Worksite Compliance and Enforcement Update

On Mar. 6th, President Donald J. Trump issued, “effective immediately”, a directive ordering the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (“DFC”) to act as a federal “sovereign backstop” for qualified private insurance companies providing Hull & Machinery and Cargo coverage to shipping companies operating in the Persian Gulf.

On March 2, 2026, the United States Supreme Court blocked a California law that prohibited public school officials from informing parents of their students’ gender identity at school without the student’s consent.

Mexichem Fluor Inc. dba Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials has filed new petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission seeking the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports into United States of lithium hexafluorophosphate from China.