If we need any reminder that the Brexit transition period is drawing to a close, and of the implications for UK/EU trade, then two public notices issued over the past few months

should do the trick. These notices, one by the UK and the other by the EU Commission, relate to safeguard measures on steel products. [...]

Opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma LP (Purdue) pleaded guilty today in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, to conspiracies to defraud the United States and violate the anti-kickback

statute. Purdue pleaded guilty to an information charging it with three felony offenses:... [...]

I guess I must be the only lawyer on either side of the Atlantic that missed two pending US countervail cases involving the EU's Emission Trading Scheme. The investigations,

involving Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy and Germany, include allegations that the free emission allowances given to the exporters represent countervailable [...]

Seven individuals across two states were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a scheme to obtain approximately $16 million in forgivable

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the... [...]

The Working Group on Bribery of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD Working Group) issued its Phase 4 Report of the United States today, announced

the U.S. Departments of Justice, Commerce, State, and the Securities and Exchange Commission... [...]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today announced a settlement with Afni, Inc. (Afni) to address its violations in providing information to consumer reporting

agencies (CRAs). Afni is a non-bank Illinois-based debt collector that specializes in collecting debt on behalf... [...]

We’re all looking at RCEP now. One really interesting angle is to compare the RCEP text to that of the CPTPP, its competitor. On the one hand, in many areas the text of RCEP

is not only similar, but is in fact identical, to that of CPTPP. At the same time, there are significant differences between the two agreements, even in areas where [...]

This bulletin[1] highlights for broker-dealers various risks arising from illicit activities associated with transactions in low-priced securities[2] through omnibus accounts,

particularly transactions effected on behalf of omnibus accounts[3] maintained for foreign financial institutions.[4] These risks are heightened when the identities... [...]

There has been lots of talk about RCEP these past few days. For Asian trade issues, I always listen closely to what Deborah Elms has to say. She just did an episode of the

Trade Talks Podcast on RCEP, and I wanted to highlight three things she said there. [...]