A federal grand jury recently indicted two companies based in the Denver area, along with several current and former executives, for allegedly defrauding the U.S. government. The August 21 indictment, announced September 30,...more
10/20/2025
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China ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customs ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Procurement Collusion Strike Force ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
Wire Fraud
October 7, 2025 marks Day 7 of the government shutdown. Multiple press reports indicate not much progress has been made thus far in resolving the shutdown dispute. On a Sunday morning show on Fox News, Senate Majority Leader...more
10/8/2025
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CFIUS ,
COFC ,
Department of Agriculture ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
FCC ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FIFRA ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Furloughs ,
GAO ,
Government Agencies ,
Government Shutdown ,
International Trade ,
OMB ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USDA
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) recently issued a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on its annual National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE Report). USTR is...more
9/19/2025
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Exports ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
International Trade ,
Investment ,
Public Comment ,
Telecommunications ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The U.S. Department of Commerce has released an Interim Final Rule (IFR) establishing a process for U.S. automobile part producers to request additional parts for inclusion under existing Section 232 Tariffs on Automobiles...more
9/17/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
Comment Period ,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) ,
Imports ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
International Trade ,
Manufacturers ,
Section 232 ,
Tariffs ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Trade Policies
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the creation of an interagency Trade Fraud Task Force aimed at stepping up enforcement against tariff evasion and customs fraud. The Task Force will bring together the...more
9/5/2025
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Compliance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
International Trade ,
Smuggling ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Policy
Earlier this month, and following a string of recent bills introduced to reform the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), Representative Ben Cline (R-VA) introduced the Foreign Agents Transparency Act (“Transparency Act”)...more
On May 9, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) released an advanced notice soliciting public comments on an investigation into the national security impacts of imported commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for...more
On April 23, 2025, Dale Britt Bendler, a former CIA officer and contractor, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from acting as a foreign agent while serving as a public official and mishandling classified materials. According...more
On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at increasing transparency with respect to foreign funding at U.S. colleges and universities. This move comes in response to what the Administration has...more
4/28/2025
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Educational Institutions ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Funding ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Higher Education Act ,
National Security ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
This webinar will dive into recent actions by the Trump Administration and the emerging risks faced by universities and research institutions. Panelists will focus on the implications of key legal and policy shifts, as well...more
4/22/2025
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Continuing Legal Education ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Funding ,
Risk Management ,
School Safety ,
Title VI ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities ,
Webinars
Background: From 2018 to 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) conducted an investigation under Section 232 into the national security effects of U.S. automotive imports. In its February 17, 2019 report in the...more
On March 13, 2024, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Foreign...more
On March 6, 2025, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, reintroduced the...more
3/10/2025
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Disclosure ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Lobbying ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Transparency
As a follow-up to President Trump’s recently announced “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” for implementing reciprocal tariffs, and according to a draft notice recently published on its website, the Office of the U.S. Trade...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed new Executive Orders imposing enhanced import duties on steel and aluminum products under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The orders eliminate certain exemptions...more
2/12/2025
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Executive Orders ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
National Security ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trade Policy ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On February 5, newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a series of guidance documents refocusing U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) priorities for the new Administration. In addition to effectuating many of President...more
2/10/2025
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Attorney General ,
Bribery ,
Cartels ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
White Collar Crimes
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential memorandum entitled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review (Freeze Order). This action is unsurprising, as previous Presidents have consistently issued similar memoranda at...more
1/27/2025
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Government Agencies ,
OFR ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Telecommunications ,
Trump Administration
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, recently sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) expressing concerns...more
On July 9, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI expressing concerns over U.S. college campus organizations with alleged ties to Hamas that may be avoiding registration under...more
10/14/2024
/ Colleges ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Hamas ,
Influencers ,
International Organizations ,
Israel/Palestine ,
Lobbying Disclosure Act ,
Muslims ,
Students ,
Universities
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for a rehearing en banc in the Steve Wynn case, asking the D.C. Circuit to reconsider U.S. v....more
On September 19, a group of Republican Senators led by Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced the STRATEGIC Act of 2024 to combat Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence within the United...more
On September 4, 2024, two employees of the Russian state-funded media outlet RT (formerly known as Russia Today) were indicted in the Southern District of New York for conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act...more
On Tuesday, September 3, 2024, Linda Sun, a former high-ranking official in New York State’s government, was arrested in Brooklyn and charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) for allegedly acting as...more
Former government employee Sue Mi Terry has been arrested and indicted in New York for acting as an unregistered foreign agent of South Korea. Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, released the...more
Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), former Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has been found guilty in his federal corruption case for, among other things, bribery, obstruction of justice, and acting as a...more