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Here’s How Commercial Contracts Can Ease the Cost Burden of New Tariffs Impacting Manufacturers

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 3/26/2025

Commercial contracts tend to be full of “boilerplate provisions” that, to paraphrase Mark Twain’s assessment of classic novels, everyone knows are important, but no one actually reads. When COVID-19 struck, manufacturers...more

How to Create a Lean - Yet Secure - Supply Chain in Today’s Uncertain World

Ankura on 10/4/2022

A recent survey found that 87% of supply chain professionals plan to invest in resilience in the near future, which is no surprise given the amount of global events which have shocked supply chains recently. Political...more

Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2022

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/7/2022

As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more

Exiger’s Fight to Secure Supply Chains: Spotlight on Manufacturing and Consumer Markets

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 5/24/2022

Welcome to a blog post series on Exiger’s fight to secure supply chains, sponsored by Exiger LLC. In this series, we will explore the ongoing efforts of Exiger to lead the discussion and enhancement of Supply Chain Risk...more

Non-Remote Manufacturing in a Remote World

Womble Bond Dickinson on 2/23/2021

Manufacturers are encountering myriad challenges as they address delays sourcing materials and producing goods, while meeting the expectations of retailers and consumers who expect fast delivery. The challenges present...more

COVID-19: Steps Product Manufacturers Can Take to Protect Their Brand as At-Risk Retailers Face Bankruptcy

K&L Gates LLP on 5/7/2020

The economic fallout of COVID-19 is widespread and immense, and few businesses remain unscathed by fundamental changes to consumer spending. No industry may be more affected than traditional department stores and brick and...more

U.S. Liability Considerations for Product Manufacturers Shifting Production to New Products to Assist in Pandemic Response

BCLP on 4/23/2020

An issue of concern for some manufacturers during the COVID-19 outbreak is the issue of potential liability in a product liability lawsuit if they switch their manufacturing process to produce items they don’t normally...more

Identifying and Mitigating the Product Liability Risks in the U.S. Posed by SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

BCLP on 3/31/2020

As with many aspects of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for the disease COVID-19, the resulting impact of the virus is in its infancy, with rapid changes expected. At this stage, we have observed limited...more

With Environmental Compliance, Proactive Communication Is Crucial

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 3/30/2020

COVID-19 is causing great uncertainty for manufacturers in all respects. Workers throughout the private and public sectors are increasingly working from home and dealing with restrictions on travel and in-person meetings, all...more

COVID-19: Force Majeure in Manufacturing, Distribution, and Retail; and Food and Beverage

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 3/21/2020

Companies in the manufacturing, distribution, and retail sector are analyzing how to best navigate these unprecedented times. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have worked to...more

Managing the Commercial Impact of the Coronavirus: Implications for the Technology Industry

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/18/2020

The coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) has now been documented in more than 100 countries and territories. As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world,...more

COVID-19 and Product Liability: Current Trends and Future Implications

Butler Snow LLP on 3/18/2020

It has been four months since the world learned of coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”), the new strain of coronavirus causing respiratory infection in its victims. With nearly 154,000 confirmed cases and a current death...more

Coronavirus: Impact on the Retail Industry

Goulston & Storrs PC on 3/13/2020

Coronavirus Disease 2019 or “COVID-19” continues to dominate national and international discussion. News outlets in Boston, New York, London, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and every other city and town in the world continue...more

FDA postpones foreign inspections amid growing concerns over coronavirus (COVID-19)

Hogan Lovells on 3/11/2020

On 10 March 2020, FDA announced that it is postponing most foreign inspections through April 2020. This action comes as the latest in a series of agency responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks in foreign...more

COVID 19 and Supply Chain Contracts

Polsinelli on 3/11/2020

Covid-19 has caused serious disruption to manufacturers’ ability to produce products and fill orders on a timely basis, which in turn has impeded the performance of countless supply chains....more

Coronavirus: Considerations for an Emergency Supply-Chain Response Plan

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/10/2020

We are in "unchartered territory" with the coronavirus, or COVID-19, according to the the World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The virus has been documented in more than 70 countries and...more

An Unintended Interruption to the Global Supply Chain

Goulston & Storrs PC on 3/9/2020

The current outbreak of COVID-19 (the coronoavirus) will be a test of the global supply chain’s strength in the face of unintended interruptions, and can be a lesson on building-in supply-chain contingency plans. As a result...more

Unfolding Coronavirus Conditions Present Unprecedented Challenges For Manufacturers

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 3/4/2020

The patchwork of federal, state and local laws addressing leaves of absence, protections of people with disabilities and a manufacturer’s general obligation to provide a safe workplace come head-to-head with public reports of...more

Managing the Commercial Impact of the Coronavirus: An Effective Supply Chain Response Plan

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/27/2020

...The coronavirus (provisionally named SARS-CoV-2, with its disease being named COVID-19) has now been documented in six of the world’s seven continents, with more than 80,000 cases, sparing only Antarctica. Closer to home,...more

The Impact of the Coronavirus on the Global Supply Chain

Stinson LLP on 2/24/2020

At the end of December, China acknowledged the existence of the coronavirus, and this burgeoning heath crisis is becoming a supply chain problem. China, a major manufacturing hub for materials, products and components being...more

Coronavirus Outbreak Prompts Supply Chain Disruptions

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/21/2020

Now in its third month, the coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, has claimed over 2,000 lives and brought one of the world’s most dynamic economies to a near standstill. ...more

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