North America: International Law

Much as was anticipated, the European Commission (the Commission) announced its long-awaited proposals on Jan. 25, 2012, on what are likely to be viewed as drastic changes to data protection law in Europe. The aim of the proposals is to make EU privacy laws fit for the 21st century, and they seek to both change the system and increase penalties for breach, with fines of up to 2% of a corporation's annual global turnover.

The European Union’s rules on government procurement have traditionally been admirably open and non-discriminatory, with none of the "Buy Local" preferences found elsewhere in the world.

In December 2009, European Directive 2009/136/EC (the Directive) entered into force requiring all countries of the European Union (EU) to enact national legislation requiring, amongst other things, that website owners must obtain informed consent for the use of cookies by their website before any cookies are planted on the user's computer hard drive.

On May 25, 2012, the Minister of Industry announced significant changes to the Canadian federal government’s review and enforcement process under the "Investment Canada Act" (the ICA).

If you are seeking a new temporary duty suspension or duty reduction for a product you import, or if you want to extend an existing reduction or suspension beyond 2012, you have until Monday, April 30 to seize the opportunity or risk waiting several years before getting another chance.

Two committees of the United States Congress recently announced the opportunity to participate in a possible Miscellaneous Tariff Bill ("MTB"), which would collect requests for temporary reduction or cancellation of import duties on specific products.

Several tribunals and courts were established at various periods of America's history to resolve trade-related litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and even the Supreme Court has played a significant role in these disputes.

With the United States classifying most psychedelics as Schedule I substances, many facilitators are exploring opportunities abroad to conduct spiritual plant ceremonies.

Our purpose from the outset was to depart from previous iterations of this Title which were more academically rather than practically oriented in terms of selected topics and approaches to an immense field.

Motivated by a rapidly evolving geopolitical climate, governments around the globe have increasingly scrutinized...

It's been a busy couple of weeks on Capitol Hill with at least half a dozen space-related hearings, the introduction of a bill that would modernize human spaceflight infrastructure at Johnson Space Center and another that would incentivize spaceport development by making them qualify for municipal revenue bonds.

Today U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTSUS") intended to clarify how importers...