeking reimbursement of costs that customers paid toward President Donald Trump's since-invalidated global tariff regime now that the company is pursuing refunds, a customer told the court.

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Customs Must Free 1 Of 2 Chinese Tire Shipments, CIT Says

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. Customs and Border Protection must release one of two Chinese tire shipments it withheld for years initially due to a lack of identifying requirements, according to a Thursday opinion by the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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Trade Court OKs Pipe Duty Increase For UAE After 2nd Redo

By Jack McLoone

Imports of certain pipes into the U.S. from the United Arab Emirates will be hit with a higher antidumping duty rate than the rate an Emirati company originally challenged after the U.S. Court of International Trade affirmed an overhauled pricing analysis.

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Spain Faces Bid To Enforce €8.9M Solar Arbitration Award

By Jared Foretek

A Portuguese solar investor asked a D.C. federal judge to enforce an €8.9 million ($10.4 million) arbitral award granted in connection with Spain's 2013 rollback of renewable energy incentives.

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OCC Greenlights Brazil Banking Giant's Bid To Form US Bank

By Katryna Perera

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Thursday preliminarily approved a charter application from Brazil-based Itaú Unibanco SA, guided by Arnold & Porter, to establish a national bank in the United States.

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Monitor Exposure, Stay Flexible Amid Tariff Uncertainty

To navigate an unstable trade environment, businesses must evaluate their exposure to new tariffs invoked under a patchwork of statutory authorities and be prepared to adapt to further changes that may be on the horizon, says Bhargav Prajapati at Capital Trade.

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Series

Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer

Playing shows in storied New York City venues and rehearsing with my bandmates in poorly ventilated rooms helped develop the professional qualities I rely on as a litigator, including an ability to collaborate with strong-minded equals and the determination to treat each client with singular focus, says Eliad Shapiro at Herrick Feinstein.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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TikTok's Ex-Legal Head Made Racist Comments, Suit Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

TikTok and its former head of global legal operations have been accused in a California state court lawsuit of harassment and discrimination based on race and sex by a former legal department employee who claims the executive subjected her and other nonwhite colleagues to an "unrelenting campaign of harassment."

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Meta Atty 'Absolutely Wrong' On Client Privilege, Judge Warns

By Dorothy Atkins

With trial dark Thursday due to juror illness, a California judge overseeing states' claims that Meta Platforms Inc. hid social media's harms heard arguments over evidence, at one point criticizing Meta's efforts to assert attorney-client privilege and calling the company's in-house lawyer "absolutely wrong" about the appropriate standard.

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Uber Gets Greenlight On Most Fraud Claims Against LA Firms

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge Wednesday largely rejected two Los Angeles personal injury firms' attempts to ditch Uber's suit claiming it's being targeted by a scheme involving fraudulent personal injury claims, finding Uber has plausibly alleged that the firms schemed with a surgeon to rack up medical costs.

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Trump Taps DOJ Official, ND Solicitor General For Judgeships

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he's tapping Jesus Osete, a top U.S. Department of Justice official, to serve on the Western District of Missouri and Philip Axt, solicitor general of North Dakota, for the District of North Dakota.

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Jay-Z Appeals Buzbee Win In Rapper's Defamation Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

Music mogul Jay-Z's counsel fought uphill Thursday to convince a California state appeals court to revive claims that Texas attorney Tony Buzbee defamed and extorted him by roping him into a sexual abuse suit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, arguing in court that a trial court erroneously read evidence in Buzbee's favor.

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CREXi Drops 9th Circ. Challenge To Quinn Emanuel DQ

By Isaac Monterose

Property listing company Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. has moved to dismiss its own Ninth Circuit mandamus petition, which challenged a lower court's disqualification of CREXi's counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, from a legal battle against rival CoStar.

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Eastman Among 16 Calif. Attys Disbarred In Q2 2026

By Emily Sawicki

The State Bar of California removed the licenses of 16 attorneys between April and June of this year over a broad spectrum of ethical breaches ranging from the high-profile case of John Eastman attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, to a lawyer found to be in possession of child sex abuse images.

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