Husch Blackwell’s Manufacturing law team partners with companies to develop long-term strategies for growth and reducing risk while resolving day-to-day issues. We advise companies in the chemicals, consumer goods, distribution, industrial goods, and raw materials sectors on transactional matters such as mergers and acquisitions, OSHA compliance, product safety, trademark and patent preparation and filing, and labor and employment. Our attorneys also guide new and established businesses on optimizing growth through the Internet of Things and other emerging technologies. Additionally, our attorneys have extensive experience handling commercial disputes as well as toxic tort, product liability, class actions, intellectual property, and other litigation that can be a fact of life for manufacturers. Our team serves as regional and national coordinating counsel for several clients, including Olin Corp. and Bayer (formerly Monsanto). We also provide counseling on compliance, permitting and enforcement in substantive environmental matters, including land use, pesticide regulation, site remediation, toxic chemical regulation, and hazardous wastes.
November’s U.S. presidential election will play a significant role in determining the trajectory of trade policy; however, there are also larger trends at work that will likely transcend the election and persist well into the future.
Enthusiasm for dealmaking is growing ahead of anticipated cuts to interest rates, which could vastly improve deal flow heading into 2025.
After a period of relative calm in 2023, this past year witnessed a variety of disruptions underscoring the fragility of global supply chains amid a larger reconfiguration of world trade.
Manufacturers are currently operating in an era of “nuclear verdicts” and unconventional regulatory enforcement tactics that contribute to a sense of unease and a growing risk profile.
As cyber threats increase and attack surfaces proliferate, protecting an organization’s network systems, customer data, proprietary information, and operational technology against unauthorized access grows more challenging.
Between federal and state PFAS regulations, manufacturers face mounting pressures to address the use of PFAS throughout the supply chain.
As the hype subsides, the real work of integrating generative artificial intelligence into day-to-day operations has begun, and manufacturers are well placed to take advantage across all facets of operations, from design and production to supply-chain optimization.
Employment-related issues continue to rate among the greatest concerns for manufacturers, who are under pressure to maintain high-functioning workforces while complying with an ever-larger body of law that regulates the workplace.
Federal and state administrative agencies continue to push out burdensome regulations and rulemakings, even as the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up an historic term filled with decisions that some believe could limit administrative power in the future.
Intensifying geopolitical crises, increasing regulatory burdens, and uncertain macroeconomic conditions have led to an era of caution for manufacturers.
With each passing day it becomes more apparent the world that entered the COVID-19 pandemic is not the world that emerged from it.
What manufacturers can expect in the new year.
Veteran intellectual property lawyer Tom Miller has joined Husch Blackwell as a partner in its Milwaukee office and Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation industry group.
Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Emily Constantine has joined the firm as a senior counsel in its Government Contracts group
This latest transaction marks the third major de-SPAC transaction that Husch Blackwell has handled in the first half of 2021.
Women comprise 57 percent of the 2021 partnership class.
Husch Blackwell has really invested in understanding our business and as a result is able to provide clear and commercial advice and guidance. We are very satisfied with the work done by HB; it is carefully thought through and presented with a view to assisting our commercial and business drivers in mind whenever possible.