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In a recently issued Final Determination, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that the roasting of coffee beans substantially transforms the beans into a product of the country in which the beans were roasted.

Coffee producer Keurig Green Mountain (“Keurig”) requested the determination as to the country of origin assignment to green coffee

Copyright: bedo / 123RF Stock Photo
Copyright: bedo / 123RF Stock Photo

In a complaint recently filed in Delaware Chancery Court, a shareholder of General Cable Corp. (“General Cable”) has asked the Court to compel the release of documents related to General Cable’s $82 million settlement of claims under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

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SCS Corporation, Ltd. (SCS), a unit of Houston oil and gas drilling company Hyperdynamics Corporation (“Hyperdynamics”), has filed parallel actions in the Southern District of Texas (4:16-cv-00076) and before the American Arbitration Association against two partners who SCS alleges used an FCPA investigation into Hyperdynamics as a pretext for breaching their joint exploration agreement.

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