International Trade

  • June 15, 2026

    7th Circ. Tosses ComEd CEO, Lobbyist's 'Flawed' Convictions

    The Seventh Circuit on Monday said the former Commonwealth Edison CEO and an ex-lobbyist convicted of conspiring to funnel jobs and payments to allies of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan are entitled to a new trial, but not acquittal, after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidated the legal theories behind those convictions.

  • June 15, 2026

    Shipowner Says Baltimore Can't Recover Economic Losses

    The owner and manager of the cargo ship that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge told a Maryland federal judge on Monday that Baltimore, local businesses and dockworkers cannot recover millions in alleged economic losses from the 2024 wreck because they have no proprietary interest in the bridge.

  • June 15, 2026

    Trade Court OKs Chinese Tire Value Calculation In Review

    The U.S. Department of Commerce properly calculated the surrogate value for a Chinese company's car and truck tires, the U.S. Court of International Trade found, saying the company's preferred method would have distorted the provided data.

  • June 15, 2026

    FinCEN Says Banks May Exchange Fraud Alerts In 'Real Time'

    The U.S. Treasury Department's financial crime unit is moving to encourage greater industry collaboration against scams and fraud, issuing new guidance that clarifies banks can share real-time alerts and other, broader data with one another under a key liability safe harbor.

  • June 15, 2026

    Iran Oil 'Ghost Fleet' Captain Admits Dodging Coast Guard

    The master of a ghost fleet crude oil tanker with ties to Venezuela has pled guilty in D.C. federal court to ignoring U.S. Coast Guard orders during a weeklong pursuit as it was transporting Iranian oil to Asia, putting lives at risk, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. 

  • June 15, 2026

    FBI Misplaced Nadine Menendez's Jewelry, Judge Told

    An attorney for Nadine Menendez on Monday told a Manhattan federal judge that the FBI is still unable to locate pieces of her jewelry seized as part of the investigation that led to Menendez and her husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, being convicted of participating in a bribery scheme.

  • June 15, 2026

    Gov't Probing Violations Of Trump's Illegal Tariffs, Experts Say

    The federal government is investigating a potential wave of violations of Trump administration tariffs even after the U.S. Supreme Court struck them down, leaving some white collar lawyers and their corporate clients scratching their heads.

  • June 15, 2026

    Justices Won't Review Trump's First-Term China Tariff Hikes

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review a case challenging tariffs that President Donald Trump installed and increased on Chinese goods during his first term.

  • June 15, 2026

    Justices Turn Down Judge Newman's Suspension Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's effort to revive her lawsuit against her colleagues for suspending her, leaving intact a D.C. Circuit decision that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.

  • June 12, 2026

    Chinese National Gets 1 Year In AI Chip Export Scheme

    A Chinese national was sentenced in California federal court Friday to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to unlawfully export to China computer chips used in artificial intelligence applications, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.

  • June 12, 2026

    Trade Court Revives Chinese Paper Plate Duty Probe

    The U.S. Department of Commerce must give a Chinese paper plate manufacturer a chance to rectify issues with information it submitted during a duty investigation, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled, saying the department didn't properly notify the company of the deficiency.

  • June 12, 2026

    4 Questions As Gov't Appeals Illegal Tariff Refund Suit

    The government's appeal of an order requiring immediate refunds for tariffs that were deemed illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year is the latest obstacle for importers forced to stall investments in new products and brace for a longer wait for their refunds in response.

  • June 12, 2026

    Wis. Tribe Seeks Quick Win In Pipeline Relocation Dispute

    The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has asked a D.C. federal judge to vacate a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit letting an energy company reroute 41 miles of a crude oil pipeline around the tribe's reservation.

  • June 12, 2026

    Chinese Fiberglass Panels Facing Triple-Digit Duties

    Fiberglass door panels from China face steep antidumping and countervailing duties after the U.S. Department of Commerce made final determinations Friday that they are being sold at unfair prices.

  • June 12, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen the FCA bring a claim against a fund manager it accused of providing investment services despite having been banned, an Ardmore unit sue a contractor two days before the construction group's collapse, and shipping and cruise giant MSC hit back at an entertainment company following separate intellectual property litigation in the U.S. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • June 12, 2026

    Chinese Vans Facing Possible 130% Antidumping Duty

    Van-type trailers and their assemblies imported from China could be hit with an over 130% antidumping duty after the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily found on Friday that they are being sold at unfair prices.

  • June 12, 2026

    Sleep Number Hits Chapter 11 With $415M Sale Offer

    Personalized mattress retailer Sleep Number Corp. filed for Chapter 11 protection Friday in New York to quickly sell its assets, citing macroeconomic challenges and a chaotic tariff landscape over the last year.

  • June 11, 2026

    Bank, Crypto Groups Seek Limits In Stablecoin AML Regs

    Industry groups and firms in the financial and crypto sectors have called for further clarification, flexibility and safe harbors in rules recently proposed by regulators with the U.S. Department of the Treasury for implementing the anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance program requirements of the federal stablecoin framework known as the Genius Act.

  • June 11, 2026

    Altria Can't Halt ITC Patent Case It Calls Unconstitutional

    A Virginia federal judge on Thursday denied Altria's motion for a preliminary injunction blocking a U.S. International Trade Commission vaping patent suit against it by Juul, ruling that Altria is unlikely to succeed in its arguments that ITC patent proceedings are unconstitutional.

  • June 11, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Pauses Trade Court's Limited Block Of Global Tariffs

    The Federal Circuit halted a U.S. Court of International Trade ruling prohibiting the government from collecting temporary global tariffs on two retailers and the state of Washington while it considers whether those duties are lawful, according to an order Thursday.

  • June 11, 2026

    Auto Parts Biz Says Freight Co. Duped It Into Container Fraud

    A Michigan-based importer and seller of aftermarket auto parts that was stuck with added costs from U.S. Customs and Border Protection related to empty shipping containers has sued its freight-forwarding contractor, claiming it was tricked into facilitating a fraud scheme.

  • June 11, 2026

    RJ Reynolds-Led ITC Vape Probe To Continue, Fed. Circ. Says

    A U.S. International Trade Commission investigation into R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s claims that importers are skirting restrictions on vapes will continue after a Federal Circuit panel on Thursday rejected a petition to kill the probe, finding it lacked appropriate backing.

  • June 11, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Changes Process For Some Full-Panel Reviews

    The Federal Circuit now requires the authoring judge to notify all panel members about nonprocedural motions, including motions for extensions of time and withdrawal of counsel, according to internal documents.

  • June 10, 2026

    4 Key Questions Surrounding US Forced Labor Tariff Rates

    New proposed U.S. tariffs meant to address goods tied to forced labor are likely to create new administrative burdens for importers, from new compliance hurdles domestically to the potential for retaliatory measures by trading partners on U.S. goods shipped abroad, attorneys told Law360.

  • June 10, 2026

    NHK Says Seagate Antitrust Revival 'Cries Out' For Justices

    NHK Spring wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take on a Ninth Circuit decision reviving Seagate Technology LLC's hard drive component price-fixing lawsuit, arguing that U.S. antitrust law cannot touch overseas sales whose only American connection is their partial negotiation in the country.

Expert Analysis

  • 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue

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    Though the emotional wear and tear of legal work can trap attorneys in conflict fatigue — leaving them unable to shake off tense interactions or return to a calm baseline — simple therapeutic techniques for resetting the nervous system can help break the cycle, says Chantel Cohen at CWC Coaching & Therapy.

  • Series

    Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

  • FTO Designations: Containing Foreign Firms' Legal Risks

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    Non-U.S. companies can contain legal risks related to foreign terrorist organizations by deliberately structuring operations to demonstrate that any interactions with cartel-affected environments are incidental, constrained and unrelated to advancing harm on the U.S., says David Raskin at Nardello & Co.

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    Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails

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    U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado discusses why having a sense of how generative AI tools behave, where they add value, where they introduce risk and how they are reshaping the practice of law is key for today's judges.

  • What US Cos. Must Know To Comply With Italy's AI Law

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    Italy's newly effective artificial intelligence law means U.S. companies operating in Italy or serving Italian customers must now meet EU AI Act obligations as well as Italy-specific requirements, including immediately enforceable criminal penalties, designated national authorities and sector-specific mandates, say attorneys at Portolano Cavallo.

  • 2026 Int'l Arbitration Trends: Next Steps In Age Of AI, Crypto

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    Parties' use of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies will continue in 2026, and international arbitrators will be called upon to evolve by building expertise in blockchain functionality, cryptography and decentralized finance protocols, and understanding the power and limitations of large language models, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • Presidential Pardon Brokering Can Create Risks For Attys

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    The emergence of an apparent “pardon shopping” marketplace, in which attorneys treat presidential pardons as a market product, may invite investigative scrutiny of counsel and potential criminal charges grounded in bribery, wire fraud and other statutes, says David Klasing at The Tax Law Offices of David W. Klasing.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief

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    My move to private practice has reaffirmed my belief in the value of adaptability, collaboration and strategic thinking — qualities that are essential not only for successful client outcomes, but also for sustained professional satisfaction, says Dabney O’Riordan at Fried Frank.

  • 2026 Int'l Arbitration Trends: Awards Against Sovereign States

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    The enforcement of arbitral awards against sovereign states is one of the most contentious and rapidly evolving areas in international arbitration, with three defining issues on the 2026 horizon: the scope of sovereign immunity, assignability of rights, and availability of fraud and corruption defenses, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm

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    Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.

  • Fed. Circ. Patent Decisions In 2025: An Empirical Review

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    In 2025, the Federal Circuit's increased output was not enough to keep up with its ever-growing patent case load, and patent owners and applicants fared poorly overall as the court's affirmance rate fell, says Dan Bagatell at Perkins Coie.

  • Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year

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    The False Claims Act remains a powerful enforcement tool after some record verdicts and settlements in 2025, and while traditional fraud areas remain a priority, new initiatives are raising questions about its expanding application, says Veronica Nannis at Joseph Greenwald.

  • 2026 Int'l Arbitration Trends: Arbitral Seats In Flux

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    As political and legal landscapes continue to shift across key global jurisdictions, with Mexico and England instituting key judicial and arbitral reforms, respectively, international arbitration parties are becoming increasingly strategic in their selection of arbitral seats, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • Opportunities Amid The Challenges Of Trump's BIS Shake-Up

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    The Trump administration’s continuing overhaul of the Bureau of Industry and Security has created enormous practical challenges for export compliance, but it potentially also offers a once-in-a-generation opening to advocate for simplifying and rationalizing U.S. export controls, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Series

    Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Opening my home to foreign exchange students makes me a better lawyer not just because prioritizing visiting high schoolers forces me to hone my organization and time management skills but also because sharing the study-abroad experience with newcomers and locals reconnects me to my community, says Alison Lippa at Nicolaides Fink.

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