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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: September 2024

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Welcome to the September 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

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Foley Automotive Update - June 2024

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Analysis by Julie Dautermann, Competitive Intelligence Analyst This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Foley &...more

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Public Company Watch: September 2023

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In the September edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including the SEC’s new C&DIs and sample comment letter; considerations for issuers as they start their Form 10-Q...more

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International Trade Enforcement Roundup – January 2023

Russia - Former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia (DOJ) Those involved. Charles McGonigal, former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI...more

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Cozen Currents: What Makes the GOP McTick in Divided Government

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The Cozen Lens- •House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will have one of the most consequential relationships in Washington, DC over the next two years as Republicans try to...more

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Holland & Knight's China Practice Newsletter: November-December 2022

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Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies doing business or making...more

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Immigrant Visa Availability in FY 2023 and the October 2022 Visa Bulletin

October 1, 2023 marked the start of the federal government’s fiscal year 2023 (FY 2023), with the Department of State (DOS) October Visa Bulletin taking effect the same day. What is sure to be disappointing to many is the...more

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Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force Issues Strategy To Prevent Forced Labor Imports From China

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Statutorily-Mandated Report Also Includes Key Importer Guidance And Initial List Of Entities Tied To Forced Labor In The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region - The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (“FLETF”) issued a...more

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Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Takes Effect in United States

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Leading up to the June 21 effective date, US Customs and Border Protection issued operational guidance and a strategy document to assist importers with Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act compliance and to define its...more

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Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: What It Means for the Solar Supply Chain

On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed into law H.R. 6256, known as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The act is intended to stem the importation of goods made with forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: Congress Finally Takes Action

Today, in a rare demonstration of bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the “Act”) – the text of which was a compromise between Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Representative Jim...more

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US, EU Issue Guidance on Expectations for Due Diligence to Address Forced Labor Risks

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On July 13, 2021, the US Department of State, US Department of the Treasury, US Department of Commerce, US Department of Homeland Security, Office of the United States Trade Representative, and US Department of Labor issued...more

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Trade And Investment In China Headed For More Scrutiny Due To Forced Labor Issues

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The United States Has Taken Major Steps Towards Combating Forced Labor In China, And More Action Is Coming - U.S. enforcement actions and legislative developments in Congress signal a sweeping U.S. effort to take more...more

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CBP Issues WRO on Solar Materials Made By Chinese Companies

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Forced Labor Enforcement Continues to Escalate as Commerce Restricts Exports to 5 Additional PRC Companies - Withhold release order was issued that will prohibit imports of products produced in whole or part from silica...more

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Biden Administration’s Recent Actions Related To Products From China’s Xinjiang Region

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The Biden Administration has taken new actions related to forced labor in the Xinjiang region that may affect the supply for material critical for solar panels: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.23.2020 | Top Story: Fed Chair Calls for More Covid-Related Stimulus From Congress

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The latest from Fed Chair Powell and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s first of several days on the Hill, including their take that the economy is improving but that continued fiscal support—from the Fed and from Congress—was...more

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National Interest Exceptions to Nonimmigrant  Visa Ban: U.S. Department of State Update August 12, 2020

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released additional guidance expanding the scope of national interest exceptions to the June 24, 2020 Presidential Proclamation (PP 10052) banning the admission of certain J, H and L visa...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.30.2020 | Top Story: Supreme Court Allows President to Fire CFPB Director, Lets Agency Remain

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By a 5-4 margin, the Supreme Court has ordered the restructuring of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, “ruling the agency’s structure was unconstitutional because its director held too much unchecked power.” The fix,...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.28.2020 | Top Story: Canadian Court Clears U.S. Extradition Path for Huawei Exec

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The path for extradition of Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou is much clearer now that a Canadian court has ruled that “the conduct she is accused of in the United States, if proved, also constitutes a crime in Canada.” That...more

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COVID-19 Government Resources

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ... Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare...more

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Federal Family and Medical Leave Act and COVID-19

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The United States Department of Labor has issued “COVID-19 or other Public Health Emergencies and the Family and Medical Leave Act Questions and Answers” (the “DOL COVID-19 FAQ”).  The DOL COVID-19 FAQ provides the following...more

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Prospectively Reducing Workweeks for Overtime Exempt Employees – With a Commensurate Reduction in Salary – Does Not Necessarily...

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Employers grappling with workplace attendance issues in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus may soon face additional challenges resulting from a potential economic downturn. Media stories are already beginning to report on...more

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Recommended Employer Response to Coronavirus Outbreak

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By now, employers are aware of the coronavirus (officially named COVID-19) and its growing impact on the global supply chain. As the first untraced case of the coronavirus in the United States came to light in California this...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 42, November 2019 #2

FBI Eyes How Pennsylvania Approved Pipeline - "The FBI has begun a corruption investigation into how Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration came to issue permits for construction on a multibillion-dollar pipeline project to carry...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.1.2019 | Top Story: Credit Suisse COO Resigns in Wake of Corporate Spying Scandal

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Top Tidjane Thiam ally Pierre-Olivier Bouee, Credit Suisse’s COO, has resigned in the wake of an internal probe finding that he “ordered the surveillance of the bank’s former wealth-management chief, Iqbal Khan, without...more

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