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Protecting Your Bottom Line: Adjusting Supply Chain Contracts to Mitigate Tariff Impacts

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Recent shifts in international tariff policies have created significant uncertainty for US importers. As a buyer, revisiting your supply contracts now can help safeguard your business from unexpected costs and disruptions. ...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Navigating New Tariffs: What Energy Project Developers Need to Know About Equipment Procurement and Supplier Negotiations

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The recent tariffs imposed by the Trump administration mark a significant shift in U.S. trade policy that is expected to have a wide-ranging impact across multiple sectors, including in the energy sector. While the...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

[Webinar] Mission-Critical Infrastructure: Navigating Risk in Data Center Design and Construction - April 24th, 11:00 am - 12:00...

What are key legal strategies for managing risk in the fast-evolving world of data center development? In this informative webinar, you'll learn principles of risk allocation, the influence of emerging technologies, common...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Allocating the Risk of Tariff Price Increases

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As the Trump Administration’s tariffs are now in effect, owners, developers, and contractors managing pending construction projects face questions about who is ultimately responsible for impacts (both time and cost) resulting...more

Gray Reed

Industrial Insights: Time Extensions

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Well, Q1 of 2025 ended with a bang and continued the expansion of transactional work for the Gray Reed Construction Team. The announcement of tariffs and feared disruptions in the supply chain certainly created a point of...more

Opportune LLP

Navigating Rail Fuel Surcharges: Automation With Web…

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Rail fuel surcharges are a moving target. They are constantly changing, wildly inconsistent across carriers, and often buried in websites or PDFs that require extra effort to decode. Keeping up with these charges can feel...more

Goldberg Segalla

[Webinar] Building Under Pressure: Navigating the Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on Construction Contracts - March 25th, 12:00 pm -...

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Join Goldberg Segalla partner Laura Colca for an insightful webinar that delves into the complexities of how Trump’s tariffs have reshaped the construction industry. Learn the financial and logistical impacts of tariffs on...more

Gray Reed

A Brave New World – Tariffs and Force Majeure

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My colleague (Graham Quinn) recently wrote an article about the potential financial impact of the impending steel and aluminum tariffs on the construction industry.  See hyperlink: The Impact of President Trump’s Steel and...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Tariffs and Material Escalation Terms During Trump 2.0

During the first Trump administration and the pandemic, contractors frequently demanded contract terms allowing price adjustments if the cost of materials increased due to tariffs or pandemic-era supply chain disruptions....more

JAMS

Tariffs, Contracts and the Negotiation Imperative: Why the Old Playbook Won’t Work

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New tariffs and economic shocks are placing immense strain on business contracts and relationships. For companies entangled in long-term agreements, the instinctive reaction—litigating or engaging in a zero-sum renegotiation...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Legal and Other Issues Being Resolved by Port Strike - Hot Topics in International Trade - October 2024

Parties to the Dispute- The union and management teams reached a settlement agreement that was announced on October 4, 2024 to end the port strike. The settlement does not resolve the issues, but extends the master...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Dockworkers, Carriers Agree to Temporary Deal to Reopen Ports

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Thursday, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached an agreement that extends the ILA labor agreement that ended September 30, 2024, and that allows dockworkers...more

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Dockworkers Up Ante as Freight Rates Soar

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Earlier this week, 159 trade associations representing key supply chain stakeholders sent a letter to the Biden administration and relevant congressional committees calling on the U.S. government to intervene in the stalled...more

Morgan Lewis

Key Issues in Commercial Contract Negotiations in the Retail Industry

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The intersection of technology and commerce has given rise to a myriad of trends that are reshaping the way companies approach commercial contracts. From the retail industry to the broader market, the integration of...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

2024 Corporate Compliance & Litigation Outlook for Manufacturers

There are a lot of trends that we could identify for corporate compliance / litigation, but the one that stands out for me relates to contracts – the lifeblood for many of our clients. COVID-19 exposed the weaknesses in...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Upcoming Labor Contract Negotiations between the UAW Union and the Big Three Create Auto Industry Uncertainty

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The United Auto Workers (UAW) Union and the Big Three automotive companies—General Motors (GM), Ford, and Stellantis—stand on the brink of a pivotal moment as they prepare to engage in labor contract negotiations. The current...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 7th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern Canada Edition - February 23rd -...

Hosted by CI, the 7th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern Canada Edition returns to Toronto for another exciting year with curated programming that addresses the most critical...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern Canada Edition - February 23rd - 24th, Toronto, ON, Canada

Reconnect with your peers and key stakeholders from construction companies, public sector, and infrastructure! The Canadian Institute’s 7th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Supply Chain Disruptions Necessitate Better Contracting Practices: Use of AI to Add Efficiency

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As we have covered in prior articles of this series, with supply chain disruptions wreaking havoc on the ability of companies to get their goods and services to market, the terms of a company’s commercial contracts have never...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Supply Chain Survival Series: What Contract Terms Apply? (Article #3)

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After working through two different customer disputes in as many weeks, you finally come up for some air. While you have the opportunity, you decide it is time to review ABC Corp.’s contracting practices for buying and...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

DOD Addresses Material Escalation Costs and Inflation for Government Contractors

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Inflation and the increased cost of doing business are having a nationwide impact — and there is no exception for Government Contractors. As we recently covered contractors experiencing material cost escalation on...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

[Webinar] Supply Chain Pain: How Government Contractors Can Get Relief for Supply Chain Problems - May 24th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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With sanctions on Russia, competition with China, runaway inflation, and the long-term fallout of COVID-19, supply chain issues continue to adversely impact government contractors. As these issues only escalate, companies...more

Bowditch & Dewey

[Webinar] New Contracts: Pandemic Impact on Contract and Transaction Due Diligence - October 27th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

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During times of economic turbulence and commercial uncertainty, your business team and corporate counsel are well advised to undertake a more deliberate and thorough due diligence process when entering into contract and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Reemergence of the Doctrine of Temporary Impracticality or Frustration Under Section 269 of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts...

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When trying to understand the full impact of COVID-19 on existing contractual obligations, parties will likely first consult force majeure provisions in their contracts to assess their rights or liabilities for continued...more

White and Williams LLP

Supply Chain Disruption – Before the Breach and How Best to Protect

Due to COVID-19 concerns and government-imposed restrictions, many businesses have endured and are likely to continue to endure unprecedented supply chain disruptions. Manufacturers, materialmen, wholesalers, processers,...more

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