International Law

In a major development that should send shockwaves through the importing community, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has placed trade and customs fraud squarely in its prosecutorial crosshairs.

On June 23, 2025, the Ninth Circuit issued a long-awaited decision in Island Industries Inc. v. Sigma Corp. affirming a $26M False Claims Act ("FCA") judgment against the defendant importer.

With the July 9, 2025, end date for the suspension of country-specific reciprocal tariffs approaching, stakeholders are encouraged to review where ongoing bilateral negotiations stand, as well as potential outcomes and how evolving trade...

With the July 9, 2025, end date for the suspension of country-specific reciprocal tariffs approaching, stakeholders are encouraged to review where ongoing bilateral negotiations stand, as well as potential outcomes and how evolving trade...

Orders the termination of prior Syria-related sanctions effective July 1, 2025, while directing the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Commerce to implement new authorities that both provide targeted sanctions relief and ...

The Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued orders identifying three Mexico-based financial institutions...

The United States is currently party to 48 Bilateral Investment Treaties, including seven that have been signed but not yet ratified.

Global enforcement of anti-corruption laws is at an all-time high and unlikely to recede any time soon.

The CCL is a dual-use list subject to a lower level of control. The Canadian equivalent of the USML is the Defence Production Act.

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.

On January 25, 2012, the European Commission unveiled its draft legislative proposals to revamp privacy rules in the European Union (EU).