Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 72 - Cultural Roots, Belonging, and the Fear of Change: What’s Next for Inclusion?
Daily Compliance News: June 24, 2025, The Questions, Questions, and More Questions Edition
Hot Topics in International Trade - Tariff Mitigation Strategies
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Adapting to Tariffs and Other Trade Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration
A Brief Primer on Tariffs Under the Trump Administration
Protect, Prepare, Prevail: Navigating a Complex Cybersecurity World
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Patent Considerations in View of the Nearshoring Trends to the Americas
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
No Password Required: Education Lead at Semgrep and Former Czar for Canada’s Election Security
Shifting Dynamics in Private Equity
4 Key Takeaways | Major U.S. Supreme Court Trademark & Copyright Decisions
Hidden Traffic : New Human Trafficking and Child Labor Regulation in Canada with Sean Stephenson
[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
[Podcast] USMCA in Review, with C.J. Mahoney, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Episode 4 - USMCA and the trade relationship between the U.S.A, Mexico, & China
Five Questions, Five Answers: Electric Mobility Canada on Its Promises for a Cleaner Economy
Five Questions, Five Answers: The Voice of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
President Trump Announces Higher Tariff Rates Effective August 1st- After announcing an extension of the reciprocal tariff rates from July 9, 2025, to August 1,2025, President Trump published letters which were sent to...more
Le 17 juin 2025, le gouvernement fédéral canadien a annoncé l’imposition du « plus vaste ensemble » de sanctions liées aux navires et au commerce contre la Russie depuis l’invasion à grande échelle de l’Ukraine par la Russie...more
On June 13, 2025, the Government of Canada registered three significant packages of amendments to the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (the Regulations) under SOR/2025-141, SOR/2025-142 and SOR/2025-143....more
On June 17, 2025, Canada announced its “biggest-ever” package of vessel- and trade-related sanctions against Russia since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The amendments to the Special Economic...more
A Russian expatriate with a Canadian-registered company has been charged by the RCMP under both the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (“Russia Regulations”) and the anti-money laundering provisions of the...more
Overview- Provided below is a status update and summary of tariffs that have been implemented since February 1, 2025, and its impacts on imports from multiple countries. IEEPA Tariffs - IEEPA tariffs were announced...more
Canada Development Investment Corp. (CDEV) has announced the launch of the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan (LETL) facility, a new government-backed loan facility to support large Canadian enterprises affected by actual and...more
Between tariffs, tightening export controls, evolving sanctions, and ramped up enforcement, the cost and complexity of compliance is rising for oil and gas supply chains. ACI’s Trade & Sanctions Compliance for the Oil and...more
Le 8 avril 2025, le ministre de l’Énergie et des Mines de l’Ontario a publié une lettre (la « lettre du ministre ») demandant notamment à la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario et à la Société indépendante d’exploitation du...more
The Government of Ontario has issued the Procurement Restriction Policy (the “Policy”) which aims to restrict U.S. businesses from accessing public sector procurements in Ontario, including public procurements administered by...more
Following President Trump’s April 2 press conference and Executive Order imposing additional baseline or reciprocal tariffs on products from all countries, the White House has released Annex I’s list of country-specific...more
As reported in our prior update on April 2, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) imposing sweeping tariffs on a broad range of imports from virtually all trading partners. The text of the EO references two...more
President Trump recently announced new and increased tariffs affecting key construction materials. The on-again, off-again nature of the Trump Administration’s tariff measures are contributing to the economic uncertainty in...more
In a public event at the White House on April 2, President Trump announced the imposition of “reciprocal” tariffs on virtually all goods imported into the United States from all countries. For certain countries the...more
On April 2, 2025, the proclaimed tariff “Liberation Day,” President Trump announced his “reciprocal tariffs” actions from the Rose Garden at the White House. Invoking his authority under the International Emergency Economic...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) imposing reciprocal tariffs on most nations. The new tariffs, which include a baseline rate of 10 percent as well as higher rates for dozens of trading...more
The table below presents a structured timeline of executive actions, policy directives, and trade-related decisions issued by President Trump’s administration from January 2025 to the present. It focuses on critical areas...more
Since taking office in January 2025, the Trump Administration has announced, imposed, or reimposed various tariff-related restrictions on articles imported into the United States. These proposed tariffs and their...more
Geopolitical risk is emerging as one of the greatest challenges facing domestic and international business today. It has risen from a boardroom issue to one drawing the awareness and attention of both personnel and the...more
The tariffs imposed by President Trump on Canada and Mexico under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) went into effect on March 4, 2025. Our initial posting on this development can be found here....more
Le 4 mars 2025, le premier ministre de l’Ontario a annoncé, avec prise d’effet immédiate, que toutes les sociétés établies aux États-Unis seront exclues du processus des marchés publics de la province tant et aussi longtemps...more
On March 4, 2025, the Premier of Ontario announced that, effective immediately, all United States-based companies are banned from taking part in government procurements as long as U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports are in...more
An update to our previous alert on new tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports. Yesterday, as announced in several early February Executive Orders, the U.S. government imposed new duties on most imports from Canada and...more
In response to President Trump imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Canada as previously reported here, the Canadian Government announced retaliatory tariffs against imports from the United States. Canada announced 25%...more
We previously covered President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs and the various retaliatory tariff and nontariff countermeasures announced by each country in separate posts. Currently, the Mexico and Canada tariffs have been paused...more