Contributing Lawyers

There is a debate concerning the provision of legal advice to circumvent economic sanctions laws that raises concerns in the United States among both in-house counsel and outside counsel. With the new export controls and economic...

Any business in Canada's oil & gas sector who were/are doing business with Iran needs to look at the new rules as the landscape has changed dramatically. In June/July 2010, the Government of Canada promulgated the following...

This posting been prepared with the assistance of Dana Doidge and Rosetta Tang, summer students at Lang Michener LLP.

The Stewardship Ontario programs have come under fire, and rightly so.  What is interesting is the extent...

Originaly Published in the June 2010 JOC Magazine -

Anyone who imports textile or wearing apparel products knows that achieving 100% regulatory compliance has been challenging for both Customs and the trade community. In a...

On June 8, 2010, Asst. Comm. Baldwin again confirmed that it is CBP’s long-standing policy to encourage prior disclosures. The reason these comments are notable is that a number of Ports have attempted to use the CBP Form 28...

Effective June 14, 2010, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has begun issuing detention notices for possible violations of its laws and regulations, rather than leaving that function in U.S. Customs and Border...

The Texas district court has ruled in Forest Group v Bon Tool Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41291 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 27, 2010) that if a party places a false patent marking on a product, the fine will be based on the maximum price at...

It has long been understood that achieving 100% trade compliance with textile and wearing apparel imports has been challenging for both Customs and the trade community. In a recent presentation, Janet Labuda, the U.S. Customs and...

The June 9, 2010 Canada Gazette (Part II,  Vol 144, No. 12) contained the New Harmonized Value-Added Tax System Regulations SOR/2010-117. Part 2 (section 34-37 contain the HST anti-avoidance rules.  These rules are in...

I enjoy reading Seth Godin's blog - www.sethgodin.com/sg/.  I had to share today's post since the deadline for HST readiness/preparedness is only 24 days away. Goods and services tax (GST)-registered businesses must...

In the June 9, 2010 Canada Gazette, the final HST place of supply regulations are published as SOR/2010-117 - now called "New Harmonized Value-added Tax System Regulations". Please go to the following link -...

On June 9, 2010, the United Nations Security Council passed new strict economic sanctions against Iran. The resolution builds on existing UN sanctions imposed since 2006 and expand the breadth and reach of such measures by...

H.R. 4844 has been introduced by Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., which if passed, would finally accomplish a long-awaited goal of those paying into the Harbor Maintenance Tax Fund. Specifically, the bill would require the money...

In the June 4, 2010 Federal Register at

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-13403.htm, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service published information about the next meeting of Codex, the WTO’s sanitary and phytosanitary...

Kevin Marron has written a helpful article about harmonized sales tax in "The Canadian Lawyer" magazine entitled "The HST is Coming, The HST is Coming" - go to...

On May 24, 2010, Canada's Prime Minister Harper issued a statement that Canada will be imposing new economic sanctions on trade, investment and other bilateral relations against North Korea and will be adding North Korea to the...