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- calendar_month March 24, 2026 @ 1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
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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
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.
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.
Ms. Miller is a litigation partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and Chair of the firm’s national Automotive Team, as well as on the advisory committee of the firm’s Manufacturing Sector. She served as a former chair of the Detroit office’s Litigation Department. Ms. Miller's practice focuses on a wide array of supply chain disputes, including breach of contract and warranty claims, automotive supply chain issues and maintaining continuity of supply, defending manufacturers against class actions, trade secret misappropriation claims and business torts. Recognized as a nationally ranked top lawyer by Chambers for Transportation: Road (Automotive) for the past two years, showcasing her deep expertise and leadership in the field.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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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
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