International Trade

  • August 21, 2024

    RTX Wants Trade Secrets Trial Closed To 'Non-US Persons'

    Defense contractor RTX is fighting with a manufacturer over whether a trade secrets trial next week over the design of a mechanical bearing used in the U.S. military's "StormBreaker" bomb should be closed off to all "non-U.S. persons."

  • August 21, 2024

    2nd Circ. OKs Argentine Bondholders' $310M Collateral Win

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a finding that Argentina must turn over to its onetime bondholders reversionary interests worth over $310 million in collateral backing so-called Brady Plan bonds from the 1990s that recently matured, rejecting the country's arguments that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act shields its interests in the collateral.

  • August 21, 2024

    Hunters, Breeder Want Puppy Import Ban Paused During Suit

    Hunting groups and a breeder urged a Michigan federal court Wednesday to pause a health policy that bars them from bringing puppies younger than six months old into the U.S., arguing the ban will harm them if it remains active during their legal challenge.

  • August 21, 2024

    Scrap Metal Dealer Cops To Converter Theft Conspiracy

    A North Carolina scrap metal dealer has pled guilty to theft and tax charges associated with a catalytic converter theft conspiracy spanning several states, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

  • August 21, 2024

    Commerce Finalizes High Duties On Chinese Wine Bottles

    The U.S. Department of Commerce finalized duties exceeding 212% on Chinese glass wine bottle manufacturers determined to have received subsidies from Beijing that provided an unfair advantage in the U.S.

  • August 21, 2024

    Ex-Venezuelan Oil Employee Pleads Guilty To Sanctions Plot

    The former procurement head at Petróleos de Venezuela SA, Venezuela's state-owned oil company, pled guilty to conspiring to obtain millions of dollars' worth of U.S. aircraft parts for the business, in violation of U.S. sanctions.

  • August 20, 2024

    Billionaire To Seek High Court Review In Peru Pollution Case

    U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review a published Eighth Circuit decision greenlighting a long-running case over environmental damage at a Peruvian metallurgical complex in order to resolve a circuit split on the international comity doctrine, according to documents filed Monday.

  • August 20, 2024

    Investor Says DC Circ. Arbitration Ruling Boosts Spain Cases

    A Dutch renewable energy investor vying to enforce multimillion-euro arbitration awards against Spain told the D.C. federal court that a recent ruling from the D.C. Circuit holding that district courts have jurisdiction to enforce foreign arbitral awards against Spain means that the investor's awards should be confirmed.

  • August 20, 2024

    Advanced Bionics Sues Med-El At ITC Over Implant Patents

    Switzerland's Advanced Bionics has brought claims against Austria's Med-El at the U.S. International Trade Commission, alleging the rival maker of cochlear implants is infringing two patents on hearing aid technology and seeking an exclusion order banning Med-El's products from being imported into the U.S.

  • August 20, 2024

    Trade Judge Says Ban On Chocolate Mix Was Flouted

    The U.S. International Trade Commission found that four grocers violated a ban on selling an imported chocolate malt drink mix that infringed a New Jersey supplier's Bournvita mark, according to an announcement from the agency.

  • August 20, 2024

    US Sanctions Ex-Haitian President Over Drug Trafficking

    The Biden administration on Tuesday sanctioned a former president of Haiti, claiming he abused his position to facilitate drug trafficking.

  • August 20, 2024

    UN Dives Into Murky Waters Of Taxing Digital Services

    The United Nations has its sights set on cross-border services in the digital economy as its framework convention on tax takes shape, but it remains unclear how countries will define that broad and hotly contested topic as they work toward a treaty.

  • August 20, 2024

    BigLaw Firm Sues Feds For Halkbank Cooperator Docs

    Halkbank's criminal defense lawyers at Williams & Connolly LLP are suing U.S. immigration authorities in search of documents related to businessman Reza Zarrab, who pled guilty and cooperated with prosecutors in their pending case alleging that the Turkish state-owned lender laundered proceeds of Iranian oil.

  • August 20, 2024

    Feds Launch Probe Into Wi-Fi Technology Imports

    The U.S. International Trade Commission opened an investigation into a domestic semiconductor company's claims that a Chinese rival was selling Wi-Fi technology in the U.S. that infringes on its intellectual property.

  • August 20, 2024

    A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report

    The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.

  • August 20, 2024

    These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships

    The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.

  • August 20, 2024

    Menendez, Co-Defendants Seek Acquittal After Guilty Verdicts

    Convicted U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and two of his co-defendants want their guilty verdicts thrown out, telling a New York federal judge the government failed to offer any evidence of how the senator used his office's power to benefit any of the alleged bribe givers.

  • August 20, 2024

    IP Duo Join Thompson Hine From Cincinnati Boutique

    Thompson Hine LLP announced Tuesday that a pair of attorneys from intellectual property boutique Wood Herron & Evans joined the firm's office in Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • August 20, 2024

    EU Tweaks Anti-Subsidy Duties On Chinese EVs

    The European Commission said Tuesday that it is adjusting the anti-subsidy duties that it will charge Chinese exporters of electric vehicles, a move that it had provisionally announced at the beginning of July.

  • August 19, 2024

    Deutsche Bank Moved Money For ISIS, Victims' Families Say

    Families of two journalists and an aid worker captured and killed by the Islamic State sued Deutsche Bank AG in New York federal court for allegedly facilitating the financing of the terrorist group, a case that comes on the 10th anniversary of the death of journalist James Foley.

  • August 19, 2024

    Roku Takes Dispute Over ITC Powers To Supreme Court

    Roku is telling the U.S. Supreme Court that the U.S. International Trade Commission doesn't have the power to ban the import of patent-infringing software if those patents only have a limited connection to products on sale in the market.

  • August 19, 2024

    Iraq Can't Escape $120M Port Award

    A D.C. federal judge gave a Cypriot construction firm permission to go after Iraqi assets to satisfy a $120 million judgment obtained in a dispute over construction on a major port in the country, rejecting Iraq's bid to escape the arbitration award.

  • August 19, 2024

    Judge Backs Feds' Continuation Of Canadian Lumber Tariff

    The U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday maintained an antidumping tariff on Canadian softwood lumber that was renewed based on a statistical tool disputed in the Federal Circuit, with the trade court stressing that the appeals court had yet to reject the method entirely.

  • August 19, 2024

    Feds Want E-Cig Importers To Give More Info At Time Of Entry

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of the Treasury are looking to require e-cigarette importers to hand over the unique identifier assigned to their product by the FDA as a condition of import.

  • August 19, 2024

    Israeli Co. Sues NC Packaging Firm For Severing $25M Deal

    An Israeli smart packaging company is suing North Carolina-based Sealed Air Corp. for allegedly backing out of a $25 million contract for smart sensors, saying Sealed Air lied about their progress developing the product and invented defects to tank the deal.

Expert Analysis

  • Insurance Types That May Help Cos. After Key Bridge Collapse

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    Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, businesses that depend on the bridge, the Port of Baltimore and related infrastructure for shipment and distribution of cargo should understand which common types of first-party insurance coverage may provide recoveries for financial losses, say Bert Wells and Richard Lewis at Reed Smith.

  • Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance

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    A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.

  • Salvaging The Investor-State Arbitration System's Legitimacy

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    Recent developments in Europe and Ecuador highlight the vulnerability of the investor-state arbitration framework, but arbitrators can avert a crisis by relying on a poorly understood doctrine of fairness and equity, rather than law, to resolve the disputes before them, says Phillip Euell at Diaz Reus.

  • ITC Ruling Has Serious IP Implications For Foreign Imports

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    While a recent U.S. International Trade Commission decision is a win for trade secret owners who can show injury to a U.S. domestic industry, the decision also means that companies operating in foreign jurisdictions will be subject to the requirements of U.S. trade secret law, say Paul Ainsworth and Cristen Corry at Sterne Kessler.

  • Global Bribery Probes Are Complicating FCPA Compliance

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    The recent rise in collaboration between the U.S. Department of Justice and foreign authorities in bribery enforcement can not only affect companies' legal exposure as resolution approaches vary by country, but also the decision of when and whether to disclose Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations to the DOJ, say Samantha Badlam and Catherine Conroy at Ropes & Gray.

  • Series

    Teaching Yoga Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.

  • How Clinical Trials Affect Patentability In US And Europe

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    A comparison of recent U.S. and European patent decisions — concerning the effect of disclosures in clinical trials on the patentability of products — offers guidance on good practice for companies dealing with public use issues and prior art documents in these commercially important jurisdictions, say lawyers at Finnegan.

  • A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System

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    As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.

  • Action Steps To Address New Restrictions On Outbound Data

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    Companies should immediately assess all their data-based operations so they can consider strategies to effectively mitigate new compliance risks brought on by recently implemented transaction restrictions, including a Justice Department proposal and landmark data legislation, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data

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    Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • How New Rule Would Change CFIUS Enforcement Powers

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    Before the May 15 comment deadline, companies may want to weigh in on proposed regulatory changes to enforcement and mitigation tools at the disposal of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, including broadened subpoena powers, difficult new mitigation timelines and higher maximum penalties, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Series

    Swimming Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Years of participation in swimming events, especially in the open water, have proven to be ideal preparation for appellate arguments in court — just as you must put your trust in the ocean when competing in a swim event, you must do the same with the judicial process, says John Kulewicz at Vorys.

  • Don't Use The Same Template For Every Client Alert

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    As the old marketing adage goes, consistency is key, but law firm style guides need consistency that contemplates variety when it comes to client alert formats, allowing attorneys to tailor alerts to best fit the audience and subject matter, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • Series

    Walking With My Dog Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Thanks to my dog Birdie, I've learned that carving out an activity different from the practice of law — like daily outdoor walks that allow you to interact with new people — can contribute to professional success by boosting creativity and mental acuity, as well as expanding your social network, says Sarah Petrie at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.

  • Could 'General Average' Apply To The Key Bridge Crash?

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    While the owner and operator of the vessel that struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge have sought legal protection under the Limitation of Liability Act, they could choose to invoke the long-standing principle of general average, if supported by the facts of the crash and the terms of their contracts with cargo owners, says Julie Maurer at Husch Blackwell.

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