On July 13, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) released its opinion reversing the U.S. Court of International Trade’s (“CIT”) decision that President Trump had unlawfully doubled tariffs on imports of steel from Turkey under
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Federal Circuit Reverses CIT on President’s Authority to Increase Section 232 Tariffs on Steel Imports from Turkey
On July 13, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) issued a majority 2-1 opinion reversing the ruling of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) that former President Donald J. Trump violated the provisions…
CBP Publishes New Import Restrictions on Archeological Material from Turkey
By Luke Tillman
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) maintains a comprehensive set of regulations restricting the importation of various pieces of artwork, antiquities, and cultural property. On June 16, 2021, CBP published in the Federal Register a final rule amending those regulations…
When Is It Too Soon to Call a Catastrophe a “Genocide”?
Main Tuesday, June 01, 2021When Is It Too Soon to Call a Catastrophe a “Genocide”?The following post is by my FIU colleague Hannibal Travis.At an interesting event held by the United Nations General Assembly, with the UN Secretary-General Antonio…
International School Law/Teacher Law: It’s Complicated
By Dan Harris
Many of our lawyers and staff attended international schools or are sons or daughters of teachers or professors. I spent my junior year of high school at Robert College in Istanbul, a year studying Spanish at LAE Madrid and Taronja…
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Initiatives Continue in Payments, NFTs and Media; Crypto Enforcement and Threats Also Continue Across Globe
Firms Enable Crypto Payments; Blockchain Deployed for Luxury Goods, A&D and Postal Services; NFT Hype Continues; Turkey Bans Crypto; DeFi Hacked for $80M
Uyghurs Aren’t Safe From China Even Outside Xinjiang – The Atlantic
On a summer afternoon nearly four years ago, Maryam Muhammet thought her family s long journey to freedom was almost complete. The Uyghur woman had arrived in Istanbul from Egypt weeks prior with her two sons, a toddler and an…
Turkish Central Bank Bans Using Crypto Assets in Payments
Turkish Central Bank’s (“TCB”) regulation on “not using crypto assets” in payments (“Regulation”) was promulgated in today’s official…Continue reading on Medium »
Turkish Women Protest Over Erdogan’s Decision To Exit Domestic Violence Treaty
By Family Law
From Reuters:Several thousand women took to the streets in Istanbul on Saturday to demand Turkey reverses its decision to withdraw from an international treaty against domestic abuse which it once championed.President Tayyip Erdogan stunned European allies with last week’s announcement…