President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to cut off relations entirely with Spain, calling the country an unreliable partner during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
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TOP NEWS

Trump Threatens To Cut Spanish Relations Over Defense Rift

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to cut off relations entirely with Spain, calling the country an unreliable partner during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

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EU Parliament Approves Mexico Trade Agreement

By Dylan Moroses

The European Parliament approved two pieces of legislation to implement the modernized trade agreement between the bloc and Mexico on Wednesday.

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Analysis

Biggest Rulings For Patent Attys In 2026: A Midyear Report

By Dani Kass

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified the pleading standard for induced infringement of skinny labels, and the Federal Circuit opened the door to increased damages for patent owners. Here's what you need to know about these patent cases and other major decisions from the beginning of 2026.

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POLICY & REGULATION

EU Duty On Indonesian Fatty Acids Too High, WTO Says

By Jack McLoone

The European Union's anti-dumping margin on fatty acids imported from Indonesia exceeds the margin that should have been set under World Trade Organization standards, a WTO panel said Wednesday while rejecting other concerns raised by Indonesia.

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ENFORCEMENT

Nadine Menendez Loses Bid To Delay Prison For Surgery

By Carla Baranauckas

A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied Nadine Menendez's request to postpone her prison surrender by more than three months so she could complete breast cancer-related reconstructive surgeries, rejecting the request after a telephone conference with the parties.

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LITIGATION

EU's Top Court Rules Out Joint VAT Liability In Greek Case

By Jack McLoone

A person classified as liable for paying value-added taxes in one European Union member country owed by an entity established in another member country cannot also be held jointly and severally liable for those taxes, the EU's top court said Wednesday.

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US To Pay Anchorage $180M To End 12-Year Port Upgrade Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The federal government will pay $180 million to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, to settle the municipality's more than decade-old lawsuit accusing the U.S. Maritime Administration of breaching contractual agreements related to a failed Port of Alaska expansion and upgrade project, the parties have announced.

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Archer Looks To Toss Remainder Of Joby's Trade Secret Suit

By Elliot Weld

Archer Aviation has asked a California federal judge to throw out what's left of rival electric air taxi-maker Joby Aviation's trade secret suit, saying Joby had ignored the court's instructions to proceed with narrowed claims and instead tried to expand its allegations without adding more substance.

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Brief

Seagate's $175M Investor Deal Over Illegal Sales Gets First OK

By Sydney Price

A California federal judge has preliminarily approved a $175 million deal between data storage company Seagate Technologies and its investors to end claims that the company misrepresented that it could sell products to a blacklisted Chinese company.

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DEALS

Mexico Says Toyota To Stay, New Auto Investment Coming

By Dylan Moroses

The Mexican government said Toyota will retain operations in the country following the automaker's announcement to move some production of its Tacoma truck to the U.S. and indicated a new $500 million investment by an unnamed auto manufacturer will be announced imminently.

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PEOPLE

Another OFAC Official Joins Akin's DC Practice

By Jack Rodgers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has added another international trade partner from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control in Washington, D.C., who began his legal career with the firm more than a decade ago, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Greenberg Traurig Hires Former Commerce Dept. Deputy

By Jack Rodgers

Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a former deputy undersecretary in the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, who joined the firm as a senior director to work with several of its practices, the firm has announced.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Justices' Cuba Ruling Narrowly Recasts Sovereign Immunity

The U.S. Supreme Court recently allowed Exxon Mobil's bid for $1 billion in damages for Cuban-seized property to proceed, but the ruling's doctrinal significance is in treating the Helms-Burton Act as a later, specific and self-contained statutory displacement of the default jurisdictional immunity regime, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

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Structuring Space Nuclear Deals For Regulatory Risk

With the White House's recent focus on space nuclear power, a highly important question for companies that want to build orbital reactors, lunar surface systems or critical components is whether the transaction documents can handle foreign investment constraints, export controls and treaty-linked liability, says Kristie Blase at Frazer + Blase.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Attys Win $2.5M Fee Award After $63K Native Bias Verdict

By Joyce Hanson

A South Dakota hotel must pay an Indigenous advocacy group about $2.5 million in attorney fees following a trial jury's $63,191 verdict in a civil rights case claiming the business discriminated against Native American tribe members based on race, a federal judge has ruled.

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Conn. To Develop Pilot Behavioral Health Court In New Haven

By Christine DeRosa

A new task force has been formed in Connecticut aimed at developing a pilot behavioral health court in New Haven, with an eye toward expanding the program throughout the state.

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Ex-Associate Says Jackson Lewis Pushed Her Out After Leave

By MJ Koo

A former associate attorney who was on the partnership track at Jackson Lewis PC has brought suit against the employment law firm in California state court, alleging that it refused to accommodate her temporary medical restrictions after she returned from leave and pressured her to accept a demotion or resign.

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Squire Patton Adds Atty From House Epstein, Trump Probes

By Tracey Read

A key player in government investigations into Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump has joined Squire Patton Boggs LLP to lead the firm's congressional investigations group, the firm announced Thursday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Appeals Conviction In ICE Obstruction Case

By Ganesh Setty

A former Wisconsin state judge convicted of obstructing immigration authorities trying to arrest a defendant after he appeared in her courtroom lodged an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on Thursday, after avoiding a prison sentence but being fined $5,000.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Akin Gump

Alexander Morrison & Fehr

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Barnes & Thornburg

Bernstein Litowitz

Bingham McCutchen

Cozen O'Connor

Eversheds Sutherland

Fish & Richardson

Foley Hoag

Gibson Dunn

Gimbel Reilly

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Holland & Knight

Jackson Lewis PC

John Pierce Law

Katten Muchin

Motley Rice

Quinn Emanuel

Robins Kaplan

Seyfarth Shaw

Shipman & Goodwin

Squire Patton

Strang Bradley

Torridon Law

Wilson Sonsini

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Archer Aviation Inc.

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

Joby Aero Inc

LinkedIn Corp.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC

Microsoft Corp.

Seagate Technology LLC

Skydio Inc.

U.S. Naval War College

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Industry and Security

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Committee on House Administration

Connecticut Judicial Branch

Council of the EU

European Commission

European Parliament

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Government of Mexico

Los Angeles Superior Court

Maritime Administration

NATO

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Port of Anchorage

Rural Housing Service

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

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 Southern District of New York

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations

United States District Court for the District of South Dakota

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

World Trade Organization