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Daily Compliance News: May 15, 2025, The Downfall in Davos Edition
Great Women in Compliance: The Compliance Influencer with Bettina Palazzo
Tariffs and Trade Series: What Senior Management Teams Need to Know
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Compliance Tip of the Day: Multiplying the Influence of Compliance
Daily Compliance News: May 13, 2025, The Leaving on a Jet Plane Edition
Compliance tip of the Day: Communication Through Persuasion
FCPA Compliance Report: Upping Your Game in Compliance
Episode 368 — LRN Issues New Report Highlighting Growing Gap in Compliance Program Performance
Compliance Tip of the Day: Empowering Middle Managers to Drive Compliance Transformation
Creativity and Compliance: From Compliance Enforcers to Trusted Advisors: The Path Forward
Top Healthcare Compliance Priorities for 2025
Compliance Tip of the Day: Middle Managers as the Eyes and Ears of Compliance
As we discussed in this April 7 blog post, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) can pursue civil penalties for tariff evasion under the False Claims Act (FCA), including against companies that are aware of tariff evasion by...more
With U.S. trade policy constantly evolving and Customs enforcement increasing, importers face more pressure than ever to ensure customs compliance from the beginning. One misstep – whether it is a misclassified product, an...more
New tariffs and geopolitical challenges are forcing companies to confront 2025 head-on. For many, this is a fast-changing operating environment with higher costs. Being able to sort through all the noise to find the facts...more
Between tariffs, tightening export controls, evolving sanctions, and ramped up enforcement, the cost and complexity of compliance is rising for oil and gas supply chains. ACI’s Trade & Sanctions Compliance for the Oil and...more
Increases in Counterfeit Beauty and Personal Care Products - The rise of e-commerce has led to increasing sales of counterfeit or noncompliant beauty and personal care products, including many that are knockoffs of...more
What Is a Tariff? A tariff is a tax or duty imposed on goods when they cross national borders. Most commonly, tariffs apply to imports, raising the cost of foreign-made products in the domestic market. ...more
As reported in our prior article, “What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … The New Steel and Aluminum Tariffs (Part I),” President Trump signed two proclamations on February 10, 2025, imposing 25-percent tariffs...more
The scope of new import tariffs and regulations portends significant operational risks and disruptions. It is easy to imagine numerous companies that depend on imports for production purposes are facing a new set of...more
As Trump seeks to raise U.S. tariffs (which currently tend to be among the lowest worldwide), manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and other companies that frequently import (“importers”) must determine the best strategy...more
Imagine walking into a room to take an exam that you will likely fail, where the odds of success are stacked, at best, more than 3-to-1 against you? Is it madness to willingly put yourself in that situation? And yet, twice...more
Our previous article on What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … Managing Import Risks Under the New Trump Administration (Part I) identified the 12 main import-related risks (and opportunities) likely to arise in...more
As an accompaniment to our biweekly series on “What Every Multinational Company Should Know About” various international trade, enforcement, and compliance topics, below find an update to our series on compliance checks that...more
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
The first sale doctrine is an important principle in U.S. customs law that allows importers to use the price of the first sale in a series of transactions as the basis for calculating customs duties. This doctrine can be...more
In this second installment of our four-part trade series, we consider strategies importers may adopt for addressing anticipated tariffs imposed under the Trump-Vance administration. As we draw closer to President-elect Donald...more
The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) program can offer a fast thoroughfare for international trade. But navigating the annual security audits that ensure CTPAT compliance can feel like a maze. Don’t worry,...more
When I think of a portal my mind goes immediately to science fiction gateways in time. The literary skills of H.G. Wells in the classic Time Machine, or some of the works of Michael Crichton. Traversing the fantastical realms...more
In our previous biweekly update, What Every Multinational Needs to Know About … The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Part I, we summarized the UFLPA requirements and the basic expectations that U.S. Customs and Border...more
In recent years, the global spotlight has illuminated the grave concerns surrounding human rights violations within China's Xinjiang region, particularly those impacting the Uyghur population. The Uyghur Forced Labor...more
As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more
In late December 2021, the United States banned imports of disposable gloves produced in Malaysia by manufacturer Brightway Holdings over allegations of forced labor....more
President Biden signed into law on December 23 legislation that will, for the first time, require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to detain all imports that are made wholly or partly in the Xinjiang Uyghur...more
It may come as a surprise to most businesses that some goods around the globe are still being made with forced labor at this moment in time. But unfortunately that is the case and decades-old laws are increasingly being...more
The Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019 aims to close a loophole in the current law and provide U.S. Customs the authority to seize counterfeit goods infringing design patents....more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 20 (October 24, 2019) - When the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced withhold release orders on Oct. 1, the mainstream media gave it considerable coverage....more