Compliance in the Former Soviet Central Asian Republics
Inside a $175M Deal: Tim McLoughlin & Joshua Hayes Live From RDU Startup Week
Tariffs and Trade Series: What Investors Need to Know
Managing Sanctions Compliance
Understanding Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery: A Business Imperative with Clint Palermo
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – A Study in Scarlet, Introduction to Compliance Lessons
FCPA Compliance Report: Ellen Hunt on Compliance ROI and on a Due Diligence and the US Sentencing Guidelines
FCPA Compliance Report: Amanda Carty on a Due Diligence and Risk Management
Podcast - What Are Joint Ventures and When Should They Get Cleared?
The Demystification of Employee Retention Credits for Private Equity Deals — PE Pathways Podcast
OG Talks: Good Energy and Navigating Transactions
M&A Considerations for Serial Acquirers
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - IP and M&A Transactions
Implementing IP Best Practices to Maximize Exit Value
Tech Debt is Common. What does it mean for IPO readiness from a cybersecurity perspective?
Due Diligence in AI: Thinking like your biggest critic
Due Diligence in AI: 3 things you need to survive AI scrutiny
A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Regulatory Phishing Podcast - The Impact of Cybersecurity Compliance on Corporate Transactions
Between tariffs, tightening export controls, evolving sanctions, and ramped up enforcement, the cost and complexity of compliance is rising for oil and gas supply chains. ACI’s Trade & Sanctions Compliance for the Oil and...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)’s new data security rule went into effect April 8, 2025. The rule creates what are effectively export controls and requires companies to take measures to prevent U.S. sensitive personal...more
On January 15, 2025, BIS issued an interim final rule controls targeting integrated circuits (“ICs”) fabricators. BIS is concerned that some IC designers have misrepresented the performance capabilities and intended end use...more
On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule (IFR) updating export controls on advanced computing semiconductors. This IFR seeks to ensure that...more
CI’s 9th Annual Canadian Forum on Global Economic Sanctions is designed to cover your top compliance challenges, offering unparalleled networking and benchmarking opportunities for economic sanctions, trade, financial crime,...more
On 9 October 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its first ever unilateral guidance specifically addressed to financial institutions (FIs). The Guidance to Financial...more
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released new guidance (the “July 10 Release”) outlining different types of precautionary letters (“supplier list” letters, “Project...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
Remarks given by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Undersecretary Alan Estevez during the 2024 Policy Update Conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) emphasized the...more
The first quarter of 2024 saw numerous developments on the export control front. This report summarizes the key developments and provides links to the relevant Federal Register notices and/or agency announcements....more
The U.S. Government recently announced the largest round of sanctions against the Russian Federation (Russia) since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago. This multi-agency effort enacted over 500 sanctions against foreign...more
The United States manages more than three dozen separate economic and trade sanctions programs. Those programs target specified foreign governments along with thousands of named individuals, groups and entities in accordance...more
Join our panel of experts for a one-hour conversation about the pressing issues surrounding the transshipment of restricted tools and technologies, with a particular focus on mitigating the risk of these products ending up in...more
Investors and targets generally view cross-border transactions from a risk-based perspective. That calculus applies not only to the manner in which an investment is made, but also to the level of diligence conducted, the...more
Please join us in a discussion on the importance of M&A due diligence, where we will cover: - Cybersecurity and ransomware; - Corporate M&A activity; - Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), export controls, and...more
As anyone who follows the industry can tell you, mergers and acquisitions activity in the aerospace and defense industry has remained robust over the past decade. In 2019 alone, there were 460 corporate acquisitions in this...more
For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more
American Conference Institute (ACI) will host a one day virtual conference to discuss timely changes to the export controls regulations. This conference will provide practical guidance on military user and end-user...more
In this episode, Akin Gump international trade partners Tatman Savio and Christian Davis discuss the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) and how the new Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act...more