On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued an executive order to regulate, for the first time, US outbound investments in key technologies in China that are critical to national security. The executive order directs the...more
8/16/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Electronics ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Macau ,
National Security ,
Notice Requirements ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
Business and human rights expectations and obligations, based at their core on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), are now increasingly being integrated into non-binding local business expectations...more
As 2,500 international stakeholders from national governments, international organizations, businesses, trade unions, civil society, lawyers, local communities, and academia gathered at the recent 11th UN Forum on Business...more
Can you prove the absence of forced labor in your supply chain? As of June 21, 2022, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will presume that all goods manufactured in whole or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region...more
6/22/2022
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China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Forced Labor ,
Goods or Services ,
Human Rights ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Restrictions ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
As we enter the fourth month of Russia’s illegal war on Ukraine, multilateral sanctions actions continue, but at a slower pace. As discussed in our prior February 25, 2022 and March 11, 2022 alerts, following Russia’s...more
In the nearly three weeks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, over 30 countries continue to increase their sanctions targeting Russian individuals, financial institutions, exports of technology, and key sectors of the Russian...more
3/14/2022
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Biden Administration ,
Blocked Person ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Transactions ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Military Conflict ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Ukraine ,
Vladimir Putin
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR, respectively) as independent states, countries around the world have announced sweeping sanctions...more
2/28/2022
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Export Controls ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
General Licenses ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Pipelines ,
Russia ,
Ukraine ,
Vladimir Putin
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the change in presidential administrations in the United States in January 2021, US enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) declined in 2021. However, we...more
1/19/2022
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Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Liability ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
White Collar Crimes
On Thursday, December 23, 2021, President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act aims to “ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the...more
12/28/2021
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China ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Goods or Services ,
Human Rights ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Supply Chain ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
In response to “deepening Chinese military influence…as well as growing corruption and human rights abuses,” on December 8, 2021, the State Department and Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced...more
On October 15, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued guidance to help the virtual currency industry navigate and comply with OFAC sanctions. The guidance improves...more