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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Global Supply Chain Horizons - July 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of our quarterly global supply chain horizons providing you with a update on the key developments from around the world. Cross-Border - China and the US trade deal - On June 27, the PRC...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Weathering the Storm: Contract Strategies for Supply Chain Resilience in the UK and US

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In the post-Covid era, we are all familiar with the concept of supply chain disruption. International supply chains have been impacted by war in Ukraine, geopolitical tensions, extreme weather events and climate change. They...more

Venable LLP

New U.S. Sanctions Target Russia's Industrial Base, Additional Financial Institutions, and Technology Suppliers

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Since the outset of the Russian aggression in Ukraine, the Biden administration has issued incremental sanctions targeting various sectors of the Russian economy, aimed at curbing Russia's ability to wage war against Ukraine....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Mobility@McDermott: Monthly Update - 8/2023

1. Federal Court of Justice rules on bank’s right of retention after withdrawal from loan and purchase agreements if consumer sells vehicle Germany’s highest civil court, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof,...more

Hogan Lovells

BEIS publishes draft legislation to extend post-Brexit transitional arrangements for businesses

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On 6 September 2022, a proposed negative statutory instrument relating to Brexit was published by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”): the Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment) Regulations...more

K&L Gates LLP

Supply Chain Disruption: Protecting Your Position in the Face of Global Challenges

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Empty petrol stations, rising energy costs, chaos at container parks, and electronics and toys missing from the shops at Christmas. Some reports suggest that the United Kingdom could run out of warehouse space. Individuals...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

UK REACH Update: Imminent Deadlines and Challenges

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While it is nearly a year into the post-Brexit chemicals regulatory regime, the infrastructure to accommodate UK REACH registrations is not yet running smoothly and as a result importers and distributors of chemical...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Small Steps on Big Issues: Recent Developments in the U.S.-UK Trade Relationship

The trade relationship between the U.S. and UK is an economically and historically important one for both nations. While the two nations recommitted to their longstanding alliance at the recent G7 summit, a number of...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

COVID-19 Client Primer | UK Medical Device Product Liability

ANALYSIS - Product Liability Risks for Medical Devices in the UK - In order to fast-track the development, manufacture and supply of key medical equipment and devices vital in the fight against COVID-19, governments,...more

BCLP

Assessing Slavery and Human Trafficking Risks

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The Modern Slavery Act (“MSA”) was introduced in the United Kingdom in October 2015 introducing criminal offences of slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking. However, its most profound impact has...more

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Note stashed in Christmas card connected to alleged forced labor

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 1 (January 9, 2020) - A young girl in the United Kingdom found a note allegedly written by prisoners in a Shanghai factory that produces charity Christmas cards. The note said, “We...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 12.13.2019 | Top Story: US Announces Phase One Trade Agreement With China, But No Confirmation From Chinese

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The US and China have reportedly reached an initial agreement on the “final terms of a phase one trade deal, moving both countries closer to signing a pact that” the White House originally announced in October and averting...more

K&L Gates LLP

No-deal Brexit Update: REACH Registration Transfer Window Remains Open Until 31 October

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UK based entities who rely on or currently hold REACH registrations need to take immediate action to ensure continued access to the EU market in the event of the UK’s possible withdrawal from the EU on 31 October 2019. ...more

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Strategic Modern Slavery and Human Rights Risk Management: The UK Modern Slavery Act Four Years on

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When the Modern Slavery Act (“Act”) came into force in October 2015, it was the first legislation of its kind, aiming to tackle and eventually eliminate human trafficking and the various forms of modern slavery. It also...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Post-Brexit Equipment Authorization Processes for Electronic Products – What US Companies Need to Know

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While uncertainty remains about the terms and indeed the exact date by which the UK will leave the European Union, US companies that export electronic products to the EU and the UK marked with the "CE" symbol for EU...more

Hogan Lovells

Brexit snapshot: Automotive & Mobility

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Do you work in the automotive & mobility industry in the UK? Do you manufacture or sell vehicles, or parts of vehicles, in the UK? Are your manufacturing activities, suppliers, customers or contracting parties located in the...more

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What do products companies need to know?

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Parliament rejected the EU Withdrawal Agreement negotiated by Theresa May's government for a third time on Friday afternoon....more

K&L Gates LLP

No-deal Brexit Risks REACH Registrations Becoming VOID: How to Prepare for Brexit Disruption

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With just one month to go until 29 March, UK based entities who hold or rely on REACH registrations must take urgent action to ensure continued access to the EU market after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Impact of a No-Deal Brexit Outcome

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On October 17, 2018, politicians expected to finalize Brexit terms at a 24-hour summit of European Union leaders in Brussels. Had things gone to plan, a special one-off meeting in November was all that remained to sign the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The implications of a no-deal Brexit on your supply chain

Brexit is not just a UK issue. If you have EU operations and your supply chain involves the UK, then you need to consider the impact of Brexit on that supply chain. With a no-deal Brexit looking increasingly likely, now is...more

Perkins Coie

We Trust Santa’s Factory Is Free of Forced Labor and Corruption—Your Supply Chains Should Be Too.

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[Warning: The juxtaposition of the jolly old man and forced labor is not to make light of human rights violations but to highlight the hidden evils in supply chains and the potential reputational damage to wholesome brands.] ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Wells Fargo is again in federal regulators’ crosshairs. The OCC has dubbed the bank a repeat offender and is weighing a “formal enforcement action” over “improprieties in its auto-insurance and mortgage operations”....more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | October 2017

The use of beauty products is “an understudied source of environmental chemical exposures” with a disparate effect on women of color, George Washington University and Occidental College researchers argue. Ami R. Zota, et al.,...more

Perkins Coie

Don’t Let Forced Labor and Bribery in Your Supply Chain Spoil the Holidays

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The holiday retail season is an ideal time to check that forced labor and bribery—two top and interconnected supply-chain threats—do not undermine the success of your critical sales period. Not long ago, many in the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The UK has voted to leave the EU: What now?

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The British public have voted that the UK should leave the EU. The EU Referendum vote (the Leave Vote) does not by itself result in an automatic UK exit from the EU. The EU Treaty provides for a framework for a...more

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