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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

A (r)AUKUS Discussion in the Space Industry

This week of September 16, Paris will play host to the biggest spectacle of the year (sorry, Olympics), the World Space Business Week. Attendees will come from around the world to discuss advancements in commercial space and...more

The Volkov Law Group

RTX Corporation Reaches Record $200 Million Settlement with DDTC for Serial Violations of the AECA and ITAR

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On August 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) announced the settlement of a record $200 million administrative enforcement action with RTX Corporation—a multinational...more

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The Evolution of National Security in the U.S. and U.K.

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The U.S. and the U.K. are focused on common national security risks, including preventing foreign access to key emerging technologies, the integrity of the defense supply chain, protection of critical infrastructure, and...more

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District Court Rejects Challenges to ITAR Criminal Charges

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On July 9, 2024, District Judge David Hale in Kentucky denied motions to dismiss and motions to suppress filed by four defendants against a criminal case involving ITAR charges for illegal exports of sensitive,...more

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The ENFORCE Act: Bipartisan Efforts to Decouple from China Target AI Export Controls

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Against the backdrop of increasing international competition in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, the Enhancing National Frameworks for Overseas Critical Exports Act (the ENFORCE Act) was recently introduced in the U.S....more

Wiley Rein LLP

House Foreign Affairs Committee’s TIGER Task Force Releases Report on Recommendations to Improve the FMS Process

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WHAT: The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Technical, Industrial, and Governmental Engagement for Readiness (TIGER) Task Force has released a report identifying problems with the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process and...more

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US Department of Defense is Challenged in an Aircraft Parts Dispute

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The Teton Historic Aviation Foundation is currently entangled in a consequential legal dispute with the U.S. Department of Defense, centering around the sensitive topic of withholding aircraft parts from a liquidator. The...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Intelligence - November 2023

Welcome to the November edition of Akin Intelligence. Looking back, October 2023 may be remembered as the month when the U.S. government tried to assume the mantle of global leadership on responsible artificial intelligence...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Annual Report to Congress Proposes Counters to China’s Military-Civil Fusion Program

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On November 14, 2023, the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission (the Commission) published its annual report to Congress. The report covers a wide range of topics, including a detailed assessment of the state of...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

U.S.-China Policy Update, May 2023 #2

China Rejects U.S. Request for Defense Chief Meeting. The Chinese government has declined a U.S. request for a meeting between the defense chiefs for the two nations, according to an announcement from the Pentagon. The...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Department of Defense to Require Contractors Proactively Provide DCMA with Export Authorizations

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On March 22, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a proposed rule that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) to require certain contractors to provide the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

National Defense Authorization Act Implications for U.S. Sanctions Programs

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After months of negotiations, Congress revealed the compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA) on December 6, 2022. The bill, viewed as a “must-pass” piece of legislation because...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - December 2022 - U.S. Bill Introduced to Move Export Controls From Commerce to DTSA Is This a...

On October 28, 2022, on the eve of the mid-term elections, a bill was introduced in the House that, unless you are an export control/compliance nerd, most would not have given it any thought. This bill, H.R. 9241, called the...more

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[Webinar] CMMC – Practical Solutions to Managing and Securing CUI Data, Perspectives of a Foreign Defense Contractor - November...

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Currently defense contractors who receive or create Controlled Unclassified Information (“CUI”) from or for the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) are subject to several contract-based cybersecurity requirements, including...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - October 5, 2022

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On September 15, President Biden issued the first ever executive order (E.O.) regarding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). While the E.O. does not change the law or regulations related to CFIUS...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Academic Outreach Initiative Announced by Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod at NACUA 2022 Annual...

The Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod announced last week at the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) 2022 Annual Conference a new “Academic Outreach Initiative” by the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 8th National Conference on CFIUS - April 26th - 27th, Washington, DC

The Country's Premier Gathering of Government, Outside Counsel, Advisors, and In-House Executives - ACI’s 8th National Conference on CFIUS is back in person on April 26 – 27! Widely regarded as the premier event for the...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters, January 2022: A monthly newsletter covering global trade & national security developments

1. New Import Ban on All Products From China’s Xinjiang Region- In late December 2021, President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law. The new legislation creates a rebuttable presumption that any...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance For Canadian Operations - January 26th - 27th, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Canadian Institute’s 11th Annual Forum on U.S. Export & Re-Export Compliance for Canadian Operations will take place in Toronto on January 25–27! IN-PERSON and LIVESTREAM options available. Over the last decade, this...more

King & Spalding

Biden Administration Issues 100-Day Supply Chain Report

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Industry-Specific Primer – Semiconductor Manufacturing And Advanced Packaging - On June 8, 2021, the Biden Administration issued the reports mandated by the Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains (the “America’s Supply...more

Wiley Rein LLP

U.S. Government Agrees to Remove Xiaomi from Communist Chinese Military Company List; American Exchanges Delist Others

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On May 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) agreed to remove Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. from its list of “Communist Chinese Military Companies” (CCMC). DOD identified Xiaomi as a CCMC on January 14, 2021,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

April 2021 Trade Law Update

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In Husch Blackwell’s April 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law: •Court of International Trade declared Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum...more

Hogan Lovells

BIS issues new Military End-User List and removes Hong Kong as a Separate Destination Under the EAR

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On 23 December 2020, BIS created a new Military End User List, naming more than 100 Chinese and Russian companies subject to the enhanced licensing requirements of section 744.21 of the EAR....more

Miller Canfield

U.S. Department of Commerce Publishes Military End User List for Restricting Exports to China and Russia

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On December 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued the anticipated list of designated military end users (MEU List) under Section §744.21 (MEU Rule) of the Export Administration...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance For Canadian Operations - January 26th - 27th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more

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