International Trade

Expert Analysis

• Tips For Cos. Confronting Pandemic Impact On Global Trade

  

  Companies can best weather the effects of the pandemic on international trade by taking certain steps related to supply chain, tariff modifications, and export controls and sanctions, while also remaining mindful of the expanding jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

• Client Advocacy Tips For Remote Hearings During COVID-19

  

  As the judiciary implements telephone and video hearings in response to the coronavirus pandemic, attorneys can deliver effective advocacy by following certain best practices, such as using backup materials and specially preparing witnesses and exhibits, say attorneys at Fish & Richardson.

• How To Conduct Depositions Remotely

  

  Remote depositions are a useful tool for meeting discovery deadlines while allowing all parties to stay at home amid the COVID-19 outbreak. But they come with a unique set of challenges, say Eliot Williams and Daniel Rabinowitz at Baker Botts. 

• COVID-19 Raises Unique Issues For Health, Life Sciences Cos.

  

  Health care and life sciences companies are in the difficult position of being unable to suspend operations amid the coronavirus crisis, and must face new patient privacy, contract obligation and federal regulation challenges, say attorneys at Debevoise.

• Tackling Uncertainty In Pandemic-Related Int'l Disputes

  

  Parties to cross-border transactions must consider that legal concepts with varying meanings across diverse jurisdictions may be applicable in contract disputes stemming from the coronavirus — and boilerplate force majeure language will not be enough, say Luis Perez and Alejandro Chevalier at Akerman.

• A Guide To Zealously Representing Clients During COVID-19

  

  The American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct require lawyers to be zealous advocates for clients' interests, but how do these rules apply in this unprecedented time of COVID-19? Anne Lockner at Robins Kaplan offers some pointers.

• Beware Pervasive Trademark Scams During COVID-19

  

  Trademark scams related to COVID-19 are certain to persist for the foreseeable future, but brand owners can mitigate their consequences by proactively registering marks, employing watch services, sending cease-and-desist letters, and staying on top of the latest high-tech scams, say Ann Fort and Cameron Murphy at Eversheds Sutherland.

• Pandemic Poses Distressed Debt Opportunities, CFIUS Risks

  

  Although a coronavirus-prompted uptick in U.S. debt restructurings may lead to distressed asset investment opportunities, non-U.S. investors and lenders should be wary of transactions that could trigger the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' jurisdiction, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

• Israel's Generic COVID-19 Drug Licensing Lacks Due Process

  

  The Israel attorney general's special compulsory license for imported generic versions of Abbvie's patented antiviral drug Kaletra to treat COVID-19 does not provide a right of response, a hearing or direct judicial review, says Ephraim Heiliczer at Pearl Cohen.

• What COVID-19 Means For Renewable Projects And Financing

  

  The rapid global spread of COVID-19 has brought severe disruption and uncertainty to the wind, solar and energy storage industry supply chains and the renewable project financing market, making it crucial for developers to review project and financing documents and monitor policy developments, say attorneys at McDermott.

• 7 Ways Attys Can Create The Right Home Office Environment

  

  In the midst of this health crisis when lawyers are working from home with their loved ones around all day, practitioners need to ensure their “home” and “office” settings coexist without one trumping the needs of the other, says Luciana Fragali at Design Solutions.

• How Reports Of Forced Labor In China May Affect US Imports

  

  Following reports of forced labor at an electronic components factory in China, global tech companies and others should prepare for legislative efforts and heightened U.S. Customs and Border Protection scrutiny intended to prevent imports of goods produced under such conditions, say Sydney Mintzer and Timothy Lee at Mayer Brown.

• Aviation Waste Problem Is A Green Economy Opportunity

  

  As airport projects receive increasing environmental and legal scrutiny, the need for a resource recovery model that can handle the aviation sector's waste challenges is clear, say Jonathan Cocker at Baker McKenzie and Andrew Wilson at the International Aviation Waste Management Association.

• 10 E-Discovery Challenges Caused By COVID-19

  

  The COVID-19 crisis will continue to affect e-discovery long after we overcome this pandemic. When litigation and investigations reengage and courts start moving their schedules forward, these concerns will need to be addressed, say David Kessler and Andrea D'Ambra at Norton Rose.

• Argentine Financial Crisis Can Inform COVID-19 Response

  

  While many governments responding to the coronavirus pandemic may not want to think about the impact on foreign investors right now, policymakers should take lessons from the 2001 Argentine financial crisis — particularly the discomfiting results of testing the "doctrine of necessity," say attorneys at GST.