These days, when issues of justiciability or unilateralism arise, the security exception in Article XXI of GATT 1994 comes immediately to mind. However, these issues can arise

in very different contexts, such as safeguards. [...]

The heads of a five-nation group that's cracking down on transnational tax crimes said Wednesday that their first year of collaboration has sparked new cases and sped development

of existing ones but hasn't yet led to a prosecution. However, group... [...]

Read ThinkAdvisor's full analysis The final rules contain some twists that may surprise clients who are currently calculating their 2018 tax liability. By Robert Bloink and

William H. Byrnes | The IRS has released the final regulations interpreting the new... [...]

There’s no need for prosecutors or plaintiffs to prove that MLB or team executives fit the public perception of old-time movie gangsters in order to establish RICO liability.

Even if it proved difficult to connect executives with violent crimes and trafficking offenses, knowing immigration fraud alone could form the predicate for RICO [...]

Unilateral presidential withdrawal is better understood to be either incompatible with the implied will of Congress or, at best, an exercise of presidential power where Congress

has not spoken on the issue. In either case, a Youngstown analysis does not support unilateral presidential withdrawal from congressional-executive agreements like [...]

The fast track framework that governed the first NAFTA also governs the new one (with updates and extensions). So we're still in the dark about withdrawal and termination procedures.

Congress could clarify withdrawal and termination authority if it wanted to in the implementing act for the new NAFTA. [...]

For a President, congressional-executive agreements are easier to get into, because Congress is part of the process. But they’re also harder to get out of – because Congress

is part of the process. [...]

If Trump dumps Canada, is the remaining agreement still NAFTA? If not, does he have the statutory authority to enter into a new agreement with Mexico? The answer to both questions

is that the President could probably have done either – but he can’t do the latter now, and he could never do either alone.  [...]

As the headlines have been screaming for a while now, the Trump Administration’s actions may violate trade obligations of the United States under international agreements

like the WTO and possibly also domestic statutes governing trade. This raises a preliminary question: Do Americans care? [...]