International Trade

  • September 09, 2024

    Sentencing Of Ex-Ecuador Official Delayed By Late Gov't Filing

    A frustrated Florida federal judge on Monday pushed back the sentencing of Ecuador's ex-comptroller — who was convicted of laundering more than $12 million in bribes — after admonishing the government for an "inexplicably and undeniably late" forfeiture motion filed at 4 p.m. Friday.

  • September 09, 2024

    Trade Panel Says Israeli Brass Rod Harms US Producers

    Brass rod imports from Israel are economically harming the U.S. industry, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Monday, setting the stage for the U.S. Department of Commerce to enact duties on the products.

  • September 09, 2024

    Wi-Fi Router Trade Dispute Paused While Makers Finalize Deal

    The U.S. International Trade Commission has stayed all deadlines in an intellectual property dispute between Netgear and TP-Link over TP-Link's Wi-Fi router imports as the pair finalizes a settlement resolving the case.

  • September 09, 2024

    EU Should Loosen Merger Rules To Compete, Report Says

    The European Union should loosen its merger rules and reform trade policy and the energy market in order to boost EU competitiveness enough to catch up with the U.S. and China, a former European Central Bank president reported Monday.

  • September 09, 2024

    EPA Enforcement Alert Issued For Illegal HFC Imports

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it is cracking down on illegal imports of hydrofluorocarbons, potent greenhouse gases that are used in refrigeration and air-conditioning and slated to be phased down.

  • September 09, 2024

    HMRC Fails To Nab £4B In Small-Biz Tax Evasion, Report Says

    HM Revenue & Customs has failed to stop small businesses from dodging more than £4.4 billion ($5.8 billion) in taxes because it lacks a focused strategy to tackle different tax evasion schemes, the U.K.'s National Audit Office reported Monday.

  • September 06, 2024

    ITC Judge Partially Clears Voltage Of Infringing Solar Patent

    North Carolina solar provider Voltage LLC's imports of a "trunk bus" power transmission system infringe a patent owned by Tennessee-based competitor Shoals Technologies Group Inc., but a revised design of the product does not, an administrative law judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission has found.

  • September 06, 2024

    FDII Covers Overseas Services For US Gov't, Memo Says

    Government contractors that provide services to U.S. operations overseas are allowed to claim the deduction for foreign-derived intangible income, the IRS said in one of two internal memos released Friday that address foreign income issues.

  • September 06, 2024

    US Steel Cos., Workers Seek New Tariffs On Foreign Steel

    Domestic steel companies and a labor union are seeking additional antidumping and countervailing duties on corrosion-resistant steel imports, telling U.S. trade officials that overseas producers used unfair trade practices to gain an edge in the U.S. market.

  • September 06, 2024

    Enviro Groups Challenge FERC Approval Of La. LNG Terminal

    Environmental groups and fishermen have called on the D.C. Circuit to slash the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a massive liquefied natural gas export terminal in Louisiana, saying the move violates federal law and illustrates the agency's "failure to consider and approve projects that are truly in the public interest."

  • September 06, 2024

    As Biden Looks To Block US Steel Deal, Rival Co. Weighs In

    Cleveland-Cliffs is lauding President Joe Biden's reported decision to block U.S. Steel's $14.9 billion planned merger with Nippon Steel and says it is ready to scoop up U.S. Steel's union assets, as the rival steelmaker weighed in on the matter following a flurry of quick developments this week indicating that the Nippon deal is all but dead.

  • September 06, 2024

    China Complains To WTO About Canada EV Surtaxes

    China is looking for the World Trade Organization to step in to address proposed Canadian surtaxes on imported Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum, taxes that a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce said Friday violate the organization's rules.

  • September 06, 2024

    EU Gears Up For New Commission With A Plea: More Women

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is gearing up to distribute the top jobs in foreign trade, economics and antitrust among the new commissioners for their five-year mandate, but she is pressing countries in the bloc to nominate more female candidates.

  • September 06, 2024

    Judge Newman's Suspension Extended For Another Year

    Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman was barred Friday from hearing cases for at least another year due to her refusal to participate in an investigation into her health, with the appeals court's other judges deciding unanimously to extend a suspension that began last year.

  • September 06, 2024

    SEC Accuses Esmark Of Lying About US Steel Bid

    A failed bid to acquire U.S. Steel has landed Pittsburgh-based Esmark Inc. in hot water with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which announced Friday that it had fined the company and its founder for falsely claiming they had the money to buy the manufacturing giant.

  • September 05, 2024

    ITC To Investigate Synthetic Hair Cos. For Patent Violations

    The U.S. International Trade Commission said it's launching an investigation after Atlanta-based JBS Hair Inc. claimed rival companies are importing synthetic hair that infringes ts patents.

  • September 05, 2024

    Biden To Block US Steel-Nippon, And More Deal Rumors

    President Joe Biden is reportedly preparing to block the $14.9 billion merger of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners may team up to buy Smartsheet, and Springer Nature is planning an initial public offering. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors reported over the past week.

  • September 05, 2024

    Fla. Law Firm Says It's Owed $247K In Fees From Chiquita MDL

    A South Florida law firm has urged a federal court to grant it $247,000 for its work in reaching a settlement from the long-running multidistrict litigation over Chiquita Brands International Inc.'s funding of Colombian paramilitaries, saying a fellow attorney waived objections after failing to meet with other lawyers in the case.

  • September 05, 2024

    Russian TV Host, Wife Charged With Dodging Sanctions

    The host of a television show on Russian state-owned network Channel One Russia and his wife were charged with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and money laundering in a pair of indictments unsealed Thursday.

  • September 05, 2024

    Russia 'History Nerd' Avoids Jail In Probe Of Oligarch Ties

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday allowed a Soviet Union-born Russia history buff to avoid time behind bars for lying the FBI about his affiliation with an anti-Ukraine group controlled by indicted Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev.

  • September 05, 2024

    Notice Of Duty Change Not Always Needed, Trade Court Says

    The U.S. Court of International Trade trimmed a tent company's efforts to restore duty-free treatment for its see-through, pop-up tent pods, rejecting Thursday the company's claim that customs officials failed to give proper notice that it was reclassifying the imports.

  • September 05, 2024

    UK Inks 1st International AI Safety Treaty With EU, US

    The U.K. government said Thursday it has signed the first binding international treaty governing artificial intelligence safety, with the European Union and the U.S. among those also inking the deal.

  • September 05, 2024

    Chile Approves Trade Protections For US Cheeses, Meats

    Chile approved an agreement with the U.S. that will allow U.S. exporters to continue selling prosciutto, cheddar and dozens of other meats and cheeses under their current names in the Chilean market.

  • September 12, 2024

    Bird & Bird Recruits M&A Partner In Frankfurt Amid Growth

    Bird & Bird LLP has hired a business expert as a partner in Frankfurt as the firm bolsters its growing corporate practice internationally, with a keen eye on its new office in Japan.

  • September 04, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Leans Toward Gov't In Conduit Classification Fight

    The Federal Circuit dug deep Wednesday into the definition of insulated material as part of an inquiry into whether the government's tariff classification of steel electrical conduit tubing made more sense than the importer's interpretation, with one judge stealing the show.

Expert Analysis

  • A Timeline Of Antisemitism Legislation And What It Means

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    What began as hearings in the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce has expanded to a House-wide effort to combat antisemitism and related issues, with wide-ranging implications for education, finance and nonprofit entities, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Opinion

    States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions

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    Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.

  • Unpacking Pressures, Trends Affecting Global Supply Chains

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    A recent HSBC report reveals a number of trends and challenges for global supply chains in the current uncertain geopolitical landscape, and with constant emerging opportunities, companies that can stay informed, be proactive and adapt to change will be well positioned to succeed, says Michelle Craven-Faulkner at Shoosmiths.

  • Series

    After Chevron: Rethinking Agency Deference In IP Cases

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent overturning of Chevron deference could make it simpler to challenge the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s proposed rule on terminal disclaimers and U.S. International Trade Commission interpretations, says William Milliken at Sterne Kessler.

  • Series

    Solving Puzzles Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Tackling daily puzzles — like Wordle, KenKen and Connections — has bolstered my intellectual property litigation practice by helping me to exercise different mental skills, acknowledge minor but important details, and build and reinforce good habits, says Roy Wepner at Kaplan Breyer.

  • Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice

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    The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation — a misdemeanor in most states — carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow at HWG.

  • In Memoriam: The Modern Administrative State

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    On June 28, the modern administrative state, where courts deferred to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, died when the U.S. Supreme Court overruled its previous decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council — but it is survived by many cases decided under the Chevron framework, say Joseph Schaeffer and Jessica Deyoe at Babst Calland.

  • How High Court Approached Time Limit On Reg Challenges

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Corner Post v. Federal Reserve Board effectively gives new entities their own personal statute of limitations to challenge rules and regulations, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh's concurrence may portend the court's view that those entities do not need to be directly regulated, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.

  • How To Clean Up Your Generative AI-Produced Legal Drafts

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    As law firms increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence tools to produce legal text, attorneys should be on guard for the overuse of cohesive devices in initial drafts, and consider a few editing pointers to clean up AI’s repetitive and choppy outputs, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • Series

    Boxing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Boxing has influenced my legal work by enabling me to confidently hone the skills I've learned from the sport, like the ability to remain calm under pressure, evaluate an opponent's weaknesses and recognize when to seize an important opportunity, says Kirsten Soto at Clyde & Co.

  • Opinion

    Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper decision will shape the contours of industry self-regulation in the years to come, providing opportunities for this often-misunderstood practice, says Eric Reicin at BBB National Programs.

  • 3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making Law After Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court clearly thinks it has done something big in overturning the Chevron precedent that had given deference to agencies' statutory interpretations, but regulated parties have to consider how agencies retain significant power to shape the law and its meaning, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • Roundup

    After Chevron

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    Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference standard in June, this Expert Analysis series has featured attorneys discussing the potential impact across 36 different rulemaking and litigation areas.

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    After Chevron: Expect Few Changes In ITC Rulemaking

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion overruling the Chevron doctrine will have less impact on the U.S. International Trade Commission than other agencies administering trade statutes, given that the commission exercises its congressionally granted authority in a manner that allows for consistent decision making at both agency and judicial levels, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

  • Opinion

    Atty Well-Being Efforts Ignore Root Causes Of The Problem

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    The legal industry is engaged in a critical conversation about lawyers' mental health, but current attorney well-being programs primarily focus on helping lawyers cope with the stress of excessive workloads, instead of examining whether this work culture is even fundamentally compatible with lawyer well-being, says Jonathan Baum at Avenir Guild.

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