International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) Archives

Tariffs Legal Decisions Under IEEPA Raise Constitutional Issues for Circuit Courts

June 9, 2025

By: James R. Holbein, Of Counsel

Several lawsuits challenging the legal validity of the tariff actions taken by President Trump since he took office on January 20, 2025, are in process of moving through the federal courts. They raise a variety of important jurisdictional and constitutional questions and seem poised to lead to challenges in federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court.

Trump’s Plan B for Tariffs

June 9, 2025

By: Olivia Van Pelt, Law Clerk at Braumiller Law Group

On May 28, 2025, the United States’ Court of International Trade (CIT) struck down the President’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs. This includes tariffs imposed on Canada, China, and Mexico in response to the fentanyl crisis at U.S.’ borders and reciprocal tariffs imposed on almost all foreign imports on April 2, 2025. The Government immediately appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).

New Legislation Extends Statute of Limitations for Sanctions Violations

June 7, 2024

By: Adrienne Braumiller, Founder of Braumiller Law Group

Recently, President Biden signed a foreign military support bill (H.R. 815) into law, which also encompassed the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act (the Act), a legislative proposal introduced in the House containing various U.S. sanctions-related measures. These sanctions measures extended the statute of limitations (“SOL”) from five to ten years for civil and criminal violations of sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”).

Schlumberger Subsidiary Pays $232.7 Million for “Facilitation”

April 20, 2015

By: Adrienne Braumiller, Partner and Devin Sefton, Associate Attorney Just last month, Schlumberger Ltd. (Schlumberger), subsidiary Schlumberger Oil Field Holdings Ltd. (SOHL), agreed to pay

Fokker and Schlumberger: The Value of Voluntary Self-Disclosure

April 17, 2015

By: Linnea Deeds, Senior Trade Advisor U.S. government agencies rely heavily on companies worldwide to voluntarily self-disclose export violations. The sheer volume of international transactions