Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in January 2012 – The Government Generally Gets Its Way Did you see the press coverage in August 2011 surrounding the raid by Fish + Wildlife and Homeland Security (ICE) Investigators on Gibson Guitar’s facilities in Nashville and Memphis, TN? As that case proceeds, one is forced to… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Corporate Counsel RSS FeedHitachi Decision: A Cautionary Tale
Posted in Corporate Counsel, Customs Law, Legal DevelopmentsThe recent decision in the Hitachi Home Electronics case illustrates how far Congress and Customs can veer from factoring common sense into their legislative and regulatory pronouncements. The case was decided at the Court of International Trade (CIT) on April 30, 2010 and affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October… Continue Reading
California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010
Posted in Corporate Counsel, State GovernmentsAs a reminder, this new California state law takes effect on January 1, 2012 and requires retailers and manufacturers with worldwide sales of $100 million or more who do business in California (and doing business is broadly defined) to add information to their websites regarding their efforts to combat slavery and human trafficking. Whether you… Continue Reading
Shareholders Seek Their Money Back
Posted in Anti-Trust/Competition Law, Corporate Counsel, Customs Law, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, FCPA/Anti-Corruption, UncategorizedPublished originally by the Journal of Commerce in November 2011. Proving yet again that shareholders are no longer willing to tolerate systemic shortcomings from those in charge of public companies, the Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System has filed a shareholders derivative lawsuit in the Southern District of New York[1] against the officers and directors… Continue Reading
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Cyndee Todgham Cherniak is the founding lawyer of LexSage, a boutique international trade law and sales tax firm in Toronto, Ontario. She has practiced for almost 20 years at Canada’s top Bay Street law firms.
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Su represents companies and entities, in both the administrative and commercial setting, regarding the importation and exportation of goods before various government entities, administrations, federal and state courts and agencies.
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