International Trade

  • August 29, 2024

    Albright Boots $8B EV Trade Secrets Suit For Improper Venue

    U.S. District Judge Alan Albright tossed out a $7.8 billion trade secrets dispute between two electric vehicle companies, adopting a federal magistrate judge's recommendation that the case should be handled in Israel where he said both companies and the majority of the individuals related to the matter already are.

  • August 29, 2024

    Quinn Emanuel Seeks DC Circ. Rehearing In $486M Award Fight

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has asked the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its ruling in a dispute over the firm's authority to represent a port operator in a long-running legal battle with the Republic of Djibouti.

  • August 29, 2024

    Trade Court Wants More Info To Decide Generator's Duty Rate

    A U.S. Court of International Trade judge won't yet resolve whether a Korean energy company could import the supermodule for its hydrogen fuel cell generator into the U.S. duty-free, saying he needs more information on the product.

  • August 29, 2024

    Nippon Pledges $1.3B For US Steel In Quest For US Approval

    Nippon Steel Corp. has pledged to inject an additional $1.3 billion into United States Steel Corp. facilities as the Japanese company looks to get over the finish line with U.S. regulators on its controversial $14.9 billion merger proposal.

  • August 28, 2024

    Boston Consulting Group Avoids FCPA Prosecution, Feds Say

    The U.S. Department of Justice has declined to prosecute Boston Consulting Group Inc. for former employees' alleged bribery of Angolan officials because of the management consulting firm's self-disclosure of the misconduct, as well as its cooperation, remediation and disgorgement of more than $14.4 million.

  • August 28, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Won't Make ITC Reopen Drill Patent Suit

    The Federal Circuit said Wednesday that a Japanese company that makes power drills can't force the U.S. International Trade Commission to finish adjudicating a patent case from a rival after the infringement allegations were dropped.

  • August 28, 2024

    Russia Seeks Pause On $5B Naftogaz Award Suit

    Russia thinks that the D.C. federal court overseeing a bid by Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company to enforce a $5 billion arbitral award over the seizure of its Crimean assets ought to pause the matter while proceedings in the Netherlands play out.

  • August 28, 2024

    No Money For Air Gun Co. Investors, NC Biz Court Told

    The court-appointed overseer of an air gun business has asked the North Carolina Business Court to overrule an attempt by two minority owners of a parent company of the business to get paid as the air gun company is dismantled, with the overseer arguing that the owners' payout isn't a priority as a dearth of funds is drained.

  • August 28, 2024

    Disney's $8.5B India Media Merger Gets Regulatory Nod

    India's competition watchdog said in a statement Wednesday it has conditionally approved the proposed $8.5 billion merger between Disney India's media business and Reliance Industries, after the merging entities reportedly overcame regulatory concerns about their grip on broadcast rights to cricket. 

  • August 28, 2024

    Attys Duel Over Fees After $12.8M Deal In Chiquita MDL

    Attorneys for different sets of plaintiffs in long-running multidistrict litigation over Chiquita Brands International Inc.'s funding of Colombian paramilitary groups are facing off over attorney fees after a settlement in the case.

  • August 28, 2024

    Judge Adds $2.4M To $2M IP Verdict Against Mining Co.

    A Texas federal judge ordered a Norwegian mining company to pay $2.4 million, on top of a $2 million jury verdict, covering oil drilling device sales made after they were found to infringe a rival's intellectual property.

  • August 27, 2024

    Miss. Seafood Co. Pleads Guilty To 'Fish Substitution' Scheme

    The largest seafood wholesaler in the Mississippi Gulf Coast and two of its managers pled guilty Tuesday to scheming with others to market and sell cheap frozen fish imports as premium and locally sourced, federal prosecutors in Mississippi announced.

  • August 27, 2024

    Philip Morris' Vape Brand Loses ITC Decision In Juul Fight

    The operator of the Philip Morris brand said Tuesday that it disagrees with a ruling from a U.S. International Trade Commission judge who found that the company's vape brand infringes patents owned by rival Juul.

  • August 27, 2024

    ITC To Look Into Infineon's Patent Claims Against Innoscience

    The U.S. International Trade Commission launched an investigation Tuesday into certain semiconductor devices and products that use gallium nitride technology after semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies accused China-based chipmaker Innoscience of infringing several patents.

  • August 27, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Won't Speed Up Apple Watch Ban Appeal

    The Federal Circuit on Tuesday denied Apple Inc.'s request to expedite oral arguments in its appeal challenging the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision banning the tech giant from selling Apple Watches with a "blood oxygen" feature in the Masimo patent case.

  • August 27, 2024

    No Coverage For Tire Co.'s Unpaid Invoices, Judge Rules

    A tire manufacturer cannot get insurance coverage for millions in unpaid invoices it is owed, a Florida federal court has ruled, finding that the manufacturer made a material misrepresentation in its insurance application concerning the creditworthiness of one of its largest customers.

  • August 27, 2024

    NY Fines Nordea Bank $35M In Panama Papers-Linked Action

    New York's Department of Financial Services announced Tuesday that Nordea Bank Abp will pay $35 million to settle allegations of "significant" anti-money laundering compliance failures, including helping customers set up offshore accounts for tax-sheltered companies tied to the Panama Papers.

  • August 27, 2024

    Return Of Venezuela Sanctions Reignites Criminal Probes

    Criminal investigations into Venezuela-related sanctions violations appear to be ramping back up since the U.S. government reimposed crushing trade penalties on the South American country's oil and gas sectors in response to an allegedly sham presidential election, according to experts.

  • August 27, 2024

    US Arrests Hungarian Suspected Of Sending Radios To Russia

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against a Hungarian national suspected to have run a multinational procurement network designed to help Russia obtain U.S. military-grade communications technology.

  • August 26, 2024

    Banks' $20M Platinum Traders Antitrust Deal Gets Initial OK

    A New York federal judge preliminarily approved Saturday a $20 million deal to resolve a nearly decade-old putative class action alleging Goldman Sachs, German industrial company BASF and two other banks fixed platinum and palladium prices.

  • August 26, 2024

    Masimo, Apple Fight Over Jury Hearing Trade Secrets Claims

    After a California jury deadlocked last year in Masimo's high-stakes intellectual property case against Apple over the way the latter company's watches are programmed to monitor blood oxygen, the medical technology contractor says it wants a bench trial to address its trade secrets claims next time around, but Apple is opposing that move.

  • August 26, 2024

    Canada Planning 100% Surtax On Chinese EVs, 25% On Steel

    Canada plans to implement a 100% surtax on imported Chinese electric vehicles and a 25% surtax on Chinese steel and aluminum as part of a package intended to protect Canadian industry from unfair competition, the country's Department of Finance said Monday.

  • August 26, 2024

    Feds Advance Probe Into Chinese Shotgun Metal Imports

    The U.S. International Trade Commission advanced an investigation into Chinese imports of a metal used to produce shotgun shells, finding reason to believe the imports were preventing domestic businesses from establishing a foothold in the U.S. market.

  • August 26, 2024

    Energy Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2024

    Even after an action-packed first half of 2024, plenty of high-stakes energy litigation remains, including a new twist in the prolonged battle over climate change lawsuits against fossil fuel companies, as well as cases that could influence federal climate change policy. Here are several cases energy attorneys will be watching in the second half of the year.

  • August 23, 2024

    Maxell Urges Trade Commission To Bar TCL Smart TV Imports

    Maxell Ltd. urged the U.S. International Trade Commission to permanently bar TCL from importing certain smart televisions that Maxell claims infringe several of its patents, saying TCL continues to import allegedly infringing televisions despite being long aware of Maxell's patent portfolio.

Expert Analysis

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    Serving As A Sheriff's Deputy Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    Skills developed during my work as a reserve deputy — where there was a need to always be prepared, decisive and articulate — transferred to my practice as an intellectual property litigator, and my experience taught me that clients often appreciate and relate to the desire to participate in extracurricular activities, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • Bid Protest Spotlight: Nonprecedential, Unreasonable, Scope

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    James Tucker at MoFo examines three recent decisions showing that while the results of past competitions may inform bid strategy, they are not determinative; that an agency's award may be deemed unreasonable if it ignores available information; and that a protester may be right about an awardee's noncompliance but still lose.

  • Parsing Chinese Governance On AI-Generated Content

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    As essential risk-mitigation, companies with a China reach should be aware of recent developments in Chinese oversight of AI-generated content, including the latest rulings and regulations as well as the updated ambit for supervisory bodies, say Jet Deng and Ken Dai at Dacheng.

  • Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs

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    Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.

  • Stay Interviews Are Key To Retaining Legal Talent

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    Even as the economy shifts and layoffs continue, law firms still want to retain their top attorneys, and so-called stay interviews — informal conversations with employees to identify potential issues before they lead to turnover — can be a crucial tool for improving retention and morale, say Tina Cohen Nicol and Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.

  • Series

    Spray Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experiences as an abstract spray paint artist have made me a better litigator, demonstrating — in more ways than one — how fluidity and flexibility are necessary parts of a successful legal practice, says Erick Sandlin at Bracewell.

  • Takeaways From The 2023 DOJ Fraud Section Report

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    Attorneys at Wiley discuss notable trends from the U.S. Department of Justice's recently reported Fraud Section activity last year and highlight areas of enforcement to watch for in the future, including healthcare fraud and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.

  • How Policymakers Can Preserve The Promise Of Global Trade

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    Global trade faces increasing challenges but could experience a resurgence if long-held approaches adjust and the U.S. accounts for factors that undermine free trade's continuing viability, such as regional trading blocs and the increasing speed of technological advancement, says David Jividen at White & Case.

  • New Russia Sanctions Reveal Int'l Enforcement Capabilities

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    Significant new U.K., U.S. and EU sanctions imposed on Russia notably target Europe-based individuals and entities accused of sanctions evasion, and with an apparent political will to enhance capabilities, the rhetoric is translating into international enforcement activity, say lawyers at Cadwalader.

  • Why Oncology Deal Making Continues To Fuel Biotech M&A

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    The biotech sector's potential for advancements in cancer care continues to attract deal-maker interest, and the keys to successful mergers and acquisitions include the ability to integrate innovative therapies, leverage technological advancements and respond to the dynamic needs of patients, say Bryan Luchs and Mike Weir at White & Case.

  • Opinion

    Judicial Independence Is Imperative This Election Year

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    As the next election nears, the judges involved in the upcoming trials against former President Donald Trump increasingly face political pressures and threats of violence — revealing the urgent need to safeguard judicial independence and uphold the rule of law, says Benes Aldana at the National Judicial College.

  • How Harsher Penalties For AI Crimes May Work In Practice

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    With recent pronouncements from the U.S. Department of Justice that prosecutors may seek sentencing enhancements for crimes committed using artificial intelligence, defense counsel should understand how the sentencing guidelines and statutory factors will come into play, says Jennie VonCannon at Crowell & Moring.

  • Series

    Riding My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Using the Peloton platform for cycling, running, rowing and more taught me that fostering a mind-body connection will not only benefit you physically and emotionally, but also inspire stamina, focus, discipline and empathy in your legal career, says Christopher Ward at Polsinelli.

  • Compliance Steps After ABA White Collar Crime Conference

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    Senior law enforcement officials’ statements this month at the American Bar Association's white collar crime conference suggest government enforcement efforts this year will increasingly focus on whistleblower incentives, artificial intelligence and data protection, and companies will need to update their compliance programs accordingly, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Investment Advisers Should Prep For Money Laundering Regs

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    Investment advisers should prepare for a Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposed rule that would significantly expand anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism obligations by assessing illicit financing risks, and expect examiners to scrutinize unregistered advisers and those with certain foreign clients, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

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