Since the 2022 overhaul of Colorado’s restrictive covenant statute, C.R.S. § 8-2-113, the Colorado legislature has made ongoing amendments to the law which continue the trend of limiting the effectiveness of restrictive…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Health, Labor & Employment Law
On June 10, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) stayed the Court of International Trade’s (“CIT”) permanent injunction on the Trump Administration’s executive orders instituting…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
On May 28, 2025, the United States Tax Court held that the limited partners of a limited partnership providing investment management services to various investment funds were not limited partners within the meaning of Internal…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Taxation
One of the most celebrated features of the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) is the ability to sell tax credits, including the Production Tax Credit (“PTC”) under Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) § 45 and the Investment Tax Credit…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Taxation
Provided below is a status update and summary of tariffs that have been implemented since February 1, 2025, and its impacts on imports from multiple countries.
IEEPA (Fentanyl) Tariffs -
IEEPA tariffs were announced on…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
In Husch Blackwell’s May 2025 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
• An update on U.S. Department of Commerce decisions -
• U.S. International Trade Commission…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade
Keypoint: Last week, the Connecticut legislature passed an amendment to the state’s consumer data privacy law and bills advanced in Oregon, California, Texas, Nevada, Louisiana, and New York.
Below is the twenty second weekly…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
On June 5, 2025, in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected the “background circumstances” test previously applied by several federal circuits in “reverse discrimination” cases…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
On June 4, 2025, the Rebar Trade Action Coalition and its individual members (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Algeria, Bulgaria,…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
On May 12, 2025, the Head of the Criminal Division for the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum outlining its enforcement priorities. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Jonathan Porter break down what…
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/ Health
On June 3, 2025, President Trump issued a Proclamation (“the Proclamation”) increasing the Section 232 duties on imports of aluminum and steel from 25% to 50%. The Proclamation states that the previously imposed steel and…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) recently announced it was launching a non-adjudicatory investigation into whether foreign vessel flagging laws and practices create unfavorable shipping conditions for the U.S. trade. The…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Maritime Law
Senate Bill 328, as amended, makes significant changes to the law governing jurisdiction in Illinois, which would change Illinois from a specific jurisdiction state to a general jurisdiction state for actions that allege injury…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Toxic Torts
Keypoint: Last week, governors in Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, and Texas signed bills into law while bills advanced in Maine, Oregon, Vermont, and Texas.
Below is the twenty first weekly update on the status of proposed state…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
The COVID-19 pandemic brought workplace vaccination policies to the forefront, raising complex questions about religious accommodations. Over four years after the initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, these policies remain in…
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/ Civil Rights, Health, Labor & Employment Law
