News & Analysis as of

U.S. Commerce Department Corporate Counsel

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Biden Administration Again Expands Sanctions on Russia and Its Third Party Supporters

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

As Russia continues its war against Ukraine and Ukraine has itself recently opened a new front by capturing Russian territory in its Kursk region, the United States announced on August 23 its latest tranche of sanctions...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

BREAKING: NLRB Drops Attempt to Revive 2023 Joint-Employer Rule

On July 19, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) voluntarily dismissed a pending appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which sought to reverse a decision by the Eastern District of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Commerce Issues First-Ever ICTS “Final Determination” Banning Kaspersky Cybersecurity Products

On June 24, 2024, the Commerce Department published a Final Determination under its Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) authorities. The determination prohibits the Russian-controlled cybersecurity...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Federal Judge Orders Minority Business Development Agency to Serve All Business Owners Regardless of Race

PilieroMazza PLLC on

On March 5, 2024, a federal judge ordered the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) to immediately stop considering a business owner’s race or ethnicity in determining whether an applicant may...more

A&O Shearman

U.S. Imposes New Russia Sanctions and Export Controls and Warns of Risk of Continued Business with Russia

A&O Shearman on

On February 23, 2024, the United States imposed its largest number of new sanctions and export control designations against Russia to date—targeting over 600 individuals and entities across a wide swath of the Russian economy...more

Fisher Phillips

White House Issues Sweeping AI Executive Order: 10 Things Employers Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on

The executive order on artificial intelligence issued by the White House yesterday is the federal government’s most ambitious attempt to date to corral this burgeoning technology – and contains numerous items of interest for...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Foreign Investment Benchmarking Survey: Deadline Looms for U.S. Companies with Foreign Ownership

U.S. companies with foreign ownership face a June 30 deadline to respond to a survey of foreign investment in the United States. The U.S. government is conducting the 2022 Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Commerce Department Issues Important New Proposed Regulations to Strengthen Trade Law Enforcement

Wiley Rein LLP on

On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued new proposed regulations aimed at improving and strengthening the enforcement of trade remedy laws. Several of the proposed regulations represent significant...more

Dechert LLP

A New Risk Calculus: U.S. Department of Commerce Raises Stakes for Failing to Voluntarily Self-Disclose Potential Export Controls...

Dechert LLP on

On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Matthew Axelrod, published a memorandum marking a shift in policy regarding voluntary...more

The Volkov Law Group

Bureau of Industry and Security Extracts $300 Million Fine Against Seagate Technology for Violation of Huawei Prohibition

The Volkov Law Group on

Matt Axelrod, the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, at the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, must be grinning with satisfaction that BIS delivered, in a big way, after he...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Foreign-Owned U.S. Companies Must Soon Respond to Federal Survey

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

The International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act ("IITSSA"), 22 USC § 3101 requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) within the U.S. Department of Commerce to conduct a national survey of foreign direct...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Congress, President Align on Powerful New U.S. Intellectual Property Protection Law

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

On January 5, 2023, President Biden ushered in the new year by signing into law the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022 (“PAIPA”), Pub. Law 117-336.1 PAIPA was passed with considerable bipartisan support in...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The EU-U.S. Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework Moves Closer to Approval: Why It Matters for Your Business

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

President Biden recently signed the Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities and supporting regulations (collectively, the “Executive Order”), enhancing privacy and civil...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Departments of Treasury and State Expand Sanctions To Restrict Russia’s Access to Services and Economics and Combat Evasion...

Husch Blackwell LLP on

On June 28, 2022, the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a Joint Alert urging financial institutions...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for January 2022

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Intrusion Preclusion: BIS Issues Long-Awaited Controls on Cybersecurity Items, Creates New License Exception

On October 21, 2021, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule (the rule) implementing expanded export controls on cybersecurity items based on the belief that these items...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Another Court Loss for President’s TikTok Ban, Questions Loom About the Future

Wiley Rein LLP on

On December 7, 2020, Judge Carl Nichols of the D.C. District Court issued a preliminary injunction barring the federal government from enforcing a ban on the social media site TikTok. The opinion from the D.C. District Court...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New Rules For Mandatory CFIUS Filings Take Effect On October 15

Parties to investment transactions involving U.S. businesses engaged in “critical technologies” activities will soon be subject to modified requirements for mandatory filings to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the...more

Troutman Pepper

Regulators React to Invalidation of Privacy Shield

Troutman Pepper on

As discussed in a previous advisory, the European Union’s supreme court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield) in its July 16, 2020 decision in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2020

In this month's edition, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, as well as the U.S. government's response to the decision. We also examine two...more

Fisher Phillips

Time To Reassess International Data Transfers After Court Declares EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalid: A 4-Step Action Plan

Fisher Phillips on

The Court of Justice of the European Union just ruled that an important data protection scheme established between the European Union and the United States is invalid, calling into question many aspects of important data...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Ten Tips For Handling EU-US Data Transfers Post Schrems II

Fox Rothschild LLP on

In a landmark decision in what is popularly known as the "Schrems II" case, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the framework that facilitated the transfers of personal data from...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalidated: What It Means For U.S. Companies

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Invalidates the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield- On July 16, 2020, the CJEU invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (the Privacy Shield) in its decision in Facebook Ireland v. Schrems...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Foreign Currency Policy: A New Duty Risk for U.S. Importers?

Holland & Hart LLP on

In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has recently raised the stakes, and the potential duty liability risk, for U.S. importers. On February 4, 2020, the ITA...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Final CFIUS Regulations Implementing FIRRMA Take Effect in February 2020: 10 Key Questions Answered

Latham & Watkins LLP on

Under the final regulations, CFIUS filings for certain transactions will be required, and CFIUS will have broader jurisdiction to review certain foreign investments. On January 13, 2020, the US Treasury Department published...more

40 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide