On May 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce formally signaled its intention to rescind the Biden Administration’s Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (AI Diffusion Rule) two days before the January 2025 Interim...more
5/16/2025
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China ,
Export Controls ,
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Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Over the first 100 days and beyond, the Trump Administration has deployed national security authorities in novel ways. Perhaps most notably, President Trump has asserted authority under the International Emergency Economic...more
5/14/2025
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Arbitrary and Capricious ,
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Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
Nonprofits ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent announcement that it would decline to prosecute a self-reported criminal export control violation demonstrates the continuing importance of prompt, voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) and...more
5/6/2025
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Compliance ,
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
National Security ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Reporting ,
Voluntary Disclosure
On April 25, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum updating Department of Justice (DOJ) policy for “obtaining information from, or records of, members of the news media” (Bondi Memorandum)....more
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14157, “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists” (EO 14157)....more
4/23/2025
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Cartels ,
Civil Liability ,
Corporate Liability ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Sanctions ,
SDN List ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Terrorist Organizations