China, Cybersecurity, Foreign Adversaries

Do You Know Where Your Data Is Going? On April 8, New National Security Rules Take Effect

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/19/2025

A groundbreaking new regulatory regime, imposing rules unlike any in existing U.S. law, may surprise many companies due to its sudden adoption and complexity. This article tries to simplify the changing regulatory landscape,...more

Commerce Rings in New Year with Proposed Rulemaking on Drones

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/8/2025

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) has broad authority—born out of executive action during the first Trump administration—to identify and mitigate...more

Commerce Department Bans Kaspersky Software in First ICTS Prohibition, Signals Increased Risk of Using Certain Foreign Software...

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/26/2024

On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a Final Determination prohibiting the sale of certain cybersecurity products, anti-virus software, and related services to...more

Texas and Federal Government Seek to Protect U.S. Infrastructure From Disruption by Foreign Adversaries

Jackson Walker on 1/12/2022

The Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act (LIPA), a new Texas law that went into effect June 2021, prohibits Texas businesses and governments from contracting with entities owned or controlled by individuals from China,...more

Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/14/2021

The U.S. government's efforts to secure sensitive personal data against foreign adversaries, primarily with an eye toward China, continue. On June 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Protecting...more

Hypersonics Race Raises National Security Concerns For U.S. Businesses

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 10/30/2020

U.S. government agencies are increasing scrutiny of the supply chain of companies developing hypersonic technologies used in military aircraft and missiles amid escalating tensions with China and Russia. Lowenstein Sandler...more

U.S. Expands Export Restrictions Against Huawei

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/20/2020

The U.S. government is expanding international trade restraints against Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (“Huawei”) and its affiliates in an effort to further restrict Huawei’s access to U.S. technologies.....more

Wondering Why Government Contractors Need to Take Cybersecurity Seriously – Criminals and Foreign Adversaries Are Trying to Hack...

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters on 8/3/2020

Our blogs and alerts have reported on the increasing legislative and regulatory requirements to promote the security of the U.S. supply chain, including its cybersecurity....more

US Targets Telecommunications Transactions Involving the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain

White & Case LLP on 5/21/2019

On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order (EO), "Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain," prohibiting certain transactions involving...more

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