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March 03, 2025
Bove Faces Ethics Complaint Over Adams Case
Emil Bove, the Trump administration's controversial second-in-command at the U.S. Department of Justice, has been hit with an ethics complaint for a widely criticized directive ordering prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to drop a corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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March 03, 2025
Ex-Judges Urge Probe Of 'Quid Pro Quo' Claim In Adams Case
A group of more than a dozen retired federal judges has asked to weigh in on the potential dropping of corruption claims against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, filing a proposed amicus brief warning the "integrity of the judicial process" risks being "imperiled" by the improper dismissal of claims.
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March 03, 2025
Justices Turn Away Peru Mining Pollution Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by a mining company controlled by billionaire Ira Rennert to resolve whether the Eighth Circuit incorrectly denied the dismissal of claims raised by over 1,000 Peruvians alleging improper pollution.
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February 28, 2025
PTAB Denial Rules Shaken Up By Fintiv Memo Withdrawal
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Friday rescinded a 2022 memo regarding when the Patent Trial and Appeal Board may deny review of patents based on parallel litigation, which attorneys said gives the board broader discretion on such denials and could lead to more of them.
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February 28, 2025
Up Next At High Court: Gun Violence Liability & Nuclear Waste
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to consider Mexico's attempt to hold gun manufacturers and distributors liable for cartel-related gun violence and a nuclear waste site dispute that could determine who can challenge future agency actions.
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February 28, 2025
ITC Judge Clears Dell, ASUSTeK, Acer On Search Indexing IP
An administrative law judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has found that computer makers Dell Technologies Inc., ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and Acer Inc. didn't infringe an X1 Discovery Inc. patent for methods and systems for search indexing by importing products with Microsoft software.
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February 28, 2025
Software Engineer Faces Prison For Sharing Info With China
A Southern California man has pled guilty to downloading sensitive technology from a former employer and using it to market his own competing business to a company in China, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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February 28, 2025
China Signals Retaliation Following Extra 10% US Tariff
The Chinese government said Friday it will pursue additional "countermeasures" if President Donald Trump's administration follows through on plans to impose an extra 10% tariff on Chinese goods.
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February 28, 2025
NC Man Admits Ploy To Export Military Tech To China
The owner of a Raleigh, North Carolina-based electronics resale company pled guilty on Friday in federal court to scheming to send American military technology to China without the proper license.
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February 27, 2025
Honduras Loses Bid To Duck US Developer's $11B Claim
An international tribunal has rejected Honduras' bid for an early exit from a politically sensitive $10.7 billion claim asserted by a U.S. property developer over a nixed law that created special economic zones known as ZEDEs, ruling Wednesday that the developer was not obligated to first exhaust local remedies.
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February 27, 2025
Alsup Halts 'Illegal' Firings Of Probationary Federal Workers
U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Thursday temporarily blocked the mass firings of probationary federal employees ordered by President Donald Trump's administration, determining that the Office of Personnel Management illegally directed government agencies to terminate the probationary employees without authority to do so from Congress.
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February 27, 2025
Magnet Co. Execs To Plead Guilty For Emailing Info To China
Two magnetics manufacturing company executives have agreed to enter a plea of guilty for their role in emailing schematics from U.S. Department of Defense contractors to Chinese companies and will face three years behind bars.
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February 27, 2025
EU Prepared To Retaliate Against US Over Tariffs, Officials Say
European Union officials said Thursday that the bloc is prepared to retaliate against the U.S. if President Donald Trump follows through with tariffs on over $600 billion of goods, a situation that two law professors said risks becoming a trade war more than past disputes.
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February 27, 2025
Cognizant Execs' Trial Could Test Force Of FCPA Pause
The government's decision to proceed with a trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives despite the Trump administration's retreat from Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement adds a layer of intrigue to a legal saga that has already captivated the white collar bar given the rarity of such cases ever reaching juries.
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February 27, 2025
How Adams' Latest Move Might Checkmate The DOJ
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' push to permanently dismiss his federal corruption case is a clever legal strategy that appears to have backed the government into a corner, experts say.
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February 26, 2025
Trump Orders Fed Agencies To Plan For Large Layoffs
The White House is telling federal agencies to submit plans for "large-scale" layoffs by mid-March, accusing them of siphoning funding for "unproductive and unnecessary programs" and "not producing results for the American public."
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February 26, 2025
Trump Order May Affect Trader's FCPA Conviction, DOJ Says
Federal prosecutors say an oil trader from Connecticut should not win his bid to undo his overseas bribery conviction, but noted that the case's future is uncertain given President Donald Trump's executive order pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases.
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February 26, 2025
Dems Pan Trump Reversal On US Weapons Order
The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee condemned the Trump administration's decision to scrap an order requiring potential international law violations involving U.S.-supplied weapons to be reported to Congress, calling it "a step backward."
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February 26, 2025
King & Spalding Alum Confirmed As Trade Rep, 56-43
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved President Donald Trump's pick to be U.S. trade representative in a vote almost entirely across party lines.
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February 26, 2025
Pittsburgh Official Fights Bid To Revive Israel Divestment Vote
A proposed ballot measure in Pittsburgh seeking to ban the city from doing business with Israel in the wake of the recent Gaza hostilities is facing multiple challenges, including one from the city controller who said passing the initiative would significantly disrupt the city's operations.
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February 26, 2025
Fed. Circ. Won't Let Micron Out Of Sharing Source Code
The Federal Circuit held Wednesday that Micron Technology Inc. can't get out of handing over what the company deemed "highly confidential" source code to Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. Ltd. in an ongoing dispute over flash memory chip patents.
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February 26, 2025
Former Customs Official Rejoins Cassidy Levy Kent
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection branch chief said she plans to leverage her recent experience in the government for clients as she rejoins Cassidy Levy Kent LLP.
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February 26, 2025
Bradley Arant Hires SEC Enforcement Trial Atty In DC
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has hired a government investigations partner in Washington, D.C., with more than a decade of experience at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission prosecuting and probing a range of fraud.
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February 26, 2025
Adams Says SDNY Memo Leaks Doom His Bribery Case
New York City Mayor Eric Adams opened up a new line of attack against his federal corruption case Wednesday, arguing that the judge must dismiss the charges due to the "extreme prejudice" caused by leaked Justice Department memos alleging a quid pro quo between the mayor and the Trump administration.
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February 25, 2025
U.S.-Based Railroad Investor Slams Mexico With NAFTA Claim
A railroad investor from the United States is arguing in a multi-million-dollar international arbitration claim against Mexico that the country expropriated his investment in a concession to operate two of Mexico's major railroads — but did so without compensation.
Expert Analysis
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Steel Cases Test Executive Authority, Judicial Scope
Lawsuits challenging former President Joe Biden’s order blocking the merger of Japan's Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel may shape how future administrations wield presidential authority over foreign investment in the name of national security, says Hdeel Abdelhady at MassPoint Legal.
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What Contractors Can Do To Address Material Cost Increases
In light of the Trump administration's plans to increase tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, construction industry players should proactively employ legal strategies to mitigate the impacts that price increases and uncertainty may have on projects, says Brenda Radmacher at Seyfarth Shaw.
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Perspectives
Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.
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Foreign Trade Zones Can Help Cos. With Tariff Exposure
Companies navigating shifts in global trade — like the Trump administration’s newly levied tariffs on Chinese goods — should consider whether the U.S. Department of Commerce's poorly understood foreign trade zone program could help reduce their import costs, says James Grogan at FTI Consulting.
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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.