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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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

How Companies Can Protect Against Rising Technology Costs Amid U.S. Reciprocal Tariffs

On April 2, 2025, the Trump administration announced a series of reciprocal tariffs, significantly impacting various global industries. These measures included a 25% tariff on auto imports, an additional 10% tariff on Chinese...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Trump 2.0 — The Return of Tariff Uncertainty in Commercial Contracts

The second Trump administration started with a bang. There has been an almost weekly focus on implementing and expanding tariffs on a variety of goods imported into the United States. These tariffs are aimed at protecting...more

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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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Impact of New Tariffs on U.S. Government Contractors

As global trade policies shift, U.S. government contractors must navigate the evolving landscape of tariffs and their implications. The recent introduction of new tariffs by the federal government has significant consequences...more

Butler Snow LLP

The Trouble with Tariffs: Understanding the Impact on a Construction Contract

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The tariffs enacted and proposed by the Trump administration have created a cause for concern among industries worldwide, and the construction sector is no exception. Imported goods are often essential to a construction...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

President Trump's "Liberation Day": What It Means for Supply Chains

On Wednesday, April 2, the Trump administration announced its “Liberation Day” tariff policy. The policy imposes tariffs that are effective immediately and that are expected to last indefinitely. Leaving aside the politics...more

DLA Piper

Navigating the Trump Administration’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China

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We have reported extensively on President Trump's "America First Trade Policy", the new tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico and China, and provided commentary on how President Trump's return to office might affect the UK and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Tariffs: Force Majeure and Surcharges — FAQs

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As we navigate a turbulent tariff landscape for manufacturers, we want to help you with some of the most frequently asked questions we are encountering right now as they relate to force majeure and price increases:.....more

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Tariffs and the Construction Industry

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On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump announced his intention to impose 25% tariffs on imports of all steel and aluminum, two materials found in nearly every construction project. These tariffs are set to take effect...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Impact of Tariffs on Commercial Contracts

Parties confronted by the prospect of new tariffs will need to assess their impact on existing contractual obligations. U.S. law imposes the initial payment of the tariff on the importer of record who brings the good into...more

Kerr Russell

Countdown to Tariffs: Are your contracts ready?

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President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on imported goods immediately upon taking office on January 20, 2025. Those tariffs could have an immediate impact on the U.S. supply chain for goods, as...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Practical Considerations for Navigating Tariff Risk on Construction Projects

As the second Trump administration begins next week, developers, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers are evaluating the extent of the construction industry’s international ties – and contractual exposure to potential...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

[Webinar] Incoterms - April 11th, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm CDT

Join ICPA and Braumiller Law Group's Washington D.C. of Counsel Jim Holbein for a presentation on incoterms - The webinar will cover the obligations, costs and risks associated with all the seven multimodal Incoterms 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

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus as a contractual force majeure event: A simple checklist

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Email overload on whether the new coronavirus, COVID-19, triggers a force majeure clause? Whether you're considering a claim, worried about receiving one or busy drafting following the outbreak, here's our 10-point,...more

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Coronavirus FAQ: Key corporate and commercial considerations

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The global outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is having profound implications for businesses all over the world. A Hogan Lovells team of corporate and commercial lawyers from the United Kingdom, United States, and...more

Cozen O'Connor

Keep Calm — and Look at Your Contract(s)

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Whether you cannot meet your supply obligations because your supply chain has come to a screeching halt or you are losing income because conferences, sports, or cultural events are cancelled and your contract partners do not...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Force Majeure and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Generally speaking, entities that enter into contracts are bound to perform them. However, as matters evolve, the impacts of natural and man-made problems arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) are being felt by customers,...more

Polsinelli

COVID 19 and Supply Chain Contracts

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Covid-19 has caused serious disruption to manufacturers’ ability to produce products and fill orders on a timely basis, which in turn has impeded the performance of countless supply chains....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Supply Chain Coronavirus Impacts: Force Majeure and Beyond

COVID-19 calls for review and management of the entire chain, including but not limited to suppliers and customers. In times of uncertainty, every enterprise should undertake a stress test of its supply chain and manage...more

White and Williams LLP

Drafting and Enforcing Force Majeure Clauses in the Wake of COVID-19: Details Matter

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The COVID-19 virus, now on the shores of the United States, continues to impact U.S. businesses at an increasing velocity. With workers contracting the virus across the globe and unable to perform their jobs, business owners...more

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Coronavirus – Does Force Majeure Apply?

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The coronavirus has disrupted the economy and business activity, making it difficult or challenging for some parties to honor their contractual obligations. In fact, it is apparent that parties are terminating their...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Force Majeure: Can It Be Applicable in Case of Failure to Perform the Contract Due to the COVID-19 Outbreak?

For more than a month, China has been suffering from the COVID-19 outbreak, leading to strict containment measures and the standstill of many production plants of raw materials or parts. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Managing Project Risk Associated with the Coronavirus Outbreak Through Force Majeure Provisions

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Globally, many developers and contractors are scrambling to identify available contractual relief as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disrupts cross-border supply chains. US businesses will recall a similar effort just eighteen...more

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