There was much fanfare in the general press in January concerning Department of Justice’s arrest and indictment of 22 executives and employees of companies that transact business involving military and law-enforcement products....
In a January 2010 Alert, we mentioned the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) indictment of John Warwick of Ports Engineering Consultants Corp. (PECC). For more details and background, click...
Over the last year or two, we have heard a good deal about Fusion Centers. These are locations where the federal government electronically shares details about individuals with state and local governments (which also share data...
Another case involving the FCPA has recently made headlines. This one involves bribes allegedly paid to Panamanian port authority government officials in order to obtain and keep contracts having to do with maintaining...
On January 15, 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released its report which contains recommendations for reforming the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). The report begins by summarizing some recent...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has amended the CPSIA by exempting electronic products from the lead limitation provided by Section 101(b)(2) provided the component part is not accessible "if it is not physically exposed...
Yemen has announced that on February 3, 2010, Canada and Yemen signed a bilateral agreement relating to Yemen's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The agreement follows a meeting at the WTO of WTO Members relating...
On February 4, 2010 China filed a Request for Consultations with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) regarding the continuation of 16% antidumping duties on footwear by the European Union. This is not...
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade negotiators spent January 18-22, 2010 in Brussels Belgium negotiating the Second Round of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)....
News Centre reports that India and the EU free trade agreement negotiators will meet next week after the Canadian delegation leaves Brussels. The India-Eu FTA negotiations started in 2007 and the negotiators are on the Seventh...
My good friend Riyaz Dattu (and Peter Glossop) at Oslers is reporting that:
Canadian officials are anxious to receive input from Canadian business. Businesses should consider both their defensive trade strategies in adjusting to...
The Wire Report is reporting that the EU is pressuring Canada in the second Round of Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement negotiations to make significant amendments to Canada's copyright laws....
On January 18 - 22, 2010, Canada's negotiators will travel to Brussels, Belgium to take part in the second Round of Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement negotiations.
The first Round of talks took...
Given the expanding concern about the safety of the U.S. food supply, Congress is again taking action to change the rules. From what we have seen so far, those changes are likely to be dramatic and potentially quite costly,...
One of the consistent criticisms of C-TPAT is there are no regulations that clarify what rules and procedures apply to the program. This has been especially troubling when it comes to those companies that are suspended or removed...
Just as the Steelworkers got creative with their use of a 421 proceeding (see
With the petroleum wax candles case, we see Commerce asking the public for comment on how to deal with novelty candles, which up until now were...
