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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.
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February 05, 2025
Federal Contractors' Avenues For Tariff Mitigation
President Donald Trump's tariff plans threaten to increase costs for federal contractors who won't be exempt from the duties, but contractors may be able to pursue avenues for reimbursement if they follow certain regulatory rules.
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February 05, 2025
Crypto Expert Witness Ruling Flouts Precedent, Justices Told
The founder of cryptocurrency service Tornado Cash has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to undo what he called an "unprecedented" order from a Manhattan federal judge to disclose whom he might call as an expert witness at his upcoming money laundering and sanctions-dodging trial.
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February 05, 2025
NJ Fraud Defendant Loses Bid To Toss 'Vindictive' Charges
A New Jersey federal judge has rejected a bid by convicted fraudster Eliyahu Weinstein — who was later pardoned, and then charged again — to toss seven counts of a 17-count indictment on money laundering and other charges, reasoning that he and a co-defendant didn't show the new counts amounted to vindictive prosecution.
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February 05, 2025
Injectable Drug Device Maker West Pharma Secures Ban At ITC
The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued an order banning three companies from importing devices used to move injectable drugs into an IV bag that infringe a West Pharmaceutical patent.
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February 05, 2025
Israeli Co. Accused Of Infringing Soap Dispenser Patent
Bobrick Washroom Equipment Inc. accused Israeli company Y. Stern Engineering (1989) Ltd. of infringing its patent for fluid dispenser technology through the sale of its Lotus Soap Dispenser series in a California federal court Tuesday.
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February 05, 2025
China Hits Trump Tariffs With Mostly Symbolic WTO Challenge
The Chinese government has challenged the Trump administration's new 10% tariff at the World Trade Organization, alleging violations of key global trade rules, even as years of U.S.-led gridlock has rendered the Geneva body mostly defunct as a dispute resolution forum.
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February 05, 2025
US Bill Aims To Ax Tax Incentives For Multinational Cos.
Congress should repeal and replace federal tax measures that allow multinational corporations to reduce taxable income in the United States, including by holding assets abroad, according to two Democratic lawmakers who reintroduced a bill to that effect Wednesday.
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February 05, 2025
US Trade Deficit Up To $918B In 2024, Gov't Says
The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services spiked 24% month over month in December to $98.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday, leading to the U.S. closing the year with a $918.4 billion deficit.
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February 05, 2025
As Adams Case Teeters, A DOJ 'Ideal' Hangs In The Balance
The public courtship between New York City Mayor Eric Adams and President Donald Trump is worrying some white collar legal experts, who say that Trump influencing the U.S. Department of Justice to drop Adams' corruption case would depart from over 40 years of policies aimed at keeping politics out of prosecutorial decisions.
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February 05, 2025
EU Sets Out Actions For E-Commerce Import Rules
The European Commission said Wednesday it is raising customs controls on low-value imports flowing into the European Union via online retailers and marketplaces hosting non-European traders.
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February 05, 2025
Cleveland-Cliffs Wants 'Un-American' US Steel Suit Tossed
Cleveland-Cliffs and its CEO have asked a Pennsylvania judge to toss a lawsuit filed against them by Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel, calling the suit "un-American" while claiming that the plaintiffs' "sputtering disapproval" of the defendants' statements doesn't hold up in court.
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February 05, 2025
NY Mayor Adams Can't Get More Indictment Info, Judge Rules
A Manhattan federal judge denied a request from New York City Mayor Eric Adams to get more details about the government's bribery and corruption case against him, saying his indictment suffices for now.
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February 05, 2025
Guarantors Fight To Stay Russian Boat Lessor's $60M Claim
A group of Cypriot businesses that acted as guarantors for a ship financing deal with a Russian state-owned lessor that soured after the country's invasion of Ukraine have asked a London court to stay the Russian businesses' $60 million claims against them.
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February 05, 2025
Lawmakers Vote To Advance Commerce Nominee Lutnick
Senate lawmakers on Wednesday morning voted to advance Wall Street financier Howard Lutnick's nomination as secretary of commerce, moving the Cantor Fitzgerald CEO one step closer to helming the department that oversees international trade, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies.
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February 04, 2025
Russian Bank Can't Ditch Jet Crash Suit, 2nd Circ. Agrees
The Second Circuit on Tuesday agreed with a lower court's finding that Sberbank of Russia must face Anti-Terrorism Act litigation related to the 2014 downing of a commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine, rejecting the bank's argument that it's entitled to sovereign immunity.
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February 04, 2025
Trump Selects McKinsey CLO For Commerce Department GC
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated McKinsey & Co.'s Chief Legal Officer Pierre Gentin to serve as the next general counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce, according to congressional records.
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February 04, 2025
External Revenue Service Could Help Solve Unpaid Duty Issue
President Donald Trump's call for a new agency designed to collect trade revenue, billed as the External Revenue Service, may be more than a flashy concept and could tackle lingering inefficiencies associated with duty collection, experts say.
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February 04, 2025
Pillsbury Adds To Int'l Trade Group With Tariffs Top Of Mind
As President Donald Trump brings international trade to the front of the nation's consciousness by moving to enact 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has added two attorneys from the Commerce Department with experience working on major trade policy issues to its D.C. team.
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February 04, 2025
Ex-Fed Adviser Charged With Espionage Called Flight Risk
Prosecutors told a D.C. federal judge on Tuesday that a former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors accused of stealing confidential data for China needs to be detained while he awaits trial due to his ample ability to flee the U.S.
Expert Analysis
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Bid Protest Spotlight: Standing, Relationships, Responsibility
In this month's bid protest roundup, Alissandra McCann at MoFo examines three recent decisions from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Government Accountability Office, offering helpful reminders about claims court jurisdiction and standing, meaningful-relationship commitment letters, and responsibility determinations.
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'Minimal Participant' Bar Is Tough To Clear For Whistleblowers
Under the U.S. Department of Justice’s corporate whistleblower pilot program, would-be whistleblowers will find it tough to show that they only minimally participated in criminal misconduct while still providing material information, but sentencing precedent shows how they might prove their eligibility for an award, say attorneys at MoloLamken.
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Contending With Issues Of Corruption In Int'l Arbitration
A recent survey gauged the international legal community's views on dealing with corruption allegations in arbitration, and the results indicate a clear call for arbitrators to be more proactive and interventionist in order to maintain the integrity of the process, say attorneys at BCLP.
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Green Projects Face States' Foreign Land Ownership Limits
As states impose restrictions and disclosure requirements around foreign investment in agricultural land — in some cases piggybacking on existing federal rules — renewable energy developers and investors must pay close attention to how the rules vary, says Daniel Fanning at Husch Blackwell.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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How Trump's Tariff Promises May Play Out In 2nd Term
While it is unclear which of President-elect Donald Trump's promised tariffs he intends to actually implement in January, lessons from his first administration, laws governing executive action and U.S. trade agreements together paint a picture of what may be possible, say attorneys at Butzel.
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5 Notable Anti-Money Laundering Actions From 2024
Regulators' renewed interest in anti-money laundering programs in 2024 led to numerous enforcement actions and individual prosecutions in industries like banking, cryptocurrency and gaming, including the blockbuster TD Bank settlement and investigations of casinos in Nevada, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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5th Circ. Crypto Ruling Shows Limits On OFAC Authority
The Fifth Circuit's recent decision that immutable smart contracts on the Tornado Cash crypto-transaction software protocol are not "property" subject to Office of Foreign Assets Control jurisdiction may signal that courts can construe OFAC's authority more restrictively after Loper Bright, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China
In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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FTX Exec's Sentencing Shows Pros And Cons Of Cooperation
The sentencing of former FTX tech deputy Gary Wang, whose cooperation netted him a rare outcome of no prison time, offers critical takeaways for attorneys and clients navigating the burgeoning world of crypto-related prosecutions, says Andrew Meck at Whiteford.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.