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On Friday, December 27, 2024, the Justice Department issued a final rule to address “urgent national security risks posed by access to U.S. sensitive personal and government-related data from countries of concern and covered...more
The proposed regulations would implement President Biden’s Executive Order that restricts certain outbound investments from the US. On June 21, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed...more
On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117 (the EO), on “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” The United...more
CYBERSECURITY - CISA, FBI + MS-ISAC Issue Warning on Phobos Ransomware - To help organizations protect against ransomware, CISA, the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a...more
On February 28, 2024, the Justice Department published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to seek public comments on the establishment of a new regulatory regime to restrict U.S. persons from transferring bulk...more
On February 28, 2024, the Biden administration announced new cybersecurity-related measures, including an executive order (EO) and advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), intended to address the bulk flow of Americans’...more
On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and U.S. Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern” (the EO), under the authority of the...more
On August 9, 2023, President Biden signed the much-anticipated Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern (the Order). ...more
After publicly signaling support for an outbound investment screening mechanism in July 2022, the Biden Administration has issued a long-anticipated Executive Order to address certain investments by US persons in “countries...more
Prohibitions targeted to prevent China’s exploitation of dual-use technology - On August 9, 2023, President Biden signed a historic Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security...more
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued a long-awaited Executive Order establishing the legal authority for the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury Department”) to institute an unprecedented regulatory regime restricting...more