International Trade

  • August 13, 2026

    White House Aims Customs AI Tool At Chinese Tariff Evasion

    The White House identified Thursday over 40 countries from which imports carry a heightened risk of transshipment, an illegal practice of misrepresenting goods entering the U.S. that originate elsewhere such as China, and government officials are working on a new artificial intelligence enforcement tool to address those concerns.

  • August 13, 2026

    Trade Court Fine With Trump Ending De Minimis Tariff Break

    President Donald Trump's revocation of a de minimis exemption for low-value goods to enter the U.S. duty-free was allowed under a law that the U.S. Supreme Court separately determined could not otherwise authorize tariffs on its own, the Court of International Trade ruled Thursday.

  • August 13, 2026

    Trade Court Backs Commerce On Russian Fertilizer Duty Redo

    The U.S. Department of Commerce's redone countervailing duty calculation for Russian phosphate fertilizer properly determined that a Russian company didn't benefit from unfairly priced mining rights, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled, blessing a decision to cut the duty rate by more than half.

  • August 12, 2026

    WSJ Says Binance Sued Because It's Unhappy With Facts

    The publisher of the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday urged a Manhattan federal judge to deep six a defamation suit brought by Binance over reporting about internal investigators at the crypto exchange who were allegedly fired after flagging Iranian sanctions violations, saying the company is just unhappy with the way the Journal reported the facts.

  • August 12, 2026

    ITC Judge Finds Asus Infringed Netgear Wi-Fi Patent Claims

    An administrative law judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission made an initial finding that Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Asus and another Wi-Fi device seller infringed claims in a couple of patents licensed to Netgear. 

  • August 12, 2026

    Senate Passes Bill Letting Feds Share Counterfeit Import Data

    The U.S. Senate has passed a bipartisan bill aiming to combat counterfeit and pirated imports by allowing customs agents to share suspected counterfeit packaging and shipping information with intellectual property holders, e-commerce companies and goods transporters.

  • August 12, 2026

    Steel Tariff Exemption Denial Lacks Backing, Trade Court Says

    The U.S. Department of Commerce wrongly relied on "vague statements" from an objector to reject requests to exempt certain products from a 25% tariff on steel, the U.S. Court of International Trade said Wednesday, ordering reconsiderations.

  • August 12, 2026

    Army Corps OKs Enbridge Tunnel Amid Line 5 Permit Fight

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit Wednesday allowing Enbridge Energy LP to tunnel beneath four miles of the Straits of Mackinac for its Line 5 oil pipeline, and environmental and tribal groups fighting the project say a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision bars the construction.

  • August 11, 2026

    FinCEN Permanently Rolls Back CTA Reporting Requirement

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury's financial crimes unit on Tuesday issued a final rule permanently narrowing reporting regulations under the Corporate Transparency Act, enshrining a regulatory rollback that exempts domestic shell companies from reporting their beneficial ownership information.

  • August 11, 2026

    Cognizant Investor Seeks OK For $5.5M Derivative Case Deal

    A Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. shareholder has urged a New Jersey federal court to give its final approval for a $5.5 million deal to settle derivative claims that board members of the technology and consulting services company damaged the company and exposed it to liability by paying bribes in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

  • August 11, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Says Brick Duty Lacks Definition, Offers Alternative

    The U.S. Court of International Trade properly found that duty orders on certain heat-resistant bricks lack specific chemical makeup parameters, offering a broad exclusion for one type of brick that may be better challenged with a circumvention proceeding, a Federal Circuit panel ruled Tuesday.

  • August 11, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Says Floor Importers Forfeited Duty Rate Appeal

    Importers forfeited arguments in an appeal to the U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling that sustained revised antidumping duties on Chinese wood flooring, according to an opinion in favor of the U.S. government published Tuesday.

  • August 11, 2026

    Missed Step Could Vex Ex-Duane Morris Client's Appeal

    A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel on Tuesday quizzed counsel for a businessman accusing Duane Morris LLP of legal malpractice in a trade secrets case on whether documents he claimed were privileged had been properly put before the trial judge for consideration.

  • August 11, 2026

    Campbell's Soup Targeted In Tariff Refund Suit Blitz

    The Campbell's Co. is the latest business to be hit with a proposed class action from consumers seeking to be reimbursed for the inflated costs the food company charged in response to President Donald Trump's now-struck-down global tariffs.

  • August 11, 2026

    Argentina Looks To Dodge $208M Award Enforcement In DC

    A Washington, D.C., federal court has no jurisdiction over a contract between the Argentine government and a British inspection company, Argentina said, looking to have the company's bid to confirm a $208 million arbitration award paused, if not entirely thrown out.

  • August 10, 2026

    Judge Lets Feds Drop Adani Fraud Counts But Rebukes DOJ

    A New York federal judge agreed Monday to toss fraud charges accusing Adani Group Chairman Gautam S. Adani of misleading investors about a $250 million bribery scheme to score solar energy contracts, while sharply criticizing the U.S. Department of Justice's "highly unusual" move to drop the case.

  • August 10, 2026

    Michel, Startups Back Injunction Bid In Samsung Patent Case

    Former Chief Federal Circuit Judge Paul Michel, patent law professors and a group of startup companies on Monday backed Collision Communications Inc.'s bid for a permanent injunction on Samsung products found to infringe its patents, saying courts have misread U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

  • August 10, 2026

    Mexico Urges Justices To Take Up $47M Award Suit

    Mexico has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take another look at the D.C. Circuit's opinion refusing to vacate a $47 million arbitral award issued to a Canadian lender, saying the justices need to establish a uniform standard to determine when a tribunal exceeded its powers.

  • August 10, 2026

    Okla. Co. Says Rig Seizure Claims Don't Need Redo

    An Oklahoma-based oil drilling company urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb a D.C. Circuit ruling ordering Venezuela's state-owned oil company to face long-pending expropriation allegations, saying an underlying circuit split is too narrow to warrant the high court's attention.

  • August 10, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Reverses Ax Of Commerce Duty Review Deadline

    The U.S. Department of Commerce's 15-day preliminary deadline for indicating interest in a sunset review of duty orders is within the department's statutory authority, a Federal Circuit panel ruled, reversing a U.S. Court of International Trade ruling spiking the deadline.

  • August 10, 2026

    Judge Blocks DOD Military Label For Chinese Biotech Co.

    A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Defense from enforcing a decision to designate WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd. as a Chinese military company, ruling the department's justifications appeared to lack a grounding in the evidence they cited.

  • August 10, 2026

    China Places Antidumping Duties On US, Mexican Pecans

    China will place preliminary antidumping duties on imported pecans from the U.S. and Mexico after concluding those goods are harming its domestic industry, the government said Monday.

  • August 10, 2026

    EU Sets Antidumping Duties On Plastic Compound Imports

    A chemical compound used in plastic production has been found to have been sold at less than fair value in the European Union, and imports from South Korea and Mexico will face antidumping duties, the European Commission announced Monday.

  • August 07, 2026

    Samsung, Maxell Square Off On Import Ban In ITC Patent Case

    Samsung has urged the U.S. International Trade Commission not to ban imports of its smartphones and tablets that a judge found to infringe a Maxell patent, saying a ban would only benefit a "foreign serial litigant," while Maxell said such an order would safeguard U.S. industry.

  • August 07, 2026

    Senate Clears Russia Sanctions Bill With New Tariff Authority

    The U.S. Senate approved legislation Friday that would enhance President Donald Trump's economic tools to pressure Russia, including new tariff authorities that raised concerns for Democratic lawmakers.

Expert Analysis

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Award Enforcement Is Just Step 1

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    In Qatar National Bank v. South Sudan and Bank of South Sudan, a D.C. federal court recently confirmed a $1 billion arbitral award, but the judgment itself remains only the entrance to the asset-recovery exercise, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square.

  • Series

    Going To Hardcore Shows Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While government contracts law and the hardcore scene may seem entirely unrelated, in my experience, both are about community, focus, being prepared for the unexpected and managing chaos, says Isaac Natter at Fluet.

  • 9th Circ. Ruling Exposes A Flaw In Federal Trade Secrets Law

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    The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Comet Technologies v. XP Power, addressing a difference between the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act and California's Uniform Trade Secrets Act, shows why the DTSA's requirement that claimed trade secrets not be readily ascertainable is inherently problematic, say attorneys at Buchalter.

  • 3 Rulings Show High Court's Transnational Litigation Stance

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's most recent term closed with three consequential decisions for transnational litigation that illustrate the court's readiness to enforce a Congress-created cause of action for overseas conduct and unwillingness to create this liability itself, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • Handling Section 301 Tariffs When CBP Detains Goods

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    Importers subject to Section 301 tariffs on goods under a U.S. Customs and Border Protection forced labor hold should consider three approaches when deciding whether to pay tariffs on goods that may ultimately be excluded, or wait and watch port demurrage compound daily, says James Ferry at Ferry Trade.

  • Lessons From 5 Months Of DOJ Corporate Policy Deals

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    Recent declinations and prosecution agreements between the U.S. Department of Justice and corporations since the March unveiling of the corporate enforcement and voluntary disclosure policy provide takeaways for management considering how to respond to corporate misconduct, says Brendan Quigley at Baker Botts.

  • 9th Circ. Rule Block Unlikely To Deter FinCEN Cartel Focus

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    The Ninth Circuit recently blocked the Financial Crimes Enforcement Unit's border cash reporting rule, interpreting it as an impermissible use of an emergency anti-money laundering tool, but regulators are more likely to see the opinion as a road map for building a more defensible rule, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

  • Series

    Being A Sommelier Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a sommelier has quietly shaped how I practice law by changing the way I think, communicate and connect with people, and offers a constant reminder that expertise is about making your knowledge useful and accessible to others, says Kara Du at Sheppard.

  • 3 Upcoming Deadlines That EB-5 Investors Should Consider

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    Potential EB-5 regional center investors should weigh three approaching deadlines, the most immediate of which is Sept. 30, that may affect their filing strategy, required capital commitment and ability to participate even if Congress fails to reauthorize the program, says Michael Ashoori at Ashoori Law.

  • China's New Outbound Investment Rule Reshapes Deal Risk

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    China's new outbound investment regulation introduces broad national security review and penalties, including personal liability, that will necessitate deeper diligence of cross-border deal participants with Chinese ties, earlier regulatory planning and closer attention to sanctions exposure, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • Defense Tips For Execs In DOJ's Tariff Fraud Crosshairs

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    As the Justice Department begins to criminally prosecute individual executives for tariff evasion, every importer of goods subject to elevated duties should understand how these cases are being built and which institutional decisions can shape their outcome, says Ashwin Ram at Buchalter.

  • Series

    Teaching SEC Investigations Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Instructing a law school course on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations has made me a more thoughtful, deliberate practitioner because it requires me to continually reassess and challenge what I know about securities law enforcement, how I know it and how best to explain it, says David Chase at Miami Law.

  • What New USDA 'Beneficial Owner' Definition Means For Cos.

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    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent pitch to add a new "beneficial owner" definition to its foreign-owned land reporting framework would overhaul how fund managers and joint venture participants report U.S. agricultural land interests, creating diligence risks as companies reassess governance rights and management structure, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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    Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses

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    U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing for hearings or drafting opinions, thereby affording judges more time to resolve contested issues.

  • USDA, Treasury Moves May Widen Agricultural Deal Scrutiny

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    Two agency actions that identify weaknesses in the government’s foreign investment screening architecture signal a broadening of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ jurisdiction over agricultural real estate transactions, more demanding beneficial-ownership resolutions and the coming integration of agency disclosure systems, says researcher Robert Green.

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