The evolution of critical and emerging technologies continues to affect how the United States and its international allies and partners uniformly protect against national security threats. For industry, the strengthening of...more
11/27/2024
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Compliance ,
Dual Use Goods ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Export Controls ,
Grandfathering Rules ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Licenses ,
National Security ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Semiconductors
As the interplay between export controls, trade sanctions, and anticorruption enforcement continues to intensify, multinational companies must remain vigilant in ensuring that their compliance programs address the many...more
9/25/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Boycotts ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Multinationals ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Ukraine ,
Voluntary Disclosure
Defense contractors and subcontractors that handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and do not have robust information-security system controls in place better get their house in order now if they want to do business...more
7/18/2024
/ Audits ,
Compliance ,
Contractors ,
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) ,
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) ,
DCMA ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
FOCI ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
NIST ,
Proposed Rules ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Software ,
Subcontractors
The only thing truly certain about the proposed U.S. outbound investment regulatory regime is that a lot of uncertainty remains. But industry responses garnered during the comment period may, at least partly, foretell the...more
3/12/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Due Diligence ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
Over the last several months, companies have become entangled in an increasingly complex web of new and expanded sanctions and export control restrictions related to Russia in response to its war on Ukraine. The current...more
11/14/2023
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestment ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Direct Product Rule ,
Information Technology ,
Manufacturers ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
SDN List ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Trade Restrictions ,
Ukraine ,
White Collar Crimes
In line with the Biden administration’s declaration last year that anticorruption is a “core United States national security interest,” sanctions evasion enforcement rapidly has become a core priority for the Department of...more
7/12/2022
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Best Practices ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Multinationals ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Terrorist Financing ,
U.S. Treasury