The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rang in the new year this week by announcing that three crude oil producers had agreed to pay a $5.6 million fine to settle claims that they engaged in unlawful “gun-jumping” by prematurely...more
1/10/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Sherman Act
2024 was a year defined by change in the world of administrative law. With the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, the nation’s...more
President-elect Trump has indicated that he will immediately increase tariffs as to imports from multiple countries, most notably China, Mexico, and Canada. However, companies involved in international trade are closely...more
11/27/2024
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China ,
Compliance ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
Section 301 ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
In a significant move to bolster the space industry and strengthen international partnerships, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a series of modifications to export controls on...more
11/19/2024
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China ,
Compliance ,
Export Controls ,
Final Rules ,
Innovation ,
Interim Rule ,
International Trade ,
NASA ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules
With the goal of bolstering domestic U.S. manufacturers and supply chains, the Federal Government has announced revisions to the “Buy American” program that will pressure U.S. agencies and companies to work with domestic...more
11/13/2024
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Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Manufacturers ,
NASA ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Supply Chain ,
Waivers
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a series of regulations passed by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The...more
At the end of its most recent term, the U.S. Supreme Court took aim at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s internal enforcement mechanism, heavily curtailing the ability of the SEC to self-enforce violations of our...more
Shrouded within the supplemental emergency appropriations bill for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act passed by Congress and signed into law significantly increases the statute of...more
The recently announced sanctions by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sent shockwaves through the Russian financial system, forcing the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) to halt trading of U.S....more
The U.S. Government recently announced the largest round of sanctions against the Russian Federation (Russia) since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago. This multi-agency effort enacted over 500 sanctions against foreign...more
3/7/2024
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Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
Military Conflict ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Supply Chain ,
UK ,
Ukraine
Over three years ago, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave Clean Water Act 404 permitting powers to the State of Florida. A few days ago, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the District of...more
3/5/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Center for Biological Diversity ,
Clean Water Act ,
Department of Environmental Protection ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Florida ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Permits ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
Revocation ,
SCOTUS ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Following a summit in Japan, the Group of Seven (“G7”) Competition Authorities and Policymakers issued a statement on November 8, 2023, that expressed a commitment to proactively address antitrust issues that could arise as...more