On February 11, 2026, Applied Materials, Inc. entered into a settlement agreement for a civil monetary penalty of over $252 million with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for 56 unlawful...more
3/3/2026
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On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an amendment to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that is designed to allow for increased exports of NVIDIA H200,...more
1/22/2026
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Last week, the President signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA) into law, enacting a wide range of statutory directives that will shape U.S. defense, trade, and national security policy in...more
12/26/2025
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On November 10, 2025, the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a one-year suspension of the “Affiliates Rule,” which imposed U.S. export control restrictions on entities 50...more
11/14/2025
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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released a pair of long-awaited rules that impose additional export controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs) and artificial intelligence (AI)...more
On July 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued guidance addressing the April 2024 extension of the statute of limitations for sanctions violations from five years to 10...more
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released its latest Don’t Let This Happen to You! report, summarizing recent U.S. export control civil and criminal enforcement actions....more
7/16/2024
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Citing Russia’s “transition to a full war economy,” the United States imposed sweeping new sanctions and export controls on Russia and Belarus today, including companies and individuals that continue to supply Russia’s...more
6/13/2024
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This alert has been updated to address the May 2024 announcement by Turkey of its suspension of exports and imports with Israel and the impact for United States antiboycott compliance. ...more
6/7/2024
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Overseas Critical Exports (ENFORCE) Act—a bill to expand the authority of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to control the export of artificial intelligence (AI) systems and other emerging technology with national...more
Melissa Duffy and Trevor Coval contributed their thought leadership to the American Conference Institute’s 14th Annual Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Export Controls Conference, held in San Francisco on May 14-16. Melissa...more
5/22/2024
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On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law an emergency supplemental appropriations law, H.R. 815 (Public Law 118-50), that provides substantial military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and could force the sale of...more
5/1/2024
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The United States imposed a new round of economic sanctions and export restrictions on Russia today, marking the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and following the death of Russian opposition leader, Alexei...more
2/26/2024
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The United States Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comments on new proposed regulations that would, if enacted, impose extensive Know Your Customer (KYC) and Customer...more
2/1/2024
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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published new FAQs that offer further guidance on two interim final rules that went into effect in November 2023.
hese rules, for which the BIS is...more
1/12/2024
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