The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") opened its exclusion request process on October 15, 2024, allowing for importers to request temporary exclusion from Section 301 tariffs on certain Chinese.

On Wednesday, November 23, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative extended exclusions from Section 301 tariffs for 81 medical care products from China for a sixth time.

The conclusion of the World Trade Organization's ("WTO") 13th ministerial meeting ("MC13") this past Friday, March 1st, saw the extension of the so-called e-commerce moratorium until the next ministerial conference in two years...

Yesterday, less than an hour into the first day of confirmation hearings for attorney general nominee Pam Bondi, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) questioned Bondi on her commitment to defending the constitutionality.

On January 18, 2024 in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc. (Cal., Jan. 18, 2024, No. S274340) 2024 WL 188863, the California Supreme Court resolved a split in authority among the California Courts of Appeal regarding whether or not trial courts...

As previously reported, a number of consumers filed suit earlier this year against Exactech after it recalled the polyethylene liners in certain hip, knee, and ankle implants.

In late March 2023, Dr. Paul Koch, the former owner of a chain of Rhode Island ophthalmology practices, agreed to pay $1.1 million to the U.S. Attorney's Office to settle false claims act allegations.

Taxpayers with outstanding ERC claims will be pleased that the Commissioner has indicated that the IRS will restart its processing of ERC claims in the near future.

On May 20, 2025, former Missouri congressman, Billy Long, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing as President Donald Trump's nominee for IRS Commissioner.

On July 9, 2024, the CHIPS Research and Development Office released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to announce a third CHIPS Act Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)...

This week's episode covers two notable False Claims Act settlements and the White House National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan...

GAO's key personnel rule is well-known—and often a source of frustration— amongst government contractors.

Asset-based lending (ABL) and adjacent areas of asset-focused finance continually shift towards the center ground of mainstream corporate finance. Flexibility, underpinned by collateral-driven risk, is in demand.

When government contractors believe solicitation terms conflict with statutes or regulations, they face a critical timing challenge that can make or break their ability to protest. A recent GAO decision demonstrates how waiting until discussions to raise concerns about RFP language can result in dismissal, even when the solicitation appears to contradict procurement law.

The Department of War has issued a proposed rule that would dramatically expand Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) requirements to include unclassified defense contracts valued over $5 million. This expansion would subject tens of thousands of previously unaffected contractors and subcontractors—many of them small businesses—to the same rigorous DCSA disclosure requirements and FOCI mitigation processes currently reserved for cleared contractors. With comments due by July 6, 2026, co

On January 12, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming passed (369-22) the Remote Access Security Act, modernizing U.S. export controls to address foreign adversaries' remote access to controlled technologies through cloud computing services.

From Wednesday, 28 January 2026, the UK Sanctions List ("UKSL"), published by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, will act as the sole source of UK sanctions designations made under the Sanctions...

On March 12th, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) initiated investigations under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 of 60 countries for potential forced labor violations resulting in unfair competition for US companies selling abroad.

On January 29th, 2026 U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a Withhold Release Order on all shipments of coffee harvested by Finca Monte Grande, a Mexican coffee farm in Chiapas, Mexico.

Each week, Crowell & Moring's State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken.