On August 31, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the nomination of Adrienne Harris as the Superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services – New York’s top financial regulator and a key regulator in the banking, anti-money laundering, fintech, insurance, and cryptocurrency spaces. Harris, whose nomination is still subject to confirmation, has diverse experience serving in both the private and public sector. Harris currently serves as a Professor of Practice at the…

In ruling NY N320340 (July 30, 2021), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discussed the classification of three different from Argentina. A breakdown of the three products is provided below: Cheddar Sticks: composed of cheddar cheese, wheat flour, water, refined sunflower oil, modified starch, rice flour, salt, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, pasteurized egg powder, flavoring, guar gum, mono and diglycerides of fatty acids, and annatto extract. Provolone Sticks: composed of provolone cheese, mozzarella cheese, wheat flour, water, refined…

On August 26, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that for FY 2021 between October 1, 2020 and August 6, 2021, the agency had detained approximately $368 million ($367,743,052) worth of cargo in relation to forced labor by issuing Withhold Release Orders (WROs). As noted by the agency’s trade statistics, this represented a total number of 967 detained shipments during this period of time, which marks an increase of 331 stopped shipments…