Chris Chamberlain on Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

BIS Has New Authorities to Impose Controls over Activities of US Persons in Support of Foreign Military, Security, or Intelligence...

Key Points - The Export Control Reform Act of 2018 has been amended to give BIS the authority to regulate services and other activities of U.S. persons, wherever located, when in support of foreign “military, security, or...more

1/6/2023 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) , Export Controls , Exports , National Security , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

BIS Imposes New Controls to Limit the Development and Production of Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Capabilities in China

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to impose a series of significant new export controls designed to limit the development and production in...more

10/28/2022 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , China , ECCNs , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Semiconductors

U.S. Department of Commerce Implements New Export Controls to Combat Malicious Cyber Activities

Key Points - On March 7, 2022, new U.S. export controls applicable to “cybersecurity items” took effect based on an interim final rule published by BIS on October 21, 2021 (the “Cyber Rule”). The controls under the Cyber...more

3/21/2022 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Cybersecurity , ECCNs , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , U.S. Commerce Department

U.S. Government Imposes Expansive, Novel and Plurilateral Export Controls Against Russia and Belarus

Key Points - As part of highly coordinated U.S. government and allied and partner country responses to Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine, and Belarus’ enabling of it, BIS imposed on February 24, 2022, and March 2,...more

3/10/2022 / Belarus , Belarus Sanctions , Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Economic Sanctions , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Military End Use , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Russia , Ukraine

US Government Clarifies, Reorganizes and Renames Descriptions of How Foreign-Produced Items Outside the United States Are Subject...

Key Points - The U.S. Department of Commerce has reorganized and clarified the regulations describing when foreign-produced items outside the United States are and are not subject to the licensing and other obligations of...more

2/9/2022 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , ITAR , National Security , Russia , U.S. Commerce Department

Commerce Department Extends Export Controls over Foreign-Made Items in Huawei’s Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain

- The U.S. Department of Commerce has published a highly complex and novel interim final rule extending the controls of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) over foreign-made items in Huawei’s contract manufacturing...more

5/21/2020 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Comment Period , Entity List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Foreign Direct Product Rule , Foreign Policy , General Licenses , Huawei , Interim Final Rules (IFR) , Manufacturers , National Security , Prohibited Transactions , Public Comment , Supply Chain , Technology Sector , Telecommunications , U.S. Commerce Department

BIS Announces the Elimination of License Exception CIV, Expanded Licensing Requirements on Exports to Chinese, Russian, and...

- On April 28, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced changes to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) through three notices published on the Federal Register. The changes...more

4/30/2020 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Exceptions , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Final Rules , General Licenses , Licensing Rules , Military End Use , National Security , Proposed Rules , U.S. Commerce Department

Commerce Offers 15-Day Comment Period on Huawei TGL and Extends Validity Until May 15, 2020

- BIS extended until May 15, 2020, the Temporary General License authorizing certain exports, reexports, and transfers to Huawei and other listed affiliates of specific types of items that are relevant to third parties. -...more

3/13/2020 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Comment Period , Confidential Information , Entity List , Export Controls , Exports , General Licenses , Huawei , National Security , Public Comment , Technology Sector , Time Extensions , U.S. Commerce Department

Red Notice Newsletter - January 2020

IN THIS ISSUE • Anticorruption Developments • Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement • Export Control and Sanctions Developments • Global Investigations Resources • Writing and Speaking...more

2/26/2020 / Anti-Corruption , Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , CFIUS , Civil Monetary Penalty , Criminal Conspiracy , Criminal Convictions , Customs and Border Protection , Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) , Due Process , Economic Sanctions , Enforcement Actions , Executive Orders , Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) , Export Controls , Exports , Fifth Amendment , Forced Labor , Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) , Foreign Nationals , Guilty Pleas , Imports , Indictments , ITAR , Money Laundering , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Red Notices , Sanction Violations , Sanctions , SDN List , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Smuggling , Trump Administration , U.S. Treasury , Whistleblowers

Commerce Extends and Revises Temporary General License Authorizing Specified Transactions with Huawei and Its Affiliates; Adds...

• The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added 46 additional Huawei affiliates to the Entity List. The export, reexport, and transfer to these entities of commodities, software, and technology...more

8/21/2019 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Entity List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Foreign Policy , General Licenses , Huawei , Prohibited Transactions , Software , Technology Sector , Telecommunications , U.S. Commerce Department

Commerce Announces Plan to Eliminate License Exception CIV

• The Department of Commerce has announced that it plans to eliminate License Exception CIV (civil end-users) from the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). • Businesses who use or have considered using License...more

7/18/2019 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , China , Commerce Control List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) , Export Controls , Licensing Rules , National Security , U.S. Commerce Department

Reminder: Commerce Department Prohibitions Pertaining to Huawei Can Apply to Transactions by Non-U.S. Companies

• Since the addition of Huawei and many of its affiliates to the Entity List, there has been significant media coverage over which types of transactions involving the listed entities are, and are not, prohibited without a...more

5/29/2019 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Entity List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Foreign Policy , General Licenses , Huawei , National Security , Prohibited Transactions , Software , Technology Sector , Telecommunications , U.S. Commerce Department

Commerce Department Issues Temporary General License Authorizing Certain Transactions with Huawei and its Designated Affiliates

• On May 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a 90-day Temporary General License (TGL) authorizing limited categories of exports, reexports, or transfers that are otherwise prohibited pursuant to the addition...more

5/22/2019 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Entity List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Foreign Policy , General Licenses , Huawei , Manufacturers , National Security , Prohibited Transactions , Supply Chain , Technology Sector , Telecommunications , U.S. Commerce Department

Commerce Adds Huawei, Its Non-US Affiliates Worldwide and Others to the Entity List

• On May 16, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a final rule adding Huawei and 68 other companies, mostly its non-U.S. affiliates worldwide, to the Entity List... The rule will be officially published in the...more

5/20/2019 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Entity List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Final Rules , Foreign Policy , General Licenses , Huawei , National Security , Technology Sector , U.S. Commerce Department

Red Notice Newsletter - Spanish

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

11/20/2018 / Adidas , Anti-Corruption , Banking Sector , Bribery , Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , CFIUS , College Athletes , Commerce Control List , Corporate Monitoring , Criminal Conspiracy , Criminal Convictions , Criminal Prosecution , Customs and Border Protection , Cybersecurity , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Economic Sanctions , Enforcement Actions , Entity List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Federal Pilot Programs , Financial Institutions , FinCEN , FIRRMA , Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) , Foreign Policy , Former Employee , General Licenses , Indictments , Interim Final Rules (IFR) , Internal Controls , ITAR , JPMorgan Chase , Jurisdiction , Medical Devices , Money Laundering , National Security , NCAA , New Guidance , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Reporting Requirements , Sanctions , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Settlement , SFO , Shipping , Technology Sector , U.S. Commerce Department , U.S. Treasury , United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , US State Departments , USML , Whistleblower Awards , Whistleblowers , Wire Fraud , World Bank

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

11/20/2018 / Adidas , Anti-Corruption , Banking Sector , Bribery , Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , CFIUS , College Athletes , Commerce Control List , Corporate Monitoring , Criminal Conspiracy , Criminal Convictions , Criminal Prosecution , Customs and Border Protection , Cybersecurity , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Economic Sanctions , Enforcement Actions , Entity List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Federal Pilot Programs , Financial Institutions , FinCEN , FIRRMA , Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) , Foreign Policy , Former Employee , General Licenses , Indictments , Interim Final Rules (IFR) , Internal Controls , ITAR , JPMorgan Chase , Jurisdiction , Medical Devices , Money Laundering , National Security , NCAA , New Guidance , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Reporting Requirements , Sanctions , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Settlement , SFO , Shipping , Technology Sector , U.S. Commerce Department , U.S. Treasury , United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , US State Departments , USML , Whistleblower Awards , Whistleblowers , Wire Fraud , World Bank

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

11/20/2018 / Adidas , Anti-Corruption , Banking Sector , Bribery , Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , CFIUS , College Athletes , Commerce Control List , Corporate Monitoring , Criminal Conspiracy , Criminal Convictions , Criminal Prosecution , Customs and Border Protection , Cybersecurity , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Economic Sanctions , Enforcement Actions , Entity List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Federal Pilot Programs , Financial Institutions , FinCEN , FIRRMA , Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) , Foreign Policy , Former Employee , General Licenses , Indictments , Interim Final Rules (IFR) , Internal Controls , ITAR , JPMorgan Chase , Jurisdiction , Medical Devices , Money Laundering , National Security , NCAA , New Guidance , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Reporting Requirements , Sanctions , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Settlement , SFO , Shipping , Technology Sector , U.S. Commerce Department , U.S. Treasury , United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , US State Departments , USML , Whistleblower Awards , Whistleblowers , Wire Fraud , World Bank

Red Notice Newsletter - October 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

11/5/2018 / Adidas , Anti-Corruption , Banking Sector , Bribery , Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , CFIUS , College Athletes , Commerce Control List , Corporate Monitoring , Criminal Conspiracy , Criminal Convictions , Criminal Prosecution , Customs and Border Protection , Cybersecurity , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Economic Sanctions , Enforcement Actions , Entity List , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Federal Pilot Programs , Financial Institutions , FinCEN , FIRRMA , Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) , Foreign Policy , Former Employee , General Licenses , Indictments , Interim Final Rules (IFR) , Internal Controls , ITAR , JPMorgan Chase , Jurisdiction , Medical Devices , Money Laundering , National Security , NCAA , New Guidance , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Reporting Requirements , Sanctions , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Settlement , SFO , Shipping , Technology Sector , U.S. Commerce Department , U.S. Treasury , United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , US State Departments , USML , Whistleblower Awards , Whistleblowers , Wire Fraud , World Bank

Red Notice Newsletter - September 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Petrobras Settles with U.S. Authorities Over Alleged FCPA Violations - On September 27, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

10/2/2018 / Anti-Corruption , Arms Export Control Act , Books & Records , Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , CAATSA , CEOs , Civil Monetary Penalty , Comment Period , Consent Order , Corporate Fines , Country of Origin , Criminal Conspiracy , Criminal Prosecution , Customs , Defense Contracts , Department of Defense (DOD) , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Economic Sanctions , Emerging Growth Companies , Energy Sector , Enforcement Actions , Executive Orders , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Control Reform (ECR) , Export Controls , Exports , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) , Foreign Interference in US Elections , General Licenses , Guilty Pleas , Indictments , Investigations , ITSR , List of Specified Persons (LSP) , Manufacturers , Mining , Money Laundering , National Security , NDAA , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Oil & Gas , Pharmaceutical Industry , Public Comment , Real Estate Brokers , Recordkeeping Requirements , Remand , Reporting Requirements , Retailers , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Settlement Agreements , SFO , Testimony , Trump Administration , Voluntary Disclosure , Whistleblower Awards , Whistleblowers , Wire Fraud

Red Notice Newsletter - August 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - $34 Million SEC Settlement for Legg Mason - On August 27, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Legg Mason Inc. will pay more than $34 million to settle an...more

9/6/2018 / 3-D Technology , Anti-Corruption , Appeals , Berry Amendment , Bribery , Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , CFIUS , Civil Monetary Penalty , Corruption , Criminal Conspiracy , Criminal Penalties , Criminal Prosecution , Critical Infrastructure Sectors , Customs and Border Protection , Declination , Department of Defense (DOD) , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Economic Sanctions , Embezzlement , Enforcement Actions , Entity List , Executive Orders , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Exports , Filing Requirements , FIRRMA , Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) , Foreign Investment , Foreign Policy , Former Employee , General Licenses , Guilty Pleas , Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , Imports , Insurance Contracts , Internal Investigations , Iran Sanctions , Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) , Jurisdiction , Licensing Rules , Money Laundering , National Security , NDAA , New Legislation , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Personal Data , Preliminary Injunctions , Probationary Period , Racketeering , Sanction Violations , Sanctions , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Settlement Agreements , SFO , Suspensions & Debarments , The Wassenaar Arrangement , Trade Agreements Act , Trump Administration , Wire Fraud , World Bank