The INCOTERMS published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have long served the international community by offering a “shorthand” for communicating key shipping terms. The ICC most recently issued the 2020 version of…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Transportation
Geopolitical risks to supply chains are top of mind across C-suites, but few say what it means. The term “geopolitical risk” has largely become a code word for import, export, and economic sanctions compliance…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
The White House has kicked off what appears to be a global trade war. The near-term net effect is the growing reality that we are entering a higher-cost operating environment for most industries. Volatility is always a challenge…
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/ Insurance, International Law & Trade
The White House’s approach to regulatory policy emerged swiftly after Inauguration Day. In many parts of the industry the new Administration started with a “buzz” of excitement…
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/ International Law & Trade, Transportation
Supply chain services have never been more important than they are today, even when compared to prior supply chain crises. The transportation and logistics sector, particularly trucking, stands at the epicenter of those…
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/ International Law & Trade, Transportation
A national leader in privacy law, California was among the first states to include an express right to privacy in its constitution, create a data breach notification law, and codify robust consumer data protections…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
The White House issued a Fact Sheet and Proclamation addressing Section 232 tariff actions on February 10, 2025. These steps strengthen President Trump’s 2018 tariff actions on steel and aluminum imported into the United States…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
On May 12, 2025, the United States Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published a series of memoranda outlining updated white-collar enforcement priorities. …
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Criminal Law
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed that reverse discrimination plaintiffs are not required to produce additional evidence at the outset of their case to proceed with their claims. Ames v. Ohio Department…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The Trump administration’s 2025 drug policy agenda omits cannabis rescheduling, despite earlier signals of support, instead prioritizing fentanyl, border security, and addiction treatment. This omission, coupled with a stalled…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics
On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) announced a wide range of deregulatory actions seeking to lower the operational burden and cost of compliance…
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/ Transportation
Following a recent trend to reduce large damages awards in trade secret misappropriation cases, a federal judge in Massachusetts cut Insulet Corp.’s damages award from $452 million to $59.4 million to avoid impermissible double…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Remedies, Intellectual Property
On May 28th, 2025, the Court of International Trade issued a judgment striking down several of the worldwide tariffs imposed by President Trump in the first and second quarters of 2025. …
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/ Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
President Trump announced plans to relax sanctions against Syria during his recent trip to the Middle East, where he visited with the country’s President, Ahmed al-Sharaa. …
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/ Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," a sweeping Republican-led legislative package that slashes taxes, boosts border and defense spending, rolls back clean energy…
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/ Education Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Taxation
