https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: International Trade Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 22:30:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2334015?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2334015 The D.C. Circuit was having a hard time Thursday with a Venezuelan state-owned oil company's arguments that it should be allowed out of a nearly 14-year-old suit brought by an Oklahoma-based petroleum drilling company that claims its drilling rigs were illegally seized by the state. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:25:21 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2333269?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2333269 The U.S. Department of the Treasury's financial crimes watchdog on Thursday called out Cambodia-based Huione Group as a primary money laundering concern and proposed to "sever its access to the U.S. financial system" due to its alleged laundering of $4 billion worth of crypto scam and other illicit proceeds. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:46:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332772?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332772 The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for May includes appeals of two nine-figure patent verdicts — one against Apple and one against Medtronic — and Roku's bid to revive its remote control patent suit at the U.S. International Trade Commission after a loss tied to the commission's domestic industry requirement. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:39:38 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2333052?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2333052 President Donald Trump's flurry of tariff actions since taking office has created new questions for multinationals and their transfer pricing tax planners, including how to properly account for cost increases associated with new duties in related party transactions. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:34:06 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2331850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2331850 A PetroSaudi unit continues fighting the Trump administration's bid to pause litigation to seize a $380 million arbitral award while related proceedings in Switzerland play out, saying a California federal judge has already denied its stay request once before. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:26:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332628?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332628 A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday awarded $10.4 million to a class of truckers who sued RSP Express Inc. alleging the company and its owners skimmed off the top of their contracts, shorting drivers for freight transported across the Mexican and Canadian borders. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:22:22 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332719?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332719 The U.S. International Trade Commission's recent termination of a Section 337 investigation of vaporizer devices highlights the fact that — unlike in federal courts — all complaints terminated by the ITC may be refiled, though there are some ways for respondents to protest, says P. Andrew Riley at Mei & Mark. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:58:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2333163?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2333163 A North Carolina trade executive's latest trip to the Second Circuit in his quest to win damages for alleged hacking by a private investigator on Dechert LLP's behalf should end like the others, with a dismissal, defense counsel argued Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 13:38:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2333035?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2333035 Kirkland & Ellis LLP picked up two national security partners from a D.C. boutique, the firm announced Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:23:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332501 A Venezuelan state-owned petrochemicals company is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify which party has the burden of proving whether sovereign immunity applies in litigation targeting foreign countries, as it looks to dodge litigation to enforce a $23 million debt owed to a Florida chemical wholesaler. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:31:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2331245?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2331245 President Donald Trump's decision to ratchet up tariffs and lower the guard on antibribery enforcement creates heightened risks for multinational companies, as employees potentially face pressure to avoid costly tariffs while conceiving there are fewer risks in going around the law to do so. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:49:17 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332463?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332463 The Trump administration is urging the U.S. Court of International Trade to nix a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's power to impose his sweeping global tariffs, saying the plain text, history and purpose of an emergency law Trump invoked supported his authority. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:34:27 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332664?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332664 The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote in May on whether to ban U.S. operations of telecom equipment test labs owned by foreign adversaries. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:35:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332409?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332409 The U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bipartisan bill Wednesday that sought to end the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump to underpin his global tariff regime, with two senators absent for the vote, and with U.S. House consideration delayed until October. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:57:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332634?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332634 A former U.S. Treasury Department official warned Wednesday that U.S. firms should take a serious look at their business exposure to China and develop contingency plans in the event the country invades Taiwan, saying an escalation in the conflict between the U.S. and China would have devastating effects globally. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:22:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332617?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332617 The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday it won't prosecute a NASA contractor research firm whose former employee was sentenced to prison for smuggling aeronautics software to a sanctioned Chinese university, lauding the organization's "exceptional and proactive cooperation" and timely and voluntary self-disclosures of the ex-employee's conduct.  Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:12:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332482?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332482 Federal agencies and contractors face challenges from staff reductions, contract terminations, pending regulatory reform and other actions from the second Trump administration's first 100 days, but other areas stand to become more efficient and cost-effective, say attorneys at Thompson Hine. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:47:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332355?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332355 U.S. gross domestic product fell at an annual rate of 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025 as importers stockpiled goods in advance of President Donald Trump's global tariff regime, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:44:13 +0000 https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332424?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/internationaltrade/articles/2332424 A Texas federal judge has permanently barred the U.S. Department of the Treasury from enforcing its now-dissolved sanctions on crypto mixer Tornado Cash after the advocates who challenged the designation argued the government's removal of the sanctions wasn't enough.