European Union lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve legislation implementing the bloc's safeguard-bolstered trade deal with the U.S. founded on a series of tariff cuts, moving one step closer to implementation that is expected before the end of the month.
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EU Parliament Approves Trade Deal With US

By Dylan Moroses

European Union lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve legislation implementing the bloc's safeguard-bolstered trade deal with the U.S. founded on a series of tariff cuts, moving one step closer to implementation that is expected before the end of the month.

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Del Monte Sets Up For Tariff Refund Windfall, Suit Says

By Jack McLoone

Canned fruits and vegetables giant Del Monte Foods Inc. stands to make a "windfall" through refunds of President Donald Trump's now-invalidated global tariff regime, according to a proposed class action filed in New York federal court seeking refunds for customers.

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4th Circ. Turns Down Bacardi Challenge To Rum TM Renewal

By Adam Lidgett

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday rejected Bacardi's challenge to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's renewal of a Cuban company's expired trademark registration for Havana Club rum, finding a retroactive approval to pay the registration fee to be valid.

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Dems Press Treasury, DOJ On Binance Sanctions Compliance

By Aislinn Keely

A group of Senate Democrats led by Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is pressing the U.S. Treasury Department and Justice Department for updates on the oversight of crypto exchange Binance in light of reports that the platform has facilitated Iranian sanctions evasion and maintains ties to members of the Trump administration.

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INVESTIGATIONS & REVIEWS

Brief

US Customs Bars Copper Entries From Serbian Exporter

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will take steps immediately to ban copper imports from a Serbian exporter following an investigation that revealed those goods were produced with forced labor, according to a Tuesday announcement. 

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ENFORCEMENT

Brief

Russian Shadow Fleet Ship Captain Charged Over Sanctions

By Christopher Crosby

Prosecutors have charged the captain of a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker with circumventing the U.K.'s sanctions after the vessel was seized by special forces in the English Channel on Sunday.

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LITIGATION

NY Judge 'Doubtful' Of Oil Co.'s Suit Against Ex-Florida Rep.

By David Minsky

A New York federal judge said Tuesday he was "doubtful" that a breach of contract lawsuit filed by the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company can go forward, given the agreement's potential invalidation following a trial that resulted in the conviction of a former Florida congressman last month.

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Brief

ITC To Review Hoverboard Patent Infringement Decision

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission said Tuesday that it will review portions of an administrative law judge's decision finding two companies infringed two Razor USA LLC patents for self-balancing hoverboards.

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ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES

Trade Court Backs Duty Redo For Canadian Wind Towers

By Jack McLoone

Certain wind towers imported into the U.S. from Canada will be subject to a 2.93% antidumping duty rate after the U.S. Court of International Trade signed off on Department of Commerce recalculations.

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PEOPLE

Skadden Adds Investment Management Trio In DC, Abu Dhabi

By Jack Rodgers

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has hired three former lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP who will work with investment management clients in Abu Dhabi and Washington, D.C., according to a Tuesday announcement.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Curial Review Limits In Singapore

The Singapore International Commercial Court's recent decision to dismiss an application for supervisory relief from a Singapore International Arbitration Centre final costs award illustrates the limits of converting adverse financial consequences into public policy objections, even where the commercial result is severe, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

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The Paradoxical Duty To Adopt AI When You Can't Bill For It

Both billing for hours saved using artificial intelligence and preserving billable time by not adopting AI may violate rules of professional conduct, but until bar associations' ethics rules catch up to this emerging economic dilemma, firms must decide how to adjust fee structures themselves, says Ines Lassalle at Peyrot & Associates.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

These Firms Secured The Most Damages In The Last 3 Years

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Government lawyers had a strong success rate in federal courts over the last three years, but intellectual property litigation saw certain firms secure damage awards worth hundreds of millions of dollars for clients, according to Lex Machina's Law Firms Activity Report 2026 released on Tuesday.

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Ex-Girardi Atty Hid Firm's Diversion Of Funds, State Bar Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A State Bar of California prosecutor argued Tuesday at a disciplinary trial that ex-Girardi Keese attorney Robert Finnerty hid the firm's misappropriation of millions of dollars from a family's $53 million settlement, while Finnerty's counsel countered he's being blamed for the actions of his former boss, convicted and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein Denied Acquittal Or Retrial

By Alison Knezevich

A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday denied SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, rejecting his claims that issues with jury instructions and excluded evidence warranted a do-over in his tax evasion and mortgage fraud case.

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Ex-Judge Loses Bid To Undo ICE Obstruction Conviction

By Britain Eakin

Former Wisconsin state judge Hannah Dugan has failed in her attempt to use a Fourth Circuit decision to vacate her conviction for helping a defendant in her courtroom evade immigration agents, with a federal judge ruling Tuesday the decision involves fact patterns that differ from her case.

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Senate Rejects Bid To Block Fast-Track Immigration Appeals

By Courtney Bublé

A Democratic-led Senate resolution that would have blocked a U.S. Department of Justice rule directing its Board of Immigration Appeals to quickly dismiss cases that don't raise "novel" issues failed to pass Tuesday.

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Blanche To Go Before Senate Panel July 15

By Courtney Bublé

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination hearing is a month away, and the fate of his confirmation is likely in the hands of Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas.

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Oral Arguments In Comey, James Appeal Set For September

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Fourth Circuit has scheduled in-person oral arguments for the Trump administration's appeal of the dismissals of indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James for Sept. 15-18.

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Brazil Says Justice Is Immune From Trump Media's Suit

By Carolina Bolado

Brazil asked Monday to intervene and dismiss a suit by President Donald Trump's media company and online video-sharing platform Rumble Inc. against a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice's gag orders, saying the suit cannot overcome immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Abir Cohen

Akin Gump

Baughman Kroup

Berger Montague

Boies Schiller

Bondurant Mixson

Bursor & Fisher

Butler Prather

Byrd Campbell

Carmichael Ellis

Clement & Murphy

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

DLA Piper

Debevoise & Plimpton

Foley Hoag

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Gimbel Reilly

Girardi & Keese

Gordon Rees

Gupta Wessler

Holland & Knight

Irell & Manella

Jackson Walker LLP

Jones Day

Kelley Drye

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Levine Lee

Lowell & Associates

M.D. Gibson & Bolen

Munger Tolles

Niemeyer Grebel

Ogletree Deakins

Page Scrantom

Peyrot & Associates

Reed Smith

Rosing Pott

Skadden Arps

Squire Patton

Strang Bradley

Troutman

White & Case

Wiley Rein

Willkie Farr

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akin's

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Bacardi Ltd.

Binance Holdings Ltd.

Burke Inc.

Costco Wholesale Corp.

Del Monte Foods Inc.

FedEx Corp.

Ford Motor Co.

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

New York State Bar Association

Nike Inc.

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

OceanSound Partners

PG&E Corp.

RELX PLC

Razor USA LLC

Singapore International Arbitration Centre

State Bar of California

Temu

The Florida Bar

Twitter Inc.

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Council of the EU

European Commission

European Parliament

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

New York Attorney General's Office

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

The Crown Prosecution Service

U.S. Air Force

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin