International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 7
Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.12.06
Inside this issue:
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- CUSTOMS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- REGULATIONS: Recent Regulations Proposed by Department of State Will Make U.S. Agency Regulators More Accountable for Regulatory Commitments Abroad
- PHARMACEUTICALS: Pharmaceutical Companies May Face Override of Patent Rights for Public Health Concerns
- FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: Multi-National Firms Use Southeast Asian FTAs to Enter Indian Markets Demonstrating the Benefits of FTAs to Non-FTA Party Companies
- WTO: New Agreement Among WTO Members Could Allow Foreign Companies Greater Access to Taiwan's Government Procurement Market
- ANTI-DUMPING IN THE EU : European Commissioner for Trade, Peter Mandleson, announces review to decide the best way of balancing competing commercial interests in enforcing EU anti-dumping policy
- EXPORT CONTROLS: BIS Reaffirms Deemed Export Rules By Formally Withdrawing Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- C-TPAT: C-TPAT Establishes Mandatory Security Link Portal
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.14.26
On Friday, April 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has agreed to pay just over $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to comply with federal anti-discrimination requirements incorporated into its federal contracts due to allegedly discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employment practices. This resolution marks the first FCA settlement secured by the DOJ under its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, created in May 2025, and announced by then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as part of the administration’s coordinated efforts to target allegedly unlawful DEI practices. Per the agreement, the settlement is neither an admission of liability by IBM nor a concession by the United States that its claims are not well founded.
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FedRAMP Solicits Public Comment on Overhaul to Incident Communications Procedures
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