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February 10, 2025
Judge Newman Tells DC Circ. Her Suspension Flouts The Law
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman again urged the D.C. Circuit on Monday to end the suspension her colleagues imposed on her amid a probe of her fitness to serve as a judge, arguing that her suspension is effectively indefinite and violates the U.S. Constitution.
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February 10, 2025
Trump Stops Enforcement Of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that puts a "pause" on enforcement of the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, saying the law against U.S. companies bribing foreign officials to win business in other countries has made American companies less competitive.
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February 10, 2025
DOJ Brass Want Bribery Charges Against NYC Mayor Dropped
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to drop public corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an extraordinary development in the wake of a public courtship between the embattled mayor and President Donald Trump.
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February 10, 2025
Mexico Lodges Bid To Resolve US Biotech Corn Fight
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has applauded a pair of policy changes in Mexico aimed at complying with a dispute settlement panel's decision that faulted the country's biotechnology corn regulations.
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February 10, 2025
Trump Admin's $7.4B In Arms Sales To Israel Draws Dem's Ire
The U.S. Department of State, to the dismay of at least one Democratic lawmaker, approved the $7.4 billion sale of guided missiles and other equipment to Israel, according to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
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February 10, 2025
Trump Sets Across-The-Board 25% Tariff On Steel And Aluminum
President Donald Trump teed up a 25% tariff on all imported steel and aluminum Monday evening, continuing a trend of sweeping, aggressive trade actions that have defined his first three weeks in office.
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February 10, 2025
Trump Buyout Plan Still On Hold As Unions Cite 'Confusion'
A Boston federal judge on Monday extended his hold on President Donald Trump's federal worker buyout program as he weighs a request from unions to block the so-called Fork Directive, which promises months of pay to government employees who resign their posts.
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February 10, 2025
Investor Urges US Steel To Dump Deal After Trump Comments
Activist investor Ancora Holdings Group on Monday urged U.S. Steel to abandon its proposed $14.9 billion merger with Japan's Nippon Steel, stating that the deal has "no chance of being resurrected" in light of statements made by President Donald Trump on Friday.
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February 07, 2025
Nippon-US Steel Merger Targeted By Consumers In Calif.
A group of consumers has asked a California federal court to prohibit Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. from acquiring U.S. Steel Corp. in their proposed $14.9 billion mega-merger, filing suit just days before President Donald Trump suggested that the deal was being called off.
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February 07, 2025
Fed. Circ. Pushes Back At Doctors Who Vouched For Newman
The Federal Circuit judges considering Judge Pauline Newman's request to end her suspension said Friday that they had retained doctors who have expressed "significant concerns" that there are errors and oversights in reports from physicians who deemed the 97-year-old judge fit to serve.
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February 07, 2025
FERC Says Trump Orders Support DC Circ. Rehearing Bid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has told the D.C. Circuit that President Donald Trump's revocation of two environmental executive orders dating back decades shows that the appeals court's vacatur of two FERC reauthorizations of liquefied natural gas projects was unjustified.
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February 07, 2025
Trump's Tariff Moves Put Energy Cos. In Scramble Mode
President Donald Trump's aggressive use of tariffs in the early weeks of his administration has roiled the energy industry's long-term planning, and the fast-changing environment has companies scrambling to insulate themselves from potential financial hits.
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February 07, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs Ventria Cell Culture Patent Win At ITC
In a precedential decision, the Federal Circuit said Friday that the U.S. International Trade Commission's domestic industry requirements have no "threshold dollar value" and that "small market segments" operated by biotech developer Ventria Bioscience can qualify, upholding the ITC's finding that a Chinese maker of vaccine ingredients infringed Ventria's cell culture patent.
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February 07, 2025
Customs Broker Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Tax Evasion
A customs broker pled guilty Friday in California federal court to evading $1.5 million in taxes and overcharging clients about $5.4 million in import duty fees as part of a plea agreement he reached with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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February 07, 2025
Ex-Aide To Eric Adams To Admit Campaign Fraud Scheme
A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams intends to plead guilty to a charge that he took part in a scheme to collect illegal straw campaign contributions, prosecutors said Friday.
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February 07, 2025
Dozens Of Nations Join ICC In Condemning Trump Sanctions
The International Criminal Court and a group of 79 countries on Friday condemned President Donald Trump's decision to impose sanctions on the intergovernmental organization, with the ICC saying the move will "harm its independent and impartial judicial work."
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February 06, 2025
Baker McKenzie Partner Rejoins Firm From Apple
Baker McKenzie announced that a former partner specializing in trade and customs law has rejoined the firm after serving as principal counsel and the lead adviser on global trade matters for Apple.
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February 06, 2025
Brink's To Pay $42M To End Feds' Money Laundering Probes
A Brink's Co. subsidiary has agreed to pay a total of $42 million to resolve separate money laundering probes by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the U.S. Department of Justice, which generally accuse Brink's of transporting $800 million in potential illicit cross-border transactions.
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February 06, 2025
Democrats Press Trump's USTR Pick On Tariff Approach
Senate Finance Committee Democrats pressed President Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Trade Representative on Thursday over Trump's universal tariff proposal and the 25% across-the-board tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, suspended for one month, arguing that constituents are facing consequences.
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February 06, 2025
No Bail For Ex-Federal Reserve Adviser In Espionage Case
A former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was ordered to be detained by a D.C. federal judge Wednesday at the request of prosecutors who warned that his significant ties to China put him at high risk of fleeing his charges of stealing classified information for that nation.
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February 06, 2025
Bondi Says FCPA Probes Will Focus On Cartels
The scope of foreign bribery enforcement will be narrowed significantly under the direction of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has said since taking office Wednesday that the Justice Department will concentrate on the "total elimination of cartels and transnational organizations."
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February 06, 2025
Nippon Says US Steel Deal Aligns With Trump Goals
Nippon Steel said Thursday that its proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel is in line with President Donald Trump's goals, as the Japanese steelmaker dropped hints of its strategy to get the new administration to approve the deal.
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February 06, 2025
Trump's Federal Worker Buyout Plan Put On Hold
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday put on hold the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" program for federal employees, delaying the deadline for workers to accept the offer until Monday while the court weighs the legality of the move.
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February 06, 2025
Pension Funds Warned Of Impact Of Global Trade War
Pension providers should consider the potential impact on their funding levels of a global trade war in the coming months, a consultancy warned Thursday.
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February 05, 2025
Motorcycle Co. Gets $2.7B Mexico Claim Revived
A Canadian appeals court has revived U.S.-based Vento Motorcycles' claim seeking up to $2.7 billion after Mexico allegedly destroyed its business through unfair tariffs, ruling Tuesday that a lower court judge wrongly declined to nix an adverse award despite finding that an arbitrator was potentially biased.
Expert Analysis
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Critical Steps For Navigating Intensified OFAC Enforcement
The largely overlooked SkyGeek settlement from the end of 2024 heralds the arrival of the Office of Foreign Assets Control's long anticipated enhanced enforcement posture and clearly demonstrates the sanctions-compliance benefits of immediately responding to blocked payments, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.
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Trump's Energy Plans: Climate, Data Centers, LNG And More
With a host of executive orders addressing climate and emissions policies, expanded energy development, offshore and onshore projects, liquefied natural gas and more, the second Trump administration has already given energy companies much to consider, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.
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Managing Transatlantic Antitrust Investigations And Litigation
As transatlantic competition regulators cooperate more closely and European antitrust investigations increasingly spark follow-up civil suits in the U.S., companies must understand how to simultaneously juggle high-stakes multigovernment investigations and manage the risks of expensive new claims across jurisdictions, say lawyers at Paul Weiss.
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IP, Licensing, M&A Trends To Watch In Life Sciences This Year
2025 promises to continue an exciting trajectory for the life sciences industry, with major trends ranging from global harmonization of intellectual property to cross-border licensing activity and an increase of nontraditional financial participants in the mergers and acquisition space, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Cos. Must Prepare For Heightened Trade Enforcement Risks
Recent trade enforcement cases — including criminal prosecutions for tariff evasion — as well as statements from the Trump administration make it clear that companies must assess their risk profiles, review compliance programs and communication policies, and consider protocols for responding to subpoenas, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.
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Unpacking The Legal Foundation Of Trump's New Trade War
President Donald Trump's recent executive orders and proclamations regarding emergencies at the U.S. border are based on statutory powers enabling a president to address extraordinary external threats — and could be used to fend off legal challenges to the tariffs levied on Mexican and Canadian goods, says Chris Zona at Mandelbaum Barrett.
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Trump's Energy Plans: Funding, Permits And Nuclear Power
In the wake of President Donald Trump's flurry of first-day executive orders focusing on the energy sector, attorneys at Gibson Dunn analyze what this presidency will mean for energy-related grants and loans, changes to permitting processes and developments in nuclear power.
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When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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The Risk And Reward Of Federal Approach To AI Regulation
The government has struggled to keep up with artificial intelligence's furious pace, but while an overbroad federal attempt to adopt a more unified approach to regulating AI poses its own risks, so does the current environment of regulatory uncertainty, say attorneys at Covington.
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Anticipating Direction Of Cosmetics Regulation Under Trump
It is unclear how cosmetics regulation reform from the last few years will fare under President Donald Trump, but the new administration's emphasis on deregulation and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s views on product safety provide some insight, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Drug Cartels' Terrorist Label Raises Litigation Risk For Cos.
President Donald Trump's planned designation of some Latin American drug-trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations creates an additional and little-noticed source of legal exposure: U.S. civil litigation risk involving terrorism claims by victims of those groups, say attorneys at Covington.
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Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.
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A Halftime Analysis Of DOJ's Compensation Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Justice appears to consider the first half of its three-year pilot program on compensation incentives and clawbacks to be proceeding successfully, so companies should expect prosecutors to emphasize the program and other compliance-related considerations early in investigations, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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4 Keys To Litigating In An Active Regulatory Environment
For companies facing litigation influenced by government regulatory action — a recent trend that a politically charged atmosphere will exacerbate — there are a few principles that can help to align litigation strategy with broader public positioning in the regulatory and oversight context, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.