May 2025

On May 29, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (USDC-DC) issued a preliminary injunction ruling staying the imposition of President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). This preliminary injunction applies to tariffs that would be paid by the two named plaintiffs – Learning Resources, Inc. and…

On May 29, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) stayed the decision of the Court of International Trade (CIT) from the previous day, which had vacated both tranches of President Donald Trump’s tariffs implemented under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.). President…

On May 23, 2025, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License (GL) No. 25 relaxing sanctions against the Government of Syria and twenty-eight (28) previously blocked Syrian entities and persons. GL 25 authorizes transactions that would otherwise be prohibited under the U.S. economic sanctions on Syria, including new investment…

On May 16, 2025, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Notice to implement President Donald Trump’s earlier Executive Order (EO) 14289 that eliminated the “stacking” (or accumulation) of certain overlapping tariffs. These overlapping tariffs included the IEEPA tariffs on Canada and Mexico, the Section 232 automobile and automotive part tariffs, and the Section 232…

On May 12, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued updated policy memoranda relating to the investigation and prosecution of white collar crimes, including its White-Collar Enforcement Plan, Revised Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, Memorandum on Selection of Monitors in Criminal Division Matters, and the Criminal Division’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program Revisited. These…

On May 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce announced that it was rescinding a January 15, 2025 Interim Final Rule that revised the controls under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs) and added a new control on artificial intelligence (AI) model weights for certain advanced closed-weight dual-use AI models.  See…

On May 1, 2025, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced that, pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, it was initiating an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines. Interested parties may submit written…

On May 8, 2025, the White House published general terms for a future trade deal “to enhance [the] economic partnership” between the United States and the United Kingdom. The general terms, which names the forthcoming agreement as the U.S.-UK Economic Prosperity Deal, “do[] not constitute a legally binding agreement” but rather memorialize a set of…

On May 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced its intent to launch a Fast Track Pilot Program to encourage greater investment in U.S. businesses from allied and partner countries. This initiative will introduce a Known Investor portal, allowing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to collect information from…