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  • May 06, 2025

    Trump Orders FDA To Speed Up Drug Plant Approvals

    President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to cut the approval timelines for new manufacturing facilities by domestic drugmakers and also to pressure foreign drugmakers to comply with quality control inspections, according to a recent executive order.

  • May 05, 2025

    PCA Tribunal Favors UK In Sandeel Fishing Dispute With EU

    The United Kingdom has a right to stop the commercial fishing of sandeels in U.K. waters as it looks to protect endangered seabirds, a Permanent Court of Arbitration tribunal has ruled in a dispute brought by the European Union.

  • May 05, 2025

    Skadden-Led Crypto Platform EToro Eyes $480M IPO

    Crypto-friendly trading platform eToro Group Ltd. on Monday launched plans for an initial public offering that could raise $480 million for the company and its shareholders, marking another sign that the IPO market's recent cold spell is beginning to thaw.

  • May 05, 2025

    Ex-NY Gov. Aide Can't Ax Foreign Agent Charges

    A Brooklyn federal judge said Monday that a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul can't ditch charges of money laundering and acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government, saying prosecutors sufficiently alleged she knowingly used her position to advance that nation's interests.

  • May 05, 2025

    Trump Seeks 100% Tariff On Foreign-Made Movies

    President Donald Trump asked his administration to place a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies, with a spokesperson telling 麻豆传媒360 on Monday that a final decision on the plan hadn't been made.

  • May 05, 2025

    EU Prosecutors Expand Jurisdiction To Poland, Sweden

    The European Public Prosecutor's Office's jurisdiction expanded to include Poland and Sweden with the swearing-in of prosecutors to represent both countries, the EPPO said Monday.

  • May 05, 2025

    Trump Admin Defends Tariff Power In Toy-Makers' Challenge

    President Donald Trump's administration urged a D.C. federal court to deny a request by toy companies to halt global tariffs, arguing the government is authorized to impose trade measures under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

  • May 05, 2025

    Peruvian Call Center Manager Accused Of Fraud In Fla. Court

    A Peruvian call center manager and operator extradited to the U.S. pled not guilty to fraud-related charges in Miami federal court, nearly four years after her indictment in connection with an alleged extortion scheme that threatened Spanish-speaking customers with legal action if they did not pay for English language materials.

  • May 05, 2025

    Sunoco Expands Into Canada With $9.1B Parkland Acquisition

    Sunoco LP on Monday said it has agreed to buy Canadian gas station and refinery operator Parkland Corp. in a cash and equity deal worth approximately $9.1 billion, including assumed debt, a deal that greatly expands Sunoco's North American fuel distribution business.

  • May 05, 2025

    NJ AG Seeks Public Office Ban For Menendez Over Conviction

    Former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez should be banned from running for, applying for or holding any public office or employment in state or municipal government because of his corruption conviction in federal court last year, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin told a New Jersey state court Monday.

  • May 05, 2025

    Skechers Inks $9.4B Take-Private Deal Guided By 3 Firms

    Private equity firm 3G Capital will take footwear giant Skechers private for $9.4 billion in a deal guided by three law firms amid an ongoing trade war that has rattled retailers, the parties announced Monday.

  • May 05, 2025

    Akin Hires Ex-Trump Trade Official From Hogan Lovells

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP said Monday it has hired the former co-leader of Hogan Lovells' geopolitical risk and national security program, who is bringing perspective from that role and experience navigating international economic issues at the White House to Akin's lobbying and public policy team.

  • May 05, 2025

    Justices Want US' Input In Exxon's Cuba Seizure Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the U.S. to weigh in on Exxon Mobil Corp.'s petition seeking clarity on whether its lawsuit seeking compensation for property that was seized by the Cuban government decades ago must fall under an exception to sovereign immunity before it can proceed.

  • May 02, 2025

    Texas Marine Fuel Co. Wants Arbitration Of $5M Defect Suit

    A marine fuel provider is pressing a Texas federal court to send to arbitration a French shipping company's more than $5 million breach of contract lawsuit accusing it of selling defective fuel that caused blackouts on the company's vessels.

  • May 02, 2025

    With Lowell's New Firm, San Juan Bank Appeals NY Fed Loss

    Abbe Lowell聽鈥 the high-profile litigator who on Friday announced he will launch a boutique firm aiming to aid with "politicized investigations" after exiting the partnership of Winston & Strawn LLP聽鈥 will help handle a Puerto Rico bank's appeal of an order affirming the closure of its Federal Reserve master account by federal regulators.

  • May 02, 2025

    US, China Battling Over Entrenched Economies, Experts Say

    Differing economic philosophies are contributing to the escalating trade war between the United States and China, according to professionals who follow the countries' relations, with the Chinese government's supply-side ideology rooted in exports and U.S. deficit spending driving demand for imports.

  • May 02, 2025

    FinCEN Wants Banks To Monitor For Cartel Oil Smuggling

    The U.S. Treasury's enforcement unit has alerted U.S. financial institutions to watch for Mexican cartels smuggling stolen crude oil across the southwest border and into the U.S., saying fuel theft "has become the most significant non-drug illicit revenue source for the cartels."

  • May 02, 2025

    Trade War Spurs Companies To Freshen Disclosure Playbooks

    Against the backdrop of a protracted trade war that has rattled investors, companies are honing their securities filings and public communications strategies, posing fresh challenges for corporations and their lawyers, who are otherwise accustomed to navigating global disruptions.

  • May 02, 2025

    Trade Court Grants Disputed Fish Oil Duty-Free Treatment

    The U.S. Court of International Trade on Friday sided with chemical giant BASF in a customs classification case, agreeing that the government should have deemed the company's imports of fish oil as fish extracts, which are entitled to duty-free treatment.

  • May 01, 2025

    DC Circ. Doubts Venezuelan State Oil Co. In Asset Seizure Suit

    The D.C. Circuit was having a hard time Thursday with a Venezuelan state-owned oil company's arguments that it should be allowed out of a nearly 14-year-old suit brought by an Oklahoma-based petroleum drilling company that claims its drilling rigs were illegally seized by the state.

  • May 01, 2025

    FinCEN Targets Cambodian Firm As Crypto Money Launderer

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury's financial crimes watchdog on Thursday called out Cambodia-based Huione Group as a primary money laundering concern and proposed to "sever its access to the U.S. financial system" due to its alleged laundering of $4 billion worth of crypto scam and other illicit proceeds.

  • May 01, 2025

    5 Fed. Circ. Clashes To Watch This Month

    The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for May includes appeals of two nine-figure patent verdicts聽鈥 one against Apple and one against Medtronic聽鈥 and Roku's bid to revive its remote control patent suit at the U.S. International Trade Commission after a loss tied to the commission's domestic industry requirement.

  • May 01, 2025

    Multinationals Grapple With Tariff-Induced Pricing Issues

    President Donald Trump's flurry of tariff actions since taking office has created new questions for multinationals and their transfer pricing tax planners, including how to properly account for cost increases associated with new duties in related party transactions.

  • May 01, 2025

    PetroSaudi Insists Pause Not Warranted In $380M Award Suit

    A PetroSaudi unit continues fighting the Trump administration's bid to pause litigation to seize a $380 million arbitral award while related proceedings in Switzerland play out, saying a California federal judge has already denied its stay request once before.

  • May 01, 2025

    Truckers Win $10M In Row Over Pay For Freight Transport

    A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday awarded $10.4 million to a class of truckers who sued RSP Express Inc. alleging the company and its owners skimmed off the top of their contracts, shorting drivers for freight they transported.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer

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    My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.

  • What's Next For Russia Sanctions After Task Force Disbanded

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    Attorney General Pam Bondi鈥檚 recent disbanding of Task Force KleptoCapture, which was initially aimed at seizing Russian oligarchs鈥 funds and assets, is unlikely to mean the end of Russia sanctions enforcement and other economic countermeasures, as the architecture for criminal enforcement remains in place, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • How 麻豆传媒 Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • Patent Eligibility Insights From Fed. Circ.'s Drill Bit Ruling

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision in US Synthetic Corp. v. ITC addresses critical issues in patent eligibility jurisprudence, especially regarding composition-of-matter claims and Section 101 challenges, says Daniel Yannuzzi at Sheppard Mullin.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.

  • What SDNY Judge Can And Can't Do In Adams Case

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    The federal judge in the Southern District of New York overseeing the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams deferred making a decision on the government's motion to dismiss the indictment, and while he does have limited authority to deny the motion, that would ultimately be a futile gesture, says Ethan Greenberg at Anderson Kill.

  • Expropriation Claims After Justices' Holocaust Asset Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Hungary v. Simon, rejecting Holocaust survivors' claims against the Hungarian government under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's expropriation exception, continues the trend of narrowly interpreting that exception and offers important guidance for future plaintiffs considering such claims, say attorneys at MoloLamken.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes 鈥 complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch鈥檚 authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    鈥淣o comment鈥 is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Reading The Tea Leaves On Mexico, Canada And China Tariffs

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    It's still unclear whether the delay in the imposition of U.S. tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports will result in negotiated resolutions or a full-on trade war, but the outcome may hinge on continuing negotiations and the Trump administration's possible plans for tariff revenues, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • How Design Thinking Can Help 麻豆传媒yers Find Purpose In Work

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    麻豆传媒yers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits 鈥 but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.

  • Opinion

    US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked

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    The Biden administration's block of the U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel merger on national security grounds was unconstitutional overreach and needs to be overturned, with the harms remedied in federal court, says attorney Chuck Meyer.聽

  • 10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting

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    This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration鈥檚 efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Compliance Pointers For DOJ's Sweeping Data Security Rule

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    A new Justice Department rule broadly restricts many common data transactions with the goal of preventing access by countries of concern, and with an effective date of April 8, U.S. companies must quickly assess practices related to employee, customer and vendor data, says Sam Castic at Hintze 麻豆传媒.

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