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Over the past two years, federal and state courts have issued a series of decisions with important implications for supply chain contracts. Most notably, the appellate courts in the AirBoss and Higuchi cases provided guidance...more
Global companies face significant risks in their supply chains of compliance with OFAC’s economic sanctions regime. OFAC has emphasized the importance of conducting supply chain risk assessments and audits....more
Relying on a recent Michigan Supreme Court opinion, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a preliminary injunction requiring an auto supplier to supply products, holding that the parties’ purchase order...more
On March 5, 2024, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a "political agreement" on a Regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour ("the EU Forced Labour Regulation" or "the EUFLR")...more
This month, Governor Pritzker signed Public Act 103-0008 (House Bill 3817) into law, which establishes the Budget Implementation Act for fiscal year 2024. While there are a multitude of amendments to the Act, one significant...more
After working through two different customer disputes in as many weeks, you finally come up for some air. While you have the opportunity, you decide it is time to review ABC Corp.’s contracting practices for buying and...more
While our inboxes are flooded on a daily basis with news about how the pandemic has created supply chain and commodities issues, global organizations must think about more than just near-term issues. Although the pandemic...more
Imagine your company imports products from a vendor in Vietnam and sells them at a competitive margin in the U.S. Business is so-so until the Department of Commerce conducts an Antidumping or Countervailing Duty (“AD/CVD”)...more
At this point, it is impossible to escape hearing about or experiencing the supply chain crisis grabbing headlines and impacting businesses – and families – across the globe. This issue has attracted the attention of the...more
Following on from our April 2020 post (where we discussed the call from certain accounting firms and others for guidance from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) on the treatment of trade payables programs) and...more
One of the IndustryWeek articles that always grabs my attention is “Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries of 2021.” Obviously, there is an immediate incentive to check the list and see if you do business (or even can do business) in...more
At the latest Trade & Export Finance webinar, partners Geoffrey Wynne and Sam Fowler-Holmes delved into the topic of receivables financing. Given the manner in which COVID-19 has impacted businesses’ cash flow and supply...more
On 24 February 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) that launches an examination of America’s supply chains. See EO No. 14017, 86 Fed. Reg. 11849 (Feb. 24, 2021). The Administration’s ultimate goal is...more
Many supply chain finance programs are structured on what is called a “buyer-led” or “buyer-focused” basis. In certain of these types of programs, although the bank or other financier providing the program (the “Finance...more
COVID-19 supply chain disruptions and how suppliers and service providers have handled such disruptions have prompted procurement teams to reconsider whether business should be shifted away from suppliers that have performed...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to sharp spikes in demand for basic necessities, alcohol-based disinfecting products, and essential food staples. Consumers have been willing to pay a premium to stock up on these items from both...more
For government and private institutions, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant acting quickly—so quickly, in fact, that companies run the risk of inadvertently setting aside traditional risk prevention procedures in an effort to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: At the beginning of 2020, industry pundits predicted only a moderate decline in auto sales for the year. Those “moderate decline” predictions took a sharp turn on Wednesday, with Morgan Stanley slashing its...more
Whether you cannot meet your supply obligations because your supply chain has come to a screeching halt or you are losing income because conferences, sports, or cultural events are cancelled and your contract partners do not...more
Coronavirus Disease 2019 or “COVID-19” continues to dominate national and international discussion. News outlets in Boston, New York, London, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and every other city and town in the world continue...more
Covid-19 has caused serious disruption to manufacturers’ ability to produce products and fill orders on a timely basis, which in turn has impeded the performance of countless supply chains....more
The current outbreak of COVID-19 (the coronoavirus) will be a test of the global supply chain’s strength in the face of unintended interruptions, and can be a lesson on building-in supply-chain contingency plans. As a result...more
Company, having undertaken the effort of putting a master purchase agreement in place with a detailed specification and statement of work, was quite pleased with itself, having established this relationship with a key...more
On September 26, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 2200). The bill would reauthorize the Trafficking...more