In late September, President Trump issued an executive order designating “Antifa” as a “Domestic Terrorist Organization.” As we have described in a previous client alert, the President soon thereafter also issued a National...more
On September 29, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (“”), making California the first state to require public, standardized safety disclosures from...more
10/2/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Safety Standards ,
Software Developers ,
State and Local Government ,
Transparency ,
Whistleblowers
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published an interim final rule (the Affiliates Rule) expanding the standard for entities captured under BIS export restrictions to include entities with...more
10/2/2025
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Military End Use ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Risk ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On September 25, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum on Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence, accompanied by a Fact Sheet. ...more
9/29/2025
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
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IRS ,
National Security ,
Nonprofits ,
Presidential Memorandum ,
Protests ,
Sponsors ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
At the end of the month, a prominent law passed to promote cybersecurity defenses, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015 or “the Act”), will lapse absent reauthorization by Congress and the President. ...more
9/16/2025
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Security ,
Expiration Date ,
Government Agencies ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements
In his latest move on artificial intelligence (“AI”), President Trump unveiled his much anticipated “AI Action Plan,” laying out his Administration’s strategy to “sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance,” consistent...more
7/25/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Centers ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
Government Agencies ,
Infrastructure ,
Innovation ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14306 to scale back a range of cybersecurity requirements and government-wide approaches implemented by the Biden Administration....more
6/16/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Deregulation ,
DFAR ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
NIST ,
Subcontractors ,
Trump Administration
Following the fall of Syria’s Assad regime, the United States and key allies have recently announced sanctions relief with the stated goal of stabilizing Syria under its newly installed leaders. ...more
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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Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
National Security ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
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 ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
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 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
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