Data Security, Russia, Economic Sanctions

DOJ Implements New Data Security Program: Data Transfer Restrictions with a National Security Focus

Seward & Kissel LLP on 5/6/2025

Effective as of April 8, 2025, the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has implemented a Data Security Program (the DSP) to address national security risks associated with the transfer of...more

New DOJ National Security Division Data Security Rules Take Effect on April 8: Is Your Organization Exposed?

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/4/2025

Under the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons” rules (the Rules), allowing access outside the United States...more

Political Changes Are Unlikely To Fundamentally Alter Key Sanctions

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/20/2025

Key Points - - Political transitions in the West notwithstanding, we expect economic sanctions to remain a key response to geopolitical issues. - Current sanctions policy priorities are unlikely to shift markedly in...more

Building Ransomware Resilience - A Proactive Strategy for Businesses and Regulators

WilmerHale on 6/2/2023

The rise of ransomware attacks has prompted the international community to explore a range of approaches to deter these attacks, including the use of sanctions, the further development and instantiation of norms governing...more

Trade: Taiwanese businesses must manage competing US and mainland Chinese demands

White & Case LLP on 12/12/2022

Following in the footsteps of its predecessor administration, the Biden administration has continued to pursue forceful policies to restrict China's military and technological capabilities and to secure US primacy in advanced...more

US sanctions Russian research facility for alleged cybercrimes

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 1/11/2021

CEP Magazine (January 2021) - The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions against the State Research Center of the Russian Federation FGUP Central Scientific Research...more