International Trade Archive » May, 2012

International Trade - May, 2012

179 articles

• Court Has Domain When Foreign Firm Flouts Order: Fed. Circ.
• Bill To Bolster US Exports Sails Through House
• Zep, Westinghouse Call Truce In Solar Panel IP War
• China Trade Group Assails US Tariffs On Wind Towers
• Proposed UN Control Would Smother Web, Lawmakers Warn
• Russia Pact Gives EU Exclusive Benefits On Wood, Car Parts
• Another Round Of Iran Sanctions: The Senate Bill
• House Handily Approves Sprawling FDA Reform Bill
• Commerce Says Chinese Wind Towers Are Subsidized
• Commerce Finds Samsung, LG Get Unfair Washer Subsidies
• Obama Keeps Export-Import Bank Alive Through 2014
• Commerce Says Vietnam Subsidized Wire Hanger Exports
• ITC To Probe Boart's Patent Claims Over Imported Drill Bits
• An OFAC Settlement That May Impact Future Investments
• Haiti Telecom Exec Gets Sentence Cut To 18 Months
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief Pleads Guilty In Foreign Bribery Case
• Justices Won't Hear Tessera Patent Exhaustion Case
• Judge Backs Bolivia's $1M Judgment In UPS Shipping Suit
• EPA Steps Up Regulation Of Products Containing Mercury
• McKool Smith Nabs ITC, Patent Pro From Cadwalader
• Bad Commerce Data Inflated Korean Steel Co. Tariffs, CIT Says
• Examining The WTO's Decision On Tuna Labeling Rules
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• US Drops 9th Circ. Appeal In Lindsey FCPA Case
• FDA Appeals Death Penalty Drug Ban To DC Circ.
• China Challenges US Countervailing Duties At WTO
• Ericsson's Panama Unit To Pay $1.8M Fine Over Cuba Exports
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief To Change Plea In FCPA Case
• Lawmakers Seek Comments On Unusually Heated Tariff Bill
• Repsol Lodges 2nd US Suit Over YPF Nationalization
• US Says China's Currency Still Not Strong Enough
• EU Takes Argentina To WTO Over Trade Restrictions
• Avoiding FCPA Prosecution For Employee Conduct
• Eversheds Picks Up Dewey IP Leader For Paris Office
• LA's $890M Railcar Contract Award Meets Buy America Regs
• UK Bribery Act Crippled By Lack Of Funding, Attys Say
• BMW Hit With $163M Fine By Swiss Antitrust Watchdog
• Top Dems Want Trade Pacts To Allow Blanket Capital Controls
• China Says US Clean Energy Grants Break WTO Rules
• Senate Bill Presses USTR For More Transparency On Deals
• Counterfeit Parts Report — A Guide For Contractors, DOD
• ITC Pans US Cos.' Challenge to Mexican Steel Finding
• EU Calls For Committee To Evaluate China Investments
• Denim Importer Settles Fight Over NAFTA Duty Treatment
• Iran, World Powers Make Offers In Nuclear Talks
• FCPA Crackdown Not Enough To Stop Bribery, CFOs Say
• CPSC To Require Audits Of Children's Product Testing Groups
• MKS Worker Charged With Smuggling Uranium Sensors To China
• Cross-Border Petroleum Reservoir Development Tactics
• ITC Judge Calls For Xbox Import Ban Over Motorola IP Breach
• DOD Contractors Under Fire In Counterfeit Parts Report
• US Manufacturers Want Action On Currency Manipulation
• Chinese Vitamin Maker Pays $10.5M To Bow Out Of Cartel Case
• Fed. Circ. Will Hear Insurer's Appeal Of $6M CIT Order
• Trade Compliance: Minding Your P's, Asking The Right Q's
• Ex-Haiti Official Hit With Hefty Sentence In FCPA Case
• Best Practices For Corporate Social Responsibility
• Chamber Of Commerce Members Flouted FCPA, Report Says
• CalSTRS Punishes Wal-Mart Board Over Bribery Scandal
• USTR Splits With EU Counterpart On Approach To Trade Talks
• Alleged Motor Oil Exporter To Iran Arrested While Fleeing US
• Iran Sanctions Bill Clears Senate In Run-Up To Baghdad Talks
• DOD Streamlines US-UK Defense Export Rules
• ITC To Probe Toshiba, Samsung, Others Over Thumb Drives
• Trade Atty Rejoins Baker Hostetler After In-House Stint
• ITC Rules Kodak's Camera Preview Patent Is Invalid
• Australia, Malaysia To Sign Free Trade Accord
• China Extends Dumping Duties On Catechol From US, Japan
• UK Bribery Act — There's A New Constable In Town
• Microsoft Wins Ban On Imports Of Motorola Android Devices
• NAFTA Panel Grills Commerce On Zeroing In Wire Rod Case
• Holland & Knight Leads Palm Oil Industry's EPA Fight
• Commerce Bars Individual Exporters From Ducking Duty Orders
• FDA Says Korean Shellfish Risk Contact With Human Waste
• US Decision On Solar Cell Duties Unfair, China Says
• GAO Says Ports Must Coordinate To Prevent Duties Evasion
• Going To Trial On FCPA Charges — The Percentage Play
• US Lifts Sanctions On Myanmar, Nominates Ambassador
• Akin Gump Recruits 2 Jones Day Tech Attys For LA Office
• US Slaps Hefty Dumping Duties On Chinese Solar Panels
• House Panel Says TPP Needs Binding IP, Labor Rules
• FIO Could Be Advocate In Foreign Markets, Insurers Say
• Wal-Mart Widens Internal Probe Of Overseas Bribery
• Senate GOP Blocks Iran Sanctions Bill
• CBP Processing System, Trade Fraud Enforcement Panned
• Case Study: Sandager V. Dell Marketing
• Repsol Hits Argentina With US Class Action In YPF Fight
• WTO Panel Finds US Tuna Labeling Rules Unfair To Mexico
• Schumer Says 'Extra Virgin' Test Bad For NY Olive Oil Biz
• FCA Suits: A Growing Concern In Trade Compliance
• Covington Snags FCPA, International Trade Pro For UK Office
• Improper Filing Kills Chinese Garlic Duty Challenge
• Senate Breathes New Life Into Ex-Im Bank
• Dems Seek To Bar Tax Credits For Chinese Solar Panels
• Freight Manager Gets 6 Months For Illegal Iran Exports
• Myanmar's Suu Kyi Backs McCain's Call To Ease Sanctions
• Peregrine Says HTC Smartphone Infringes 5 Circuit Patents
• Blackstone Bets $1.5B On Cheniere's LNG Export Plans
• Steptoe Snags Ex-IDB Investigations Chief With FCPA Chops
• ITC Keeps Duties On Chinese Foundry Coke, Japanese Steel
• Chinese, Indian Airlines Must Hand Over Emissions Data: EU
• Iran, Sanctions And Oil — A Global Update
• Missing Link: Food, Drug Safety In Foreign Supply Chain
• US-Colombia Free Trade Pact Goes Into Full Swing
• Argentina Rips Spain Over Biodiesel Ban
• Supreme Court Declines Havana Club Trademark Case
• McCain Wants Myanmar Sanctions Suspended
• Vietnamese Fish Cos. Dispute Zeroing In Duty Orders
• Expanding The Extraterritorial Reach Of US Sanctions
• Force-Fed Foie Gras Violates Law, Threatens Health: Suit
• Orion Bows Out Of Walker Digital's Blu-Ray Patent Fray
• Australia Passes Bills To Streamline Tariff Systems
• EU Hits Chinese Sweetener, Radiator Makers With Tariffs
• South Korea To Continue Importing US Beef After Review
• The Latest FCPA Target: Private Fund Advisers
• ITC Sides With Korean Co. In Polyimide Film Patent Case
• House OKs $51B Spending Bill, Urges Action On China
• EU Eyes New Measures To Combat Unfair Trade Practices
• Conflict Minerals Rule Could Cost $16B, Industry Groups Say
• More Ex-Dewey Partners Land At Rival Firms
• Pacific Trade Talks Aren't Secretive, Kirk Tells Critics
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• House Clears $140B Lending Cap For Ex-Im Bank Through 2014
• Fed. Circ. Sends Tire Co.'s Nonmarket Duty Challenge To CIT
• Sheppard Mullin Lands Gov't Contracts Pro From Katten
• Congress Must Act On Apparel Provisions Soon, USTR Says
• IP Professors Slam Pacific Trade Talks As Overly Secretive
• US Must Press China To Keep IP Promises, Official Says
• Easing US Sanctions Against Burma
• Sempra Whistleblower Seeks Docs From 'Outsourced' SEC Probe
• RAM Faces Fines For Counterfeit, Contaminated Mesh
• Google Sheds Investor Suit Over $500M Drug Ads Settlement
• Dow Escapes EU Ethanolamine Duty
• Clinton Praises India For Reducing Iranian Oil Imports
• Office Supplier Irons Out FCA Suit Over Chinese Goods
• Boehner Urges Obama To Pursue More Trade Deals
• Reconsidering 1st-Sale Rule's Application To Gray Market
• US Metal Cos. Can't Duck Brazil Ferrosilicon Cartel Suit
• Conservative Group Presses Congress To Cut Off Ex-Im Bank
• Legislators Urge USTR To Protect Glassware Jobs In TPP
• EU Warns Brazil Over Restrictive Trade Practices
• Reducing Corruption Risk By Disrupting Moral Hazard
• Commerce Says Chinese Stud Makers Dumping Goods In US
• Targeting Foreign Evaders Of Iran And Syria Sanctions
• Commerce Says Chinese Cos. Stopped Dumping A/C Valves
• US, China Pledge To Fight Protectionism, IP Violations
• Reps. Urge Obama To Protect 'Buy American' Policies In TPP
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Loosening Satellite Export Controls
• EU, US Agree To Improve Customs Process For 'Safe Traders'
• Samsung, LG Want NAFTA Review Of Mexican Fridge Imports
• CalSTRS Goes After Wal-Mart Execs Over Alleged Bribery Plot
• ITC To Revisit Invalidity Ruling On Rambus Chip Patents
• Quinn Emanuel Taps New Head Of International Arbitration
• French High Court Partially Reverses EBay Counterfeit Ruling
• NJ Looks To Woo Global Cos. With International Biz Office
• Judge Cuts Claims From FCA Case Over Asian Tech Imports
• US Urges China To Consider Currency Value
• Groups Fear Obama Order Sends Excessive Power Overseas
• Cypress Celebrates Patent Validity In ITC Memory Dispute
• Cheese Distributors Deny Charges Over Contaminated Product
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• Caltech Targets Nokia, RIM Over Image Sensor Patents
• USDA Takes Steps To Speed Up E. Coli Tracking
• Congress Urges Open Trade, IP Protections Before China Talks
• BIS Fines Mattson Over Unlicensed Tech Exports
• Baker & McKenzie Grabs Global IP Pro From Paul Weiss
• Sens. Urge Obama To Ease TPP Apparel Rules Of Origin
• Staples, Target, OfficeMax Accused Of Skirting Pencil Duties
• Customs Rule To Combat Knockoffs May Hurt Gray Market
• Nokia Targets HTC, RIM, Viewsonic In Flurry Of IP Suits
• The FCPA Goes Hollywood
• Treasury To Identify Iran, Syria Sanctions Dodgers
• 'Willful Blindness' May Be News Corp.'s Legal Undoing In US
• Big Biz Hails Obama's Order To Align International Regs
• Commerce Says China Subsidized, Dumped Steel Tubes
• ITC Bans Circuit Interrupters After Leviton IP Complaint
• Skadden Nabs Treasury Office Chief Counsel
• Commerce Stands By Zeroing In Vietnamese Shrimp Fight