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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The UK-US ‘Economic Prosperity Deal’ and Its Impact

On May 8, 2025, the U.K. and U.S. announced a trade deal to reduce or remove tariffs on each other’s exports, including on cars, steel and aluminum, and released the general terms for a potential U.K.-U.S. trade agreement....more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - June 2025 - Trump’s Plan B for Tariffs

On May 28, 2025, the United States’ Court of International Trade (CIT) struck down the President’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs. This includes tariffs imposed on Canada,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … The Recent Court Decisions Striking Down the IEEPA Tariffs

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top This year, U.S. trade policy has undergone a dramatic shift, driven by a series of presidential proclamations that have raised tariff rates sharply. Some tariffs (such...more

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Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Reinstates Trump’s Tariffs: What It Means for Trade, Business and Presidential Power

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The ongoing legal and political saga surrounding President Donald Trump’s tariffs has taken an expected turn following the U.S. Court of International Trade’s surprise ruling earlier this week. A federal appeals court has...more

Ice Miller

Court of International Trade Issues Surprise Ruling on Trump Tariffs: What You Need to Know

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On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, and Thursday, May 29, 2025, three significant court actions impacted the tariff and trade landscape....more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Michigan Court of Appeals Splits with Federal Courts and Holds Standard Stellantis Contract Terms Enforceable

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Earlier this week, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued its opinion in FCA US, LLC v. Kamax Inc., et al., the latest in a string of court decisions interpreting the enforceability of supply chain contracts in the wake of the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Section 337 Now Viable for “Mere Importers” After Federal Circuit’s Lashify Decision

For years, the U.S. International Trade Commission maintained that the potent remedies available under Section 337 were unavailable to intellectual property owners considered to be nothing more than “mere importers.” That...more

A&O Shearman

English courts take jurisdiction over Malaysian forced labour allegations - Limbu v Dyson

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The English Court of Appeal has ruled that the English courts have jurisdiction to hear a claim brought by a group of migrant workers against three companies in the Dyson group alleging trafficking and abuses of their labour...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

FAAAA Circuit Split Remains Unresolved as U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Gauthier vs. TQL

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On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari in the case of Gauthier vs. Total Quality Logistics, leaving the decision of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals intact. This means that freight...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

How the UK High Court Decision on Forced Labor Impacts Your Supply Chain Due Diligence

The recent ruling by the U.K. Court of Appeal declared that the U.K. National Crime Agency’s decision not to investigate the importation of cotton produced through the use of Uyghur forced labor in China was unlawful. This...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Significant UK Court of Appeal Decision Confirms the Applicability of the UK’s Proceeds of Crime Legislation to Illegality in...

The UK Court of Appeal recently held that the National Crime Agency’s decision not to investigate whether cotton goods manufactured in China and imported to the UK were the product of forced labour was unlawful — a decision...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rules Could Collide with California’s Laws

The SEC’s new climate regulations generate uncertainty for companies that must comply with both the SEC’s and California’s climate-related disclosure requirements. On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Litigation and Governmental Regulation in Response to Record Vehicle Prices in the Wake of COVID-19

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As COVID-19 has led to supply chain issues and labor shortages, Americans have seen the price of cars both new and used skyrocket to new heights. Used car prices are currently 43 percent higher than projected levels without...more

Mintz

A plan for East Boston is great. But we need one for downtown too!

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Kudos to Shirley Leung of The Boston Globe for concisely recounting the past 15 years of Boston waterfront planning, where it has and hasn't gotten us, and where we need to get in the foreseeable future. Mayor Wu has great...more

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German court rules Facebook illegally harvested data

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 14 (July 23, 2020) - Germany’s top court reversed a decision by an appeals court, stating that there is no doubt that Facebook enjoys a dominant position in the market and also no...more

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Supply Contract Update: Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms that a Requirements Contract Need Not Be Exclusive (Cadillac Rubber &...

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On February 11, 2020, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a significant decision that impacts manufacturing supply contracts – especially those in the automotive industry – holding that a buyer may enforce a supply contract...more

Morgan Lewis

Federal Circuit Acetris Decision Is Important for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Planning Sales to US Government

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s February 10 decision in Acetris Health, LLC v. United States provides important guidance regarding the determination of a product’s country of origin, which is a gating issue...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Product Liability 2019 Year in Review

Massachusetts state and federal courts issued a number of important product liability decisions in 2019. The Product Liability practice group at Nutter recently reviewed these cases. Highlighted below are some of the key...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Divorce Tips: How to Avoid Getting Your New Channel Partners Sued

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Leaving behind an underperforming dealer or distributor relationship for a new one can be exciting for manufacturers and suppliers. It’s always a good feeling to get a part of the business turned around and headed in the...more

Bilzin Sumberg

11th Circuit Ruling Strenuously Protects Arbitration Pacts

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The Federal Arbitration Act does not preclude a court challenge to an arbitration award. The FAA, however, does establish very limited grounds for vacatur of arbitration awards. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...more

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UK Court of Appeal rules against Google

Report on Supply Chain Compliance, Volume 2, no. 19 (October 10, 2019) - A case involving the “Safari Workaround”[1] has made its way through the U.K. courts over the past 18 months and has recently been allowed to proceed....more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Should Amazon be Liable for Products Sold in its Marketplace?

Amazon, the largest e-commerce website in the world and a member of the “Big Four” has repeatedly, and successfully, argued that the company is not liable for harm caused by the defective products that are sold by third...more

Perkins Coie

Notable Ruling: Alien Tort Statute Focus in Aiding and Abetting

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On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important opinion reviving a decade-old Alien Tort Claims Act (ATS) suit based on alleged aiding and abetting slave labor in cocoa farms on the Ivory...more

Hogan Lovells

Parent company liability – Court of Appeal upholds decision rejecting jurisdiction over claims brought against Unilever by victims...

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On 4 July 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in AAA & Ors. v Unilever PLC and Unilever Tea Kenya Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1532, dismissing an appeal by victims of the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Contracts with Foreign Companies May Require a Rewrite

A recent California case may force companies doing business with foreign entities to reconsider—and maybe rewrite—their contracts. In Rockefeller Tech. Invs. (Asia) VII v. Changzhou Sinotype Tech. Co., No. B272170, 2018 WL...more

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