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IR Global

Forced Labor Questionnaires: Another Helpful Hint

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In February 2024, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began taking a new approach to Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) enforcement—questionnaires. Once again, the solar industry is among the first targets, vanguards...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Made in USA Labeling Rule Compliance and Defense Lawyer on Refreshed Agency U.S. Origin Claim Guidance

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On July 2, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced a “refreshed version” of the agency’s Complying with the Made in USA Standard guidance document. The refreshed guidance document includes, without limitation, updated...more

Troutman Pepper

ENDS Companies Take Legal Action Against Allegedly Noncompliant Competitors

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Recently, NJOY LLC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against more than 30 foreign and domestic defendants that manufacture, market, distribute, and sell tobacco products in an...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Automation, Electrification, and Connectivity: The Auto Industry in the ITC

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Automakers and their suppliers have long been participants in unfair trade investigations before the International Trade Commission (“ITC”), but the scope and subject matter of automotive-related investigations is evolving....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Biden Administration takes unprecedented action on solar panel imports

Today, the Biden Administration took two separate, complementary actions in a response to intense political pressure arising from the ongoing dispute between domestic solar project developers and domestic solar module...more

Benesch

Ground Rules for Made in USA Claims and Foreign Origin Markings

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Manufacturers regularly ask us for guidance on the ground rules for “Made in USA” claims. The phrase has a certain cachet in today’s market, which makes the value of confirming availability for its use, and the correct manner...more

Perkins Coie

We Trust Santa’s Factory Is Free of Forced Labor and Corruption—Your Supply Chains Should Be Too.

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[Warning: The juxtaposition of the jolly old man and forced labor is not to make light of human rights violations but to highlight the hidden evils in supply chains and the potential reputational damage to wholesome brands.] ...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

CBP Takes Measures to Enforce Ban on Imports Made With Forced Labor and Sanctions for Forced North Korean Labor in Supply Chains

On November 22, 2017, Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) released a statement confirming reports that its major supplier in China, Foxconn Technology Group (“Foxconn”) has used illegal student labor to assemble the latest version of the...more

BCLP

“Made in the USA” Claims

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Although every product imported into the United States must be marked with its country of origin pursuant to Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930, most products manufactured domestically are not required to list the United...more

King & Spalding

U.S. Wooden Bedroom Furniture Manufacturers Win Continued Relief from Unfair Imports

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On January 10, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that revocation of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of material...more

Perkins Coie

Don’t Let Forced Labor and Bribery in Your Supply Chain Spoil the Holidays

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The holiday retail season is an ideal time to check that forced labor and bribery—two top and interconnected supply-chain threats—do not undermine the success of your critical sales period. Not long ago, many in the...more

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New Law Increases Scrutiny for Importing Goods Made with Forced Labor

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The federal government took another step in the fight against human trafficking and forced labor. President Obama signed into law on February 24, 2016, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA), which...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Federal Circuit Upholds ITC Interpretation of § 337 to Cover Induced Infringement - Suprema, Inc. and Mentalix Inc. v. Int’l Trade...

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In a 6-4 ruling, a sharply divided en banc Federal Circuit overturned the original panel decision and deferred to the International Trade Commission’s (ITC or Commission) interpretation of the phrase “articles that …...more

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