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Additional Export Restrictions to Russia and Belarus: BIS Announces Additional Export Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus and...

On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced several significant additional export control restrictions and related actions against Russia as a response to continued...more

New License Exception for Medical Devices Destined for Russia, Belarus and Certain Regions of Ukraine: BIS Announces a Final Rule...

On April 25, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the issuance of a final rule that amends the Russian and Belarus Sanctions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to...more

Artificial Intelligence Briefing: UN Unanimously Adopts Landmark AI Resolution

The United Nations unanimously adopts a landmark resolution mapping a path for international cooperation on AI, and the Financial Stability Oversight Council announces a two-day conference exploring the benefits and risks of...more

Biden Administration Announces New Sensitive Data Restrictions

Overview - On February 28, 2024, the Biden administration released an Executive Order that would restrict “countries of concern” from accessing Americans’ sensitive personal data, including “genomic data, biometric data,...more

More TCPA Calling and Texting Restrictions Proposed by the FCC

At the Federal Communication Commission’s (“FCC”) June 8 Open Meeting, the Commissioners voted to adopt a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) designed to clarify and expand upon the ability of consumers to decide...more

Congress’s Emerging Vision of an ‘Outbound Investment Screening Mechanism’

Ready or Not: Momentum Continues to Build in Washington for Outbound Investment Screening Mechanism - On May 9, 2023, a bipartisan group of U.S. House members introduced the National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of...more

G-7 Summit Kicks Off With New Russian Sanctions

As the 49th Group of Seven (G7) Summit gets underway in Japan, the United States, in coordination with several other G7 members, marked the occasion to announce sweeping new sanctions and export controls aimed at “further...more

Keeping Pace with Today’s Challenges: FCC Proposes New Data Breach Rules for CPNI

Prompted by a rapid increase in frequency, sophistication, and scale of data leaks and data breach legislation in recent years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted to kick off a proceeding aimed at...more

FCC Acts on Pending Reconsideration Petitions of its 2020 TCPA Exemptions Order

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) restricts many types of calls to residential and wireless telephone numbers if they are made without the prior express consent of the called party or a statutory exemption...more

The FCC Has Illegal and Scam Robotexting in its Sights, Proposed New Text Blocking Rules

For those regularly monitoring the FCC’s various TCPA dockets, you now have a new docket to follow: CG Docket No. 21-402. The FCC announced on September 27, 2022 that all Commissioners had voted to commence a new robotext...more

Raising the Bar? Biden Administration Adds New Evaluation Criteria to CFIUS Reviews

On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) to specifically consider certain factors when reviewing the...more

Russian Sanctions/Export Controls Update: OFAC and BIS Expand Restrictions

Seven months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States continues to expand and develop its Russia sanctions program. Most recently, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...more

CBP and DHS Issue Guidance on Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

The week of June 12, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released two important guidance documents to prepare the public for the implementation of the Uyghur Forced...more

FCC Seeks Comment on HHS/CMS Request for Certainty About Communications Critical to Federal and State Health Insurance Programs...

Reacting quickly to a joint request by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (collectively, the Health Agencies) last Thursday, the FCC released a Public...more

USTR Sets the Stage for its Reassessment of Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese-Origin Goods

In a highly anticipated development, on May 3, 2022, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the initiation of a statutory process whereby USTR is expected to conduct a reassessment of the existing Section 301...more

5/4/2022  /  Importers , Imports , Section 301 , Tariffs , USTR

FCC’s Spectrum Management Role Leads to a New Proceeding on Receiver Standards

Spectrum management in the United States is a hydra-headed challenge — there are technical, policy, political and financial dimensions to the ongoing process of identifying spectrum bands where spectrum can be reallocated or...more

Spring Roster of FCC Actions: State-Federal Partnerships, Enforcement Actions, and Reassigned Numbers Database Clarifications and...

The FCC’s TCPA dockets did not witness many developments from the beginning of 2022 until February. However, beginning in February and into March, Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s office and the Enforcement Bureau were busy...more

Russian Sanctions/Export Controls Update: U.S.-European Sanctions/Export Control Measures Continue to Mount

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is continuing to prompt escalating sanctions and export controls on both sides of the Atlantic. Our team breaks down the latest measures coming out of the European Union, the United Kingdom and...more

The Weakest Link? FCC Seeks Information on Security Vulnerabilities in Internet Routers

Over the last several years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been taking a more active role both in anticipating the need for ever greater communications network security measures necessary to counter threats...more

Russian Sanctions/Export Controls Update: New Targets Identified

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to escalate, the U.S. and its allies are still implementing (and considering) additional sanctions and export control measures aimed at isolating Russia’s economy and weakening...more

Russian Sanctions/Export Controls Update: The Second Tranche

In the immediate wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, President Biden announced a package of sweeping economic sanctions and export control measures intended to “impose severe costs on the Russian economy, both...more

Russian Sanctions/Export Controls Update

The following alert will be updated as events change. Last Updated: 2/7/2022 - Below you will find an overview of a package of economic sanctions and export control measures the U.S., U.K. and EU are reportedly considering...more

House Democratic Leadership Unveils Its China-Focused Legislative Package, Setting Up Potential Clash on Capitol Hill over Trade...

On January 25, 2022, Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled long-awaited legislation, the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength...more

1/31/2022  /  Exports , Imports , Tariffs , US Trade Policies

Department of Commerce Seeks Public Comment on a Range of Broadband Infrastructure Issues Arising from the 2021 Infrastructure...

On the eve of the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Alan Davidson as the new Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), NTIA published a request for public comments on January 10,...more

FTC Staff Report on ISP Privacy Practices Paves the Way for an FTC Privacy Rulemaking in the New Year

Following up on a mandatory 2019 request for information issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to the largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the United States, the FTC staff in late October issued a Report titled...more

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