On May 2, 2019, claimants began filing lawsuits for the first time under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act against third parties alleged to be "trafficking" in property of US nationals confiscated by the Cuban Government...more
5/9/2019
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Canada ,
Confiscated Property ,
Cuba ,
EU ,
FSCS ,
Helms-Burton Act ,
Orders of Prohibition ,
Personal Remittance Caps ,
Sanction Suspensions ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Third-Party ,
Title III ,
Trafficking ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
US Department of State
The United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU) will inevitably result in difficulties for businesses using UK content in their products for export under EU Free Trade Agreements, or for UK businesses using EU content...more
4/2/2019
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Country of Origin ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Exports ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Contracts ,
Tariffs ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
On 14 March 2019, the EU Horizontal Safeguard Regulation 2019/287 ("HSR") entered into force to streamline the implementation of bilateral safeguard measures in EU trade agreements concluded with third countries....more
On 14 March 2019, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided to close its investigation into a discount scheme by Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited (MSD). The CMA concluded that there were no grounds for it to take...more
On 31 January 2019, France, Germany and the United Kingdom (the "E3") announced the registration in France of INSTEX SAS ("Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges"), which is a special purpose vehicle aimed at facilitating...more
2/14/2019
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Blocking Statutes ,
EU ,
FATF ,
France ,
Germany ,
INSTEX ,
International Atomic Energy Agency ,
Iran ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Special Purpose Vehicles ,
UK ,
United Nations
On 21 January 2019, the EU adopted the first sanctions measures under its new sanctions framework targeting parties involved in the use and proliferation of chemical weapons introduced in October 2018...more
On 16 January 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU" or "Court") dismissed the European Commission's appeal against the annulment of its decision to prohibit the acquisition of TNT by UPS. The CJEU stressed...more
1/18/2019
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Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Appeals ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Damages ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Mergers ,
Reversal ,
Right of Defence ,
TNT ,
Transparency ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
UPS