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Trump Administration Announces 25% Tariffs on Finished Steel Products and 10% Tariffs on Aluminum Products

By Cortney Morgan & Nithya Nagarajan

January 27, 2020

In a surprise announcement after hours on Friday January 24, 2020, the White House announced that it plans to impose an additional 25 percent tariff on some steel articles and 10 percent on some aluminum articles starting February 8, 2020 under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. A proclamation issued by the White House indicated that these new tariffs are being imposed due to the fact that there has been a surge…

Healthcare Law Insights

Thrilled to Announce the Launch of Hospice Insights: The Law and Beyond

By pmurray

January 27, 2020

We are thrilled both to welcome four new hospice attorneys to Husch Blackwell and for the launch of their new podcast “Hospice Insights: The Law and Beyond.” In this first episode, Meg Pekarske, Bryan Nowicki, Erin Burns and Andrew Brenton discuss the exciting opportunities resulting from their move to Husch Blackwell. The episode is available at: https://www.huschblackwell.com/newsandinsights/your-hospice-team-has-a-new-home.…

International Trade Insights

Petition Summary: Difluoromethane (R-32) from the People’s Republic of China

By Turner Kim

January 23, 2020

On January 23, 2020, Petitioner Arkema Inc. filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on imports of difluoromethane (R-32), a hydrofluorocarbon gas, from the People’s Republic of China. SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION Based on the product description and production process described in the sections below, this petition requests the following scope language: The merchandise covered by this investigation is difluoromethane (“R-32”), or its chemical equivalent, regardless of form, type or purity level. R-32…

Byte Back

Analyzing the 2020 Maryland Right to Opt Out of Third-Party Disclosures Act

By David Stauss, Erik Dullea & Malia Rogers

January 23, 2020

Keypoint: Maryland lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow Maryland residents to opt-out of certain types of personal information transfers but that would stop far short of creating CCPA-like rights for Maryland residents. On January 17, 2020, Maryland House Delegates Courtney Watson and Ned Carey introduced HB0249. If enacted in its current form, the bill would allow Maryland residents to opt-out of certain types of transfers of their personal information to third parties.…

Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation Industry Insider

Toxic Tort Monitor: Three Louisiana Juries Award Significant Verdicts in Asbestos Exposure Cases

By Nacenté Seabury

January 22, 2020

Recently, three asbestos cases, Lege, Chabaud, and Gaddy, have produced significant verdicts in Louisiana. Interestingly, Chabaud, a case of disputed asbestosis, produced the largest reported award for an asbestos personal injury claim in Louisiana history. Below is a brief summary of each of these matters.…

Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation Industry Insider

Toxic Tort Monitor: Changes to Federal Rules of Evidence Broaden Hearsay Exception

By Tana Smith & Caroline Shea

January 21, 2020

The United States Supreme Court recently amended Federal Rule of Evidence Rule 807, the residual exception to the hearsay rule. These amendments significantly broaden the scope of the exception, which may lead to the admission of more hearsay statements under this rule. Rule 807 provides for the admission of certain hearsay statements that are not admissible under the enumerated exceptions found in Rules 803 and 804. The previous version of the rule allowed for the…

K-12 Legal Insights

More Litigation over Student-on-Student Racial Harassment in School Districts

By Mary E. Deweese, Aleks Ostojic Rushing & John W. Borkowski

January 21, 2020

Title VI Obligations School districts have an obligation under Title VI not to discriminate on the basis of race, color or national origin. They cannot intentionally discriminate – that is, for example, treat African-American students differently than white students on the basis of race – or engage in practices that have a disparate impact on students of a certain race without having a substantial legitimate justification necessary to its educational mission. In addition, school districts…

Byte Back

Analyzing the 2020 Virginia Privacy Act and Sale of Personal Data Act

By David Stauss & Malia Rogers

January 20, 2020

Keypoint: The Virginia Privacy Act would create CCPA-like rights for Virginia residents while the Sale of Personal Data Act would create rights vis-à-vis “data sellers.” Lawmakers in Virginia have proposed two bills that, if enacted, would create a number of privacy rights for Virginia residents and compliance burdens for covered entities. The first bill – the Virginia Privacy Act (HB 473) – was prefiled on January 3, 2020, and offered on January 8,…

International Trade Insights

Trump Administration Expands Iran Sanctions to New Sectors in Recent Executive Order

By Cortney Morgan, Grant Leach & Camron Greer

January 17, 2020

In a January 10thExecutive Order, President Trump expanded sanctions on Iran after a ballistic missile attack on two American military bases in Iraq. Executive Order 13902 expands secondary sanctions on Iran to include “significant” or “material” support transactions between non-U.S. persons and Iran’s construction, mining, manufacturing, and textiles sectors as potentially sanctionable transactions. Executive Order 13902 also authorizes the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to extend these secondary sanctions to additional sectors of…

Emerging Energy Insights

2020 Hindsight

By Jeff Ramsey

January 17, 2020

Read Mark Savit’s recent column in Rock Products that looks back at 2019 and ahead to 2020.…

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