By: Kristine O. Little On August 4, 2021, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) opened an expedited inquiry into ocean carrier surcharges. Eight ocean carriers (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, Matson, MSC, OOCL, SM Line, and Zim) have been asked to provide the FMC’s Bureau of Enforcement (BOE) with details about congestion or related surcharges that they have […]
GKG Law’s litigation team recently prevailed on behalf of an ocean shipper in a complaint filed with the Federal Maritime Commission (Commission). The Commission affirmed the initial decision of the administrative law judge finding that the defendant, acting as a non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC), had violated the Shipping Act of 1984. Litigation began in […]
BIS Adds Antiboycott Interpretation Reflecting United Arab Emirates’ Termination of Israel Boycott On June 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule adding an Interpretation to the anti-boycott regulations in 15 C.F.R. Part 760 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). See 48 Fed Reg 30,535 (June […]
On April 28, members of GKG Law's Trade & Professional Associations team will be running a workshop in conjunction with Association TRENDS. The half-day workshop, Navigating Key Legal Issues of Hybrid & In-Person Events Post-COVID, will be led by practice group leader Rich Bar, and principals Katie Meyer and Oliver Krischik, and will feature two separate open forum sessions from […]
Watch Webinar Now If you’re interested in learning how private aviation can offer greater flexibility and security, please check out our webinar. Boston Private Executive Vice President Bill Woodson will be joined by industry experts Don Dwyer, Managing Partner, Guardian Jet, and Keith Swirsky, President, GKG Law, discuss the latest benefits, logistics and costs of private […]
On March 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated two Burmese military holding companies, Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Limited (MEHL) and Myanmar Economic Corporation Limited (MEC). As a result of these actions: U.S. companies are prohibited from engaging in any unlicensed business with MEHL, MEC, or […]
On March 2, 2021, the U.S. Department of State announced new Russia-related sanctions and Entity List additions pursuant to the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) and Chemical and Biological Weapons Act (CBW Act) following a determination that the Russian Government used a chemical weapon against its own nationals. As relevant to forwarders, some of these […]
On March 10, GKG Law Principal Troy Rolf and special guest speaker PwC Director Richard Farley discussed the history and all pertinent details of the IRS’s new final rule Treas. Reg. Section 1.274-14. The rule addresses the disallowance of deductions for aircraft operating expenses attributable to commuting and answers previously unanswered questions from IRC Section […]
The IRS has issued its final rule providing aircraft owners and management companies with guidance concerning the exemption from federal excise taxes for travel by aircraft owners on their own aircraft enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In this one-hour webinar, GKG Law Principal Troy Rolf and special guests […]
GKG Law Trade & Associations Principal Katie Meyer was invited to present on IP, privacy and contractual considerations for virtual events as part of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) four-part Best Practices in Virtual Speaker Management Online Seminar Series. A full description of the event, which took place on January 28, can be found below. Because of COVID, there has […]