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March 20, 2024
EU Lawmakers Back Duty-Free Imports From Ukraine
European Union lawmakers agreed on Wednesday to extend the suspension of the bloc's customs duties and quotas on Ukrainian imports for one more year, while introducing caps on some agricultural products.
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March 19, 2024
CFTC Decries Forex Firm's 'Strong-Arm' Sanctions Bid
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has admitted in a court filing that it made an error in a lawsuit accusing a foreign exchange firm of defrauding its customers but said the now-corrected error does not merit sanctions, and the defendants appear to be abusing the sanctions process to "strong-arm" their way into a better settlement.
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March 19, 2024
Biden Admin Bashes Senate Push To Ban Paraguayan Beef
The White House came out Tuesday against a bipartisan Senate resolution that would override a rule allowing imports of fresh beef from Paraguay to resume, saying such a move would undermine U.S. credibility abroad.
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March 19, 2024
Trade Court Says US Demand For Garlic Bond Came Too Late
The U.S. Court of International Trade backed an insurance company's contention that the U.S. government waited eight years too long to demand payments for Chinese garlic imports the company covered, saying the government was contractually obligated to make a demand sooner.
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March 19, 2024
Feds Must Rethink Offsetting Polymer Duty Amid Data Issues
The U.S. Department of Commerce must explain why it granted an Indian polymer producer an offset that reduced its anti-dumping duties, after the importer failed to hand over data requested by investigators, the U.S. Court of International Trade said.
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March 19, 2024
US Chamber Report Details Digital Trade 'Peril' For USTR
Digital trade is growing faster than the U.S. economy overall and supporting approximately 3 million jobs, but the sector is in "peril" due to the Biden administration's e-commerce policy reticence, says a new U.S. Chamber of Commerce report.
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March 19, 2024
Nippon Steel Tries To Ease Worries Over $14.9B US Steel Deal
Nippon Steel Corp. pledged to move its North American headquarters to Pennsylvania in an attempt to assure the public that its proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel will ultimately be good for the domestic steel industry.
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March 18, 2024
GOP Rep. Calls For Crackdown On EV Threats From China
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., a member of the House select committee on China's Communist Party and a U.S. Senate candidate, has asked the Commerce Department to investigate the imports of electronic vehicles and their components and the possible security threats to the United States from electronics from China.
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March 18, 2024
Justice Roberts Denies Ex-Trump Aide's Bid To Avoid Prison
Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro is headed for federal prison.
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March 18, 2024
Airgun Exec Hiding Biz Info From Overseer, Court Told
The receiver of an airgun seller asked the North Carolina Business Court to tighten restrictions on its chief executive, who is accused of using the company as his personal piggy bank, telling the court that the executive is believed to be taking company property and money following "deteriorating cooperation."
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March 18, 2024
Singer Seeks Chancery OK To Pull Plug On Licensee Rights
The owner of rights and trademarks of Singer sewing machine products has sued its North American distributor in Delaware's Court of Chancery, seeking a court declaration that it could end their contract because the distributor failed to meet minimum billing and royalties requirements.
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March 18, 2024
EPA Bans Most Common Asbestos In 'Cancer Moonshot' Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a ban on the most prevalent variety of asbestos, the first asbestos risk management rule issued since the Toxic Substances Control Act was amended in 2016.
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March 18, 2024
Brita Brings ITC Filter Patent Row To Federal Circuit
The Clorox Co.'s Brita brand has urged the Federal Circuit to overturn a decision that found it failed to show that language in a patent covering the brand's "gravity flow" filter was specific enough to earn legal protection.
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March 18, 2024
Attorney For Sen. Menendez's Wife Conflicted, Feds Say
Nadine Menendez, the wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and his co-defendant in a federal corruption trial in Manhattan, may be disadvantaged at trial due to her counsel's having "personal knowledge of certain facts relevant to this matter" that could compel him to testify as a witness, federal prosecutors said.
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March 18, 2024
Energy Dept. Says Alaska LNG Review Passes Legal Muster
The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday defended its reapproval of a $43 billion liquefied natural gas project in Alaska, telling the D.C. Circuit that its additional environmental review sufficiently considered the climate change impacts of the controversial project.
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March 18, 2024
Commerce Finds Turkish Paper Shopping Bags Dumped In US
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced anti-dumping tariffs on paper shopping bags from Turkey, the first out of nine countries to get a final determination in a probe on whether the bags are hurting the U.S. through unfairly priced imports.
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March 15, 2024
Navarro Appeals To High Court To Stay Free As Prison Looms
Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro turned to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday in his efforts to evade prison while he appeals his conviction for defying a subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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March 15, 2024
Feds' PACER Gaffe Doesn't Mean A Sure Win For Magnet Co.
Federal prosecutors may suffer a setback in a case accusing a magnet manufacturer of sharing sensitive military data with China after accidentally publicizing the same information, but they may have an out under a regulation governing publishing in the public domain.
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March 15, 2024
Chiquita MDL Experts Aren't Reliable, Parties Say
A Florida federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation against Chiquita Brands weighed arguments Friday on what evidence should be excluded in two upcoming bellwether trials, with each side insisting the other's experts should be disqualified from testifying about claims that the company funded a deadly right-wing Colombian paramilitary group.
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March 15, 2024
Agriculture Biz Seeks Probe Into Chinese And Indian Weed Killers
An agriculture company is calling on U.S. trade agencies to investigate Chinese and Indian herbicide imports, alleging that rivals abroad are using unfair trade practices to get ahead in the U.S. market.
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March 15, 2024
Mexico Protests New USDA Label Rule For Made-In-USA Meat
Mexico's Ministry of Economy said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new rule limiting a "Product of U.S.A." label to meat derived from animals born, raised and slaughtered in the U.S. will prove costly to both Mexican producers and U.S. consumers.
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March 15, 2024
Unproven ID Theft Claim Can't Thwart $5.7M Duties, Feds Say
Customs officials urged the U.S. Court of International Trade to ignore a wheel importer's identity theft claim as it tries to escape $5.7 million in duties, saying Friday that the importer had failed to prove the wheels were falsely shipped in its name.
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March 14, 2024
DC Circ. Won't Delay Prison For Ex-Trump Aide Peter Navarro
The D.C. Circuit on Thursday refused to permit former White House adviser Peter Navarro to avoid reporting to prison by Tuesday while he appeals his sentence, ruling that Navarro hasn't shown that his appeal is likely to result in a new sentence that doesn't involve imprisonment.
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March 14, 2024
3D-Gun Info Group Loses Suit Over Publishing Blueprints
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims tossed an open-source gun group's lawsuit alleging the federal government failed to follow a 2018 settlement allowing the group to publish firearm blueprints, rejecting the group's contention that dismissing a final claim would be unfair.
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March 14, 2024
Koch Can't Bring $30M Claim Against Canada Under NAFTA
Canada prevailed in a $30 million arbitration brought by Koch Industries over the province of Ontario's decision to cancel a cap-and-trade program in 2018, securing dismissal of the claim on jurisdictional grounds.
Expert Analysis
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A Comparison Of Patent Dispute Resolution In US And China
As the U.S. and China are the two most significant arenas for patent disputes, multinational corporations must be able to navigate their patent dispute systems, which differ in speed, cost and potential damage awards, say attorneys at Covington.
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Understanding Discovery Obligations In Era Of Generative AI
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Attorneys and businesses must adapt to the unique discovery challenges presented by generative artificial intelligence, such as chatbot content and prompts, while upholding the principles of fairness, transparency and compliance with legal obligations in federal civil litigation, say attorneys at King & Spalding.
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Key Takeaways From DOJ's Recent FARA Advisory Opinions
The U.S. Department of Justice recently published several redacted advisory opinions on the Foreign Agents Registration Act, clarifying its current thinking on when a person or entity is required to register as a foreign agent under the statute, and when they may qualify for an exemption, says Tessa Capeloto at Wiley Rein.
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The Case For Post-Bar Clerk Training Programs At Law Firms
In today's competitive legal hiring market, an intentionally designed training program for law school graduates awaiting bar admission can be an effective way of creating a pipeline of qualified candidates, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.
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Attorneys Have An Ethical Duty To Protect The Judiciary
The tenor of public disagreement and debate has become increasingly hostile against judges, and though the legislative branch is trying to ameliorate this safety gap, lawyers have a moral imperative and professional requirement to stand with judges in defusing attacks against them and their rulings, says Deborah Winokur at Cozen O'Connor.
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AI Can Help Lawyers Overcome The Programming Barrier
Legal professionals without programming expertise can use generative artificial intelligence to harness the power of automation and other technology solutions to streamline their work, without the steep learning curve traditionally associated with coding, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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A Closer Look At The Sen. Menendez Indictment
Attorneys at Dowd Bennett analyze the latest charges filed against Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and four co-defendants — from bribery to acting as a foreign agent — potential defenses that may be mounted, and broader lessons for white collar attorneys.
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A Look At Enforcing And Contesting Arbitral Awards In Qatar
As Qatar aspires to become a regional investment hub as part of its Qatar Vision 2030, it has committed to modernizing its arbitration practices in accordance with international standards, including updating the process of enforcing and contesting arbitration awards, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Preparing Law Students For A New, AI-Assisted Legal World
As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the legal landscape, law schools must integrate technology and curricula that address AI’s innate challenges — from ethics to data security — to help students stay ahead of the curve, say Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics, Ryan Abbott at JAMS and Karen Silverman at Cantellus Group.
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Deal Over Jets Stranded In Russia May Serve As Blueprint
In the face of a pending "mega-trial" over leased airplanes held in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, a settlement between leading aviation lessor AerCap Holdings NV and NSK, the Russian state-controlled insurance company, could pave the way for similar deals, say Samantha Zaozirny and Timeyin Pinnick at Browne Jacobson.
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General Counsel Need Data Literacy To Keep Up With AI
With the rise of accessible and powerful generative artificial intelligence solutions, it is imperative for general counsel to understand the use and application of data for myriad important activities, from evaluating the e-discovery process to monitoring compliance analytics and more, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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A Look At Successful Bid Protests In FY 2023
Attorneys at Sheppard Mullin look beyond the statistics in the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s recent annual report on bid protests, sharing their insights about nine categories of sustained protests, gained from reading every fiscal year 2023 decision in which the protester had a positive result.
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Navigating Discovery Of Generative AI Information
As generative artificial intelligence tools become increasingly ubiquitous, companies must make sure to preserve generative AI data when there is reasonable expectation of litigation, and to include transcripts in litigation hold notices, as they may be relevant to discovery requests, say Nick Peterson and Corey Hauser at Wiley.
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Finding Focus: Strategies For Attorneys With ADHD
Given the prevalence of ADHD among attorneys, it is imperative that the legal community gain a better understanding of how ADHD affects well-being, and that resources and strategies exist for attorneys with this disability to manage their symptoms and achieve success, say Casey Dixon at Dixon Life Coaching and Krista Larson at Stinson.
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Takeaways From Iran Missile Procurement Advisory
Companies should familiarize themselves with the entities and practices highlighted in the recent multiagency Iran Ballistic Missile Procurement Advisory, to avoid falling prey to deceptive practices that help bad actors evade sanctions, say attorneys at DLA Piper.