Joshua Kurland

Solar Energy Industries Association v. U.S. – Successful appeal vindicating President’s authority to modify solar safeguard tariffs.  Advised successive administrations on tariff proclamations.*

Thyssenkrupp Materials NA Inc. v. U.S. – Led successful defense before three-judge CIT panel affirming constitutionality of Commerce BIS’s Section 232 exclusion regulations and practices.*

American Institute for Int’l Steel v. U.S. and Severstaal Export GmbH v. U.S. – Successfully litigated the legality and constitutionality of President’s steel and aluminum national security tariffs.*

Wind Tower Trade Coalition v. U.S. – Successfully defended, against domestic industry challenge, Government’s application of the “Special Rule” concerning the effect of tie ITC threat determinations.*

Papierfabrik Koehler v. U.S. and Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Comm. v. U.S. – Led successful trial and appellate defenses of ~$200M in AD/CVD duties imposed on international companies accused of fraud.*

Solar and Wind Towers Cases – Lead counsel on numerous AD/CVD cases involving renewable energy industries.*

Fortune 500 Company Export Control Investigation – Lead counsel in corporate investigation of leading aerospace and defense manufacturer for export control violations.*

U.S. v. Sinyavsky – Worked with SDFL and MLARS on the indictment and guilty plea involving a broker aiding oligarchs in evading sanctions on luxury condos and related forfeitures.*

U.S. v. Kaushik – Counsel, with District of Oregon, in indictment of Indian national for conspiracy to violate Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) by illegally exporting U.S. aviation parts to Russia.*

IEEPA/End-Use/Industry Sector Sanctions Investigation – Investigated group of companies and their U.S. owner for potential IEEPA sanctions, end-use controls, and industry sector sanctions violations.*

ITAR Investigations – Investigated possible ITAR violations by companies acting without appropriate broker or exporter licenses from State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC).*

Siemens Corruption Investigation – Investigated global corruption for Siemens board; led document reviews, contract probes, and development bank disclosures. *

Royal Dutch/Shell Oil Reserves Investigation – Represented multinational oil and gas company in connection with DOJ/SEC investigation concerning company’s overstatement of oil and gas reserves.*

ICC Sovereign Arbitration – Represented African state in ICC construction arbitration and related U.S. enforcement proceedings. *

Navarro Research and Eng’g, Inc. v. U.S. – Successfully defended DoE award of indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $1 billion for legacy management services. *

ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc. v. U.S. – Successfully defended DOJ’s elimination of companies from multiple-award IDIQ procurement for IT services worth aggregate of $1.6 billion. *

Thalle Construction Co., Inc. v. U.S. – Successfully defended Army Corps of Engineers award of major reservoir construction contract in Florida Everglades worth hundreds of millions of dollars. *

Alluviam, LLC v. U.S. – Won dismissal of protest challenging Combatting Terrorism Technical Support Office sole-source award of research grants for development of first responder software. *

IEI-Cityside JV v. U.S. – Successfully defended SBA size determination concluding that protesting joint venture did not qualify as “small” for purposes of a HUD procurement. *

OST, Inc. v. U.S. – Won denial of preliminary injunction and dismissal of protest challenging Defense Health Agency (DHA) procurement of IT services using government-wide acquisition contract.*