By Phillip Bantz | January 18, 2019
Established 30 years ago through litigation, the rule, when leveraged properly, can help certain businesses reduce custom duties on imports, according to international trade lawyers. But they caution that the rule isn't a loophole for avoiding tariffs under the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's Section 301.
By Sue Reisinger | January 2, 2019
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said Dec. 19 in the first of its kind notice to Congress that it intends to end the sanctions imposed on En+ Group, United Company Rusal and JSC EuroSibEnergo within 30 days. But American companies and their general counsel should not expect a general easing of U.S. trade sanctions on Russia.
By Phillip Bantz | January 2, 2019
One of the few in-house leaders who submitted a substantive comment is Joel Margolis, general counsel and executive vice president of government affairs for Virginia-based Subsentio, which helps communication service providers comply with their legal obligations to assist law enforcement by reviewing and validating court surveillance orders and implementing surveillance, among other services.
By Dan Clark | December 20, 2018
Robert Silvers, a partner in the litigation department at Paul Hastings in Washington, D.C., said Thursday the Justice Department's action serves as a stark reminder for companies to not only check their own cybersecurity but also the security of their third-party vendors. Many of the companies were compromised by attacks on their managed service providers, who manage, process and store data.
By Phillip Bantz | December 19, 2018
"I believe that those on offense are increasingly clever, aggressive and tenacious. And those of us on defense have yet to turn the corner," Johnson said in an interview about cybersecurity, trade policy and U.S.-China tensions.
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By E. Leigh Dance | December 13, 2018
News reports from London in recent weeks will leave in-house counsel who planned worst-case scenarios feeling relieved, since it often looks like no deal will be made. Most hope for a better outcome, and no Brexit at all is even possible.
By Phillip Bantz | December 12, 2018
By inserting himself into the Huawei case, Trump would essentially be telling the U.S. business community and the rest of the world that “everything is for sale. Everything can be negotiated,” said one international trade lawyer. But at least one legal scholar said it could be justified for policy reasons.
By Phillip Bantz | December 6, 2018
The U.S.-backed detention of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of China tech and telecom behemoth Huawei Technologies Co., and reports that Chinese hackers are behind the Marriott data breach threaten to unravel the 90-day truce on tariffs and undermine any goodwill that was established between the two countries during the G20 summit.
By Phillip Bantz | December 6, 2018
The French company with a North American headquarters in Shelton, Conn. and a factory in the same state has filed a pair of trademark infringement complaints against alleged counterfeiters of their disposable cigarette lighters before the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
By Phillip Bantz | December 4, 2018
"Backing down on tariffs gives U.S. manufacturers who are thinking about building capacity back up heartburn," said one GC. Meanwhile, trade lawyers are telling U.S. companies that trade with China to plan for the worst and consider restructuring their manufacturing chains.
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