Fed. Circ. Quickly Releases Mandate In Trump Tariff Case

By Kevin Pinner

Businesses and states that successfully challenged President Donald Trump's global tariff regime can proceed with their efforts to seek refunds, as the Federal Circuit expedited the release of its mandate in the case to the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday.

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FedEx Customers Seek Refunds For Passed-On Tariff Costs

By Jack McLoone

A proposed class action in Florida federal court looks to make sure FedEx refunds customers for the costs of tariffs the shipping giant passed on to them as the company looks to recoup its payments made under President Donald Trump's illegal tariff regime.

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Judge Delays Line 5 Pipeline Removal On Wis. Tribal Lands

By Crystal Owens

A Wisconsin federal judge paused a June 16 deadline requiring Enbridge Energy to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on Wisconsin tribal lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, citing concern over energy prices, local economies and foreign relations with Canada.

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Senate Banking Dems Call For Binance Deal Compliance Probe

By Courtney Bublé

Senate Democrats on the banking committee are pressing the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of the Treasury to investigate reports that cryptocurrency exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. could be flouting the requirements of a 2023 settlement agreement. 

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ITC To Review Memory Imports Over Chip Patent Claims

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. International Trade Commission is launching an investigation into whether an Arizona-based semiconductor maker's imports are infringing patents held by a California rival.

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ITC To Review Vape Imports' Possible Restriction Violations

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate a coalition of Chinese companies and their U.S. distributors on allegations that they skirted restrictions on vapes, acting on a complaint by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., though some claims were dismissed.

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Brief

Rail Couplers From India Facing US Countervailing Duties

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday that certain rail couplers imported into the U.S. from India could be hit with countervailing duties after it found the goods were benefiting from foreign subsidies.

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Justices Pass On $55M Arbitrator Misconduct Petition

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a petition asking it to resolve whether an arbitration conducted by a three-member tribunal was fundamentally fair if one arbitrator "functionally abandoned his post" during a hearing.

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WTO Most‑Favored‑Nation Reform May Hold Promise

When the World Trade Organization meets this month, it is expected to debate changing the most-favored-nation rule, a carefully calibrated loosening of which may be justified if it enables deeper liberalization and regulatory cooperation, says Alan Yanovich at Akin.

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A Single DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy Raises Questions

The U.S. Department of Justice's soon-to-be-released uniform corporate criminal enforcement policy could address the challenges raised by the current decentralized approach, but it will need to answer a number of potential questions amid scant details, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings from January and identifies practice tips from cases involving allegations of violations of consumer fraud regulations, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, employment law and breach of contract statutes.

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5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privileged, only addressed one narrow artificial intelligence system, but lawyers must recognize that the spectrum of AI tools raises different confidentiality and privilege questions, says Heidi Nadel at HP.

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DOJ Drops Law Firm Executive Order Appeals

By Alison Knezevich and Lauren Berg

The Trump administration told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that it is dropping its fight over executive orders targeting four law firms.

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Dems Probe Trump 'Fixer' In Kirkland Pro Bono Deal

By Lauren Berg

Top Democratic legislators who are investigating the legality of pro bono agreements some BigLaw firms made with President Donald Trump demanded Monday that Kirkland & Ellis LLP provide information about the involvement of Boris Epshteyn, whom the lawmakers called Trump's "legal fixer and co-conspirator to overturn the 2020 presidential election."

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Analysis

4 Things That Likely Sealed Fate Of SCOTUSblog Founder

By Jared Foretek

When 12 "guilty" verdicts were read aloud by the jury in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax evasion and mortgage fraud trial last week, it was the culmination of a 16-day trial that took jurors deep into Goldstein's ultra high-stakes poker playing, his lavish lifestyle and his former law firm's accounting. Here, Law360 looks at four key pieces of evidence that likely moved jurors to their decision.

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Hagens Berman Denied Rehearing Bid In Sanctions Dispute

By Emma Cueto

The Third Circuit on Monday rejected plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's request to reconsider weighing in on the sanctions dispute in a since-dropped product liability case that resulted in the trial court judge referring the firm for possible criminal investigation.

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Ex-Atty Kossoff Axed From Bankruptcy Case Amid Appeal

By Emily Sawicki

A New York bankruptcy judge determined he has jurisdiction over litigation stemming from the collapse of real estate law firm Kossoff PLLC after its principal stole $14 million from its clients, finding the firm's founder may be dismissed as a defendant because the now imprisoned, disbarred lawyer "appears to be judgment-proof."

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Scientists Slam 'Political Attack' On Judges' Reference Book

By Lauren Berg

Partisan politics is interfering with a reference manual judges routinely rely on to understand complicated scientific evidence, according to more than two dozen contributors who on Monday raised the alarm about Republican attorneys general successfully lobbying for a chapter on climate change to be deleted.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured headline-grabbing disputes involving fast food giant Jack in the Box and boxing legend Mike Tyson's cannabis venture, alongside high-stakes fights over merger documents, appraisal rights and a $75 million renewable energy funding clash.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of February

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the second month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at Walmart, Walgreens and the Big 12 Conference. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from February.

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