August 28, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg testified on the Hill in June stating the national roll-out of PREDICT is back on track. Currently, this FDA targeting system is operational in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Seattle...
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June 13, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
Last summer, FDA management warned industry the Agency was planning to find ways to use an old court decision, U.S. vs. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (Sup. Ct. 1975), to increase its enforcement arsenal. In that case, an executive at a food...
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June 13, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
Former GSK Lawyer Exonerated
Last March we talked about the charges against former GlaxoSmithKline lawyer Lauren Stevens being dismissed. Shortly thereafter, charges were refiled and the case went to trial. (Ms. Stevens had...
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June 01, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is targeting juice in its 2011 national priorities for post-release trade compliance verifications. This is the second year for this verification target because significant non-compliance...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Trade Law, Customs Duties, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Food Law, Food and Drug Regulation, Food Safety | No Comments
May 27, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Why do importers feel the need to immediately pick up telephone and call the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) when they hear from their customs broker that the CBSA is asking questions about particular import transactions?...
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April 17, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
Al Gina, the new Customs and Border Protection Assistant Commissioner, International Trade, moderated the session at the CBP Trade Symposium. He talked about the Border Interagency Cooperation Council. It’s initial meeting last...
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April 02, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
In November 2010, we reported the indictment of Lauren Stevens, former in-house lawyer at Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK). The FDA claimed doctors were marketing a drug for off-brand uses, i.e., uses other than those approved...
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February 22, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
While it is still early in the process, and the FDA already has competing demands on its limited staff, including a plethora of reports that must be submitted to Congress over the next couple of years, some signs are starting to...
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February 07, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 28, 2011, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) released Customs Notice CN-11-001 "Implementation of the Strengthening of the Canada Border Services Agency's Procedures Respecting the Importation of Goods...
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January 31, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
Tricks of the Trade – February 10, 2011The Food & Drug Administration and the New Food Safety Law.
Join us to learn the latest developments at the FDA and how the new food safety law will change how you do business.
This...
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January 31, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
It is not uncommon for U.S. exporters to provide to Canadian importers the H.S. tariff classification number for a good that is the number to be used or was used when the goods enter/entered the United States - and not provide...
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January 25, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
You do not need be a psychic to make predictions. I have been watching the trends in the new trade laws and cases. The trends are:
A. Accountability - Following the law is not a suggestion - individuals and partnerships will be...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Border Security Initiatives, Buy America, Canada, India, European Economic Community, USA | No Comments
January 23, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
My friend Tom Fox has recently posted two posts on FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog:
1. Jonathan Marks' 13 Step FCPA Compliance Action Plan (January 11, 2011) -...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Consumer Protection Law, Trade Law, Canada, Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Anti-Bribery/Anti-Money Laundering, USA, Customs Duties, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions | No Comments
January 22, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
Originally published in the January 2011 Journal of Commerce Magazine
In the waning days of an otherwise stagnant time, the lame-duck session of the 111th Congress produced a number of remarkable pieces of legislation. For...
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January 19, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The answer is: Higher! Deeper!
If we take a moment to look at the headlines of 2010, we should predict what are the new risks that will need to be covered:
Preventing Wikileaks and similar divulgence of sensitive...
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January 06, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is taking a hard line with Canadians who do not make complete and truthful accounting of the goods acquired or received while outside Canada. If you are a NEXUS pass holder and you...
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