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Trump Announces Trade Deal With Vietnam

By Natalie Olivo

The U.S. government reached a trade deal with Vietnam days before a pause on worldwide tariffs is set to expire, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.

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UK Gov't Stands By Digital Tax Despite US Trade Deal

By Josh White

The U.K. government is standing by its digital services tax after having secured a trade deal with the U.S., despite months of talks and continued U.S. opposition to the levy, a British government spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

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Samsung SDI Co. Escapes NY Woman's E-Scooter Fire Suit

By Mike Curley

A New York federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a woman's claims against Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. over an electronic scooter battery that she said caught fire and injured her, saying she failed to establish that the court has any jurisdiction over the South Korea-based company.

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Analysis

The Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2025: A Midyear Report

By Ryan Davis

A ruling by the full Federal Circuit invited greater scrutiny of patent damages testimony, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director established new criteria for rejecting patent challenges. Here's a look at the top patent decisions from the first half of 2025.

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SUPREME COURT

Feature

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

By Jeff Overley

After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term.

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Justices Won't Hear Crypto Firms' Venue Statute Case

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Supreme Court has said it will not take up a petition from the Binance-branded U.S. exchange and an affiliated crypto data site to resolve what they call a circuit split in a case accusing Binance.US of artificially deflating the price of a cryptocurrency token by lowering its ranking on the Binance exchange.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Assoc. Of Corporate Counsel Launches AI Advisory Center

By Matt Perez

The Association of Corporate Counsel, which encompasses nearly 50,000 members, announced Wednesday the launch of a think tank focused on artificial intelligence use across the legal corporate field.

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CRYPTO

Feds Charge Four North Koreans With Crypto Theft Scheme

By Chart Riggall

Federal prosecutors in Atlanta have charged four North Korean nationals with stealing and laundering nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency from a pair of companies after lying about their backgrounds to gain employment with American and European firms.

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East West, Cathay Accused Of Enabling $20M NFT Fraud

By Sydney Price

A Texas investor who says he lost millions in a romance-driven NFT scam has expanded his legal battle, suing East West Bank and Cathay Bank in California federal court for allegedly ignoring red flags while scammers used accounts at the banks to siphon nearly $17 million from his family trusts.

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LITIGATION

TikTok Can Arbitrate Most Sales Reps' Claims Of Unpaid OT

By Emmy Freedman

A lawsuit by a group of sales representatives accusing TikTok of incorrectly classifying them as exempt from earning overtime can largely be sent to arbitration, a California federal judge ruled, saying all but one worker signed an agreement that mandates employment disputes stay out of court.

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Chinese Cannabis Vape Maker Accused Of Monopoly

By Jonathan Capriel

The Chinese companies behind cannabis vape brand CCELL and a number of its U.S. distributors were accused of organizing an anticompetitive price-fixing scheme that gave them market dominance, according a proposed class action lawsuit, at least the second this year to make similar claims.

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Seaman Can't Seek Punitive Damages In Hand Injury Suit

By Mike Curley

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday found that an injured seaman can't amend his complaint against his employer alleging that it mistreated him following his injury to add a punitive damages claim, saying he has failed to allege that the company engaged in callous, egregious or lax conduct.

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DEALS

Latham Guides Odyssey On $1.3B Applied Technical Exit

By Al Barbarino

Latham & Watkins LLP-advised private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has agreed to sell Applied Technical Services Inc. to Swiss testing and inspection giant SGS SA for about $1.33 billion, the firms said Wednesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Despite Dark Clouds, Outlook For US Solar Has Bright Spots

While tariff, tax policy and bankruptcy news seemingly portends unending challenges for the U.S. solar energy industry, signs of continued growth in solar generating capacity and domestic solar manufacturing suggest that there is a path forward, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.

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Policy Shifts Bring New Anti-Money Laundering Challenges

In the second half of 2025, the U.S. anti-money laundering regulatory landscape is poised for decisive shifts in enforcement priorities, compliance expectations and legislative developments — so investment advisers and other financial institutions should take steps to prepare for potential new obligations and areas of risk, say attorneys at Linklaters.

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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High

By Aebra Coe

The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Analysis

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Target's board faces a shareholder derivative suit that accuses the retail giant of damaging the company by implementing an LGBTQ+ Pride-themed marketing campaign, despite knowing the risk of "public backlash." Meanwhile, SolarWinds and the SEC are close to resolving a novel case that alleges the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Analysis

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

By Jack Karp

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

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Analysis

What Judges Might Ponder In Judicial Safety Law Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

A Third Circuit panel set to examine the constitutionality of a judicial safety law born out of the murder of a New Jersey federal judge's son is tasked with what experts are viewing as a lesser-of-two-evils choice: chilling free speech or chilling public service.

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Ex-Treasury Official Joins Covington's Nat'l Security Practice

By Madeline Lyskawa

Covington & Burling LLP has boosted its national security practice with the hire of the former head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence under former President Barack Obama's administration as of counsel.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum.

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Spectrum, Border, Injunction Changes Included In Mega Bill

By Courtney Bublé

The House voted 218-214, almost along party lines, on Thursday on the reconciliation budget package, which includes a range of policy provisions on nationwide injunctions, spectrum and immigration and now goes to President Donald Trump's desk ahead of the decided Fourth of July deadline.

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Orrick Adds Nixon Peabody Public Finance Atty In LA

By James Mills

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is boosting its finance team, bringing in a Nixon Peabody LLP public finance pro as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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Analysis

The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.

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Justices Extend Due Process Pause To South Sudan Removals

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified Thursday that its recent order allowing the Trump administration to send noncitizens to countries they have no connection to with little notice or chance to object extends to a group of men the government plans to send to South Sudan.

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Analysis

Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers

By Jeff Overley

It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AFN Law PLLC

Agnifilo Intrater

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Baker Donelson

Ballard Spahr

Bartlit Beck

Beveridge & Diamond

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Brown Rudnick

Buchanan Ingersoll

Bucher Law PLLC

Bunsow De Mory

Clement & Murphy

Constangy Brooks

Covington & Burling

Dechert LLP

Dykema

Farnan LLP

FisherBroyles

Gerson & Schwartz

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Groombridge Wu

Gupta Wessler

Hahn Loeser

Hamilton Miller & Birthisel

Haun Mena

Hausfeld LLP

Hawkins Parnell

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Jones Day

Kaplan Law Firm PLLC

King & Spalding

Klein Thomas

Knobbe Martens

Korein Tillery

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Brisbois

Linklaters LLP

Lomurro Munson

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

McDermott Will & Emery

McElroy Deutsch

McManis Faulkner

Milbank LLP

Morgan & Morgan

Morvillo Abramowitz

Nichols Kaster

Nixon Peabody

Orrick Herrington

Patterson Belknap

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Reavis Page

Riker Danzig

Sessions Israel

Seyfarth Shaw

Shapiro Arato

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Sterlington PLLC

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Troutman

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wood Smith

Wright Close & Barger

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bankers Association

Apple Inc.

Applied Technical Services Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Binance Holdings Ltd.

Binance.US

ByteDance Ltd.

CTIA

Canna Brand Solutions

Cathay General Bancorp

Citigroup Inc.

CoinMarketCap OpCo LLC

Competitive Carriers Association

Discord Inc.

Drummond

East West Bancorp Inc.

Equifax Inc.

Fox Corp.

Gleason Corp.

Google LLC

Greenlane Holdings Inc.

Harvard University

Human Rights First

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Medtronic PLC

NVIDIA Corp.

Odyssey Investment Partners LLC

Oracle Corp.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PacifiCorp

Planned Parenthood Federation

Pro Bono Institute

RELX PLC

SGS SA

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

Smoore International Holdings Ltd.

SolarWinds Corp.

Stanford University

Sunnova Energy Corp.

Supervalu Inc.

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TikTok Inc.

United States Telecom Association

University of California Davis

University of the Pacific

Valve Corp.

Welch Allyn Inc.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

iRhythm Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Land Management

California State Treasurer's Office

Energy Information Administration

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Food and Drug Administration

Government of Mexico

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

New Jersey Legislature

New York State Department of State

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court