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Holland & Knight LLP

Aviation Finance: 2025 Sanctions Update and 2026 Outlook

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Export controls and economic sanctions have remained an active and evolving area of laws and regulations that continue to impact the aviation industry in 2025 – both contributing to and arising as a result of an increasingly...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Regulatory Impact of Arms Embargo Country Designations

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The United States has officially lifted its arms embargo, including certain highly restrictive export controls, with respect to Cambodia, reflecting a recalibration of regional policy and cooperation between the countries on...more

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BIS Eases Export Control Requirements for Certain Commercial Drones

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On January 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule (IFR) relaxing export controls on certain commercial UAVs to certain allied and partner countries....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Trump Administration Takes Several Trade Actions Targeting Advanced AI Semiconductors While Deferring Broader Tariff Actions on...

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has taken several actions to implement its policy toward the export of advanced AI commodities to China. These include the Department of Commerce (Commerce) Bureau of Industry’s (BIS)...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Export Enforcement Update: EAR99 “In-Country” Transfers Lead to Penalty

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On January 7, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an Order resolving allegations that Exyte Management GmbH (Exyte), a Germany-based company, committed 13 violations of the Export...more

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BIS revises licensing requirements for commercial UAVs

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a new interim final rule on January 20, 2026 that makes two changes in an attempt to ease licensing requirements on certain commercial UAVs. ...more

Cozen O'Connor

Recent Updates to U.S. Export Control Regulations Further Ease UAV Restrictions for U.S. Exporters

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On January 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that results in an easing of export restrictions for certain unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and...more

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BIS Relaxes Drone Export Controls to Bolster Defense Industrial Base

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In a January 20 interim final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) eased restrictions on the export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) of certain types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to lower risk...more

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BIS Revises Export Controls for Semiconductors and UAVs

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This month, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce relaxed export control restrictions on certain semiconductors and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). BIS issued a new rule revising its...more

Fenwick & West LLP

BIS Opens the Door to Increasing AI Chip Exports to China

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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

The Volkov Law Group

BIS Imposes $1.5 Million Penalty on Exyte for Unlicensed In-Country Transfers to SMIC

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On January 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an Order resolving an administrative enforcement action against Exyte Management GmbH, a Germany-based company headquartered...more

Perkins Coie

Export Control Exemptions Facilitate US Defense and Sensitive Technology Trade With Australia and the UK

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In support of the defense partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, over the last two years, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Commerce have taken significant steps to...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 3rd Advanced Forum on Global Export Controls - February 24th - 25th, Arlington, VA

If you are a trade and legal compliance decision-maker, where can you go to learn, expand your export controls brain trust, and strengthen your strategy? At ACI’s Advanced Forum on Global Export Controls, you’ll connect...more

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U.S. Cross-Border Logistics Service Licensure and Trade Compliance Obligations

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Procurement teams going to market for transportation and logistics services often seek a wide range of functional expertise across multiple jurisdictions. One essential question for service providers when developing or...more

Friling Law

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Licenses Under the Export Administration Regulations: A Practical Guide for Compliance

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I. Introduction - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is responsible for enforcing the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) — the rules that control the export, reexport, and even...more

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Current State of US Economic Sanctions Imposed in Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine - December 2025

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In its continuing response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia and Belarus....more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

Export Controls & Sanctions: 2025 Year-End Review

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As 2025 comes to an end, one theme defines the global compliance landscape: volatility. Over the past twelve months, sanctions and export control regimes have shifted quickly as the second Trump administration reshaped...more

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Current State of US Export Controls in Response to the Russian Federation’s Invasion of Ukraine - As of December 5, 2025

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In a continued effort to hinder Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia and Belarus. ...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - December 2025 - Overview of BIS’s Interim Final Rules, Export Controls for Advanced Computing,...

On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) delayed the effective date of its new Affiliates Rule for a one-year period, until November 9, 2026, after U.S. and China trade talks. The Affiliates...more

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Current State of US Economic Sanctions Imposed in Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine – December 2025

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In its continuing response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia and Belarus. This alert summarizes...more

DLA Piper

Eleview settlement highlights US enforcement of export control rules on Russia

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Eleview International Inc. (Eleview), a freight forwarding business based in Virginia; its owner and chief executive officer (CEO), Oleg Nayandin; and an employee, Vitaliy Borisenko, pled guilty on October 28, 2025 to...more

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U.S. government publishes Tri-Seal Advisory “Sanctions and Export Controls Relief for Syria” after U.S. Department of Commerce...

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On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and the U.S. Department of State issued a Tri-Seal Advisory, “Sanctions and Export Controls Relief for Syria”...more

Blank Rome LLP

BIS Suspends "Affiliates Rule" for One Year, Effective November 10

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On November 10, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule delaying enforcement of the “Affiliates Rule” that BIS issued on September 29. The one-year suspension ends...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

BIS Suspends Affiliates Rule for One Year as Part of the US-China Trade Deal

On November 10, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule, announcing a one-year suspension (the Suspension) of its interim final rule, “Expansion of End-User Controls to...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

BIS Suspends “Affiliates Rule” for One Year Following U.S. Agreement with China

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The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule which will suspend BIS’s recently enacted Affiliates Rule effective as of November 10, 2025 and continuing through November 9, 2026....more

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