North America: International Law

Bob Brewer sits down with Associate Attorney, Eiyack Cacho -Ayala, to discuss AI and how university students should not fear it, but instead embrace it.

On May 12, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $549.5 million False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with Perfectus Aluminum Inc.

The imposition of widespread tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) fundamentally altered the M&A landscape over the past year—affecting deal valuations...

The BVI Commercial Court has delivered a landmark judgment addressing whether foreign judgments that remain unrecognised within the jurisdiction may properly found a statutory demand. The decision reconciles two seemingly conflicting precedents by drawing a crucial distinction between debts evidenced by foreign determinations and debts created solely by foreign judicial acts.

International arbitration is premised on a simple but powerful idea: parties who agree to arbitrate their disputes should be able to rely on the outcome and enforce the decision without opening the door...

As reported in our March 5, 2026, blog item, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is undertaking a factfinding investigation to examine Chinese state support...

The Mexican Federal Government recently announced a historic agreement with the domestic steel industry aimed at prioritizing Mexican steel in public infrastructure projects. While presented as an industrial policy initiative...

Minimal progress has been achieved towards a permanent settlement of conflict between the DRC and the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23. Fighting in the eastern Congo persists, and both sides continue to accuse...

Recent U.S. cartel designations are fundamentally reshaping compliance requirements for American companies with operations or investments in Mexico. Partners from Holland & Knight examine how enforcement actions targeting Mexican financial institutions and agricultural supply chains are creating new legal exposure, even for organizations with established compliance programs, and discuss what enhanced due diligence measures companies must now implement to navigate cross-border business risk.