International Trade

  • February 02, 2024

    Ex-Trump Aide Peter Navarro Seeks To Stay Free Amid Appeal

    Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro argued Friday for remain out of custody pending appeal of his four-month sentence for refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, citing "close questions" about whether he should've been able to assert an executive privilege defense.

  • February 02, 2024

    Atty Says Feds Duped Grand Jury In $12M Somali Fraud Case

    Newly disclosed evidence of prosecutorial misconduct should end charges against a Maryland lawyer headed to trial in March over the alleged misappropriation of over $12 million in Somali state assets, his legal team told a federal judge Friday.

  • February 02, 2024

    US Chamber Calls SEC SolarWinds Suit An FCPA 'Power Grab'

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Friday urged a New York federal court to ax the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit against software provider SolarWinds Corp., saying the agency is using a provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act as a power grab for broader corporate policing authority.

  • February 02, 2024

    Wells Fargo Gets Elder Abuse Suit Dismissed, For Now

    A California federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo of facilitating a financial scam against a senior, saying that while the bank's employees should have known something was suspicious about the victim's transactions, the bank's alleged actions did not inherently constitute elder abuse.

  • February 02, 2024

    Aviation Biz Can't Recoup Duty With Floating Text, Judge Says

    An airplane parts manufacturer couldn't claw back the duties it paid on imports that were ultimately reexported, failing to convince the U.S. Court of International Trade that floating text in the tariff schedule qualified the items for a duty drawback.

  • February 02, 2024

    BAT, Philip Morris Reach Patent Deal For Global Vape IP Fights

    British American Tobacco and Philip Morris International Inc. said Friday that the companies had come to a settlement resolving multiple heated tobacco and vape patent infringement suits.

  • February 02, 2024

    Feds Charge 9 With Trafficking Sanctioned Iranian Oil

    Nine foreign nationals have been charged with running an oil trafficking network to sell sanctioned fuel that helped finance the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the U.S. government considers a terrorist organization, the Department of Justice said Friday.

  • February 02, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Dentons sued by a former high-profile partner in Saudi Arabia, Jaguar Land Rover rev its engine in the intellectual property court against automotive company HaynesPro, and the Russian National Reinsurance Company tackle a settlement with BOC Aviation over stranded aircraft. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • February 02, 2024

    GSA Lets Contractors Claim Rising Red Sea Shipping Costs

    The U.S. General Services Administration has authorized agencies participating in its employee relocation program to reimburse shipping companies the extra costs of rerouting household goods shipments to avoid Houthi attacks on the Red Sea.

  • February 01, 2024

    Binance Enabled Hamas Fundraising, Oct. 7 Survivors Say

    A mother and daughter taken by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack in Israel as well as the family of two victims sued crypto-exchange Binance for allegedly allowing Hamas-linked accounts to transact on its platform and hiding that activity from U.S. regulators.

  • February 01, 2024

    Chinese Nationals Charged With Smuggling US Tech To Iran

    The United States government has charged four Chinese nationals in Washington, D.C., federal court with unlawfully smuggling technology to entities in Iran that manufacture military products, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement Wednesday.

  • February 01, 2024

    175 Biz Groups Lobby WTO To Keep Block On Digital Duties

    The World Trade Organization should renew a decades-old suspension of tariffs on electronic commissions at its upcoming Ministerial Conference to ensure a future of innovation and resiliency, 175 business associations from around the world told the WTO in a statement.

  • February 01, 2024

    Oil Price Cap Coalition Outlines Top Evasion Tactics

    The countries behind the Russian oil price cap, or OPC, issued new guidance Thursday outlining the primary tactics used to evade the $60 per barrel limit, including the increasing use of byzantine corporate structures to hide prohibited transactions.

  • February 01, 2024

    Mexico Can't Confirm US Labor Claims At Fujikura Auto Plant

    Investigators from Mexico's Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Economy said Wednesday they can't verify U.S.-backed claims of labor rights violations and discrimination against former union organizers at an automotive plant in Piedras Negras, Coahuila.

  • February 01, 2024

    Biden Admin. Sanctions Israeli Settlers In West Bank

    President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Thursday imposing financial and visa restrictions on "extremist" actors in the West Bank, with the first round of sanctions being levied against four Israeli settlers found to have assaulted Palestinian civilians and Israeli activists. 

  • February 01, 2024

    Senate Confirms Commerce Dept. Alumna To Trade Court

    The Senate voted 53-42 on Thursday to confirm Lisa Wang, assistant secretary of commerce for enforcement and compliance in the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, to serve on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

  • February 01, 2024

    Court Faults Feds For Pegging Chinese Keg Duty To New Data

    The U.S. Department of Commerce abused its discretion by accepting new evidence to recalculate anti-dumping duties on Chinese kegs instead of using available data, the U.S. Court of International Trade said, ordering the tariffs to be redone once more.

  • January 31, 2024

    Auto Parts Co. To Pay $3M To End China Import Duty Probe

    An Oregon-based auto accessory manufacturer has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it intentionally underreported certain duties owed on aluminum parts from China, defrauding U.S. Customs and Border Protection and illegally undercutting American competitors, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

  • January 31, 2024

    Davis Polk, Latham Lead Amer Sports' Below-Range $1.4B IPO

    Amer Sports Inc., which owns the iconic brands Wilson tennis rackets and Louisville Slugger baseball bats, priced its initial public offering Wednesday at just under $1.4 billion, below its price range, represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters counsel Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • January 31, 2024

    Worker-Centered Trade Faces Headwinds From Lawmakers

    President Joe Biden's goal to recalibrate international trade to support middle-class jobs is facing headwinds following a series of trade negotiation setbacks, an exodus of high-level staffers, and now a congressional threat to his nomination of a deputy trade representative.

  • January 31, 2024

    Huawei Faces Civil RICO Suit From Netgear

    A major U.S. company is suing Huawei in California federal court under racketeering laws, arguing that the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated telecom giant is using infringement suits in Germany and China to demand "excessive and discriminatory royalties."

  • January 31, 2024

    Suit Says Oreo Maker 'Greenwashes' Deforesting And Child Labor

    The maker of Oreos and Clif Bars "greenwashes" its cocoa-containing food products with deceptive labeling that hides evidence of environmental degradation, child labor and child slavery in its supply chain, a proposed class action claims.

  • January 31, 2024

    Biden Climate Team Gains New Int'l Aide, EPA Air Leader

    In significant moves for the Biden administration's climate agenda, the White House on Wednesday said John Podesta will replace John Kerry as President Joe Biden's top international climate change policy adviser and the U.S. Senate confirmed Biden's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency's air office.

  • January 31, 2024

    Watchdog Calls For Written Guidance On Autos

    A government watchdog report Wednesday urged the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to develop written guidance to better partner with other federal offices on the Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods, which provides advice on regional trade rules.

  • January 31, 2024

    Feds Urged To Adopt EV Battery Tracing For Tax Credit Rules

    A mechanism to trace the source of battery materials in electric vehicles would help enforce manufacturers' compliance with the domestic content requirements that are now linked to the EV consumer tax credit, stakeholders told U.S. Treasury Department and IRS officials Wednesday.

Expert Analysis

  • How To Protect Atty-Client Privilege While Using Generative AI

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    When using generative artificial intelligence tools, attorneys should consider several safeguards to avoid breaches or complications in attorney-client privilege, say Antonious Sadek and Christopher Campbell at DLA Piper.

  • How New Lawyers Can Leverage Feedback For Growth

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    Embracing constructive criticism as a tool for success can help new lawyers accelerate their professional growth and law firms build a culture of continuous improvement, says Katie Aldrich at Fringe Professional Development.

  • Why The US-Japan-South Korea Summit Is Monumental For AI

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    The recent trilateral summit shows that the U.S., Japan and South Korea are seemingly aligned on their approaches toward regulations governing artificial intelligence, though there are possible challenges to the creation of international standards, says California attorney Donna Etemadi.

  • Dissecting The Proposed Foreign Extortion Prevention Act

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    If the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act — recently introduced in Congress seeking to fill a gap in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act — becomes law, it will be music to the ears of many U.S. businesses that feel that they bear an unfair burden when it comes to foreign bribery enforcement, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • Twitter Legal Fees Suit Offers Crash Course In Billing Ethics

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    X Corp.'s suit alleging that Wachtell grossly inflated its fees in the final days of Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition provides a case study in how firms should protect their reputations by hewing to ethical billing practices and the high standards for professional conduct that govern attorney-client relationships, says Lourdes Fuentes at Karta Legal.

  • EU Privacy Framework Bodes Well For US Life Sciences Cos.

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    U.S.-based life sciences companies could face data transfer challenges since they may be subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation even without having an EU presence, but a recently approved EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework may provide helpful protection at least for the near future, says Wim Nauwelaerts at Alston & Bird.

  • Self-Disclosure Lessons From Exemplary Corp. Resolutions

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    With scant examples of corporate resolutions in the wake of U.S. Department of Justice self-disclosure policy changes last fall, companies may glean helpful insights from three recent declination letters, as well as other governmental self-reporting regimes, say Lindsey Collins and Kate Rumsey at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Trade Preference Program Revival: Is The Past Prologue?

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    Attorneys at Squire Patton discuss what Congress' past reauthorizations of the Generalized System of Preferences reveal about the prospects for its revitalization in the current term, why this oldest of U.S. trade preference programs should be protected, and how importers can utilize its advantages in the meantime.

  • The Benefits Of Preparing OFAC's Blocked Property Report

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    Companies preparing to submit an annual report of blocked property, due Sept. 30 to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, can use the process to reassess whether existing sanctions compliance measures are appropriate and make adjustments to address new risks, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • ABA's Money-Laundering Resolution Is A Balancing Act

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    While the American Bar Association’s recently passed resolution recognizes a lawyer's duty to discontinue representation that could facilitate money laundering and other fraudulent activity, it preserves, at least for now, the delicate balance of judicial, state-based regulation of the legal profession and the sanctity of the attorney-client relationship, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Bid Protest Spotlight: Unfair Advantage, Buy American Waiver

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    In this month's bid protest roundup, James Tucker at MoFo offers takeaways on one decision that considers unfair proposal development advantages in the context of an employee's access to nonpublic information in a prior federal government position, and another decision that reconsiders a contract award based on an inadequately supported waiver of Buy American Act restrictions.

  • Law Firm Professional Development Steps To Thrive In AI Era

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    As generative artificial intelligence tools rapidly evolve, professional development leaders are instrumental in preparing law firms for the paradigm shifts ahead, and should consider three strategies to help empower legal talent with the skills required to succeed in an increasingly complex technological landscape, say Steve Gluckman and Anusia Gillespie at SkillBurst Interactive.

  • Industry Takeaways From OMB's Final Buy America Guidance

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    The Office of Management and Budget's recently released guidance on "Buy America" requirements for federal infrastructure projects provides clarity in certain areas but fails to address troublesome inconsistencies with state laws and international trade agreements, so manufacturers and suppliers will need to tread carefully as agencies implement the changes, say Amy Hoang and Sarah Barney at Seyfarth Shaw.

  • Opinion

    Russia Ruling Should Lead UK To Review Sanctions Policy

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    The High Court's recent dismissal of the first-ever court challenge to Russian sanctions in Shvidler v. Secretary of State sets a demanding standard for overturning designation decisions, highlighting the need for an independent review of the Russia sanctions regime, says Helen Taylor at Spotlight on Corruption.

  • Understanding China's Crypto-Blockchain Dichotomy

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    Even as China restricts cryptocurrency use, its actions frequently support blockchain as a complementary technology to real economy sectors, which is why the blockchain-cryptocurrency distinction is core to understanding the country's relationship with these technologies, say attorneys at Cravath.

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