Key Points -
On February 24, the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced, via Presidential Proclamation 10522, an additional 200% ad valorem tariff on Russian origin aluminum...more
Key Points -
On January 1, 2022, Mexico eliminated its General Customs Administration (AGA, by its initials in Spanish), which had operated under the authority of Mexico’s central Tax Administration Service. In its place,...more
Key Points -
On June 21, 2022, CBP began enforcing the UFLPA’s revisions to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930—19 U.SC. § 1307—by applying a rebuttable presumption that the following goods are prohibited from...more
Key Points -
CBP recently ruled that the Jones Act applies to the transportation of merchandise from a U.S. port to locations on the OCS used for developing and producing wind energy, following Congressional amendments to...more
CBP has issued a “region-wide” WRO on cotton and tomato products “grown or produced” by entities “operating in” the XUAR. In a press release, CBP states that the order covers “apparel, textiles, tomato seeds, canned tomatoes,...more
- In Presidential Proclamation 10060, announced on August 6, 2020, President Trump reinstated a 10 percent ad valorem tariff on imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada under the Section 232 of the Trade...more
8/17/2020
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Canada ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Imports ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Trade Policies
- On August 10, 2020, FEMA extended the duration of its restrictions on the export of certain shipments of PPE through December 31, 2020.
- The August 10 notice narrowed the types of PPE covered by the restrictions to...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
New Guilty Plea in College Admissions Scandal -
On April 21, 2020, Jorge Salcedo, a former tennis coach at a prominent California university, entered into a plea agreement related to his...more
5/14/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
College Admissions ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
General Licenses ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Red Notices ,
Sanction Violations ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers
- On April 18, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order authorizing temporary deferral of certain duty payments, which CBP implemented via a Temporary Final Rule on April 20, 2020
- Importers of record who have...more
- Effective April 17, 2020, FEMA expanded exemptions to its April 7, 2020, Temporary Rule that implemented export restrictions on certain shipments of personal protective equipment.
- FEMA issued the Temporary Rule to...more
- Beginning April 7, 2020, CBP is authorized to temporarily detain all shipments of five categories of personal protective equipment used in the response to and treatment of COVID-19, pursuant to a Temporary Rule issued by...more
IN THIS ISSUE
• Anticorruption Developments
• Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement
• Export Control and Sanctions Developments
• Global Investigations Resources
• Writing and Speaking...more
2/26/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) ,
Due Process ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Imports ,
Indictments ,
ITAR ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Red Notices ,
Sanction Violations ,
Sanctions ,
SDN List ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smuggling ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Whistleblowers
IN THIS ISSUE
• Anticorruption Developments
• Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement
• Export Control and Sanctions Developments
• Global Investigations Resources
• Writing and Speaking Engagements...more
2/26/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
College Admissions ,
Compliance ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Executives ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Departments of Commerce ,
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Encryption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations (FNKSR) ,
General Licenses ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Huawei ,
Indictments ,
Iran Sanctions ,
ITAR ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Red Notices ,
Sanction Violations ,
SDN List ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
USTR
- President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 9980 on January 24, 2020, expanding the product scope of existing tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on certain articles of aluminum and...more
2/10/2020
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Trade Policies
On May 14, 2017, the Dutch Senate passed a long-awaited Child Labor Due Diligence Law, which places obligations on companies selling goods or services to Dutch consumers as well as companies otherwise doing business in the...more
5/21/2019
/ Child Labor ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Due Diligence ,
Forced Labor ,
Global Market ,
Human Rights ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Netherlands ,
New Legislation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Supply Chain ,
UK
At the end of 2018, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued an opinion in One World Techs., Inc. v. United States. In that decision, Judge Choe-Groves concluded that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...more
5/20/2019
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Asset Seizure ,
Court of International Trade ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Imports ,
Injunctions ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Section 337 ,
Separation of Powers ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Tariff Act of 1930
• Following a setback in U.S.-China trade negotiations, the USTR has increased the Section 301 List 3 additional duty rate on $200 billion of Chinese-origin products from 10% to 25% (the rate already in effect for $50 billion...more
5/14/2019
/ China ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Exclusions ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Notice and Comment ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
DOJ Unseals Indictment of Two More Individuals Connected With PDVSA Corruption Scheme -
On February 26, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the unsealing of an indictment...more
3/13/2019
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Arrest ,
CEOs ,
Civil Liability ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customs ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Excise Tax ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
General Licenses ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Indictments ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Prison ,
Real Estate Brokers ,
Restitution ,
Sanction Violations ,
Sanctions ,
SDN List ,
Sealed Records ,
Securities Traders ,
Settlement Agreements ,
SFO ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot -
On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more
11/20/2018
/ Adidas ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Banking Sector ,
Bribery ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
College Athletes ,
Commerce Control List ,
Corporate Monitoring ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Former Employee ,
General Licenses ,
Indictments ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Internal Controls ,
ITAR ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Jurisdiction ,
Medical Devices ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
NCAA ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement ,
SFO ,
Shipping ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US State Departments ,
USML ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wire Fraud ,
World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot -
On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more
11/20/2018
/ Adidas ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Banking Sector ,
Bribery ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
College Athletes ,
Commerce Control List ,
Corporate Monitoring ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Former Employee ,
General Licenses ,
Indictments ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Internal Controls ,
ITAR ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Jurisdiction ,
Medical Devices ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
NCAA ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement ,
SFO ,
Shipping ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US State Departments ,
USML ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wire Fraud ,
World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot -
On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more
11/20/2018
/ Adidas ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Banking Sector ,
Bribery ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
College Athletes ,
Commerce Control List ,
Corporate Monitoring ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Former Employee ,
General Licenses ,
Indictments ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Internal Controls ,
ITAR ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Jurisdiction ,
Medical Devices ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
NCAA ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement ,
SFO ,
Shipping ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US State Departments ,
USML ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wire Fraud ,
World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot -
On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more
11/5/2018
/ Adidas ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Banking Sector ,
Bribery ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
College Athletes ,
Commerce Control List ,
Corporate Monitoring ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Former Employee ,
General Licenses ,
Indictments ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Internal Controls ,
ITAR ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Jurisdiction ,
Medical Devices ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
NCAA ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement ,
SFO ,
Shipping ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US State Departments ,
USML ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wire Fraud ,
World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
$34 Million SEC Settlement for Legg Mason -
On August 27, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Legg Mason Inc. will pay more than $34 million to settle an...more
9/6/2018
/ 3-D Technology ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Appeals ,
Berry Amendment ,
Bribery ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Declination ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Embezzlement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entity List ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Filing Requirements ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Policy ,
Former Employee ,
General Licenses ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Imports ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Internal Investigations ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Licensing Rules ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Personal Data ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Probationary Period ,
Racketeering ,
Sanction Violations ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement Agreements ,
SFO ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
The Wassenaar Arrangement ,
Trade Agreements Act ,
Trump Administration ,
Wire Fraud ,
World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
DOJ Extends FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy to Misconduct in Mergers and Acquisitions -
On July 25, 2018, in a speech to the Ninth Global Forum on Anti-Corruption Compliance in High Risk...more
8/1/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Arrest ,
Bribery ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Fines ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Credit Suisse ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Customs ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Customs Valuation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Duty Free ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FBI ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Freight Forwarding ,
General Licenses ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Mergers ,
Money Laundering ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Prejudgment Interest ,
Price-Fixing ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Subpoenas ,
Supply Chain ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Termination ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Venezuela ,
Waivers ,
Wire Fraud ,
World Bank ,
ZTE
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS –
Dun & Bradstreet Agrees to Pay More than $9.2 Million to Resolve SEC FCPA Enforcement Action (But First to Receive Declination Under New DOJ Policy) –
On April 23, the Dun & Bradstreet...more
5/9/2018
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
CAATSA ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Government Officials ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)