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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

A Chinese Export License to Get a Smart Phone? Tech-Tonic Changes in World Export Controls

On July 1, 2019, only few days after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opened the G20 summit with a speech endorsing an open global economy, the Japanese government announced that it will impose tighter controls on...more

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Jones Day Talks: Trump Administration Allows Private Parties to Sue Under Helms-Burton Act for Assets Seized in Cuba

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Breaking more than two decades of precedent, the Trump Administration has allowed the suspension of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act to lapse, thereby enabling eligible individuals and companies to file lawsuits in U.S....more

Alston & Bird

The Revival of Title III of the Helms–Burton Act and the Increased Risk of U.S. Lawsuits Against Companies Doing Business in Cuba

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Our International Trade & Regulatory Group explores the turbulence the Trump Administration has caused by reviving the Helms–Burton Act....more

Locke Lord LLP

United States to Allow Lawsuits Arising from Property Confiscated in Cuba

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Beginning May 2, 2019, U.S. Nationals may bring lawsuits in the United States against traffickers in property confiscated by the Cuban government. During the Clinton Administration, the United States enacted the Cuban...more

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U.S. State Department Implements Title III of Helms-Burton Act Permitting Lawsuits Over Seized Properties in Cuba

On April 17, 2019, the Trump Administration announced that it will allow U.S. citizens whose property was seized by the Cuban Government after 1959 to sue foreign companies that “traffic” in their confiscated property....more

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Helms-Burton Title III Comes To Life

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For the first time in 23 years, the United States government announced on April 17, 2019, its intention to activate Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Solidarity Act of 1996, popularly known as Helms-Burton. This...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Law Affecting Cuban Property May Result in the Return of Hundreds of Thousands of Stolen Property

All eyes should be on a recently enacted provision of an old law that could result in cases filed by flocks of Cuban nationals trying to reclaim property seized during Fidel Castro’s takeover of the island. U.S. Secretary...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The New Suits of Havana: How Non-U.S. Companies May Soon Be Sued for Their Business in Cuba

Picture your company being hauled into U.S. court to defend litigation for your Cuba business that is lawful in your home country. That is the scenario that the Trump administration and Cuba hawks in Congress are aiming to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Retroactive Corporate Liability for Human Rights Abuses

New UK asset forfeiture law empowers prosecutors to seize assets held by companies that have unknowingly benefited from, or assisted, gross human rights abuses—even in the past. The new law creates potential corporate...more

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