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  • videocam Live Webinar with Live Q&A
  • calendar_month March 24, 2026 @ 1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
  • signal_cellular_alt Intermediate
  • card_travel Commercial Law
  • schedule 90 minutes

Trump Tariffs After Year One: Mitigating Supply Contract Risk, Navigating Volatility, Defending Disputes

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About the Course

Introduction

This CLE webinar will examine how the Trump administration's first year in office reshaped tariff risk and supply chain contracting, and what those developments mean for counsel advising on sourcing, pricing, and performance obligations in 2026 and beyond.

Description

Over the past year, tariff policy shifted from future contingency planning to implementation risk management, including IEEPA-based measures affecting key trading partners under a broader "reciprocal tariff" approach tied to trade deficits. Companies experienced landed-cost volatility, lead-time variability, and heightened scrutiny, creating potential challenges when contract terms were drafted for a more stable environment.

Counsel must address tariffs as a commercial contracting problem: who bears duty increases, when price changes are permitted, what changed documentation is required, and how to manage notice, mitigation, and remedies when unplanned circumstances arise.

The panel will discuss how parties are approaching contract review and renegotiation, the practical limits of force majeure and performance defenses where the issue is primarily cost pressure, and drafting considerations for agreements going forward.

Listen as our panel examines the past year's tariff developments and discusses best practices for advising clients on supply chain risk, cost allocation, contract obligations, and disputes in an evolving trade landscape.

Presented By

Gregory Husisian
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

Mr. Husisian is a partner and litigation attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP. He is chair of the firm’s International Trade and National Security Practice, focusing on both international trade and international regulatory issues. Before entering private practice, Mr. Husisian clerked for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Leah R. Imbrogno
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

Ms. Imbrogno assists corporate clients, specifically manufacturing and automotive companies, throughout all phases of complex commercial litigation, mediation, arbitration, and international arbitration. She has successfully litigated and tried cases in state and federal courts, the American Arbitration Association and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Ms. Imbrogno has substantial experience in breach of contract, supply chain, warranty, recall and products liability litigation, as well as in defending manufacturers against class actions and managing trade secret claims and shareholder disputes. She is a frequent author and presenter on supply chain and other contract issues.

Vanessa L. Miller
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

Ms. Miller’s practice focuses on general manufacturing breach of contract and warranty disputes, automotive supply chain disputes, product liability lawsuits, trade secret claims, and business torts. She defends consumer class actions involving claims of breach of contract, breach of warranty, fraud, negligence, and unjust enrichment. Ms. Miller also routinely counsels clients on various commercial contract documents and supply chain issues. She is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice, Automotive Industry Team and Manufacturing Industry Team.

Credit Information
  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


  • Live Online


    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Tuesday, March 24, 2026

  • schedule

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

I. Introduction

II. Tariffs in the Trump administration's first year

III. Tariff impacts on supply chains

IV. Contract types: Where tariff risk lands

V. Managing contract obligations and risk under volatility

VI. Force majeure, change-in-law, and performance defenses

VII. Contracts going forward: drafting considerations and negotiation

VIII. Practitioner takeaways

The panel will discuss these and other key issues:

  • How the 2025 tariff actions affected supply chains and contracting dynamics
  • Contract provisions most likely to cause disputes
  • Tariff-related arguments involving pricing, change-in-law, force majeure, and defenses
  • Risk allocation issues across supplier, customer, and logistics agreements