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With New Tariffs, Recent Settlements May Foreshadow Future DOJ Enforcement

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The Trump administration’s implementation of tariffs on August 7, 2025, will have profound implications for companies engaged in international supply chains. These tariffs are poised to increase business costs, affecting a...more

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

$140M US Export Controls Enforcement Action for ‘Reason to Know, Including Awareness of a High Probability’ Violations

On July 28, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) jointly announced resolutions of parallel criminal and administrative...more

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DOJ Ramps Up Enforcement Efforts Targeting Tariff Evasion and Trade Fraud

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it is expanding its enforcement priorities to include a focus on import-related fraud — particularly schemes aimed at evading U.S. tariffs and duties. This marks a...more

Jones Day

Landmark Enforcement Under U.S. CPSA Leads to Sentencing of Corporate Executives for Failure to Report Product Hazards

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In June 2025, two former executives were each sentenced to more than three years in prison for conspiracy and failure to report hazardous products to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC"), marking the first...more

Fish & Richardson

Lack of Bona Fide Intent to Use Sends Alcohol Trademark Application Down the Drain

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In a recent precedential decision, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) upheld an opposition by Tequila Cuadra S. de RL de CV (“Tequila Cuadra”) and denied an application filed by Manufacturera de Botas Cuadra,...more

K&L Gates LLP

Talking Sports Law: A Conversation with Former Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Seattle Mariners Fred Rivera

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On this episode of Talking Sports Law, host John Wilson and co-host Trevor Gates are joined by Fred Rivera, former Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Seattle Mariners. Rivera describes his time with the...more

Dickinson Wright

Public Safety Canada Releases Updated Guidance on Forced and Child Labour Reporting Rules

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Public Safety Canada (“PSC”) recently published updated guidance on the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the “Act”), which clarifies the interpretation and implementation of the Act (the...more

Jones Day

SkyKick v Sky: UK Supreme Court Confronts Bad Faith in Trade Mark Applications

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The UK Supreme Court has issued a landmark judgment dealing with specific bad faith considerations for trade marks....more

Clark Hill PLC

“VPPA Is No Dinosaur Statute” – Second Circuit Breathes New Life Into Federal Video Privacy Protection Act

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“Our modern means of consuming content may be different, but the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”)’s privacy protections remain as robust today as they were in 1988,” wrote Second Circuit Judge Beth Robinson in the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Ninth Circuit Issues Opinion on Constitutionality of California’s AADC

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Keypoint: The appellate court ruled that the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act’s impact assessment provision is unconstitutional and remanded the case back to the trial court to consider the constitutionality of the...more

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DHS’ Second UFLPA Strategy Update: Aluminum, PVC, and Seafood Enter the UFLPA’s Purview for Scrutiny and Enforcement

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Since the inception of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), importers globally have started to become acutely aware of potential forced labor risks hidden beneath intricate supply chains....more

Holland & Knight LLP

California Law Bans Hidden Fees for Goods and Services Starting July 1, 2024

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California Senate Bill 478 (SB 478) will prohibit hidden fees for goods and services beginning July 1, 2024. The amendment to the California Legal Remedies Act (California Civil Code Section 1770(a)(29)) aims to eliminate...more

Venable LLP

California Releases FAQs on Complying with Impending Drip Pricing Law

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Late last week, the California attorney general released Frequently Asked Questions regarding California’s “Honest Pricing Law” or “Hidden Fees Statute,” which will take effect July 1, 2024. The law is anticipated to have a...more

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Enhanced Sustainability Requirements for Federal Contractors

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On April 22, 2024, the U.S. government issued a final rule ("Rule") to restructure and update the Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR") to implement a requirement for agencies to procure sustainable products and services to...more

Mayer Brown

EU Bans Products Made Using Forced Labour – What Should Companies Expect?

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On March 5, 2024, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a "political agreement" on a Regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour ("the EU Forced Labour Regulation" or "the EUFLR")...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Thumbs-Up Emoji Conveys Acceptance of Commercial Contract, Saskatchewan Court Rules, as Plaintiff Gets the Last LOL

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In South West Terminal Ltd. v. Achter Land & Cattle Ltd., 2023 SKKB 116, the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan (the “Court”) ruled that a “thumbs-up” emoji can convey acceptance of a contract. The ruling, which has garnered...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

11 Key Strategies to Protect Your Company’s Supply Chain and Mitigate Risks Against Financially Distressed Customers and Suppliers

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As we pass the midpoint of 2022 and the world expresses a collective sigh of relief that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be behind us, a perfect storm of extraordinary factors is creating conditions for financial...more

Jenner & Block

Ten Questions Answered About Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

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Can you prove the absence of forced labor in your supply chain? As of June 21, 2022, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will presume that all goods manufactured in whole or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FTC Sues to Block Lockheed’s Proposed Acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne in Milestone Defense Industry Vertical Challenge

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed suit yesterday to block Lockheed Martin Corporation’s proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., announced back in December 2020. Aerojet, the last...more

BakerHostetler

Made in USA, Part Two – How Far Back Do You Have to Look?

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Prior to the new year, we blogged about how the Federal Trade Commission’s (Commission) decision to codify its Made in USA (MUSA) guidance into a rule – and the accompanying threat of civil penalties – makes it all the more...more

Wiley Rein LLP

What Companies Need to Know: Uyghur Forced Labor Act Signed Into Law

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After more than a year of debate in the U.S. Congress as to the scope and enforceability, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA or Act) passed Congress with strong bipartisan support. President Biden has publicly...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

The Short Arm of GDPR? UK Court Decision Analyzes Application of GDPR to US-based Company

Organizations in the United States often ask us how to comply with GDPR. But starting with that question skips a key inquiry: the extent to which GDPR applies to a US company in the first place....more

Smart & Biggar

Trademarks in 2020: Notable Canadian trademark cases and developments

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There were several notable trademark cases in Canada in 2020, including those addressing comparative advertising, depreciation of goodwill, brand parody, trademark ‘use’ in the absence of a brick-and-mortar location, and...more

Polsinelli

Crack in the Dam that Shields Online Retail Platforms from Liability for Defective Products from Third-Parties

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On August 13, 2020, in a case involving an Amazon customer injured by a defective battery purchased online, the California Court of Appeal overturned a trial court ruling that had determined Amazon was a mere provider of...more

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Price Gouging and Services: Third-Party Food Delivery Price Gouging?

As new restrictions addressing the economic impacts of COVID-19 continue to be proposed, some are targeting price increases for services. Businesses may want to re-familiarize themselves with the “services” covered by...more

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