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Commerce Proposes New Reporting Requirement for Advanced AI Developers and Cloud Computing Providers

Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (Commerce) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) outlining a new mandatory reporting requirement for large-scale AI developers and...more

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Sanctions and export controls expand further - Update

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In October, the U.S. Commerce Department unveiled new rules to tighten further a sweeping set of export controls first introduced a year previously, reducing the types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and advanced...more

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New Prohibitions on Providing SaaS Services to Russia

In line with Group of Seven (G7) efforts to disrupt the Russian military-industrial base’s reliance on foreign IT systems, in June 2024 the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of the Treasury jointly issued new...more

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Access Control and Emerging Tech Remain Top Priorities in BIS Regulatory Agenda

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published its spring 2024 regulatory agenda along with the rest of the Commerce Department. Of note is the continued focus on access to emerging technology, particularly relating...more

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US imposes new sanctions and export controls against Russia

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On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury), U.S. Department of State (State), and U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced another round of sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. In this...more

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U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Proposed Rule Impacting AI and U.S. IaaS Providers to Counter Foreign Malicious Actors

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On January 29, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a new proposed regulatory rule (the “Proposed Rule”), which will impose significant diligence, monitoring, and reporting...more

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U.S. Dept. of Commerce proposes new “Know Your Customer” rules for cloud services and AI training

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The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at reducing the risk of malicious foreign interference in U.S. cloud services and threat actors’ use of cloud services to develop...more

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Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - February 14, 2024

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Teradyne, a Massachusetts-based supplier of semiconductor testing equipment, has reportedly pulled $1 billion of manufacturing equipment out of China in 2023 following export controls on advanced computing materials and...more

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Department of Commerce Seeks Comment on Proposed CIP Requirement and Foreign Access Restrictions for US Infrastructure as a...

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On January 29, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (the “Department”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on a proposed regulation in response to the Executive Order (E.O.)...more

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First Proposed Rules Under Biden AI Order Issued as Part of Larger New Customer Cyberthreat Disclosure Requirements for Cloud...

On January 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on draft rules establishing customer information collection and reporting obligations for certain...more

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A Final Trump EO Would Regulate Cloud, Software and Remote Computing Services

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On January 19, 2021, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (EO), designed to regulate United...more

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ITAR Defense Controls Catches Up to Modern IT, Allowing Exporters to Use Encryption to Protect Defense Technology on the Cloud

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The good news is that, for the most part, State resisted the temptation to do something just a little different in the ITAR regulation, so the joint Commerce-State solution works. The chart below provides a quick side-by-side...more

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Advocate General Of ECJ Rules EU Data Protection Authorities Can Investigate Complaints About Safe Harbor Programme

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Data transfers can be suspended until investigation is complete. In Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner (case C-362/14), the Advocate General ruled that EU data protection authorities do have powers to...more

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Proposed Amendments Provide Data Security Standard Under ITAR and EAR

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The Commerce and State Departments have issued long-awaited proposed regulations that provide data security standards for use in the transmission and storage of ITAR-controlled and EAR-controlled electronic data. If enacted...more

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Technical Data v. Technology

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As you may know, the United States’ export control regime controls items, services, and information through regulations enforced by the State, Commerce, and Treasury Departments. Since all three departments promulgate their...more

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Cloud Providers That Adhere to U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework Meet EU's Data Protection Adequacy Requirements, Says U.S. Commerce...

Differing local privacy and data protection laws, especially in the EU, have increasingly challenged U.S. cloud providers seeking to move and store data across the globe. New guidance and public statements by the United...more

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