False Claims Act Insights - How Tariffs Can Increase Whistleblower Activity and Associated FCA Liability
In Husch Blackwell’s October 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...more
I. Introduction - Anti-dumping duties are among the most powerful instruments in global trade regulation. They aim to level the playing field by offsetting the impact of goods sold at “unfairly low” prices, protecting...more
On November 5, 2025, the Supreme Court heard three hours of oral argument in the most consequential trade case in years, a challenge to the President’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose...more
The Supreme Court has heard oral argument in a case to determine whether the Trump administration’s sweeping tariff regime, imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), is lawful. ...more
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Court of International Trade’s decision that the tariffs imposed by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are unlawful. This week, the...more
On Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the Administration’s appeal of the split decision upholding the Court of International Trade’s order striking down use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as...more
In Husch Blackwell’s September 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...more
In December 2018, during the U.S. Court of International Trade oral argument in the proceeding in which the American Institute for International Steel challenged the Section 232 national security tariffs on steel as...more
When President Donald Trump stated that a judicial rollback of his sweeping tariff program would be “1929 all over again, a GREAT DEPRESSION,” he placed a legal ruling at the center of a dramatic macroeconomic forecast....more
Throughout 2025, President Trump has declared several national emergencies and invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs of unlimited duration on nearly all goods imported from...more
Importers who have paid tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) should take immediate steps to preserve their eligibility for potential refunds. Multiple lawsuits are currently...more
A recent US Court of International Trade ruling—now on appeal to the Federal Circuit—threatens to impose retroactive duties on importers of solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam that were...more
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) sitting en banc (11 active judges participating) affirmed, in a 7-4 majority decision filed on August 29, 2025, the decision of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT)...more
On September 25, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a decision by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) upholding Section 301 tariffs on imports from China...more
On September 9, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to hear appeals from two cases challenging the Trump Administration’s tariff actions that rely on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...more
A federal appeals court ruled on August 29, 2025, that most of the Trump Administration’s sweeping tariffs on imports from U.S. trading partners, including reciprocal tariffs and anti-narcotics tariffs, are unlawful. The...more
Key Takeaways: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the U.S. Court of International Trade’s decision to strike down the reciprocal and fentanyl tariffs imposed under IEEPA....more
The US Supreme Court announced that it will review the President’s authority to implement tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) on an expedited basis. The Court of International Trade (CIT)...more
In Husch Blackwell’s August 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...more
The U.S. Court of International Trade and subsequently the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit have found that President Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs imposed under the authority of the International Emergency...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in a 7‑4 decision on Aug. 29, 2025, struck down President Donald Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA or the Act) to impose sweeping tariffs...more
In early 2025, the U.S. government imposed steep tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) targeting imports from China, Canada, and Mexico. These tariffs were levied, in part, as penalties for the...more
On Friday, August 29, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Appeals Court”) ruled 7 to 4 that President Trump’s tariffs implemented via the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) were...more
Earlier this year, the U.S. Court of International Trade found that President Donald Trump had exceeded the powers granted to him under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) in imposing “Trafficking...more