The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a formal guidance letter stating that certain kinds of Specially Designated Nationals could speak at a public conference to share their individual...more
The new interim final rule imposes new global licensing requirements for ECCNs 3A090.a, 4A090.a, and corresponding .z items; controls for closed AI model weights; updated data center validated end-user authorizations;...more
New U.S. and UK sanctions target Russia’s energy sector and supporting infrastructure. On January 10, 2025, the United States and the United Kingdom imposed additional sanctions against Russia, with a focus on its energy...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a final rule limiting data transfers to China, Russia, and other designated “countries of concern.” The rule establishes a new national security program that bans specific types of...more
Earlier this week, efforts to reduce U.S. reliance on biotechnology companies in China stalled when the BIOSECURE Act (“BIOSECURE” or the “Act”) was left out of this week’s continuing resolution (CR). As a result, BIOSECURE...more
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its Guidance to Industry on BIS Actions Identifying Transaction Parties of Diversion Risk (the Guidance) designed to help...more
On March 7, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division (NSD) issued an updated Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations. The updated policy encourages companies to voluntarily disclose to NSD...more
The BIOSECURE Act (the “Act”), introduced by members of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (“House Select Committee on the CCP”) on January 25,...more
On 2 June 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued two final rules, effective on the same day, that revised the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) pertaining to the U.S.’s...more
On 29 June 2020, the final rule expanding the military end user/user controls (MEU) issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) went into effect. On 26 June 2020, BIS issued an FAQs guidance document that provides...more
As of 16 March 2020 Iran Air and a number of other entities were placed on the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Entity List.
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Companies that use Iran Air as transport, particularly companies engaging in...more
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