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
On September 6, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule (the September 6 IFR) implementing new and revised export controls relating to emerging or critical technologies in the fields of...more
On June 12, 2024, ahead of the 2024 G7 Summit, the Biden administration introduced new export controls and sanctions on Russia and Belarus in an effort to limit Russia’s ability to continue its war efforts against Ukraine....more
6/25/2024
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On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued new controls aimed at further slowing China’s development of advanced AI technologies. These new controls, published in two...more
10/23/2023
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On May 19, 2023, in conjunction with allies at the 2023 G7 Summit, the Biden administration announced several new actions to counter continued Russian aggression in Ukraine that, among other measures, include a significant...more
6/12/2023
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In keeping with its recent focus on the crypto asset industry, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced an agreement last week with crypto asset trading platform Poloniex, LLC...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule effective March 2, 2023, amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 37 entities to the Entity List, including...more
On October 7, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a new policy that would continually escalate restrictions on entities that fail to comply with BIS’s end-use verification checks, regardless of whether...more
On October 7, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a long-awaited interim final rule implementing new export controls on advanced computing chips, computers, and components including new Export Control...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced an expansion of existing export controls and imposition of additional sanctions against the Russian Federation (Russia) and Belarus in response...more
9/21/2022
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New General License Permits Certain Russia-Related Intellectual Property Transactions -
Last week, the Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) issued four new general licenses, most notably General License 31, which...more
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC or the Treasury) unveiled a new wave of sanctions targeted against Russia, Russian entities, and Russian individuals during the week of April 4, in...more
4/12/2022
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The Biden administration took further action this week to degrade the ability of Belarus and Russia to sustain a military campaign against Ukraine. The measures are the latest in a series of restrictions levied by the U.S. in...more
3/4/2022
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On February 24, 2022, the United States, in coordination with the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, and other allies, took further action against Russia and Belarus in response to Russia's invasion...more
New Sanctions Also Authorized on Russian Financial Institutions, Elites, and Sovereign Debt, with UK and EU Sanctions to Follow -
The Biden administration announced measures this week in response to the Russian...more
The U.S. State Department has proposed revisions to multiple sections of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to remove consideration of citizenships previously held by a foreign person. The State Department's...more
In December 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) published a judgment interpreting the European Union's Blocking Regulation....more
In January 2021, President Biden was sworn into office and for the first time in a decade, Democrats assumed control of both chambers of Congress. Notwithstanding these changes, the U.S. government has continued to rely on...more
1/14/2022
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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
The U.S. State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) reached a $6.6 million settlement last week with California-based electronics testing company Keysight Technologies, Inc. for alleged illegal exports of...more
On June 3, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14032 (Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments That Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China), modifying the prohibitions placed by the...more
6/14/2021
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As of March 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has implemented significant modifications to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that relax requirements on the...more
On January 5, 2021, President Trump signed another executive order (EO) to address the threat to U.S. national security posed by access to personal data by the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party. This...more
As of December 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added 77 new entities to the Entity List. Among the most notable additions are Semiconductor Manufacturing International...more
On October 5, 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a final rule adding six recently developed or developing technologies to BIS's Export Administration Regulations' (EAR)...more